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Burgundy (colour)

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Burgundy was an autumnal colour. (AUDIO: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day [+]Loading...["I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (audio story)"]) It was related to the colour red. (PROSE: The Dimension Riders [+]Loading...["The Dimension Riders (novel)"])

Burgundy as a colour could be used as part of a wallpaper's design. (PROSE: The Very Last Picture Show [+]Loading...["The Very Last Picture Show (short story)"]) It could also colour other paper products like envelopes. (PROSE: ...Be Forgot [+]Loading...["...Be Forgot (short story)"]

Burgundy could also be used for fabrics such as curtains, (PROSE: Anachrophobia [+]Loading...["Anachrophobia (novel)"]) and for carpets. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"]) Or into silk for dresses or other clothing like jumpers. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"], Blue Box [+]Loading...["Blue Box (novel)"])

It could also be used to make cushion covers and leather for furnishings or books. (PROSE: Business Unusual [+]Loading...["Business Unusual (novel)"], The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"], Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])

Rover cars in 1909 were painted a burgundy colour. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Sting of the Zygons (novel)"])

Passports for the United Kingdom in the 1960s were burgundy. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

In the 1970s the Third Doctor had a burgundy duvet in at least one room of his house. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

The anterior rooms of the offices of Matthew Barrister had thick ochre carpet with armchairs upholstered in burgundy leather in the 26th century. (PROSE: The Purpura Pawn [+]Loading...["The Purpura Pawn (short story)"])

Prior to C'rizz's death the Doctor's TARDIS briefly nearly collided with, so Charlotte Pollard described to C'rizz a "shiny swirly burgundy blob" the whom the Eighth Doctor referred to as "Betram". (AUDIO: Absolution [+]Loading...["Absolution (BFM audio story)"])

Burgundy was used often in the colour scheme throughout Peladon's history with drapes, cushions capes, robe and even in the hair. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])

Clothing

When Bernice Summerfield met Professor James Rafferty in 1993 she was wearing a burgundy trouser suit and high quality black boots. (PROSE: The Dimension Riders [+]Loading...["The Dimension Riders (novel)"]

Joanne an office worker on Earth was wearing a burgundy business suit when she was killed by a vampire. (PROSE: Trapped! [+]Loading...["Trapped! (ST short story)"])

When he was sent to investigate Tayborough Sands in the 1970s Mike Yates wore burgundy cords and a brown suede jacket. (PROSE: Deep Blue [+]Loading...["Deep Blue (novel)"])

When Melanie Bush met Irma Krafchin in 1989 Irma was wearing a white blouse, burgundy cardigan and short tweed skirt with brown sandals. (PROSE: Business Unusual [+]Loading...["Business Unusual (novel)"])

Bernice Summerfield wore a burgundy scarf in the winter of Versimmon in the 2610s. (AUDIO: The Weather on Versimmon [+]Loading...["The Weather on Versimmon (novel)"])

When she met Bernice Summerfield in 2600 Ui Tereshkova was wearing a burgundy coat. (PROSE: Heart of Glass [+]Loading...["Heart of Glass (short story)"])

Parasiel owned a burgundy coat when he was at the Braxiatel Collection sometime in the 26th century. (PROSE: Perspectives: Tribal Reservations [+]Loading...["Perspectives: Tribal Reservations (short story)"])

Prydonian robes and cloaks were burgundy when the Doctor was young. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties [+]Loading...["Divided Loyalties (novel)"])

In 2003 the Tremas Master dressed in a white Pink shirt, a charcoal Paul Smith suit and a burgundy Armani tie, to create the persona of "Branko Gospodar" a businessman from Serbia. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"])

The Doctor's clothing

The Third Doctor wore a smoking jacket of burgundy velvet during a mission to stop the UNIT Master on Uxarieus, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)"]) when he visited Liz Shaw at Cambridge in the 1970s , (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]Loading...["The Wages of Sin (novel)"]) and when he went to Valdamar IV. (PROSE: Generation Gap [+]Loading...["Generation Gap (short story)"])He also wore an opera cape of burgundy velvet when he went to Rishik for its annual music festival Beatfest, (PROSE: Rock Star [+]Loading...["Rock Star (short story)"]) and)

When the Fourth Doctor met Iris Wildthyme in 1764 the Doctor was wearing a burgundy coat. (PROSE: Old Flames [+]Loading...["Old Flames (short story)"]) He eventually wore wore a burgundy fedora, trenchcoat waistcoat, and trousers when foiling Pangol on Argolis during 2290, (TV: The Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"]) and when combatting the last of the Great Vampires. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"], TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"]) He continued to wear these clothes up to his regeneration after the Tremas Master's Entropic Enterprise. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"]) The Fifth Doctor, wore them before switching for an Panama hat with a crimson band, a beige frock coat with scarlet trim, and trousers with brown stripes. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"], Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"], PROSE: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (novelisation)"])

 
Fourth Doctor wearing burgundy coat. (TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"])


Following his regeneration the Seventh Doctor tried a version of the Fourth Doctor's burgundy fedora and trenchcoat on before eventually going for a cream Panama hat with a red paisley band and a silver grey blazer. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) When he visited a restaurant on Coralee he was wearing a burgundy jacket. (PROSE: Storm Harvest [+]Loading...["Storm Harvest (novel)"])

Meeting with Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane on Youkali, he wore a burgundy waistcoat with a tweed jacket. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])

Arriving on a colony world of the Plutocratic Empire the Eighth Doctor was wearing a burgundy waistcoat and stiff collard shirt. (PROSE: Anachrophobia [+]Loading...["Anachrophobia (novel)"]) Arriving in 2004 he left his frock coat in the TARDIS, instead wearing a burgundy waistcoat and cravat. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])

The War Doctor's most frequent scarf was one of burgundy and ivory herringbone. (AUDIO: In Name Only, Morbius the Mighty, The Innocent-The Heart of the Battle, Legion of the Lost, A Thing of Guile, The Neverwhen, The Shadow Vortex, The Eternity Cage, Eye of Harmony, Pretty Lies, The Lady of Obsidian-The Enigma Dimension ) He wore it during the Battle for the Tantalus Eye, (PROSE: Engines of War [+]) and right up to his death after the 1562/2013 Zygon Invasion of Earth and the Fall of Gallifrey. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+])

The Ninth Doctor wore an ascot tie of burgundy brocade in 1912 Southampton. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"], TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor's first bow tie was in burgundy. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below)

The Twelfth Doctor wore a burgundy shirt when he met Robin Hood. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)

The Master's Clothing

 
The War Master wearing his burgundy bow tie. (AUDIO: Killing Time [+]Loading...["Killing Time (audio anthology)","Killing Time"])

The War Master sometimes wore a burgundy bow tie. (AUDIO: The Sincerest Form of Flattery [+], A Quiet Night In [+], The Orphan [+], Unfinished Business [+])

See also

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