Clothing 11

[SiHart]

What's he going to wear? Any ideas? A hat? A cap? Cord trousers and a tweed jacket (my favourite idea).

Let's have some guesses.

Si xx

[Llordllama]

He'd need a flat cap to go with that outfit and a hunting dog!

I think a light coating of jelly with two strategically placed sprigs of parsely would be a fairly suprising choice.

Or failing that an all tin-foil outfit, in which he can spend his time complaining that "they" are monitoring his thoughts.

[Si Hunt]

Question mark pulley. That'd teach the fans!

Si.

[Dirk Gently]

How about a Australian Bush hat & a wax riding long coat?

[WhiteCrow]

Having seen the clip of him in Ruby In The Smoke, that kind of look would be perfect, without the hat though. Something Victorian.

I hope it's nothing too contemporary. I didn't like Chris Ecclestones look too much.

It works best if the look is of "some other era". Nothing too wild unlike Colin B. Smart, but feels like it belongs in another timeframe.

[Paul Monk]

I think it should be a sort of 60's Cambridge Uni student look. Not dissimiliar to some aspects of my Doctor's costume. He should wear brown cords, slightly flared with brown loafer style suede shoes. A patterned shirt of some sort. A tank top exactly the same as the PS Doctor's one. A Cambridge or similar style uni scarf and a very traditional British duffle coat. A bit like Paddington Bear's.
(Apologies to anyone on facebook who may have already read that)

[Llordllama]

He could always be "ironic" and wear a Dalek Tshirt with a nice TARDIS tie. Or is that too self-referential?

[Andrew Curnow]

I'm not sure how essential it is to have a definitive 'look' nowadays - if it was me, I'd put him in a pair of smart practical trousers & shoes; and then when he's in the TARDIS top it off with just a shirt, not scruffy as such, but perhaps sometimes untucked, with the top button always undone. And then a good pockety jacket (obviously I mean frock coat, but don't want to say it) which he'd shrug on whenever he's going outside.

I'm assuming the hair, which Mr M loved so much, is staying, so the untucky shirt kind of fits the floppy hair, the sense of somebody who isn't that hung up on his appearance. And assuming it is staying, I can't see that he could have a hat to go with it. It would be nice for him to have specs a la Davison, but since Tennant's already done that I can't see them going for that.

[FlyingBeastie]

He looked good in 70's garb in In Bruges. But i think a tweed sort of 1930's look hasn't been done before for the Doctor- that might work well on him.

[SiHart]

I like Paul's idea.

Si xx

[FlyingBeastie]

Hmm, or maybe a bit like a sea captain. White and navy blue, with a toggle coat. Cos' i don't see brown going too well with him- brown went well with Tennant cos' he's the only Doctor who had brown eyes.

[Dirk Gently]

...or maybe a bit like a sea captain. White and navy blue, with a toggle coat.

I don't like the idea of a uniform look & I don't think it'll go that way.

[Dave Lewis]

How about sports casual?

[Pip Madeley]

The underpant lining would surely perish after thirteen episodes.

[Dave Lewis]

Perhaps this would lead to amusing occurrences during each episode where, at moments of high tension, Doctor Who would make an unfortunate revelation:

"Rose, I must warn you before we go and defeat the Dalek Emperor that I've popped out again."

[WhiteCrow]

I think it should be a sort of 60's Cambridge Uni student look.

I'm sorry, but if the Doctor turns into yet another public-school type, sneering elitely educated character, I'm going to stop watching on principle. Really we have enough of that kind of crap on TV as it is.

Fortunately I have faith in Stevie Moffat not to do that.

[Dave Tudor]

On the contrary, I think Paul's nailed it.

How about sports casual?

"Brigadier, the boys are back in the barracks."

[Paul Monk]

I'm sorry, but if the Doctor turns into yet another public-school type, sneering elitely educated character, I'm going to stop watching on principle. Really we have enough of that kind of crap on TV as it is.

He won't be like that though. Was Peter Davison like that? His costume was based on a Brideshead Revisited look. There were plenty of guys educated at Cambridge and Oxford in the 60's who whilst had privileged backgrounds (or not in some cases) were incredibly anti establishment. I'm thinking mainly of comedians, Peter Cook and the Pythons etc.

So you're wrong!

[Paul Monk]

And just to say

I like Paul's idea.

On the contrary, I think Paul's nailed it

Thanks guys!

[Anthony Williams]

I'm sorry, but if the Doctor turns into yet another public-school type, sneering elitely educated character, I'm going to stop watching on principle.

Having had a public school education myself, I'm actually slightly offended at the sweeping generalisation made about anyone who had that sort of education...

Ant x

[WhiteCrow]

I still think it's a bad costume idea!

And Ant - my dad was educated at public school. But I was commenting on that kind of "character". I dispise the idea of the Doctor turning into some abhorant "young Inspector Morse".

Although with Inspector Morse, they never felt the need to "sex up" his companions (shudders).

[Dino]

Either an old fashioned Binman jacket with the orange reflective strip on the back.

Or some Army & Navy Stores offcuts?

[WhiteCrow]

Either an old fashioned Binman jacket with the orange reflective strip on the back.

Now that I like!

Kind of like an intergalactic flying picket - which is essentially what he is!

Or some Army & Navy Stores offcuts?

But the Doctor is inheritently anti-military unless he's Jon Pertwee.

[Paul Monk]

But I was commenting on that kind of "character". I despite the idea of the Doctor turning into some abhorant "young Inspector Morse".

Why would the type of outfit I suggested make him "that kind of character"? I'm genuinely baflled. Could he not wear it and be the Doctor we know?

[Paul Monk]

Either an old fashioned Binman jacket with the orange reflective strip on the back.

A donkey jacket? No way! Sorry but that'd be terrible.