Crimson
Crimson was a colour shade related to red and scarlet. (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"])
The passkey to get into the backup TARDIS control room was "Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor." It had to be thought for the telepathic circuits to pick it up. (TV: The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"])
Paint could be crimson. (PROSE: The Northern Heights [+]Loading...["The Northern Heights (short story)"], To the Slaughter [+]Loading...["To the Slaughter (novel)"]) As could nail polish paint. (PROSE: Timeless [+]Loading...["Timeless (novel)"]) And graffiti. (PROSE: The Shadows of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])
Ink could also be crimson and used for printing in the 20th, and 21st century. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"], Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])
Carpets could be crimson in colour. (PROSE: Walkin' City Blues [+]Loading...["Walkin' City Blues (short story)"])
Cloth could be crimson. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"]) Satin could also be crimson coloured. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])
Blackcurrants had crimson juice. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])
Lipstick was available in crimson in 2006. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])
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Blood was a crimson colour. (PROSE: Project Valhalla [+]Loading...["Project Valhalla (novel)"], The Coming of the Queen [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"], Mordieu [+]Loading...["Mordieu (short story)"]) Diffused through water blood would make the water appear crimson. (PROSE: Mire and Clay [+]Loading...["Mire and Clay (short story)"]) Silurian blood was crimson. (PROSE: Blood Head [+]Loading...["Blood Head (novel)"])
Once activated the Krivani goblet began to give off a deep angry crimson light and emitting a high pitched hum just prior to the Seventh Doctor throwing it into the time vortex. (PROSE: Ante Bellum [+]Loading...["Ante Bellum (short story)"])
Under strain people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back [+]Loading...["One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)"]) Or under embarrassment or sunburn people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: Siege Mentality [+]Loading...["Siege Mentality (short story)"], The Death of Art [+]Loading...["The Death of Art (novel)"]) Or anger. (PROSE: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (novelisation)"], Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (novelisation)"]) Or fury. (PROSE: The Crooked World [+]Loading...["The Crooked World (novel)"]) Alpha Centauri too also would turn a crimson colour in times of conflict. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])
Benek Chaloupka had a mostly shaved head however he had a central top-knot, which hung down to his shoulders in a crimson ponytail, and two long, thin moustaches of similar tinge in 2221. (PROSE: Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])
The light on the from of K9 Mark II was crimson. (PROSE: All Snug in Their Beds [+]Loading...["All Snug in Their Beds (short story)"])
In an event of an emergency the TARDIS control room could change the lighting crimson. (PROSE: Nuclear Time [+]Loading...["Nuclear Time (novel)"])
When Melkur arrived on Traken it was in a crimson fireball. (PROSE: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (novelisation)"])
One of the weapons testing rooms in the Cybermen's tomb on Telos encountered by Jamie McCrimmon and Peter Haydon in the 26th century which flashed several colours at them including; crimson, rose, scarlet, vermilion, orange, yellow, green, blue, royal blue, ultramarine, violet and purple. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)"])
As the volcano erupted on Dulkis it resulted in white, orange and crimson clouds swirling in every direction around it. (PROSE: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (novelisation)"])
The "mark of the Rani" – evidence of the First Rani's experiments on humans in the 19th century left a crimson mark on the neck. It could spread leading to death. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"])
Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS was crimson. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"] Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"], The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"])
Imorkal third eye would glow crimson when in use. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])
Astronomical objects
Red giants were dying suns, they bathed planets nearby in a crimson light. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun [+]Loading...["Beyond the Sun (novel)"])
The twin suns of Rearbus and Selynx gave Karfel a crimson skyline. (PROSE: Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (novelisation)"])
Eros' sun lent the planet's sky a vibrant crimson. (PROSE: The Queen of Eros [+]Loading...["The Queen of Eros (short story)"])
Tír na n-Óg had a red sun that lent gave the sky a hellish crimson streak. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)"])
Macha was one of three suns in a trinary star system, it was crimson. (PROSE: Predating the Predators [+]Loading...["Predating the Predators (short story)"])
Sunsets on Earth in 1968 appeared crimson. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
In the 1970s the Third Doctor showed Elizabeth Shaw sunrise from orbit, the sun revealed a crimson flare as it rose. (PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas [+]Loading...["UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)"])
Lucifer cast a crimson glare on Moloch in the 2150s. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])
The sky on Mars in 2157 darkened at the horizon turning from a salmon pink to a deep crimson as it met the ground. (PROSE: GodEngine [+]Loading...["GodEngine (novel)"]) The sky still appeared crimson in 2595. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])
One of the Seven Planets of the Althosian system had a crimson hue to its surface in 2400. (PROSE: The Pit [+]Loading...["The Pit (novel)"])
On Jupiter in 2553 it had ochre and crimson clouds. (PROSE: Jupiter [+]Loading...["Jupiter (short story)"])
In 2670 Arden had crimson sunsets. (PROSE: Shadowmind [+]Loading...["Shadowmind (novel)"])
Botany
Plants' blossoms or flowers could be a crimson colour. (PROSE: The Dalek Factor [+]Loading...["The Dalek Factor (novel)"], The Sleep of Reason [+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"])
Crimson roses grew in gardens on Traken. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
In [Napier]] in December 1980 there were pohutukawa trees in full crimson bloom when Sarah Jane Smith and the Fourth Doctor visited. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])
Clothing
Crimson robes were worn on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])
Gowns also be made of crimson fabric. (PROSE: Managra [+]Loading...["Managra (novel)"])
Adric observed that the Fourth Doctor's coat was crimson. (PROSE: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (novelisation)"]) Although according to other accounts it was burgundy. (PROSE: Into the Silent Land [+]Loading...["Into the Silent Land (short story)"])
In the far future in the City of Hope at Endpoint Silver's staff wore crimson uniforms. (PROSE: Hope [+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])
When the Seventh Doctor met Helen A on Terra Alpha in the 25th century she was wearing a deep crimson velvet suit with a matching crimson feather hat. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])
Darkel wore a crimson sash during the Sixth Doctor's trial. (PROSE: Terror of the Veroids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)"])
Technology
Crimson could a colour used in helmet-based displays for glyphs. (PROSE: Monitor [+]Loading...["Monitor (short story)"])
In the 20th century, Torchwood Three found a deep-lavender emotional amplifier. It pulsed crimson when it detected anger, amplifying it into rage. (PROSE: Slow Decay [+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])
See also
- Crimson Heart
- Red leech, also known as "The Crimson Horror".
- Crimson pirate
- Crimson Star beer and larger. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"], Walking to Babylon [+]Loading...["Walking to Babylon (novel)"]
