# The new Doctor's costume is revealed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884 "2014-01-27T21:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/21 "2014-01-28T03:24:43Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > He’s 1.83m, taller than Matt, so I’m guessing it’s just because Doc Marten Air-Wear soles are generally quite thick. > > On the whole though, it’s a strong look. I like it a lot. I notice he has a ring on. I wonder if it’s just Peter’s wedding ring, or if it is part of the costume. He is married to River Song, maybe he’s decided to act the part now that he’s a little more mature. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/22 "2014-01-28T03:34:45Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > [Here’s a better link for the picture](http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/01/27/official-image-peter-capaldi-in-the-new-doctors-costume/). It’s a cardigan. And according to the BBC press release, it’s a Crombie coat, which is apparently a more modern 60’s/70’s look. I have a feeling that’s a more contemporary one, though. Fair enough on the cardigan, though I still don’t see a problem with it. 😉 It was my understanding that Crombie _started_ making their 3/4 length coats in the early 1900s, but they made it into popular culture in the 1960s/70s. But, given the doc martens, I’m going to go with mod-inspired. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/23 "2014-01-28T03:37:00Z")
BTW, [this guy](http://twelfthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/) is the absolute master of Doctor Who fashion, and specializes in identifying original costume components. He has separate blogs for each Doctor’s costume he recreates for cosplay and goes to absurd lengths in identifying the exact items used by the BBC in creating their original costumes. As I guessed, he’s already identified the jacket as a custom job from Crombie modifying [this item](http://www.crombie.co.uk/mens-coats/navy-retro-coat-slim-fit.html?___SID=U), and identified the shoes as not Doc Marten’s but [these ones](http://www.britboot.co.uk/engine/shop/product/HW10/Loake+-+Black+Smooth+Leather+Brogue+Boot+) from a company called Laoke. I expect him to have the cardigan identified in no time. ETA: I guessed that he’d have identified the jacket, not which one it was. I’m no fashionista! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/24 "2014-01-28T03:37:52Z")
^^Sweet. Have to say, I do like the red lining though! ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/25 "2014-01-28T08:25:25Z")
> [@urban1a](#): > > Well, add me to the ones who thought Pertwee when they first saw the picture. Shoulda done a poll. > > Bob Me too. Not sure about the DMs though. Is he going to give the Daleks a good kicking? Plus I never trust anyone whose shoes are that shiny. It’s not natural. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/26 "2014-01-28T09:11:25Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > BTW, [this guy](http://twelfthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/) is the absolute master of Doctor Who fashion, and specializes in identifying original costume components. I bet [he was hoping](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PnCi1JkWDag/USpCu3dYrAI/AAAAAAAAOoE/N_ie5vL5rvs/w569-h570-no/tunnel+shot-v2.jpg) the Doctor would have been played by Michael Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/27 "2014-01-28T11:08:31Z")
The costume’s fine. The pose is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/28 "2014-01-28T11:35:28Z")
[More (unofficial) pictures](https://twitter.com/ryanfarrr/media) sneakily taken from the set. Potentially spoiler-ish, I suppose, though there’s no real way to know what they’re saying. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/29 "2014-01-28T12:19:09Z")
As predicted, it looks better in use than in that ridiculous pose that seems designed to emphasize everything wrong with the costume. Still not a big fan of it, but I don’t think it’ll be a distraction. And sure enough, Steve Ricks has the [cardigan](http://www.crombie.co.uk/navy-merino-wool-cardigan.html) [identified](http://twelfthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-capaldi-look-nice-warm-cardy.html). It looks like he had that posted when I first linked to his site, in fact, but I swear that wasn’t the case. Ugly sweater, in any event. Especially for the price! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/30 "2014-01-28T16:19:23Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > The costume’s fine. > > The pose is ridiculous. Yeah. The pose, plus only seeing the top half at first, made me think he was going to go fight “You-Know-Who” with a red head and a smart girl. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/31 "2014-01-28T16:21:36Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > The costume’s fine. > > The pose is ridiculous. Already a thing on Facebook comparing it to [Doctor Orpheus](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_izEzh1Hp16Y/TL_iWLn0PfI/AAAAAAAACug/OaIR1hCKFyc/s1600/dr.%2Borpheus.JPG) (from The Venture Bros). ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/32 "2014-01-28T19:41:05Z")
What no bow tie? But bow ties are cool! Actually I hated bow ties until Matt Smith’s doctor. Am looking forward to seeing the new dr & the costume come to life. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/33 "2014-01-28T20:48:24Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > What no bow tie? But bow ties are cool! Actually I hated bow ties until Matt Smith’s doctor. Am looking forward to seeing the new dr & the costume come to life. I though 11 was simply channeling his inner Bill Nye. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/34 "2014-01-28T21:03:28Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I though 11 was simply channeling his inner Bill Nye. Two and Three had a thing for bows [as](http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/ __cb20131204205520/p__ /protagonist/images/c/ce/Second-doctor-patrick-troughton-2.jpg) [well](http://i1.cdnds.net/12/35/618x411/uktv_doctor_who_original.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/35 "2014-01-28T21:16:29Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I though 11 was simply channeling his inner Bill Nye. Ooh, perhaps Matt Smith will pop over here and debate Ken Ham. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/36 "2014-01-28T21:33:23Z")
I agree with the posts above saying that the costume’s good, but the pose is awful. The outfit suits Capaldi; it also distinguishes him from the others, which is a good thing. When I watched a few seconds of that show that first introduced him as the new Doctor, he looked a bit too much like Tennant to me (not that Tennant wasn’t awesome - but I think it’s best to try to build a new look with each Doctor). ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884/37 "2014-01-29T02:21:47Z")
I think he struck that pose on purpose…remember when I said they seemed to be [drawing parallels to the Third?](http://siskoid.blogspot.com/2014/01/capaldis-doctor-first-look.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctors-costume-is-revealed/679884.md?page=1)