Upon Seeing A Pic of Matt Smitih's Costume As the Doctor...

[fangrrl_squees]

A bowtie, huh?

(If you're dying to know, here's a picture - tis posted by the Beeb, so I guess it's official)

Not my usual cup of tea, but I could learn to like it.

In general, though, I'm all for the geeky-professor look. It's a little anachronistic, but not painfully so - it looks like he's wearing some well-washed (black) jeans with the tweedy jacket and they offset each other quite well.

I wonder if those boots are a part of the costume, too? Kinda hope so, to be honest.

Yeah, I think I could learn to like it.

PS. Karen/Amy still looks twelve. A very cute and adorable twelve, but twelve. Yes, I know I'm being bloody-minded. I will also concede that her hair is gorgeous.

Comments

[kaffy_r]

It is a nice slide along the clothing spectrum from the (much beloved, by me at least) yob of Nine, to the slightly wigged out Carnaby Street throwback of Ten to something that could still walk the streets without someone going "Hey, that wanker's got a piece of celery in his two-toned Community Theater Interpretation of an Edwardian Gentleman/Cricketer Suit Jacket!" of Five. (Which, by the way, I love. Just sayin'.)

Also, it reminds me of the late, great U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who was more at home with a bow tie than George Will is, or will ever be. Heh.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I never thought of Ten as "Carnaby Street", but maybe we have different ideas of what that means. ;)

As I mentioned in a comment, above, I've worked it out in my own head that Eleven doesn't quite realize that he's wearing a jacket more suited for someone twice his (apparent) age. It's a pitfall of *looking* 20something at 800+ ;)

FWIW, I'll never hear a word against Peter Davison's costume. Before I gave up the whole Femmy-Doctor idea for good, the next one on my list was an Edwardian strolling ensemble, using that costume as the basis for the design. I loved Five's gear.

[kaffy_r]

Heh. I think it's just that I was never a fan of either beige or orange, which is what Five's uniform registered as to me. Thank god he was a Doctor I liked, as opposed to, say, Six, whose personality I admired as much as I admired his clothing.

I remember looking at Carnaby Street fashions back when they were all all the rage - and have now dated myself far too conclusively - and Ten definitely rang that bell for me. I will defer to you, however, because I suspect you have a better feel for clothing, with your skills, than I do. Luckily, whatever era Ten's clothing referenced, he wore it well and I enjoyed it greatly.