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[[File:UltimateGing.jpg|thumb|right|Would these people have produced "the ultimate ginge"? ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')]] | [[File:UltimateGing.jpg|thumb|right|Would these people have produced "the ultimate ginge"? ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')]] | ||
'''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ginge''', was the state of having [[red]] [[hair]] — or simply someone with red hair. Both the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s expressed disappointment immediately after [[regeneration]] that they were not ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The Doctor briefly received this wish when an accident caused his [[consciousness]] to be switched with [[Amy Pond]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Body Snatched (comic story)|Body Snatched]]'') | '''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ginge''', was the state of having [[red]] [[hair]] — or simply someone with red hair. Both the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s expressed disappointment immediately after [[regeneration]] that they were not ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The Doctor briefly received this wish when an accident caused his [[consciousness]] to be switched with [[Amy Pond]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Body Snatched (comic story)|Body Snatched]]'') The [[Dream Lord]] commented that the Doctor "love[d] a red head". ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | ||
[[Atlantean]]s had red hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Ones]]'') | [[Atlantean]]s had red hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Ones]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
[[File:StillNotGinger.jpg|thumb|right|Despite his wishes, [[the Doctor]] is still '''not''' ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | [[File:StillNotGinger.jpg|thumb|right|Despite his wishes, [[the Doctor]] is still '''not''' ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | ||
* Though it has never been used pejoratively by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''ginger'' was misunderstood by some of the original viewers of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | * Though it has never been used pejoratively by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''ginger'' was misunderstood by some of the original viewers of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Not understanding that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was actually ''lamenting'' not being a redhead, some viewers balked at what they took to be an insult. The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] were forced to release a statement assuring the public that there was no "anti-ginger" campaign being waged by the ''Doctor Who'' production office, pointing out that two consecutive [[companion]]s had in fact been ginger.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100114055103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/response/2010/01/100106_res_doctorwho_ginger_jmf.shtml BBC Complaint response], 6 January 2010</ref> Viewers in 2010 needn't have worried; the series employed a redhead in a starring role almost continuously from March 2008 to September 2012. | ||
* [[Karen Gillan]] has had to explain the term "ginger" in several American TV interviews, such as on ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. | * [[Karen Gillan]] has had to explain the term "ginger" in several American TV interviews, such as on ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. | ||
== Footnote == | == Footnote == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
[[Category:Hair]] | [[Category:Hair]] | ||
[[Category:Colour]] | [[Category:Colour]] |
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