Black

Black was a colour.

The Master usually dressed in mostly black clothes. (TV: Terror of the Autons, Frontier in Space, The Deadly Assassin, The Keeper of Traken, Doctor Who, Utopia, Last of the Time Lords, The End of Time, The Doctor Falls, Spyfall)

Davros wore a black leather tunic. Davros, creator of the Daleks, had a chair which acts as his life support; similar to a Dalek's base but black with silver sense globes. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks, Destiny of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth|Journey's End, The Magician's Apprentice|The Witch's Familiar; AUDIO: Davros, The Dalek Defence, The Triumph of Davros) Similar chairs were owned by three parallel counterparts: one who met a parallel Doctor and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart, (AUDIO: Masters of War) one who met the Dalek Time Strategist from N-Space, (AUDIO: Palindrone|Restoration of the Daleks), and one who helped the Warrior find the Key to Time. (AUDIO: The Key To Key To Time)

Black Daleks were identified by their black casings with silver globes and panels. (COMIC: Duel of the Daleks, TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, The Dalek's Master Plan, Resurrection of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, AUDIO: Return to Skaro, The Juggernauts, Brotherhood of the Daleks, The Apocalypse Element, et al.; PROSE: The Dalek Project) Some Supreme Daleks were black with gold globes, panels and globes. (TV: Planet of the Daleks; AUDIO: The Genocide Machine) The Emperor's Personal Guard had black domes. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, The Parting of the Ways, The Stolen Earth|Journey's End, Asylum of the Daleks, The Magician's Apprentice|The Witch's Familiar; PROSE: Birth of a Legend Prisoner of the Daleks) Dalek Executioners were gunmetal grey with black domes, panels, and globes. (PROSE: The Restoration Empire) including one was assigned to the Dalek Time Squad. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times) Dalek Sec had a completely black casing, (PROSE: Birth of a Legend, TV: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks) as did the Dalek Overseer (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons) and a similar black Dalek on Dalek Control. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice|The Witch's Familiar) Dalek X, a Dalek Inquisitor General, had a black casing with gold panels and globes. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) The Defence Drone Daleks were black and silver. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks) The Eternal Dalek was yellow with black globes, (TV: Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens) as do Gold Daleks. (TV: Day of the Daleks, Frontier in Space) The saucer commander of Dalek Earthforce had a black dome and alternating black-and-silver panels on the base unit. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Cyber Leaders were identified by their black side handles; such as CyberNeomorphs, (TV: Earthshock- Attack of the Cybermen), CyberIsomorphs, (TV: Silver Nemesis) and Cybus Cybermen. (TV: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, The Pandorica Opens) The Cyberleaders of CyberNomads had black Cyber-Helmets with silver faceplates. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) Cyberguards were black as camouflage. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen) Cyber-Lords had black faceplates and side handles. (TV: The Next Doctor, A Good Man Goes to War; GAME: Blood of the Cybermen)

The Sontarans wore black space armour with silver helmets and pauldrons. (TV: The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion of Time, The Two Doctors, War of the Sontarans, Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers; AUDIO: The Sontarans, Heroes of Sontar, The Five Companions, The First Sontarans, Terror of the Sontarans; COMIC: The Betrothal of Sontar) Some wore charcoal armour with black helmets and pauldrons. (COMIC: Empire of the Wolf)

The Voord wore black bodysuits. (TV: The Keys of Marinus)

The Trickster normally wore a long black hooded robe and gloves. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)

The Ninth Doctor normally wore all black articles of clothing including a double-breasted leather peacoat, save for a long sleeve jumper of a different colour, (TV: Rose et al.) though by the end of his life even the jumper he wore was black. (TV: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways)

The First Doctor wore a black town coat. (TV: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, Marco Polo, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, The Dalek's Master Plan, The Tenth Planet, The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors, Twice Upon A Time et al.)

The Second Doctor wore a black frock coat. (TV: The Power of the Daleks - The War Games)

While investigating strange technology in Washington, DC during the 1980s, the Sixth Doctor donned a black suit on Peri Brown's insistence. (PROSE: Blue Box) He also wore a black bow tie. (AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan)

The Seventh Doctor replaced the Sixth Doctor's rainbow umbrella which he was forced to leave when the Rani's base on Lakertya was destroyed. (TV: Time and the Rani) with a black umbrella which had a whangee handle. (TV: Paradise Towers) After the first black umbrella was damaged, (AUDIO: The Warehouse) he acquired a new umbrella with an elaborate handle in the shape of a large cherry question mark. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen) Whilst in Nazi Germany, he briefly donned a black leather trenchcoat and a black soft hat. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus) He also wore a black cravat with his dark jacket. (PROSE: St Anthony's Fire)

The Eighth Doctor wore black ankle boots after his regeneration. (TV: Doctor Who). Occasionally he wore a black top hat. (COMIC: The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack; AUDIO: Other Lives) He also owned a black velvet coat (PROSE: Vanishing Point) that he won in a bet with a member of Faction Paradox. (PROSE: The Book of the War) He also wore a a black waistcoat embroidered with orange designs. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers)

The War Doctor wore a double-breasted trenchcoat of black leather when he used a molecular fruit bomb to transform the factories of Villengard into a banana grove to prevent it from supplying weapons to Daleks. (COMIC: The Whole Thing's Bananas).

The Tenth Doctor sometimes wore a black tuxedo and bow tie; though he sometimes sees it as a sign things would go wrong. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen|The Age of Steel, The Lazarus Experiment, Voyage of the Damned)

The Eleventh Doctor once wore a black moleskin overcoat. (TV: A Town Called Mercy) He also wore a black top hat, (TV: The Big Bang, Let's Kill Hitler), a black cravat, (TV: The Great Detective-The Snowmen) and two black waistcoats. (TV: Nightmare in Silver, The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor)

The Twelfth Doctor wore black shoes. (TV: Deep Breath, etc) He also wore a black waistcoat (TV: Flatline) and sometimes black trousers. (TV: Under the Lake) plain black socks, (TV: Heaven Sent), a black shirt with a white polka dot pattern, (TV: Kill the Moon), a black hoodie, (TV: Last Christmas) and a black Crombie coat. (COMIC: The Eye of Torment; TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio) After returning to Gallifrey, he wore a black overcoat and waistcoat, dark trousers and black brogue boots. (TV: Hell Bent) He occasionally wore a black velvet frockcoat. (TV: The Pilot, Thin Ice) He also wore a black top hat. (TV: Thin Ice.)

When gatecrashing Daniel Barton's casino themed party, the Thirteenth Doctor wore a black bow tie with golden dots, black capri trousers, black braces, black boots and socks, and a long black moleskin overcoat. (TV: Spyfall)

The Fourteenth Doctor wore a single-breasted waistcoat and trousers of black and turquoise tartan. (TV: The Power of the Doctor)

Martha Jones wore black bodysuits. (TV: Last of the Time Lords, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Stolen Earth|Journey's End, The End of Time).

When attending Daniel Barton's birthday party at the Vallis Estate vineyard, the Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Ryan Sinclair and Graham O'Brien all wore black tuxedoes and bow ties. (TV: Spyfall)

Clara Oswald wore a black leather jacket on occasion. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar)

Rose Tyler's personal growth during her travels with the Doctor began to reflect itself in her clothing choices as she became more confident and assertive, swapping her jeans for slim black trousers. (TV: The Long Game, Bad Wol'/The Parting of the Ways, New Earth, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, The Stolent Earth|Journey's End)

During her travels with the Seventh Doctor, Ace wore a black leather jacket with a burnt orange lining. (TV: Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver Nemesis, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Survival, AUDIO: The Genocide Machine, etc.) During her time as CEO of A Charitable Earth, she wore a black and white pinstripe suit. (AUDIO: Quantum of Axos; TV: The Power of the Doctor)

On her first day on the job working for Torchwood, Gwen Cooper wore a black blouse. (TV: Day One) During her time with Torchwood Three, she would favour an increasingly black and leather wardrobe.

During Torchwood Three's confrontation with a cyber-converted Lisa Hallett, Toshiko Sato wore a black t-shirt. (TV: Cyberwoman)

Sarah Jane Smith often wore a black leather jacket. (TV: The Monster of Peladon, School Reunion)

Lisa Deranne wore a black tank-top under her white shirt when she and her crew met Sontarans including Commander Steg and Lieutenant Vorn. (HOMEVID: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans)

The commanding Eternals of the Shadow including Striker and Marriner wear double-breasted black peacoats. (TV: Enlightenment)

The Pied Piper wore a top hat, a bow tie and a waistcoat which were each black when posing as Mr. Spellman, director of Spellman's Magical Museum of the Circus. (TV: The Day of the Clown)

Some individuals wore black lipstick. (PROSE: No Future, Goth Opera, Dry Pilgrimage)

In Through the Eye of Eternity, the Black Eye of Eternity generally symbolised that the week's episode would be a black comedy. One fan wearing a black Eye pin, an apprentice mortician in Shoestring, Indiana, was fired after laughing at a client's sombre remark. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

In an alternate timeline in which the First Doctor spent three months on Urbinia, his friend, Professor Feedlam discovered a new colour which was "a little bit green and a little bit black", creating "a sort of mauve". (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)

Biology

The Second Doctor had black hair. (TV: The Tenth Planet)

The Host of the Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform had all-black eyes. (TV: Tooth and Claw) Grace Holloway's eyes turned all-black when she was controlled by the Bruce Master. (TV: Doctor Who) Mercy Hartigan's eyes turned all-black when she was converted into the CyberKing. (TV: The Next Doctor) Owen Harper's eyes turned all-black when he was possessed by Death. (TV: Dead Man Walking)

Nostrovites had black blood, (TV: Something Borrowed) as did the Process. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

Black roses grew on Florana. (AUDIO: The Elite)

Peter Dickson's mother thought that black cats were unlucky. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

Behind the scenes

• James Johnson rendered a Time War-era Dalek Commander model which was featured on the cover of Gallifrey: War Room 1: Allegiance, sporting a black and silver livery reminiscent of the earlier Battle Computer unit seen in the Shoreditch Incident. Ahead of release, Johnson released a closer look at his designs, also clarifying that the accompanying text wasn't in any way official, and that he added it "just for fun".