Capaldi's costume...

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  • MulettMulett Posts: 9,055
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    The problem with the classic Doctors' clothes is that, progressively, they stopped being clothes and became a costume.

    Right up until Tom Baker, each Doctor had his own style - but it always looked as though he was wearing something he had thrown together from genuine clothes. It never looked like an actual costume.

    Until Peter Davison.

    The 5th Doctor's outfit looked like a costume. And poor old Colin Baker's outfit was exactly the same as Davison's only in horrible colours. You want to complain about the 6th Doctor's clothes? Well, it started with the 5th Doctor!

    I think McCoy and McGann had a more subtle look by comparison to Davison and C. Baker, and the same for Doctor's 9, 10 and 11. Perhaps Matt Smith's clothes began to look a bit costumey towards the end, but over all the Doctor's look has been 'clothes' rather than 'costume'.

    I hope Peter Capaldi is the same - just something that looks like clothes!
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    Mulett wrote: »
    The problem with the classic Doctors' clothes is that, progressively, they stopped being clothes and became a costume.

    Right up until Tom Baker, each Doctor had his own style - but it always looked as though he was wearing something he had thrown together from genuine clothes. It never looked like an actual costume.

    Until Peter Davison.

    The 5th Doctor's outfit looked like a costume. And poor old Colin Baker's outfit was exactly the same as Davison's only in horrible colours. You want to complain about the 6th Doctor's clothes? Well, it started with the 5th Doctor!

    I think McCoy and McGann had a more subtle look by comparison to Davison and C. Baker, and the same for Doctor's 9, 10 and 11. Perhaps Matt Smith's clothes began to look a bit costumey towards the end, but over all the Doctor's look has been 'clothes' rather than 'costume'.

    I hope Peter Capaldi is the same - just something that looks like clothes!

    Agreed.

    Fwiw, as a child of about 10 years old when Davison's era began, I really didn't get the costume. It was an affectation.

    First, because it was so so different from Baker. And, secondly, it was -too- english. I hated sports, and cricket was just a useless endeavour to me.

    Why on earth a doctor needed to be associated with such an example of englishness is still beyond me. It satisfies no-one.

    It would be just as jarring to see a Doctor in american football shoulder-pads (that's best left to the Timelords on Gallifrey!).
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    I don't mind if it's like a costume. It's part of the fun- if he's going to wear the same thing all the time. And Eight's one is literally a costume- as I recall, it was a fancy dress costume he nicked out of a locker.

    In fact, I would like it to be like a costume. There, I said it :D
  • codename_47codename_47 Posts: 9,678
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    Grisonaut wrote: »
    Agreed.

    Fwiw, as a child of about 10 years old when Davison's era began, I really didn't get the costume. It was an affectation.

    First, because it was so so different from Baker. And, secondly, it was -too- english. I hated sports, and cricket was just a useless endeavour to me.

    Why on earth a doctor needed to be associated with such an example of englishness is still beyond me. It satisfies no-one.

    It would be just as jarring to see a Doctor in american football shoulder-pads (that's best left to the Timelords on Gallifrey!).

    Oooooh, that gives me an idea...

    PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously :p
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously :p

    I think he should wear pyjamas. :P
  • AdelaideGirlAdelaideGirl Posts: 3,498
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    Oooooh, that gives me an idea...

    PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously :p

    As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 983
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    I'll make one prediction for his costume, I bet it has a nice warm coat.

    This is an actor who has been around long enough to know what he should be wearing when stood in the middle of a field in Wales during January.
  • sionnaighsionnaigh Posts: 1,599
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    I want him in a long dark blue velvet frock coat and spats !!
  • CorwinCorwin Posts: 16,573
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    I can see him in a light coloured frock coat, something like this but maybe with a modern shirt/trousers/shoes so we get a mix of the modern and the Victorian.

    Maybe give him a heavier darker cape/cloak he can don when it gets a bit chilly.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,980
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    Tigger onesie? ;-)
  • joe_000joe_000 Posts: 525
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    Something that is different to Victorian or Edwardian style.
  • MulettMulett Posts: 9,055
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    Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:
    1. tight fitting, cupping jeans
    2. big leather belt
    3. light coloured shirt open to the navel
    4. gold chain
    5. gold ear stud
    6. cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)
    7. TARDIS turned into a sports car
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.

    What, skinny?
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    Mulett wrote: »
    Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:
    1. tight fitting, cupping jeans
    2. big leather belt
    3. light coloured shirt open to the navel
    4. gold chain
    5. gold ear stud
    6. cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)
    7. TARDIS turned into a sports car

    Oh brilliant!
  • AdelaideGirlAdelaideGirl Posts: 3,498
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    lady_xanax wrote: »
    What, skinny?

    Slender, well shaped. Not too skinny.
  • CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,339
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    Mulett wrote: »
    Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:
    1. tight fitting, cupping jeans
    2. big leather belt
    3. light coloured shirt open to the navel
    4. gold chain
    5. gold ear stud
    6. cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)
    7. TARDIS turned into a sports car
    Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.
  • DJGMDJGM Posts: 3,934
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    CELT1987 wrote: »
    Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.
    "Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
    :D
  • CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,339
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    DJGM wrote: »
    "Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
    :D
    Stig could be The Master.
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    CELT1987 wrote: »
    Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.

    One of the Big Finish audios, 'Max Warp' is about a Top Gear-type show about spaceships :)
  • BinCatBinCat Posts: 2,125
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    As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.

    He does, doesn't he, I think he's lovely;-)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 609
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    a onesie...
  • FraxisFraxis Posts: 202
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    DJGM wrote: »
    "Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
    :D

    Seems apt as both Clarkson and the Doctor have now been around Gambon. Plus this... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N77GAsv8X-Q
  • Will2911Will2911 Posts: 464
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    Mulett wrote: »
    Here's Matt Smith in the sixth Doctor's outfit.

    I think it quite suits him
  • lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    Will2911 wrote: »
    I think it quite suits him

    It looks perfect for children's TV.
  • nosilauknosilauk Posts: 647
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    Sharp, navy blue suit with a t-shirt. A bit more formal than Nine's leather jacket ensemble. Doc Martens.
    Please no frills, frock coats or Victorianara...
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