Slate
Slate was both a material, and a colour. As a colour it was generally referencing grey slate. (PROSE: Bunker Soldiers [+]Loading...["Bunker Soldiers (novel)"]) As a material it could be grey, or red. (PROSE: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (novel)"], Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
As a colour slate could be also described as blue. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"])
Colour[[edit] | [edit source]]
Space seen from the ground on Earth sometimes looked slate grey. (PROSE: Ghost Ship [+]Loading...["Ghost Ship (novel)"])
On a cold day at Brighton the sea was slate coloured when the Fourth Doctor slept in a deck chair. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (novelisation)"])
Atmosphere[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Eastern Pyrenees in France in 1242 the sky had a slate appearance. (PROSE: Sanctuary [+]Loading...["Sanctuary (novel)"])
In Washington DC in 1957 the skies were sometimes slate grey. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
In November 1973 the sky near the British Museum was slate grey. (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])
As the All-High Gods made their appearances on Dellah in 2595 the sky took on a slate grey appearance. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear [+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"])
Manchester sometimes had a slate grey sky. (PROSE: The Mancunian Candidate [+]Loading...["The Mancunian Candidate (short story)"])
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Pangolins had slate grey carapaces. (PROSE: Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])
Ralph Cornish's eyes were slate grey. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]
Slate grey blazers were a popular Mars fashion in 2595. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])
Suits could be slate grey in the 27th century. (PROSE: The Big Hunt [+]Loading...["The Big Hunt (novel)"])
Captain Lawrence wore a slate grey uniform in 2382. (PROSE: Fear of the Dark [+]Loading...["Fear of the Dark (novel)"])
Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
The First Rani's TARDIS' exterior was slate grey when it was in Killingworth in the 19th century. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"])
Hov-trucks were slate grey in 2600. (PROSE: The Door into Bedlam [+]Loading...["The Door into Bedlam (short story)"])
Material[[edit] | [edit source]]
Slate was minded in quarries. (PROSE: Head Games [+]Loading...["Head Games (novel)"])
Slate could be chipped into pieces. (PROSE: Coldheart [+]Loading...["Coldheart (novel)"]) It could be smashed. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors [+]Loading...["The Infinity Doctors (novel)"])
Slate could be written on. (PROSE: All Our Christmases [+]Loading...["All Our Christmases (short story)"])
In Egypt in 1366 BC forms, plans and receipts were made on papyrus or slates. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])
Architecture[[edit] | [edit source]]
Slate was used for roofing. (PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal (novel)"], Mauritz [+]Loading...["Mauritz (short story)"], The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"], Emotional Chemistry [+]Loading...["Emotional Chemistry (novel)"], AUDIO: The Settling [+]Loading...["The Settling (audio story)"]) The slate was individual pieces, which could become loose and shatter. (PROSE: Casualties of War [+]Loading...["Casualties of War (novel))"])
Red slate was used for paving. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
Slate could be used for flooring in the 1650s. (PROSE: The Feast [+]Loading...["The Feast (short story)"])
Near to the River Clyde in Scotland dark grey slate roofs were characteristic to the area in 1863. (PROSE: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (novel)"])
Some Victorian era buildings were made from slate and stone. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])
Slate was used for fireplace hearths in or before the 20th century. (PROSE: History 101 [+]Loading...["History 101 (novel)"])
Adisham had a railway station made of brick and grey slate. By 2109 it was overseen by the European Heritage Trust. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
Farmhouses on a human colony planet had whitewashed walls and slate floors. (PROSE: Vanishing Point [+]Loading...["Vanishing Point (novel)"])
Silvered slate was sometimes used for stairs. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])
Slate could be made into tiles. (PROSE: Psi-ence Fiction [+]Loading...["Psi-ence Fiction (novel)"])
Furniture[[edit] | [edit source]]
Slate could be used for table tops. (PROSE: Came to Believe [+]Loading...["Came to Believe (short story)"])
Desks could be made from wood and slate. (PROSE: The Menagerie [+]Loading...["The Menagerie (novel)"])
