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Grey

Grey was a colour. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"])

Grey was a colour of aging, when the Third Doctor met Alpha Centauri again in 3935 he commented they had a "touch of grey in the tentacles". (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"])

Grey hair was also a sign of aging. (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart [+]Loading...["Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)"], Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor and Robin Hood in 1109. (TV: Robot of Sherwood [+]Loading...["Robot of Sherwood (TV story)"])

Robin Hood called the Twelfth Doctor a "grey old man" when they met in 1190. (TV: Robot of Sherwood [+]Loading...["Robot of Sherwood (TV story)"])

The Book of Lies said that a great greyness was going to fall over the universe. It also called Rassilon the "Great Grey Eminence". (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

Leela called the Collector the "grey one". (TV: The Sun Makers [+]Loading...["The Sun Makers (TV story)"])

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Kaled heart was grey. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

Some species had grey skin, these included the Inter Minorians of Inter Minor. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"]) The Cathedral-created Grey Man's race. (PROSE: Falls the Shadow [+]Loading...["Falls the Shadow (novel)"]) And the Sittuun from the Battani-045 system. (PROSE: Night of the Humans [+]Loading...["Night of the Humans (novel)"]) had grey skin.

Official and Functionaries Inter Minorians. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"])

Griffin's eyes were grey. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

The Eleventh General had grey eyes. (PROSE: Lords and Masters [+]Loading...["Lords and Masters (short story)"])

The Seventh Doctor had grey eyes. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])

Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals' clothing history[[edit] | [edit source]]

Leela was given a jumper when she and the Doctor arrived at Fang Rock in 1902. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"])

Graham O'Brien wore a grey tweed frock coat during a trip to New York during 1903. (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror [+]Loading...["Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)"])

Amy Pond wore a light purple jumper with a v-neck collar under her grey leather jacket during the Total Collapse Event Incident in 1996. (TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"], The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler was wearing a grey t-shirt when she first assisted the Ninth Doctor with combatting Nestene Consciousness's Operation Mannequin in 2005, (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]) during Earth Death, (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"]) when arriving in Cardiff during 1869, (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"]) and when returning to London during 2006. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

Toshiko Sato wore a grey tank top when she and Torchwood were investigating the area of the Brecon Beacons which revealed cannibalistic villagers of Brynblaidd in the mid-2000s (TV: Countrycide [+]Loading...["Countrycide (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler wore a grey hoodie during the 2006 Sycorax Invasion of Earth. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])

Clara Oswald sometimes wore grey jumpers in her native 2010s. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"]/The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"], Face the Raven [+]Loading...["Face the Raven (TV story)"], Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])

Giles wore a green and grey sweatshirt, jeans, rucksack, and a ponytail when he saw Lucifer from across a road in what Lucifer called "Kingdom United" in the mid-21st century. (WC: Mission: Find Lilith [+]Loading...["Mission: Find Lilith (webcast)"])

Clara Oswald was wearing a grey jumper over a white lace shirt in the mid-2010s when she visited a Trap Street in London and was touched by a Quantum Shade. (TV: Face the Raven [+]Loading...["Face the Raven (TV story)"], Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])

Sarah Jane Smith was wearing a double-breasted grey leather trenchcoat when she helped to defeat Davros and the New Dalek Empire's master plan in 2009 (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

Kate Stewart wore a grey trenchcoat when dealing with Zygon rebels known as Truth or Consequences in the mid-2010s. (TV: The Zygon Inversion [+]Loading...["The Zygon Inversion (TV story)"], The Zygon Invasion [+]Loading...["The Zygon Invasion (TV story)"])

Mels Zucker wore a grey tank top with a black leather jacket in the 2010s. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])

Jenny Flint wore grey waistcoats with her white shirts and her cravats in 2017. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension [+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"])

Bill Potts was wearing a grey tank top, when she and her friends Shireen, Felicity, Harry, Pavel and Paul moved into 11 Cardinal Road in 2017. (TV: Knock Knock [+]Loading...["Knock Knock (TV story)"])

Ambrose Northover was wearing a grey t-shirt with puce stripes during her first encounter with Silurians in 2020 including when she betrayed the Eleventh Doctor, killed Alaya, and almost doomed her people to Restac during the Cwmtaff incident. (TV: The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"], Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"])

Morris Gibbons was wearing a grey blazer when Sutekh returned in 2024. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)","The Legend of Ruby Sunday"], Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])

Ruby Sunday wore a grey jumper with maroon stripes in an alternate timeline in the mid-21st century. (TV: 73 Yards [+]Loading...["73 Yards (TV story)"])

Sarah Jane Smith wore a burgundy and grey jumper with green diamonds when she and the Third Doctor helped to save Peladon from Azaxyr and Eckersley in 3935, (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"]) and also when helping to foil Rutans. (AUDIO: The Children of the Future [+]Loading...["The Children of the Future (audio story)"])

Donna Noble wore a grey dress with her mauve cardigan, beginning in 5150 when she and the Tenth Doctor visited The Library. (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) She also wore a grey sweater dress. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]/Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

Martha Jones was wearing a grey jacket with a zip when she met Jack Harkness and the TARDIS travelled to Malcassairo in 100 trillion AD. (TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) She was still wearing it when they managed to return to Earth in the mid-2000s. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])

Last Great Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bliss wore a grey jumper during her first travels with the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Starship of Theseus [+]Loading...["The Starship of Theseus (audio story)"], Echoes of War [+]Loading...["Echoes of War (audio story)"], The Conscript [+]Loading...["The Conscript (audio story)"], One Life [+]Loading...["One Life (audio story)"])

Doctor Ogron wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's grey cravat. (TV: Planet of the Ogrons [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)"])

The War Master wore a grey tweed frock coat. (AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"])

The War Doctor wore grey leather gaiters when he helped Voord during the Last Great Time War. (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"])

The War Master wore a single breasted waistcoat of grey tweed. (AUDIO: Manhunt [+]Loading...["Manhunt (WM audio story)"])

The Doctor's clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor wore a grey, zigzagged patterned waistcoat, (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor wore trousers of grey Donagel tweed when he encountered the K1 in the 1970s (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"]) when he faced Wirrn, (TV: The Ark in Space [+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"]) when he first met Davros on Skaro during the Genesis Incident, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"]) when he helped to defeat Barris Kambril, (PROSE: A Device of Death [+]Loading...["A Device of Death (novel)"]) and when he faced Nomad Cybermen during their gambit to destroy Voga after the Great Cyber War. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)"])

The Eighth Doctor's first double-breasted costume shop velveteen frock coat featured a grey cravat, it was part of the costume which he stole following his regeneration in 1999 and during the Regeneration Operation. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"], PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"]) The costume coat and related clothing items was subsequently destroyed whilst he was being held prisoner on Ha'olam in the 23rd century. Following his release from the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre there after three years he was able to return to his TARDIS and travel to Neo-Sydney where he had his former outfit recreated by a tailor with real velvet and silk. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"])

The Eighth Doctor also wore a grey cravat during his travels with Charlotte Pollard; in 2503 to Garazone, Earth in the 2050s, and when he returned to Gallifrey to confront the Zagreus situation which unfolded. (AUDIO: Sword of Orion [+]Loading...["Sword of Orion (audio story)"], The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"], Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"])

He was still wearing it when he reunited with his granddaughter Susan Campbell and meeting his grandson Alex Campbell. (AUDIO: An Earthly Child [+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"])

He was also wearing a grey cravat when he first met Lucie Miller, during a fight between Mark IV Daleks including a Supreme and Mutant Daleks under Martez. (AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Blood of the Daleks (audio story)"]) And during a war between Hulbert Logistics including Todd Hulbert and the Early Cyberfaction including a Cyber-Leader on Lonsis in 2006. (AUDIO: Human Resources [+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"])

Also he was wearing a grey cravat when facing the Nestene Consciousness and Autons in 2008, when foiling Snabb's campaign for power, when defying Morbius in a new form, when confronting Alex Marlowe and some Krynoids, and when facing Wirrn, (AUDIO: Wirrn Dawn [+]Loading...["Wirrn Dawn (audio story)"]) when facing giant spiders from Metebelis III, (AUDIO: Brave New Town [+]Loading...["Brave New Town (audio story)"], The Skull of Sobek [+]Loading...["The Skull of Sobek (audio story)"], Sisters of the Flame [+]Loading...["Sisters of the Flame (audio story)"], The Vengeance of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"], Hothouse [+]Loading...["Hothouse (audio story)"], The Eight Truths [+]Loading...["The Eight Truths (audio story)"], Worldwide Web [+]Loading...["Worldwide Web (audio story)"]) And when meeting Ice Warriors including Ice Lord Slaadek and the Monk, (AUDIO: Deimos [+]Loading...["Deimos (audio story)"], The Resurrection of Mars [+]Loading...["The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)"]) during the 2180s Dalek invasion of Earth, (AUDIO: Lucie Miller [+]Loading...["Lucie Miller (audio story)"], To the Death [+]Loading...["To the Death (audio story)"]) and when he first met Molly O'Sullivan. (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"])

In New Orleans, the Eighth Doctor wore a grey coat made out of an alien synthetic material that resembled linen. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"])

On Hitchemus in the 22nd century the Eighth Doctor wore a grey silk cravat with an amber and gold stickpin. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers [+]Loading...["The Year of Intelligent Tigers (novel)"])

The Eleventh Doctor wore a grey scarf with his Victorian outfit. (TV: The Great Detective [+]Loading...["The Great Detective (TV story)"], The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rocks on Skaro were grey. (PROSE: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)"])

Martian dust seen up close was not red, but a grey-brown powder. (PROSE: Dust [+]Loading...["Dust (novel)"])

The moon's surface was grey-brown. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])

Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa and the Fifth Doctor in the pinkish-grey zero room. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])

The sky at night on Dust was a dirty greyish brown. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])

The zero room in the Doctor's TARDIS was a pinkish grey. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])

Earth in the 30th century had grey land and grey seas, with grey cities linked by grey highways across grey deserts. (TV: The Mutants [+]Loading...["The Mutants (TV story)"])

Phrases[[edit] | [edit source]]

"Grey area" was an unknown region or unknown area of knowledge. (TV: Kill the Moon [+]Loading...["Kill the Moon (TV story)"], Under the Lake [+]Loading...["Under the Lake (TV story)"])

"Grey cells" was a reference to the colour of a brain. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Pigeons were grey and brown. (PROSE: Warlock [+]Loading...["Warlock (novel)"])

Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Grey gloves worn by one individual when they were briefly transformed into a scarecrow. (TV: Proteus (episode 1) [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"11:42","ep":"1","1":"Proteus (TV story)"})

Earth-92131[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Earth-92131, when Proteus used his powers to temporarily transform two individuals into scarecrows, they were given grey gloves. (TV: Proteus (episode 1) [+]Loading...{"ep":"1","1":"Proteus (TV story)"})

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1983 UNIT drove grey jeeps. (PROSE: Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"]

Cargo ship C982 was once a smart grey, but by 2540 much of its paintwork had been scorched away from multiple landings and takeoffs through Earth's atmosphere and Earth's colonies. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)"])