Brass

Brass was a metal used to make objects like bullets, telescopes and knives. (PROSE: The Juror's Story ^[+]Loading...["The Juror's Story (short story)"], The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"], The Steward's Story ^[+]Loading...["The Steward's Story (short story)"])

Plaques were made from brass. (PROSE: A Life in the Day ^[+]Loading...["A Life in the Day (short story)"])

Brass could be used to carry an electrical current. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space ^[+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])

Bullets were made from brass in and before the 1960s. (PROSE: The Juror's Story ^[+]Loading...["The Juror's Story (short story)"])

Farthings were brass. (AUDIO: The Doomwood Curse ^[+]Loading...["The Doomwood Curse (audio story)"], Assassins in the Lime light ^[+]Loading...["Assassins in the Lime light (audio story)"])

Cultural terminology

To have "brass" in the 1800s was to have confidence. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang ^[+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

In 1966 "the brass" was a colloquial synonym for money. (TV: The Faceless Ones ^[+]Loading...["The Faceless Ones (TV story)"]

In World War II "brass hats" was a synonym for officer. (TV: Victory of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (novel)"]) In the mid-2000s "top brass" referred to a senior position. (TV: Flatline ^[+]Loading...["Flatline (TV story)"])

Clothing

In the 19th century firemen wore brass helmets. (PROSE: The Duke's Folly ^[+]Loading...["The Duke's Folly (short story)"])

Brass forged plating on the bandolier worn by Cass Fermazzi and the War Doctor as well as buttons on the War Doctor's double-breasted waistcoats of moleskin with a double fob watch of bronze. (TV: The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) The Warrior, the fifth incarnation of a parallel Doctor, had brass buttons on his double-breasted waistcaot of moleskin. (AUDIO: Aftershocks)

The Eleventh Doctor had brass buttons on his double-breast overcoats of moleskin done in olive green, (TV: Let's Kill Hitler ^[+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]) or plain black. (TV: A Town Called Mercy ^[+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"])

Musical instruments

Musical instruments made form brass included the trumpet, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys) the trombone, (TV: The Christmas Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) the saxophone, (TV: Silver Nemesis ^[+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) and the tuba. (TV: Music of the Spheres ^[+]Loading...["Music of the Spheres (TV story)"])

Objects

Lamps were sometimes made from brass. (AUDIO: Aladdin Time ^[+]Loading...["Aladdin Time (audio story)"]) Brass oil lamps were available in 1866. (PROSE: The Age of Ambition ^[+]Loading...["The Age of Ambition (short story)"]

Knives were made from brass in the 15th century. (PROSE: The Steward's Story ^[+]Loading...["The Steward's Story (short story)"])

Candlesticks were made from brass in 1849. (PROSE: The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull ^[+]Loading...["The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull (short story)"])

Arriving without power on Exxilon the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith used a brass lamp to illuminate the TARDIS and their surrounds. (PROSE: Death and the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Death and the Daleks (novelisation)"])

Scientific instruments

Pocket telescopes could be made from brass. (PROSE: The Velvet Dark ^[+]Loading...["The Velvet Dark (short story)"], Earth ^[+]Loading...["Earth (short story)"], The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"])

Fitzroy barometers could be made from brass. (PROSE: The Three Paths ^[+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"])

Orreries could be made from brass. (PROSE: The Feast ^[+]Loading...["The Feast (short story)"])

Microscopes could be made from brass. (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

TARDISes

The Doctor's TARDIS's time rotor was brass. (PROSE: Blood Heat ^[+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])

Iris Wildthyme's Celestial Omnibus had several brass knobs on the console in its cab. (PROSE: Blame Iris ^[+]Loading...["Blame Iris (short story)"])

There were many brass switches in the Doctor's TARDIS control room. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film ^[+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"])