I can imagine an overcoat will make up part of it.
Capaldi's costume...
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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!
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!
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“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!”
“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!).
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
In fact, I would like it to be like a costume. There, I said it
Originally Posted by Grisonaut:
“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!).”
“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
Originally Posted by codename_47:
“PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously”
“PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously
”
I think he should wear pyjamas. :P
Originally Posted by codename_47:
“Oooooh, that gives me an idea...
PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously”
“Oooooh, that gives me an idea...
PLEASE can we have 12 in a racing suit, like The Stig (but with no helmet, obviously
”
As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.
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.
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.
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.
Maybe give him a heavier darker cape/cloak he can don when it gets a bit chilly.
Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:[LIST=1][*]tight fitting, cupping jeans[*]big leather belt[*]light coloured shirt open to the navel[*]gold chain[*]gold ear stud[*]cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)[*]TARDIS turned into a sports car[/LIST]
Originally Posted by AdelaideGirl:
“As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.”
“As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.”
What, skinny?
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:[LIST=1][*]tight fitting, cupping jeans[*]big leather belt[*]light coloured shirt open to the navel[*]gold chain[*]gold ear stud[*]cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)[*]TARDIS turned into a sports car[/LIST]”
“Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:[LIST=1][*]tight fitting, cupping jeans[*]big leather belt[*]light coloured shirt open to the navel[*]gold chain[*]gold ear stud[*]cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)[*]TARDIS turned into a sports car[/LIST]”
Oh brilliant!
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:[LIST=1][*]tight fitting, cupping jeans[*]big leather belt[*]light coloured shirt open to the navel[*]gold chain[*]gold ear stud[*]cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)[*]TARDIS turned into a sports car[/LIST]”
“Since he's older, how about a 'mid-life crisis' incarnation:[LIST=1][*]tight fitting, cupping jeans[*]big leather belt[*]light coloured shirt open to the navel[*]gold chain[*]gold ear stud[*]cowboy boots (jeans tucked in)[*]TARDIS turned into a sports car[/LIST]”
Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.
Originally Posted by CELT1987:
“Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.
”
“Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.
”
"Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
Originally Posted by DJGM:
“"Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
”
“"Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
”
Stig could be The Master.
Originally Posted by CELT1987:
“Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.”
“Thats Jeremy Clarkson you have described.”
One of the Big Finish audios, 'Max Warp' is about a Top Gear-type show about spaceships
Originally Posted by AdelaideGirl:
“As long as it's black not white. Capaldi's certainly got the body to carry it off.”
“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
Originally Posted by DJGM:
“"Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
”
“"Time now, to put a Star in our Reasonably Priced TARDIS . . . "
”
Seems apt as both Clarkson and the Doctor have now been around Gambon. Plus this... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N77GAsv8X-Q
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