# Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who outfit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247 "2017-11-10T20:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/1 "2017-11-10T20:26:25Z")
> **[Doctor Who: First look at Jodie Whittaker in character](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41928500)** > > The first female Doctor is wearing boots and braces as part of her costume. The Doctor has often dressed – unusually. I am not sure I like the “Steve Urkel” look. I like the top, the boots, the socks\*, the coat, and even the braces. I’m not sure I like the trousers. Also noteworthy is the earrings (including some not in the lobe) What says the SDMB? Brian - are those TARDIS socks? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/2 "2017-11-10T20:30:31Z")
I’ll wait and see if the clothes are suitable for the character she plays. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/3 "2017-11-10T20:33:31Z")
The pants are hideous. High-waisted pants have never looked good on anyone, making them shapeless and baggy is even worse. Just because you’re 500 years old doesn’t mean you have to dress like a nursing home resident. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/4 "2017-11-10T20:33:39Z")
She looks like Mork. I was hoping the costume would be the long black coat she was wearing when first revealed as the new Doctor. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/5 "2017-11-10T20:50:58Z")
Not loving the costume. I _loved_ her original outfit, with the hoodie and the gray coat. I was really hoping she’d keep this one. Now, though, she looks like (as somebody on Facebook pointed out yesterday) Mork from Ork and Punky Brewster got together and had a baby. I’ll reserve judgment until I see her in action, since I actually liked Colin Baker’s Doctor and learned to look past his ridiculous getup and just enjoy the character. Maybe Thirteen will have the same effect (or maybe enough fans will hate the costume that they’ll give her a new one soon). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/6 "2017-11-10T21:25:15Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > She looks like Mork. > > I was hoping the costume would be the long black coat she was wearing when first revealed as the new Doctor. Oh well. My first thought was also Mork. Not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/7 "2017-11-10T21:29:39Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > The pants are hideous. High-waisted pants have never looked good on anyone, making them shapeless and baggy is even worse. Just because you’re 500 years old doesn’t mean you have to dress like a nursing home resident. Neither have fez hats nor bow ties, looking “good” is not the goal. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/8 "2017-11-10T21:35:44Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Neither have fez hats nor bow ties, looking “good” is not the goal. But he was the dorkiest looking Doctor since 5 & 6. It also was not a good thing. 9 & 10 and even 12 looked fine. 11 & now 13 look stupid. [Here are all of the Doctor 1-12 + War](https://www.celebsclothing.com/product_images/uploaded_images/dr-who-costumes.jpg). 11 isn’t too bad until you add the fez. With the Fez, pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/9 "2017-11-10T21:53:30Z")
First impression? Hate it. Of course the writing is going to make or break it not the outfit. Goofy outfits is so old Who. I prefer my Who’s to be more like 9. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/10 "2017-11-10T21:55:07Z")
We’re getting a new show runner also I believe. Anyone know for sure? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/11 "2017-11-10T21:58:07Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > We’re getting a new show runner also I believe. Anyone know for sure? Yeah, Chris Chibnall is the new showrunner. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/12 "2017-11-10T22:00:08Z")
The whole outfit is pretty crappy (looks like it was pulled from the clearance sale rack at KMart) but what idiot approved those pants? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/13 "2017-11-10T22:23:55Z")
I quite like it. Love the boots, I have nothing against culottes, and the braces are probably going to be the bowtie/Converse/piece of celery style-motif for this Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/14 "2017-11-10T22:25:09Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I quite like it. Love the boots, I have nothing against culottes, and the braces are probably going to be the bowtie/Converse/piece of celery style-motif for this Doctor. Braces? Is that Brit for Suspenders? ETA: Thank you **Infovore** ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/15 "2017-11-10T22:26:34Z")
Well, a 2000 year old man might struggle to dress as a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/16 "2017-11-10T22:28:27Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Well, a 2000 year old man might struggle to dress as a woman. Missy didn’t. She looked awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/17 "2017-11-10T22:31:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Goofy outfits is so old Who. I prefer my Who’s to be more like 9. 9 just wore clothes that yer average gangland enforcer wore in low-budget British movies in the 1990s. Every other Doctor has something off-kilter to their dress sense, obviously to wildly varying degrees 😃 11’s fez was ridiculed in the programme itself, with River eventually shooting it. It was a _joke_. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/18 "2017-11-10T22:33:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Braces? Is that Brit for Suspenders? Yes, I think so - things to hold trousers up that aren’t belts. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/19 "2017-11-10T22:57:54Z")
Considering that we are not far removed from some rather seriously plainclothes (save for funky specs, sneakers, ties and a fez) Doctors, one can give a chance to seeking a signature look. But alas, yes, I’m of an age to think Mork/Urkel when I see that. We’ll see how it works, though. At least they don’t seem to have thrown in a question mark. Maybe this will be explained as the result of how the wardrobes are just filled with really dorky men’s outfits. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247/20 "2017-11-10T23:03:04Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Maybe this will be explained as the result of how the wardrobes are just filled with really dorky men’s outfits. I’m kinda hoping the coat is one that Romana left behind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-outfit/801247.md?page=2)