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'''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ging''', was the state of having 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]]'') [[Amy Pond]] once considered the possibility that she might have had children with the equally red-headed [[Vincent van Gogh]]. "They would have had ''really'' red hair", she | '''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ging''', was the state of having 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]]'') [[Amy Pond]] once considered the possibility that she might have had children with the equally red-headed [[Vincent van Gogh]]. "If we had got [[marriage|married]], our kids would have had very, ''very'' red hair. They would have had ''really'' red hair", to which he replied, "the ultimate ginger", and she confirmed, "the ultimate ging." ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*Though it has never been used pejoratively by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', a small controversy about the ''possibility'' of a negative usage did erupt in [[Britain]] following transmission of the second part of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Not understanding the fact that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was actually ''lamenting'' not being being a redhead, some viewers misunderstood [[Matt Smith]]'s line "Still not ginger." The 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://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]]. | *Though it has never been used pejoratively by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', a small controversy about the ''possibility'' of a negative usage did erupt in [[Britain]] following transmission of the second part of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Not understanding the fact that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was actually ''lamenting'' not being being a redhead, some viewers misunderstood [[Matt Smith]]'s line "Still not ginger." The 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://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]]. | ||
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==Footnote== | ==Footnote== | ||
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[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
[[Category:Anatomy and physiology]] | [[Category:Anatomy and physiology]] | ||
