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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

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)"])

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)"])

The Doctor's clothing

The Third Doctor was wearing a a ruffled shirt, an elegant burgundy smoking jacket and a flowing cloak when he and Jo Grant were taken by the Time Lords to Uxarieus. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)"])

When the Third Doctor and Jo Grant were on Rishik for its annual music festival Beatfest, the Doctor was wearing a burgundy velvet opera cape. (PROSE: Rock Star [+]Loading...["Rock Star (short story)"])

When the Third Doctor visited Liz Shaw at Cambridge in the 1970s he was wearing a burgundy velvet smoking jacket over a frilly shirt. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]Loading...["The Wages of Sin (novel)"])

When the Third Doctor travelled with Sarah Jane Smith to Valdamar IV he was wearing a statelyblack cape coat, burgundy velvet jacket, and an excessive frilly cravat. (PROSE: Generation Gap [+]Loading...["Generation Gap (short story)"])

Arriving in Cape Helles in 1915 the Fourth Doctor was wearing a suede coat, wide brimmed hat and his multi-coloured scarf. (PROSE: Direct Action [+]Loading...["Direct Action (short story)"])

When the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith met Iris Wildthyme in 1764 the Doctor was wearing a burgundy coat. (PROSE: Old Flames [+]Loading...["Old Flames (short story)"])

As the Fourth Doctor began to consider his age, and what might happen when he regenerated, he decided to change his clothing to a more uniform look of burgundy hat, coat, waistcoat, boots and trousers. (PROSE: Into the Silent Land [+]Loading...["Into the Silent Land (short story)"])

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

The Fourth Doctor 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)"])

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 the Seventh Doctor 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 the Seventh Doctor was wearing a silk shirt and a burgundy-coloured waistcoat with a tweed jacket. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])

Just before he was shot in 1999 the Seventh Doctor was wearing a straw hat checkerboard pants, a tweed sports jacket with leather patches on the elbows, over a white silk shirt, complementary felt tie and burgundy vest with a gold fob watch. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"])

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 the Eighth Doctor 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 notably 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? [+], TV: Rose [+])

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

The Twelfth Doctor wore a burgundy dress shirt when he met Robin Hood. (TV: Robot of Sherwood [+]) On one occasion, he wore a burgundy ladder jumper when dealing with the Harmony Shoal during the 2010s. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+])

The Thirteenth Doctor wore a burgundy t-shirt with a crew collar during a big clash between two Dalek factions. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+])

The Warrior, a parallel version of the Doctor's fifth incarnation who resembled the sixth, wore a burgundy and ivory herringbone scarf similar to the War Doctor on N-Space. (AUDIO: The Difference Office [+])

The Curator, a future version of the Doctor on N-Space, wore a burgundy ascot tie under his shirt's collar when he looked similar to the Fourth Doctor. (COMIC: The Then and the Now [+]) In his Sixth Doctor appearance, he wore a double-breasted frock coat of burgundy moleskin with a silver sphinx cat brooch. (AUDIO: Crossed Lines [+])

Companion's Clothing

Amy Pond wore a burgundy scarf during her visit to Venice. (TV: The Vampires of Venice [+])

Sarah Jane Smith wore a burgundy and ash jumper with green diamonds when she and the Third Doctor helped to save Peladon from Azaxyr and Eckersley; (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]) and when helping to deal with Rutans in England during the 1970s. (AUDIO: The Children of the Future)

Donna Noble wore a burgundy top during the March of the Adipose. (TV: Partners in Crime [+])

Yasmin Khan wore a burgundy blouse with a mandarin collar and white spots when she, the Thirteenth Doctor, and Dan helped Zheng Yi Sao and Sin Ji-Hun versus Marsissus and his followers. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils [+])

Peri Brown wore a burgundy trouser suit before and during her encounter with the Borad, (TV: Timelash) and when she met Davros and the Necros Daleks during the Necros Incident. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+])

Nyssa wore burgundy shorts during her second encounter with the Mara. (TV: Snakedance [+])

Jo Grant wore a mauve sweater with burgundy stripes when she and the Third Doctor went to Uxarieus in 2472. (TV: Colony in Space [+])

Ian Chesterton wore a burgundy tie during a meeting of companions. (TV: The Power of the Doctor [+])

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

The Master's clothing

In 2003 the Tremas Master wore a burgundy Armani tie when posing as "Branko Gospodar" a businessman from Serbia. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+])

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

Other's clothing

Petronella Osgood wore a burgundy bow tie similar to the Eleventh Doctor's. (AUDIO: Tidal Wave [+])

Melody Pond wore a burgundy tie with ivory stripes as Mels Zucker during her time as a student. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)  

The Toymaker wore a burgundy bow tie with ivory polka dots on Soho during 1925. (TV: The Giggle [+])

Captain Cook, an intergalactic explorer, wore an ascot tie of burgundy and beige paisley under the collar of his shirt. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+])

Webley wore a burgundy cravat on basic bow form before meeting Weapons-Grade Cybermen. (TV: Nightmare in Silver [+])

Joseph Chambers, the Cabinet minister entrusted with the safety of the destructor codes for all the world's nuclear missiles, wore a smoking jacket done in burgundy with raven black trims and a shawl collar when the K1 Robot killed him on orders from the Scientific Reform Society. (TV: Robot)

John Ellis wore a burgundy tie with ivory polka dots when he landed in 21st century Cardiff. (TV: Out of Time [+])

Some Sontarans wore burgundy space armour with vermillion or gold helmets. (HOMEVID: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans [+]; PROSE: Shakedown [+])

The Half-Face Man wore a burgundy ascot tie during the 1890s. (TV: Deep Breath [+])

See also

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