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[[File:2ndPollyStovepipe.jpg|thumb|[[Polly Wright]] regards the Doctor in his stovepipe. ([[DWAN]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time]]'')]] A '''stovepipe''' or '''stove-pipe hat''' was an unusually tall top [[hat]] favoured by the newly-[[regeneration|regenerated]] [[Second Doctor]]. He first donned the hat before exploring the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') However, he apparently became disenchanted with the hat rather quickly, as he rarely wore it after his adventures with [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'') On [[Trodos]], the Doctor used the hat to cover a [[Dalek]]'s [[Dalek Eyestalk|eyestalk]], blinding it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Trodos Ambush]]'')
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{{first pic|Abe Lincoln.jpg|President Lincoln meets the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}})}}
A '''stovepipe''' or '''stove-pipe hat''' was an unusually tall top [[hat]] favoured by the [[Second Doctor]].


[[Abraham Lincoln]] also famously wore a stovepipe hat. [[Will Johnson]] once wrote [[Claire Bartlett]] a letter describing the [[president of the United States|president]]'s post-[[American Civil War|war]] trip to [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He said that the "grand stovepipe" allowed the president to stand "two heads taller than any of those around him", making him easy to identify in a crowd. [[Peri Brown|Peri]], who was in that crowd with [[Erimem]], later said that the hat was about the only thing they ''could'' see of the president. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'')
The Doctor first donned [[Second Doctor's stovepipe hat|his hat]] shortly following his [[First Doctor's renewal|renewal]] before exploring the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}) However, he apparently became disenchanted with the hat rather quickly, as he rarely wore it after his adventures with [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Underwater Menace (TV story)}}) During the [[Dalek invasion of Trodos]], the Doctor used the hat to cover a [[Dalek]]'s [[Dalek eyestalk|eyestalk]], blinding it. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Trodos Ambush (comic story)}}) He wore the hat again during an adventure with [[Barnabus]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Barnabus (comic story)}}) and later while exploring a [[planet (Jungle Adventure)|jungle planet]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Jungle Adventure (comic story)}}) Dr. Who also wore a stovepipe hat while playing [[The Doctor's recorder|his recorder]] during the [[Diddymen]]'s [[hike]]; they may have stopped to listen to him play during this. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|TV Comic's Counter Game (1968 game)}})
 
[[Abraham Lincoln]] also famously wore a stovepipe hat, as he did when he met the [[Third Doctor]] in [[Gettysburg]] in [[1863]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}) [[Will Johnson]] once wrote [[Claire Bartlett]] a letter describing the [[president of the United States|president]]'s post-[[American Civil War|war]] trip to [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He said that the "grand stovepipe" allowed the president to stand "two heads taller than any of those around him", making him easy to identify in a crowd. [[Peri Brown|Peri]], who was in that crowd with [[Erimem]], later said that the hat was about the only thing they ''could'' see of the president. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Though the televised series never calls it a "stovepipe hat", at least a couple of works of prose fiction — [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland]]'' — do. Contrariwise, some fashion experts might disagree that it's actually a stovepipe, as it doesn't have a flat top.
[[File:Power of the Daleks Second Hat.jpg|thumb|Troughton puts atop his hat for the first time, from a surviving off-screen recording of [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'']]
* Although [[Patrick Troughton|Troughton]] lost the hat after his third [[serial]], the character was still depicted as wearing it in every one of the Second Doctor [[Doctor Who annual|annuals]] and throughout much of his ''[[TV Comic]]'' run. Thus, stories were being published after Troughton had relinquished the role — like [[DWAN]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Marie Celeste]]'' — which depicted the Second Doctor in an article of clothing he had ''only'' worn in his debut and the first few minutes of his [[The Highlanders|second]] and [[The Underwater Menace|third]] [[serial]]s.
* Though the televised series never calls it a "stovepipe hat", at least a couple of works of prose fiction — ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'' and ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'' — do. Contrariwise, some fashion experts might disagree that it's actually a stovepipe, as it doesn't have a flat top.
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Stovepipe hat
President Lincoln meets the Doctor. (COMIC: Backtime [+]Loading...["Backtime (comic story)"])

A stovepipe or stove-pipe hat was an unusually tall top hat favoured by the Second Doctor.

The Doctor first donned his hat shortly following his renewal before exploring the planet Vulcan. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) However, he apparently became disenchanted with the hat rather quickly, as he rarely wore it after his adventures with Ben, Polly, and Jamie in Atlantis. (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"]) During the Dalek invasion of Trodos, the Doctor used the hat to cover a Dalek's eyestalk, blinding it. (COMIC: The Trodos Ambush [+]Loading...["The Trodos Ambush (comic story)"]) He wore the hat again during an adventure with Barnabus, (COMIC: Barnabus [+]Loading...["Barnabus (comic story)"]) and later while exploring a jungle planet. (COMIC: Jungle Adventure [+]Loading...["Jungle Adventure (comic story)"]) Dr. Who also wore a stovepipe hat while playing his recorder during the Diddymen's hike; they may have stopped to listen to him play during this. (GAME: TV Comic's Counter Game [+]Loading...["TV Comic's Counter Game (1968 game)"])

Abraham Lincoln also famously wore a stovepipe hat, as he did when he met the Third Doctor in Gettysburg in 1863. (COMIC: Backtime [+]Loading...["Backtime (comic story)"]) Will Johnson once wrote Claire Bartlett a letter describing the president's post-war trip to Richmond, Virginia. He said that the "grand stovepipe" allowed the president to stand "two heads taller than any of those around him", making him easy to identify in a crowd. Peri, who was in that crowd with Erimem, later said that the hat was about the only thing they could see of the president. (PROSE: Blood and Hope [+]Loading...["Blood and Hope (novel)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Troughton puts atop his hat for the first time, from a surviving off-screen recording of TV: The Power of the Daleks
  • Though the televised series never calls it a "stovepipe hat", at least a couple of works of prose fiction — The Murder Game and Wonderland — do. Contrariwise, some fashion experts might disagree that it's actually a stovepipe, as it doesn't have a flat top.