Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 9

[purplecat]

Four more Doctor Who companion outfits for your delectation and delight! Outfits selected by a mixture of ones I, personally, like; lists on the internet; and a certain random element.






Amy from Vincent and the Doctor I love this outfit of Amy's. I particularly like the colour combination but there's something about the way she wears that scarf as well.




Sarah from Planet of Evil This is quite a cute outfit of Sarah's. I like the bodice/vest - something that became much more of an item in her wardrobe in the Sarah Jane Adventures.




Tegan from Black Orchid I dithered a bit about companion outfits that were clearly dressing up but in the end allowed them selectively. Black Orchid's costume ball delivered this one for Tegan which is, frankly, one of the nicest things she got to wear in the series.




Jo from The Mind of Evil Jo's outfits were often (though not always) surprisingly practical given her ditzy reputation. She looks like she means business in this one, albeit in a distinctly 1970's kind of way.

Poll #30613 Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 9

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Which outfit is best?

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Amy in Vincent and the Doctor
4 (26.7%)

Sarah in Planet of Evil
3 (20.0%)

Tegan in Black Orchid
3 (20.0%)

Jo in The Mind of Evil
5 (33.3%)

Vote for your favourite of these costumes. Use whatever criteria you please - most practical, most outrageously spacey, most of its decade!

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Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.

Comments

[a_cubed]

Jo's outfits presaged the modern trend for companions like Graham to wear everyday clothes.

[purplecat]

I'd argue that with the exception of Jamie and Zoe, the 1960s companions mostly wore everyday clothes.

[a_cubed]

While I've only seen the complete stories from doctors 1 and 2 (plus The Invasion which I watched as the first animated recon) and that a while ago, I seem to recall much more local costume attempts in stories like The Romans, The Aztecs and Marco Polo (not a complete story). Perhaps it's just that those time/space costumes stood out for me as something that was less prevalent in NuWho, though did sometimes happen. Rose did for The Unquiet Dead", the first historical of the new show.
I just realised of course that NuWho started with three episodes that reflected its original premise: first ep set in present day earth, second ep set in a science fiction future with some science content (sun expansion, continental drift), third episode set in Earth History featuring a famous historical person.

[purplecat]

I'm not sure that's really an argument. Between the start of the Pertwee era and the Davison era there were only about six stories with historical settings and the companions dressed in historical costumes (albeit only briefly in the case of Masque of Mandragora) in all of them.

Several NuWho seasons start with contemporary-historical-futuristic in some combination, particularly when introducing a new Doctor or companion and particularly when trying to provide a jumping on point for new viewers.

[a_cubed]

I bow to your superior breadth and depth of knowledge on Who costumes.

[purplecat]

I have just spent *mumble mumble* three years making collages of them.

[liadt]

Some nice outfits here even if I am coming to the conclusion I don't like Sarah Jane's outfits. I went for the possibly the dullest outfit of Amy's as I'd like it in my wardrobe but with trousers.

[purplecat]

I'd say there's a definite before Terror of the Zygons/After Terror of the Zygons split in Sarah's outfits.

[fred_mouse]

Difficult set this one -- there are three in there I was torn between.

[purplecat]

Agreed - no stand outs, all nice/fun for different reasons.