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'''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ginge''', was the state of having [[red]] [[hair]] — or simply someone with red hair. | '''Ginger''', sometimes shortened to '''ginge''', was the state of having [[red]] [[hair]] — or simply someone with red hair. | ||
==The Doctor== | |||
Several incarnations of [[the Doctor]] had a preoccupation with being ginger. When told that the [[Elixir of Life]] could allow him to choose any body, the [[Eighth Doctor]] quietly wondered if they could make him ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[doctorwho:The_Night_of_the_Doctor_(TV_story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]], upon first examining himself in the [[mirror]], wondered why he never seemed to be ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') Likewise, 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 Eleventh Doctor briefly had this wish fulfilled when an accident caused his [[consciousness]] to be switched with his [[companion]] [[Amy Pond]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Body Snatched (comic story)|Body Snatched]]'') The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] also expressed her desire to "go ginger" someday. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]'') A [[the Doctor (Battlefield)|ginger incarnation]] of the Doctor did eventually come about, according to some sources. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'', ''[[Good Companions (short story)|Good Companions]]'', ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'') "[[Doctor Ogron]]", who had all [[the Doctor]]'s memories, expressed delight that he was "still ginger" after regenerating. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)|Planet of the Ogrons]]'') | Several incarnations of [[the Doctor]] had a preoccupation with being ginger. When told that the [[Elixir of Life]] could allow him to choose any body, the [[Eighth Doctor]] quietly wondered if they could make him ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[doctorwho:The_Night_of_the_Doctor_(TV_story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]], upon first examining himself in the [[mirror]], wondered why he never seemed to be ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') Likewise, 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 Eleventh Doctor briefly had this wish fulfilled when an accident caused his [[consciousness]] to be switched with his [[companion]] [[Amy Pond]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Body Snatched (comic story)|Body Snatched]]'') The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] also expressed her desire to "go ginger" someday. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]'') A [[the Doctor (Battlefield)|ginger incarnation]] of the Doctor did eventually come about, according to some sources. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'', ''[[Good Companions (short story)|Good Companions]]'', ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'') "[[Doctor Ogron]]", who had all [[the Doctor]]'s memories, expressed delight that he was "still ginger" after regenerating. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)|Planet of the Ogrons]]'') | ||
==Companions== | |||
[[File:UltimateGing.jpg|thumb|right|[[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Vincent van Gogh]] comment their kids would have been "the ultimate ginge". ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')]] | [[File:UltimateGing.jpg|thumb|right|[[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Vincent van Gogh]] comment their kids would have been "the ultimate ginge". ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')]] | ||
Both [[Donna Noble]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and [[Amy Pond]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') had red hair. When the ''[[Teselecta]]'' was in the form of Amy Pond, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] called it a "big ginge". ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') She once considered the possibility that she might have had children with the equally red-headed [[Vincent van Gogh]]. "If we had got [[marriage|married]]," she told the [[Eleventh Doctor]], "our kids would have had very, ''very'' red hair," to which he replied, "the ultimate ginger". Wistfully, she confirmed, "the ultimate ginge." ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') The [[Dream Lord]] said the Doctor "loved a redhead". ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | |||
[[Cinder]], a [[companion]] of the [[War Doctor]], was known by that name because of her red hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') | |||
==Other individuals== | |||
[[Atlantean]]s had red hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Ones (short story)|The Lost Ones]]'') | [[Atlantean]]s had red hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Ones (short story)|The Lost Ones]]'') | ||
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[[King]] [[Richard II]] of [[England]] had red-golden hair. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'') | [[King]] [[Richard II]] of [[England]] had red-golden hair. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'') | ||
The [[Grand Matriarch]] had red hair in her youth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | The [[Grand Matriarch]] had red hair in her youth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | ||
