Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 27

[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.






Vicki in Galaxy 4 I always think this dress looks a bit 1920s, though I suspect it is early 1960s fashion.




Ace in The Curse of Fenric I've always found this outfit a bit odd. I assume it actually is modelled on a genuine 1940s ensemble since costume drama is one thing the BBC has always been good at. But it's never really convinced me.




Amy in The Beast Below OK, so, yes, I've included this in part for the LOLs. Though also - why not wander around alien environments in your nightwear? It probably looks no stranger than contemporary clothing.




Rose in Tooth and Claw Rose all dressed up and ready to go to a punk concert but finds herself in the company of Queen Victoria, who was not amused.

Poll #30992 Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 27

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Which outfit is best?

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Vicki in Galaxy 4
4 (26.7%)

Ace in The Curse of Fenric
5 (33.3%)

Amy in The Beast Below
4 (26.7%)

Rose in Tooth and Claw
2 (13.3%)

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

[scifirenegade]

Had to vote for Ace, if not only for my young cousin's comment (aged 7-8 at the time she saw some The Curse of Fenric clips): "Why is she the lunch lady?" :P

[purplecat]

The hair net seems particularly odd! I don't think I've ever seen archive photos where someone has a hairnet that stands out in that way.

[scifirenegade]

That is what bugs me (and probably what bugged my cousin too). Yeah, I don't think the hairnets were like that, no.

[purplecat]

... and none of the other characters wear that kind of hairnet either!

[turlough]

I like Vicki's little sundress but I think I would have liked it better without the belt. It doesn't really fit the look somehow. And does, as you say, make it look like something from the 1920s.

I went looking for other examples of the kind of hairnet/snood Ace is wearing and actually found this one of two women working in a munitions factory in 1942. Ace's is denser but the basic look is the same. So apparently they did exist but possibly just for wearing when work required it?

[scifirenegade]

Oh thanks for the info regarding the hairnet!

I think the colour being so saturated is what makes it odd.

[turlough]

You're welcome! Wikipedia is a great resource. Particularly after I'd remembered hairnets were sometimes called snoods.

I wonder if that's maybe supposed to show Ace's contemporary personality peeking through.

[purplecat]

Oh! That's interesting - though, as you say, it seems something more like work wear than a regular clothing item.

[fred_mouse]

I remember absolutely loving that outfit on Ace.

[purplecat]

TBH, it's not one of my favourites - but it has the virtue of being distinctive.