Second Doctor/Physical appearance

Second Doctor

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The Second Doctor holding his recorder. (GRAPHIC: Doctor Who Evergreen ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who Evergreen (illustration)"])

The Second Doctor's physical appearance was scruffy and unkempt, to the point of being given the codename of "Cosmic Hobo" by the British Army. He had a mop of black hair akin to that of the Beatles, and was described by his predecessor as a "clown".

General appearance

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The Doctor glares at Omega. (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"])

With a height of "five foot nine", (TV: The Underwater Menace ^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"]) the Second Doctor resembled a man in his mid-forties. (PROSE: The Nameless City ^[+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"]) He was physically identical to the dictator Ramón Salamander. (TV: The Enemy of the World ^[+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])

He had blue eyes, (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) though one account described his eyes as being "soft chestnut brown", (PROSE: Pluto ^[+]Loading...["Pluto (short story)"]) while another depicted them as bright green. (COMIC: Bazaar Adventures ^[+]Loading...["Bazaar Adventures (comic story)"]) A fourth account claimed his eyes appeared to change colour several times, alternating between blue, grey, and green. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People ^[+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) According to his war incarnation, the Second Doctor was colour-blind. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

The Doctor on Zaos. (PROSE: Daleks Invade Zaos ^[+]Loading...["Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)"])

When he arrived on Zaos amid an attack by the Asymmetrical Daleks, the Second Doctor appeared to have the same height, facial structure and hair cut of the First Doctor, but with black hair and a renewed vitality. (PROSE: Daleks Invade Zaos ^[+]Loading...["Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)"])

By the time of his exile on Earth, the Doctor had the mark of Blenhim on his chest due to an encounter with the alien race. (COMIC: The Mark of Terror ^[+]Loading...["The Mark of Terror (comic story)"])

The Doctor took pride in his unkempt appearance, and was visibly uncomfortable when attempts were made to tidy him up. (TV: The Macra Terror ^[+]Loading...["The Macra Terror (TV story)"], The Enemy of the World ^[+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])

Liz Shaw told her mother that the Doctor resembled a "geography teacher" when he first encountered UNIT. (AUDIO: The Last Post ^[+]Loading...["The Last Post (audio story)"]) Polly Wright described him as looking like "an unmade bed" to Jamie, (PROSE: The Nameless City ^[+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"]) and "a bit sartorially challenged" to the Brigadier. (AUDIO: The Three Companions ^[+]Loading...["The Three Companions (audio story)"]) Madame Razetskia described the Second Doctor as a "funny little clown", (PROSE: Endgame ^[+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"]) while William Blake saw him as "a middle aged man with a mop of black hair" when Legion took on the appearance of the Second Doctor. (PROSE: The Pit ^[+]Loading...["The Pit (novel)"])

Steven Jenkins described the Second Doctor as "a scruffy-looking man [of] medium-height", (TV: The Faceless Ones ^[+]Loading...["The Faceless Ones (TV story)"]) while Samantha Briggs called him "a short man, with a mournful face and dishevelled clothing." She also noted that he had a "blurred" English accent, which defied description, and seemed to be extremely knowledgeable on a wide variety of subjects. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy ^[+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) Paul Magrs thought he looked like Patrick Troughton. (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion ^[+]Loading...["Bafflement and Devotion (short story)"])

The First Doctor called his second incarnation "a clown" due to his scruffy appearance, (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) whilst the Third Doctor labelled him a "scarecrow", (TV: The Five Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"]) and the Fifth Doctor described him as a "hobo". (PROSE: Five Card Draw ^[+]Loading...["Five Card Draw (short story)"]) Being a body that was was "not what [he] would have wished for," (AUDIO: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (audio story)"]) the Fourth Doctor described him as having "a moptop and chequed trousers". (AUDIO: The Fate of Krelos ^[+]Loading...["The Fate of Krelos (audio story)"]) The Eighth Doctor recalled his second incarnation as being "a comic little man with a flute". (PROSE: Escape Velocity ^[+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"])

When Affinity took on the Second Doctor's appearance, the Twelfth Doctor noted that his second incarnation was "a rather scruffy gentleman, [with] dark, unruly hair" and was "clad in a jacket that seemed several sizes too big and to have been slept in." (PROSE: Silhouette ^[+]Loading...["Silhouette (novel)"]) He also described him as "[an] annoying bumbler" with "big trousers". (PROSE: Twice Upon a Time ^[+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)"])

Hair and grooming

The Second Doctor had longish, rumpled black hair, (TV: The Tenth Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"]) though, after going on a stressful mission for the Time Lords, (PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"]) his hair briefly turned grey. (TV: The Two Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])

Polly compared his hairstyle to those worn by the Beatles, (AUDIO: The Three Companions ^[+]Loading...["The Three Companions (audio story)"]) as did John Benton, (AUDIO: The Hexford Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Hexford Invasion (audio story)"]) Isobel Watkins, (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy ^[+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) Ace, (AUDIO: The Light at the End ^[+]Loading...["The Light at the End (audio story)"]) and Jo Grant. (AUDIO: The Defectors ^[+]Loading...["The Defectors (audio story)"])

Clothing

Main attire

The Doctor in his Stovepipe hat. (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])

The Second Doctor dressed similarly to his previous incarnation, though in far more clustered fashion, with his trousers held up rather high, his frock coat many sizes too large, and his bow ties often worn at a crooked angle under an outstretched shirt collar. (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) His unkempt attire led to the Doctor being mistaken for a hobo by witnesses to his adventures, (PROSE: The Dogs of War ^[+]Loading...["The Dogs of War (LS short story)"]) to the point that the British Army came to know him as the "Cosmic Hobo". (PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock ^[+]Loading...["Beast of Fang Rock (novel)"])

The Doctor wore a battered old black frock coat, (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) which had pockets within the inner lining large enough to carry the TARDIS's Time Vector Generator, (TV: The Wheel in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"]) and a pocket sewn behind the outer breast pocket that he kept a magnet in. (TV: The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"]) The Doctor often kept a stylised handkerchief in the coat's breast pocket. (TV: The Highlanders ^[+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])

Under his frock coat, he wore a plain shirt with a polka-dotted bow tie coloured in blue (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) or red. (COMIC: The Faithful Rocket Pack ^[+]Loading...["The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)"]) His shirt colours varied from a dull or bright blue. (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) He also wore black ankle boots with brown-themed baggy plaid trousers, (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) brown houndstooth trousers, (TV: The Underwater Menace ^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"]) large plain grey trousers, (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) grey-themed tartan trousers, (TV: The Two Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"]) yellow tartan trousers with green stripes, (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic ^[+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"]) or black-and-white checked trousers, (PROSE: The Nameless City ^[+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"]) all of which were kept up with either red braces with yellow patterns (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) white braces with a red flowers pattern, (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) yellow braces with dark, vertical lines, (TV: The Five Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"]) or yellow braces with a flower pattern between two yellow and black vertical lines. (TV: The Two Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"]) He also wore a gold watch on his left wrist, (COMIC: The Coming of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)"]) and would occasionally wear a waistcoat. (PROSE: Daleks Invade Zaos ^[+]Loading...["Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)"], The King of Golden Death ^[+]Loading...["The King of Golden Death (short story)"], Golem ^[+]Loading...["Golem (short story)"])

When in colder environments, the Doctor would wear a cloak, (TV: The Highlanders ^[+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"], The Underwater Menace ^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"], The Tomb of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) or an oversized fur coat. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen ^[+]Loading...["The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)"], The Ice Warriors ^[+]Loading...["The Ice Warriors (TV story)"], The Five Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"], The Name of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor though that his second incarnation's attire was "unacceptable" for a Time Lord. (AUDIO: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (audio story)"])

The Second Doctor expressed a liking for hats, stating that he "would like a hat like that" when he spotted new headgear, (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Highlanders ^[+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"]; PROSE: A Comedy of Terrors ^[+]Loading...["A Comedy of Terrors (short story)"]) however, he was not afraid to part with them if the situation called for it. (COMIC: Time & Time Again ^[+]Loading...["Time & Time Again (comic story)"]) His most prominent hat was a stovepipe hat, (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Underwater Menace ^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"]) but he also wore a British Army tricorn while in Scotland, (TV: The Highlanders ^[+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"]) happily accepted a ceremonially hat from the colony controlled by the Macra, (TV: The Macra Terror ^[+]Loading...["The Macra Terror (TV story)"]) and once wore a blue beanie when on a cold beach. (TV: Fury from the Deep ^[+]Loading...["Fury from the Deep (TV story)"])

Other costumes

For bed wear, the Second Doctor wore white button-upped, collared pyjamas with vertical blue stripes, and also had a yellow dressing gown with a green checkered lined pattern. (COMIC: Car of the Century ^[+]Loading...["Car of the Century (comic story)"])

While in Paris on a mission for the Celestial Intervention Agency, the Doctor wore white breeches, a neatly-tailored long-tailed black coat with a frilled shirt and cravat, gleaming black boots and a short travelling cloak, and wore a Bregeut watch. Before visiting the palace, he changed into a black coat, black breeches, and a frilly white shirt with an elaborate black cravat.

For the Battle of Waterloo, the Doctor donned black breeches, a black evening coat, a frilled white shirt, and a white waistcoat. (PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])

When his first incarnation was placed on trial in 1963 London as a result of killing a werewolf with a silver bullet, the Second Doctor dressed in an ill-fitting suit. (PROSE: The Juror's Story ^[+]Loading...["The Juror's Story (short story)"])