Tag Archives: Comic-Con 2011

How To Dress Like The Eleventh Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 20th, 2011

Well what a ride it has been. We’ve finally reached the end of our guide to Whovian cosplay, and we’ve learned a lot along the way.

How To Dress Like The Tenth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 19th, 2011

Thanks largely to the efforts of Rose Tyler, the Tenth Doctor – played with huge transparency by David Tennant – regains some of his old flair. His old war scars start to heal, only to be replaced by a deep melancholy when forced to ...

How To Dress Like The Ninth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 18th, 2011

The Ninth Doctor

There has to be a point where the silliness ends, and in the case of Doctor Who, this occurred after the series was cancelled and after the TV movie, during the quiet years of the early 2000s.

How To Dress Like The Eighth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 15th, 2011

After the DIY nightmare of the Sixth Doctor’s coat, and the knitting yourself blind problems of the Seventh Doctor’s sweater, here’s a costume that should be fairly straightforward to get sorted. And we’ve ...

How To Dress Like The Seventh Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 14th, 2011

This is where it all gets a bit painful, especially if you were around at the time. Everything about the early attempts to make Sylvester McCoy into the Seventh Doctor seem to indicate that as far as the production team were concerned, ...

How To Dress Like The Sixth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 13th, 2011

Let’s pause a moment to recap. The First Doctor dressed like an Edwardian patriarch, the Second Doctor was a clown, the Third Doctor a dandy, the Fourth Doctor looked like an eccentric Lord (with a constantly cold neck) and the ...

How To Dress Like The Fifth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 12th, 2011

There’s something very uncluttered about Peter Davison’s outfit as the Fifth Doctor. Where previous Doctors had adopted a kind of mix and match approach, pilfering a smoking jacket from here and a flamboyant kerchief from ...

How To Dress Like The Fourth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 11th, 2011

There’s a brilliant bit at the beginning of Tom Baker’s very first episode as the Doctor, in part one of Robot, where he is attempting to decide what kind of clothes he wants to wear. He goes into the TARDIS and comes out ...

How To Dress Like The Third Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 8th, 2011

Now we’re cooking on gas! Having established a few of the basic bits and bobs you’ll need if you wish to indulge in what I now realize is called cosplay around the First Doctor and the Second Doctor, it’s time to start ...

How To Dress Like The Second Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 7th, 2011

Yesterday we discussed how best to dress up as the William Hartnell-era Doctor in Doctor Who, in case the high neck fell off your Sontaran costume, or your dalek sink plunger got used to clear a blocked drain, and you were stuck for ...