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{{first pic|The Forgotten- Doctor Exhibit.jpg|The Doctor's regular attire often featured hats. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'')}}
{{first pic|The Forgotten- Doctor Exhibit.jpg|The Doctor's regular attire often featured hats. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}})}}
In many of their lifetimes, [[the Doctor]] wore '''hats''', either as an occasional style or as regular attire.
In many of their lifetimes, [[the Doctor]] wore '''hats''', either as an occasional style or as regular attire.
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The [[First Doctor]] was wearing his favoured [[hat]], an [[Astrakhan]], when he met his first human companions, [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] had an early tendency to don and remark upon any hat he came across in the course of an adventure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'', ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'')
The [[First Doctor]] was wearing his favoured [[hat]], an [[Astrakhan]], when he met his first human companions, [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}}) The [[Second Doctor]] had an early tendency to don and remark upon any hat he came across in the course of an adventure. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Underwater Menace (TV story)}})


Later, the [[Fourth Doctor]] had a particular hat, a [[fedora]], which he wore quite regularly, ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' et al.) and the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') and [[Seventh Doctor]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' et al.) both favoured [[panama hat]]s, each to their own style.
Later, the [[Fourth Doctor]] had a particular hat, a [[fedora]], which he wore quite regularly, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}} et al.) and the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}}) and [[Seventh Doctor]]s ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}} et al.) both favoured [[panama hat]]s, each to their own style.


On noticing the Fifth Doctor actually kept a hat on his [[hat stand]] in [[the TARDIS]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] noted that he couldn't remember the last time he actually wore a hat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gates of Hell (audio story)|The Gates of Hell]]'')
On noticing the Fifth Doctor actually kept a hat on his [[hat stand]] in [[the TARDIS]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] noted that he couldn't remember the last time he actually wore a hat. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Gates of Hell (audio story)}})


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later find renewed enthusiasm for hats, which he would regularly pick up and don in an adventure, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') like the Second Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' et al.) The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] also expressed fondness for [[fez]]zes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'') a particular favourite of the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later find renewed enthusiasm for hats, which he would regularly pick up and don in an adventure, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}, {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) like the Second Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}} et al.) The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] also expressed fondness for [[fez]]zes, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kerblam! (TV story)}}) a particular favourite of the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


==First Doctor==
==First Doctor==
[[File:OneInKarakul.jpg|thumb|left|The [[First Doctor]] wearing an [[Astrakhan]]. ([[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]")]]
[[File:OneInKarakul.jpg|thumb|left|The [[First Doctor]] wearing an [[Astrakhan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)|namedep=An Unearthly Child (1)}})]]
The [[First Doctor]]'s usual hat of choice was an [[Astrakhan]], or what one account called an "oddly shaped fur hat". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'') It was this hat he was wearing when he met [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]], as well as during his first and at the start and end of his last adventures with [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') . He also possessed white version which he wore briefly on [[Vortis]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]) He also owned a kind of [[Panama hat]], which he wore in hotter climes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') He donned a white Panama hat when he was on the hunt for the [[Dalek]]s' [[taranium]] in [[Egypt]] and while sunbathing on the planet [[Aridius]]. ([[TV]]: "[[Escape Switch]]")
The [[First Doctor]]'s usual hat of choice was an [[Astrakhan]], or what one account called an "oddly shaped fur hat". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)}}) It was this hat he was wearing when he met [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]], as well as during his first and at the start and end of his last adventures with [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}}, {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}) He also possessed white version which he wore briefly on [[Vortis]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web Planet (TV story)}}) He also owned a kind of [[Panama hat]], which he wore in hotter climes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}) He donned a white Panama hat when he was on the hunt for the [[Dalek]]s' [[taranium]] in [[Egypt]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|namedep=Escape Switch (10)}})


This incarnation was not averse to occasionally playing dress-up. When in [[French Revolution|Revolutionary]] [[France]], he obtained period-appropriate wardrobe. Because the costume was that of a regional official, his hat was particularly elaborate, bearing a strong resemblance to an early [[18th century]] French army officer's hat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'')
This incarnation was not averse to occasionally playing dress-up. When in [[French Revolution|Revolutionary]] [[France]], he obtained period-appropriate wardrobe. Because the costume was that of a regional official, his hat was particularly elaborate, bearing a strong resemblance to an early [[18th century]] French army officer's hat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Reign of Terror (TV story)}})


==Second Doctor==
==Second Doctor==
[[File:SecondScottishLook.jpg|thumb|The [[Second Doctor]] in a hat that he happened to find in [[Scotland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'')]]
[[File:SecondScottishLook.jpg|thumb|The [[Second Doctor]] in a hat that he happened to find in [[Scotland]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}})]]
Early on, the [[Second Doctor]] was particularly obsessed with hats. One of his very first acts after [[regeneration]] was to rummage through a trunk in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to find a [[stovepipe hat]] to wear. He wore the hat throughout his first adventure on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
Early on, the [[Second Doctor]] was particularly obsessed with hats. One of his very first acts after [[regeneration]] was to rummage through a trunk in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to find a [[stovepipe hat]] to wear. He wore the hat throughout his first adventure on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}})


He sometimes uttered the phrase, "I would like a hat like that (or this)" if he saw a hat he particularly fancied. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') In fact, when he arrived in [[Scotland]] in the [[18th century]], he happened across a hat on a field of battle and immediately donned it. Later in the same adventure, he wore a [[British Army]] [[tricorn]] as a disguise.
He sometimes uttered the phrase, "I would like a hat like that (or this)" if he saw a hat he particularly fancied. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}}) In fact, when he arrived in [[Scotland]] in the [[18th century]], he happened across a hat on a field of battle and immediately donned it. Later in the same adventure, he wore a [[British Army]] [[tricorn]] as a disguise.


On a trip to [[Atlantis]], he briefly returned to the stovepipe but continued to show his penchant for disguise by temporarily donning a gypsy headdress to appear as a merchant. It was here, too, that [[Polly Wright|Polly]] noted his fondness for hats. When he began enthusiastically eating food made of [[plankton]], the Doctor's praise was effusive. When [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] wondered why the Doctor was so excited, Polly replied, "I don't know. I've never seen him go for ''food'' like this before. It's usually hats." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'')
On a trip to [[Atlantis]], he briefly returned to the stovepipe but continued to show his penchant for disguise by temporarily donning a gypsy headdress to appear as a merchant. It was here, too, that [[Polly Wright|Polly]] noted his fondness for hats. When he began enthusiastically eating food made of [[plankton]], the Doctor's praise was effusive. When [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] wondered why the Doctor was so excited, Polly replied, "I don't know. I've never seen him go for ''food'' like this before. It's usually hats." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Underwater Menace (TV story)}})


After being turned temporary into a [[Androgum]], both he and [[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]] wore [[Top hat|top hats]] when they were going to eat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
After being turned temporary into a [[Androgum]], both he and [[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]] wore [[top hat]]s when they went out to eat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}})


==Third Doctor==
==Third Doctor==
Like his predecessor, the [[Third Doctor]] almost immediately donned a hat after his regeneration. He found a [[trilby]] amongst a physician's clothes at the [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]]. When he tried it on and looked in a mirror, he seemed to give it a look of approval. However, he wore it for only a short time and generally was without a hat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' onwards)
Like his predecessor, the [[Third Doctor]] almost immediately donned a hat after his regeneration. He found a [[trilby]] amongst a physician's clothes at the [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]]. When he tried it on and looked in a mirror, he seemed to give it a look of approval. However, he wore it for only a short time and generally was without a hat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}} onwards)


==Fourth Doctor==
==Fourth Doctor==
[[File:Sombrero.jpg|thumb|left|The Fourth Doctor's [[sombrero]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'')]]
[[File:Sombrero.jpg|thumb|left|The Fourth Doctor's [[sombrero]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)}})]]
Just like his previous selves, the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s initial clothing instincts were to reach for a hat after his regeneration. His outfit was supplied entirely from the [[TARDIS wardrobe]] and he tried on a variety of outfits, most of them with hats. Amongst the rejected hats were a [[Viking]] helmet and a tall [[clown]]'s hat. Finally he settled on a wide-brimmed [[brown]] [[fedora]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') Unlike in his two previous incarnations however, he used this hat fairly consistently for a period of his life, before replacing it with [[green]] [[felt]] fedora. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'') Over time, he began to use the two hats alternately, until he replaced them both with a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] felt fedora. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'')
Just like his previous selves, the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s initial clothing instincts were to reach for a hat after his regeneration. His outfit was supplied entirely from the [[TARDIS wardrobe]] and he tried on a variety of outfits, most of them with hats. Amongst the rejected hats were a [[Viking]] helmet and a tall [[clown]]'s hat. Finally, he settled on a wide-brimmed [[brown]] [[fedora]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}) Unlike in his two previous incarnations however, he used this hat fairly consistently for a period of his life, before replacing it with [[green]] [[felt]] fedora. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}}) Over time, he began to use the two hats alternately, until he replaced them both with a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] felt fedora. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Leisure Hive (TV story)}})


On occasion, he substituted his regular hat with another, such as when he donned a [[tam o' shanter]] whilst in [[Scotland]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') a [[sombrero]] when he thought he was arriving in [[Benidorm]], [[Spain]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'') a [[deerstalker]] while visiting Victorian London to go along with his [[Sherlock Holmes]]-styled outfit, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') and a [[bowler hat]] whilst investigating [[Fang Rock lighthouse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'')
On occasion, he substituted his regular hat with another, such as when he donned a [[tam o' shanter]] whilst in [[Scotland]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Zygons (TV story)}}) a [[sombrero]] when he thought he was arriving in [[Benidorm]], [[Spain]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)}}) a [[deerstalker]] while visiting Victorian London to go along with his [[Sherlock Holmes]]-styled outfit, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}}) and a [[bowler hat]] whilst investigating [[Fang Rock lighthouse]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)}})


==Fifth Doctor==
==Fifth Doctor==
Like his previous incarnation, the [[Fifth Doctor]] had a regular hat. From his first adventure, he carried with him a roll-up Panama hat with a hatband of the same colours as the rest of his outfit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') He tended to wear it upon first exiting [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in a new location, but often quickly rolled it up and put it back in his jacket.
Like his previous incarnation, the [[Fifth Doctor]] had a regular hat. From his first adventure, he carried with him a roll-up Panama hat with a hatband of the same colours as the rest of his outfit. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}}) He tended to wear it upon first exiting [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in a new location, but often quickly rolled it up and put it back in his jacket.


== Sixth Doctor ==
== Sixth Doctor ==
[[File:Sixth Doctor wearing cork hat on Actinon in the War-Games.png|thumb|The [[Sixth Doctor]]'s cork hat. ([[COMIC]]: [[War-Game (comic story)|''War-Game'']])]]The [[Sixth Doctor]] eschewed hats throughout most of his life. However, he once sported a cork hat while traversing the desert of [[Actinon]]. ([[COMIC]]: [[War-Game (comic story)|''War-Game'']]).
[[File:Sixth Doctor wearing cork hat on Actinon in the War-Games.png|thumb|The [[Sixth Doctor]]'s cork hat. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|War-Game (comic story)}})]]
The [[Sixth Doctor]] eschewed hats throughout most of his life. However, he once sported a cork hat while traversing the desert of [[Actinon]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|War-Game (comic story)}})


==Seventh Doctor==
==Seventh Doctor==
[[File:Seventh Doctor Remembrance of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|The [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Panama hat]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')|left]]
[[File:Seventh Doctor Remembrance of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|The [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Panama hat]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}})|left]]
Like the Fifth Doctor, the [[Seventh Doctor]] also wore a Panama hat, though it was of a different design, with a red [[Paisley (design)|Paisley]] hatband. He wore it regularly, even when indoors. He initially wore an extensively battered hat, ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') but replaced it with a much less damaged example prior to his encounter with the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') He typically removed it from his head to greet others or in respect of someone recently deceased. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') When he took to wearing a darker jacket, he also changed his hatband into a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
Like the Fifth Doctor, the [[Seventh Doctor]] also wore a Panama hat, though it was of a different design, with a red [[Paisley (design)|Paisley]] hatband. He wore it regularly, even when indoors. He initially wore an extensively battered hat, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}} - {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}}) but replaced it with a much less damaged example prior to his encounter with the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) He typically removed it from his head to greet others or in respect of someone recently deceased. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}} - {{cs|Survival (TV story)}}) When he took to wearing a darker jacket, he also changed his hatband into a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] one. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}})


Whilst in the vault underneath [[Windsor Castle]] in [[1988]], he briefly donned a [[fez]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
Whilst in the vault underneath [[Windsor Castle]] in [[1988]], he briefly donned a [[fez]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}})


During his time as Time's champion, he wore a paisley banded [[white]] fedora ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'') that he had had made especially for him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') He also wore a grey fedora when he spent time in [[Chicago]] during [[1929]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'')
During his time as Time's champion, he wore a paisley banded [[white]] fedora ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|White Darkness (novel)}}) that he had had made especially for him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|First Frontier (novel)}}) He also wore a grey fedora when he spent time in [[Chicago]] during [[1929]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Harvest (novel)}})


==Eighth Doctor==
==Eighth Doctor==
[[File:8th Doctor stetson.jpg|thumb|The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s Stetson. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'')]]
[[File:8th Doctor stetson.jpg|thumb|The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s Stetson. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bad Blood (comic story)}})]]
After his [[regeneration]] in [[San Francisco]] on [[31 December]] [[1999]], the amnesiac [[Eighth Doctor]] ransacked the lockers of the hospital staff for a new outfit. He decided against the Stetson that went with the "[[Wild Bill Hickok]]" costume which he chose to steal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
After his [[regeneration]] in [[San Francisco]] on [[31 December]] [[1999]], the amnesiac [[Eighth Doctor]] ransacked the lockers of the hospital staff for a new outfit. He decided against the Stetson that went with the "[[Wild Bill Hickok]]" costume which he chose to steal. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})


The Doctor once emerged from the TARDIS wearing a fez when he believed that he had materialised in [[Egypt]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game]]'')
The Doctor once emerged from the TARDIS wearing a fez when he believed that he had materialised in [[Egypt]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)}})


On another occasion, when visiting the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in [[1875]], he wore a [[Stetson]] which was given to him by [[Samuel Clemens]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'')
On another occasion, when visiting the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in [[1875]], he wore a [[Stetson]] which was given to him by [[Samuel Clemens]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bad Blood (comic story)}})


The Eighth Doctor wore a bowler hat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')
The Eighth Doctor wore a bowler hat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}})


==Tenth Doctor==
==Tenth Doctor==
The [[Tenth Doctor]] showed little interest in hats. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gates of Hell (audio story)|The Gates of Hell]]'') He did once, near the end of his life, briefly sport a fez that fell out of a [[time fissure]], before it was snatched off of his head by [[Eleventh Doctor|his future self]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] showed little interest in hats. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Gates of Hell (audio story)}}) He did once, near the end of his life, briefly sport a fez that fell out of a [[time fissure]], before it was snatched off of his head by [[Eleventh Doctor|his future self]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


Soon afterwards, he also wore a straw hat, along with sunglasses and a [[lei]], implying he had just finished a relaxing time at a beach. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') He also donned a sombrero on the beaches of [[Centuria]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Power of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Power of the Cybermen]]'')
Soon afterwards, he also wore a straw hat, along with sunglasses and a [[lei]], implying he had just finished a relaxing time at a beach. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) He also donned a sombrero on the beaches of [[Centuria]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Power of the Cybermen (comic story)}})


==Eleventh Doctor==
==Eleventh Doctor==
[[File:11th Doctor wearing a Fez.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] tries out his fez. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')|left]]
[[File:11th Doctor wearing a Fez.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] tries out his fez. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})|left]]
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a variety of hats, always seeking to acquire unique ones. Much like he did during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]], he possessed a rather obsessive desire to wear a hat; he would get distracted by a hat he liked even while running away from enemies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'') He considered damaging a hat to be offensive. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'') Unfortunately for him, [[River Song]] did not share his taste in hats, at least twice shooting them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a variety of hats, always seeking to acquire unique ones. Much like he did during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]], he possessed a rather obsessive desire to wear a hat; he would get distracted by a hat he liked even while running away from enemies. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)}}) He considered damaging a hat to be offensive. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}) Unfortunately for him, [[River Song]] did not share his taste in hats, at least twice shooting them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}})


While in the [[National Museum]], he found a fez which he became instantly fond of. He would claim, like his bow ties, that "fezzes are cool". The fez was later removed by [[Amy Pond]] and destroyed by [[River Song]]. Undeterred, he noted to himself that it would be easy to buy another one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') He wore another fez while acting as an extra in a film which [[Rory Williams|Rory]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] were watching, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') and even acquired one previously owned by his old pal [[Albert Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]'') He later wore one on a Christmas trip with [[Kazran Sardick]] and [[Abigail Pettigrew]] to Egypt ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') and had one in [[2013]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'') When he and [[Clara Oswald]] investigated the [[National Gallery]], he spotted a fez inside a display case and immediately put it on. When Clara noticed, she commented that one day, he was going to be able to just walk past a fez. The Doctor declared that was never going to happen. He later used it to test the safety of a [[time fissure]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') His obsession with obtaining a fez even lead the Doctor to place on order for one to [[Kerb!am]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'')
While in the [[National Museum]], he found a fez which he became instantly fond of. He would claim, like his bow ties, that "fezzes are cool". The fez was later removed by [[Amy Pond]] and destroyed by [[River Song]]. Undeterred, he noted to himself that it would be easy to buy another one. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}) He wore another fez while acting as an extra in a film which [[Rory Williams|Rory]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] were watching, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}) and even acquired one previously owned by his old pal [[Albert Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)}}) He later wore one on a Christmas trip with [[Kazran Sardick]] and [[Abigail Pettigrew]] to Egypt ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}) and had one in [[2013]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}) When he and [[Clara Oswald]] investigated the [[National Gallery]], he spotted a fez inside a display case and immediately put it on. When Clara noticed, she commented that one day, he was going to be able to just walk past a fez. The Doctor declared that was never going to happen. He later used it to test the safety of a [[time fissure]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) His obsession with obtaining a fez even led the Doctor to place on order for one to [[Kerb!am]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kerblam! (TV story)}})


[[File:Stetson 11Doctor DW Impossible Astronaut.jpg|thumb|The Eleventh Doctor/''[[Teselecta]]'' relaxes in Utah with his Stetson. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')]]
[[File:Stetson 11Doctor DW Impossible Astronaut.jpg|thumb|The Eleventh Doctor/''[[Teselecta]]'' relaxes in Utah with his Stetson. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}})]]
The Doctor also showed a fondness for [[Stetson]]s, being given one by [[Craig Owens]] as a gift for his trip to [[Utah]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') He wore his gift during his investigation to find out [[The First Question|why the Silence wanted him dead]]. The ''[[Teselecta]]'' copied the Stetson along with his form while impersonating him. The copied Stetson was shot off the copy's head by River. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') On another occasion, the Doctor borrowed a Stetson that had been damaged by a shot fired by [[Kahler-Tek|the Gunslinger]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')
The Doctor also showed a fondness for [[Stetson]]s, being given one by [[Craig Owens]] as a gift for his trip to [[Utah]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}) He wore his gift during his investigation to find out [[The First Question|why the Silence wanted him dead]]. The ''[[Teselecta]]'' copied the Stetson along with his form while impersonating him. The copied Stetson was shot off the copy's head by River. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}}) On another occasion, the Doctor borrowed a Stetson that had been damaged by a shot fired by [[Kahler-Tek|the Gunslinger]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}})


The Doctor also owned a top hat, which he wore at Amy and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s wedding, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') after having been poisoned by River in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') and again to conceal a device that allowed him to lure [[The Squall]] back into their dimension of origin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paradox Lost (novel)|Paradox Lost]]'') He also wore one as part of his Victorian Era clothing while brooding over the loss of Amy and Rory. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
The Doctor also owned a top hat, which he wore at Amy and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s wedding, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}) after having been poisoned by River in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) and again to conceal a device that allowed him to lure [[The Squall]] back into their dimension of origin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Paradox Lost (novel)}}) He also wore one as part of his Victorian Era clothing while brooding over the loss of Amy and Rory. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})


While posing as [[Sherlock Holmes]], he also wore a [[deerstalker]] hat similar to the one his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] had during a previous visit to Victorian London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') Later, the Doctor wore a [[bowler hat]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'')
While posing as [[Sherlock Holmes]], he also wore a [[deerstalker]] hat similar to the one his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] had during a previous visit to Victorian London. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}) Later, the Doctor wore a [[bowler hat]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Crimson Horror (TV story)}})


==Twelfth Doctor==
==Twelfth Doctor==
[[File:Twelve fedora.jpg|thumb|The Twelfth Doctor dons a fedora. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'')|left]]
[[File:Twelve fedora.jpg|thumb|The Twelfth Doctor dons a fedora. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Gangland (comic story)}})|left]]
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] did not usually wear a hat, but at [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]'s insistence donned a fedora when visiting [[Las Vegas]] in the 1960s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'') He also wore a top hat when visiting the [[Frost fair]]s with [[Bill Potts]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] did not usually wear a hat, but at [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]'s insistence donned a fedora when visiting [[Las Vegas]] in the 1960s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Gangland (comic story)}}) He also wore a top hat when visiting the [[Frost fair]]s with [[Bill Potts]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Thin Ice (TV story)}})


==Thirteenth Doctor==
==Thirteenth Doctor==
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] did not regularly wear hats, but she did briefly try on a [[fez]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'') She also briefly donned the [[witchfinder general]] hat belonging to [[James I|King James]]' previous [[witchfinder]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'') and a plumed helmet found in [[Villa Diodati]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|''The Haunting of Villa Diodati'']])
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] did not regularly wear hats, but she did briefly try on a [[fez]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kerblam! (TV story)}}) She also briefly donned the [[witchfinder general]] hat belonging to [[James I|King James]]' previous [[witchfinder]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witchfinders (TV story)}}) and a plumed helmet found in [[Villa Diodati]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)}})


== Fifteenth Doctor ==
== Fifteenth Doctor ==

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The Doctor's regular attire often featured hats. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])

In many of their lifetimes, the Doctor wore hats, either as an occasional style or as regular attire.

The First Doctor was wearing his favoured hat, an Astrakhan, when he met his first human companions, Ian and Barbara. (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"]) The Second Doctor had an early tendency to don and remark upon any hat he came across in the course of an adventure. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"], The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"])

Later, the Fourth Doctor had a particular hat, a fedora, which he wore quite regularly, (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"] et al.) and the Fifth (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"]) and Seventh Doctors (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"] et al.) both favoured panama hats, each to their own style.

On noticing the Fifth Doctor actually kept a hat on his hat stand in the TARDIS, the Tenth Doctor noted that he couldn't remember the last time he actually wore a hat. (AUDIO: The Gates of Hell [+]Loading...["The Gates of Hell (audio story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor would later find renewed enthusiasm for hats, which he would regularly pick up and don in an adventure, (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"], The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"], Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]) like the Second Doctor. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"] et al.) The Thirteenth Doctor also expressed fondness for fezzes, (TV: Kerblam! [+]Loading...["Kerblam! (TV story)"]) a particular favourite of the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"], A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

First Doctor

The First Doctor wearing an Astrakhan. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

The First Doctor's usual hat of choice was an Astrakhan, or what one account called an "oddly shaped fur hat". (PROSE: Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)"]) It was this hat he was wearing when he met Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, as well as during his first and at the start and end of his last adventures with Ben Jackson and Polly Wright. (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"], The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"]) He also possessed white version which he wore briefly on Vortis. (TV: The Web Planet [+]Loading...["The Web Planet (TV story)"]) He also owned a kind of Panama hat, which he wore in hotter climes. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]) He donned a white Panama hat when he was on the hunt for the Daleks' taranium in Egypt. (TV: "Escape Switch" [+]Part of The Daleks' Master Plan, Loading...{"namedep":"Escape Switch (10)","1":"The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"})

This incarnation was not averse to occasionally playing dress-up. When in Revolutionary France, he obtained period-appropriate wardrobe. Because the costume was that of a regional official, his hat was particularly elaborate, bearing a strong resemblance to an early 18th century French army officer's hat. (TV: The Reign of Terror [+]Loading...["The Reign of Terror (TV story)"])

Second Doctor

The Second Doctor in a hat that he happened to find in Scotland. (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])

Early on, the Second Doctor was particularly obsessed with hats. One of his very first acts after regeneration was to rummage through a trunk in the TARDIS to find a stovepipe hat to wear. He wore the hat throughout his first adventure on Vulcan. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])

He sometimes uttered the phrase, "I would like a hat like that (or this)" if he saw a hat he particularly fancied. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"]) In fact, when he arrived in Scotland in the 18th century, he happened across a hat on a field of battle and immediately donned it. Later in the same adventure, he wore a British Army tricorn as a disguise.

On a trip to Atlantis, he briefly returned to the stovepipe but continued to show his penchant for disguise by temporarily donning a gypsy headdress to appear as a merchant. It was here, too, that Polly noted his fondness for hats. When he began enthusiastically eating food made of plankton, the Doctor's praise was effusive. When Ben wondered why the Doctor was so excited, Polly replied, "I don't know. I've never seen him go for food like this before. It's usually hats." (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"])

After being turned temporary into a Androgum, both he and Shockeye wore top hats when they went out to eat. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])

Third Doctor

Like his predecessor, the Third Doctor almost immediately donned a hat after his regeneration. He found a trilby amongst a physician's clothes at the Ashbridge Cottage Hospital. When he tried it on and looked in a mirror, he seemed to give it a look of approval. However, he wore it for only a short time and generally was without a hat. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"] onwards)

Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor's sombrero. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)"])

Just like his previous selves, the Fourth Doctor's initial clothing instincts were to reach for a hat after his regeneration. His outfit was supplied entirely from the TARDIS wardrobe and he tried on a variety of outfits, most of them with hats. Amongst the rejected hats were a Viking helmet and a tall clown's hat. Finally, he settled on a wide-brimmed brown fedora. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"]) Unlike in his two previous incarnations however, he used this hat fairly consistently for a period of his life, before replacing it with green felt fedora. (TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"]) Over time, he began to use the two hats alternately, until he replaced them both with a burgundy felt fedora. (TV: The Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"])

On occasion, he substituted his regular hat with another, such as when he donned a tam o' shanter whilst in Scotland, (TV: Terror of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"]) a sombrero when he thought he was arriving in Benidorm, Spain, (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)"]) a deerstalker while visiting Victorian London to go along with his Sherlock Holmes-styled outfit, (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"]) and a bowler hat whilst investigating Fang Rock lighthouse. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"])

Fifth Doctor

Like his previous incarnation, the Fifth Doctor had a regular hat. From his first adventure, he carried with him a roll-up Panama hat with a hatband of the same colours as the rest of his outfit. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"]) He tended to wear it upon first exiting the TARDIS in a new location, but often quickly rolled it up and put it back in his jacket.

Sixth Doctor

The Sixth Doctor's cork hat. (COMIC: War-Game [+]Loading...["War-Game (comic story)"])

The Sixth Doctor eschewed hats throughout most of his life. However, he once sported a cork hat while traversing the desert of Actinon. (COMIC: War-Game [+]Loading...["War-Game (comic story)"])

Seventh Doctor

The Seventh Doctor's Panama hat. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Like the Fifth Doctor, the Seventh Doctor also wore a Panama hat, though it was of a different design, with a red Paisley hatband. He wore it regularly, even when indoors. He initially wore an extensively battered hat, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"] - Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"]) but replaced it with a much less damaged example prior to his encounter with the Daleks in 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"]) He typically removed it from his head to greet others or in respect of someone recently deceased. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"] - Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) When he took to wearing a darker jacket, he also changed his hatband into a burgundy one. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"])

Whilst in the vault underneath Windsor Castle in 1988, he briefly donned a fez. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"])

During his time as Time's champion, he wore a paisley banded white fedora (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...["White Darkness (novel)"]) that he had had made especially for him. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"]) He also wore a grey fedora when he spent time in Chicago during 1929. (PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"])

Eighth Doctor

The Eighth Doctor's Stetson. (COMIC: Bad Blood [+]Loading...["Bad Blood (comic story)"])

After his regeneration in San Francisco on 31 December 1999, the amnesiac Eighth Doctor ransacked the lockers of the hospital staff for a new outfit. He decided against the Stetson that went with the "Wild Bill Hickok" costume which he chose to steal. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

The Doctor once emerged from the TARDIS wearing a fez when he believed that he had materialised in Egypt. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)"])

On another occasion, when visiting the Lakota Sioux Nation in 1875, he wore a Stetson which was given to him by Samuel Clemens. (COMIC: Bad Blood [+]Loading...["Bad Blood (comic story)"])

The Eighth Doctor wore a bowler hat. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])

Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor showed little interest in hats. (AUDIO: The Gates of Hell [+]Loading...["The Gates of Hell (audio story)"]) He did once, near the end of his life, briefly sport a fez that fell out of a time fissure, before it was snatched off of his head by his future self. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Soon afterwards, he also wore a straw hat, along with sunglasses and a lei, implying he had just finished a relaxing time at a beach. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) He also donned a sombrero on the beaches of Centuria. (COMIC: The Power of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["The Power of the Cybermen (comic story)"])

Eleventh Doctor

The Eleventh Doctor tries out his fez. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor wore a variety of hats, always seeking to acquire unique ones. Much like he did during his second incarnation, he possessed a rather obsessive desire to wear a hat; he would get distracted by a hat he liked even while running away from enemies. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"], The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"]) He considered damaging a hat to be offensive. (TV: A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"]) Unfortunately for him, River Song did not share his taste in hats, at least twice shooting them. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"], The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])

While in the National Museum, he found a fez which he became instantly fond of. He would claim, like his bow ties, that "fezzes are cool". The fez was later removed by Amy Pond and destroyed by River Song. Undeterred, he noted to himself that it would be easy to buy another one. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"]) He wore another fez while acting as an extra in a film which Rory and Amy were watching, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"]) and even acquired one previously owned by his old pal Albert Einstein. (TV: Death Is the Only Answer [+]Loading...["Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)"]) He later wore one on a Christmas trip with Kazran Sardick and Abigail Pettigrew to Egypt (TV: A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"]) and had one in 2013 London. (TV: The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]) When he and Clara Oswald investigated the National Gallery, he spotted a fez inside a display case and immediately put it on. When Clara noticed, she commented that one day, he was going to be able to just walk past a fez. The Doctor declared that was never going to happen. He later used it to test the safety of a time fissure. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) His obsession with obtaining a fez even led the Doctor to place on order for one to Kerb!am. (TV: Kerblam! [+]Loading...["Kerblam! (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor/Teselecta relaxes in Utah with his Stetson. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])

The Doctor also showed a fondness for Stetsons, being given one by Craig Owens as a gift for his trip to Utah. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]) He wore his gift during his investigation to find out why the Silence wanted him dead. The Teselecta copied the Stetson along with his form while impersonating him. The copied Stetson was shot off the copy's head by River. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"]/The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"]) On another occasion, the Doctor borrowed a Stetson that had been damaged by a shot fired by the Gunslinger. (TV: A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"])

The Doctor also owned a top hat, which he wore at Amy and Rory's wedding, (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"]) after having been poisoned by River in Nazi Germany (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]) and again to conceal a device that allowed him to lure The Squall back into their dimension of origin. (PROSE: Paradox Lost [+]Loading...["Paradox Lost (novel)"]) He also wore one as part of his Victorian Era clothing while brooding over the loss of Amy and Rory. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])

While posing as Sherlock Holmes, he also wore a deerstalker hat similar to the one his fourth incarnation had during a previous visit to Victorian London. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]) Later, the Doctor wore a bowler hat. (TV: The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"])

Twelfth Doctor

The Twelfth Doctor dons a fedora. (COMIC: Gangland [+]Loading...["Gangland (comic story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor did not usually wear a hat, but at Clara's insistence donned a fedora when visiting Las Vegas in the 1960s. (COMIC: Gangland [+]Loading...["Gangland (comic story)"]) He also wore a top hat when visiting the Frost fairs with Bill Potts. (TV: Thin Ice [+]Loading...["Thin Ice (TV story)"])

Thirteenth Doctor

The Thirteenth Doctor did not regularly wear hats, but she did briefly try on a fez. (TV: Kerblam! [+]Loading...["Kerblam! (TV story)"]) She also briefly donned the witchfinder general hat belonging to King James' previous witchfinder, (TV: The Witchfinders [+]Loading...["The Witchfinders (TV story)"]) and a plumed helmet found in Villa Diodati. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])

Fifteenth Doctor

The Fifteenth Doctor wore a bolero hat (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"page":"15","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) whilst watching Ruby Sunday performing with a band at a pub. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

Video games

In the video game The Eternity Clock, the Doctor's collectable items are various hats (including the fez, top hat and Stetson).

Merchandise

Of the fifteen Doctors (including War and Fugitive) featured in the Doctor Who: Figurine Collection, only the Fourth Doctor and Seventh Doctor have figurines which include their signature hats.