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|image = James Acheson.jpg | |image = James Acheson.jpg | ||
|job title = [[Costumer]] | |job title = [[Costumer]] | ||
|time = 1972-1976 | |||
|story = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]''}} | |story = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]''}} | ||
|non dwu = '' | |non dwu = ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', ''The Prince and the Pauper'', ''Time Bandits'', ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'', ''Brazil'', ''Highlander'', ''The Last Emperor'', ''Dangerous Liaisons'', ''Wuthering Heights'', ''Mary Shelly's Frankenstein'', ''The Wind in the Willow's'', ''Spider-Man'' Trilogy, ''Daredevil'', ''Man of Steel'' | ||
|imdb = 0009807 | |imdb = 0009807 | ||
|clip = Exclusive First Look Costume Design - Doctor Who - The Mutants | |clip = Exclusive First Look Costume Design - Doctor Who - The Mutants | ||
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James Acheson was the credited costumer for several Doctor Who stories. His most enduring contribution to Doctor Who was in helping to create the basic look for the Fourth Doctor. However, he is equally well-remembered for giving the Fourth Doctor substantially different looks in later stories, such as the "Scottish" variant seen in Terror of the Zygons and a radical, scarf-less departure for The Deadly Assassin. He also was the first designer to create broadcast colour versions of the First and Second Doctors' outfits.
When Acheson needed a scarf for the Fourth Doctor, he gave several different coloured balls of wool to a knitter named Begonia Pope. However, he neglected to tell her how long the scarf should be, so she used all of the wool. This resulted in a twenty foot scarf, which the producers loved. It became the Doctor's trademark for years.
He has since designed costumes for a number of major motion pictures, including Time Bandits, Brazil, Highlander, The Last Emperor and the three Spider-Man films by Sam Raimi. His costumes have won three Academy Awards, a BAFTA, and a Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild.
Doctor Who filmography
- The Mutants
- The Three Doctors
- Carnival of Monsters
- The Time Warrior
- Robot
- Terror of the Zygons
- The Masque of Mandragora
- The Deadly Assassin
