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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2024-06-25 07:35 pm

Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 51

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.




Selection of images of Peri's outfit from Attack of the Cybermen.  A red jumpsuit with a blue belt and matching blue bracelet.

Peri in Attack of the Cybermen Amazingly it occurred to the Cybermen that Peri's pink leotard and shorts were, perhaps, not optimal human clothing for the frozen tombs on Telos, so she got escorted off to change into something more suitable. They were not wrong, but it does seem like an odd thing for the Cybermen to worry about.


Selection of images of Mel's outfit from Paradise Towers.  White trousers with big blue spots paird with a blue jacket with white spots, cut lower at the back than the front to give a bit of an appearance of a tail coat.  This is over a matching blue swimsuit.

Mel in Paradise Towers Mel's devotion to coordinated outfits includes having a coordinated swimsuit to go with this trouser suit!


Selection of images of Romana's outfit from The Androids of Tara.  A long purple velvet coat with a satin breast front.  This is over green coulottes and purple boots and a large wide-rimmed purple hat with a green tie.

Romana in The Androids of Tara This is my favourite Doctor Who outfit ever - though I will admit to a slight doubt about the green coulottes. The hat though is amazing. You are, of course, free to disagree with me!


Selection of images of Clara's outfit from Mummy on the Orient Express.  A 1920s flapper outfit consisting of a black mini-dress with an art deco design in gold with a scalloped fringe that reaches to her knees.

Clara in Mummy on the Orient Express Having said how much I like Romana's outfit, I think this one may give it a run for its money, just for the effect of all that gold beading.

Poll #31483 Costume Bracket: Round 1, Post 51
This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21


Which outfit is best?

View Answers

Peri in Attack of the Cybermen
2 (9.5%)

Mel in Paradise Towers
2 (9.5%)

Romana in The Androids of Tara
14 (66.7%)

Clara in Mummy on the Orient Express
3 (14.3%)




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

Voting will remain open for at least a week, possibly longer!

Costume Bracket Masterlist

Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.
vivdunstan: Part of own photo taken in local university botanic gardens. Tree trunks rise atmospherically, throwing shadows from the sun on the ground. (Default)

[personal profile] vivdunstan 2024-06-25 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well I was going to vote for Mel. Until I scrolled down and saw *that* Romana outfit. I remember painting a copy of it when I was very young. It’s not my favourite Romana I story. But that outfit is just lovely. The hat especially.
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2024-06-25 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
What a cruel set to bunch together! I was all set to vote for Mel's iconic polka dots, then I saw Romana's striking Tara outfit and knew it'd have to be that, and then you pulled out Clara's absolutely gorgeous Mummy on the Orient Express dress, and I had to go for that.
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[personal profile] a_cubed 2024-06-26 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely a problem with random allocation to brackets that we have to choose between this set with three stunning outfits, (Peri's is unusual for her and companions, but hardly stunning).
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[personal profile] lurking_latinist 2024-06-26 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to the other three - I will always vote for Peri getting anything but those leotards!
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[personal profile] ffutures 2024-06-26 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it just me, or does Romana have a slight Missy vibe in some of her pictures?
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[personal profile] turlough 2024-06-26 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Very evil to put both Romana's fabulous purple outfit in the same poll as Mel's fun polka dots. In the end I had to vote for Romana because she has a matching hat!
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[personal profile] liadt 2024-06-28 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hurrah for the Cyberman, but no vote. Clara's dress is good, but possibly hired? Another vote for Romana,
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[personal profile] fred_mouse 2024-07-01 10:01 am (UTC)(link)

There are some truly fabulous costumes in this one, but after some arguing with self, had to go with what I think of as Mel's most iconic / of its time outfit.