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A '''hat''' was an article of clothing worn on the top of the head.  
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{{first pic|2ndPollyStovepipe.jpg|The [[Second Doctor]]'s [[stovepipe hat]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Only a Matter of Time (short story)}})}}
A '''hat''' was an article of clothing worn on the top of the head.


== The Doctor's hats ==
== Fashion ==
In the majority of his lifetimes, [[the Doctor]] wore a hat on a regular or semi-regular basis. Only three incarnations — the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s — showed no particular interest in hats.
[[Stella Bopbates]] was famous for designing hats around the year [[200100|200,100]]. [[Rose Tyler]] was asked this on the [[Satellite Five|Game Station]]'s version of ''[[The Weakest Link]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}})


=== First Doctor ===
== Worn by the Doctor ==
[[File:OneInKarakul.jpg|thumb|left|The [[First Doctor]] wearing a {{w|karakul (hat)|karakul}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')]]
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The [[First Doctor]]'s usual hat of choice was a {{w|karakul (hat)|karakul}} or [[Astrakhan]], a triangular hat often associated with [[Afghanistan]], or what one account called an "oddly shaped fur hat". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[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 adventure with [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'') However, he was also known to possess a kind of {{w|Panama hat}}, which he wore in hotter climes. He donned a white Panama when he was on the hunt for the [[Dalek]]s' [[taranium]] in [[Egypt]]. ([[TV]]: "[[Escape Switch]]")
In many of their lifetimes, [[the Doctor]] wore [[The Doctor's hats|hats]], either as occasional style or as regular attire.


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]]: "[[A Change of Identity]]")
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)}})


=== Second Doctor ===
[[File:HandsupDaleks.png|thumb|left|The [[Fourth Doctor]] covers a [[Dalek]]'s [[eyestalk]] with his hat ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Brief History of the Daleks (short story)}})]]
[[File:SecondScottishLook.jpg|thumb|The [[Second Doctor]] in a {{w|Balmoral bonnet}} that he happened to find in [[Scotland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'')]]  
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.
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 (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'')


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]]'', ''[[The Highlanders]]'') In fact, when he arrived in [[Scotland]] in the [[18th century]], he happened across a {{w|Balmoral bonnet}} on a field of battle and immediately donned it. Later in the same adventure, he wore a [[British Army]] {{w|tricorn}} as a disguise.
On noticing the Fifth Doctor actually kept a hat on his [[hatstand]] 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)}})


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]]'')
[[File:11th Doctor wearing a Fez.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] in a [[fez]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})]]
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later find renewed enthusiasm in 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 for the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


However, he seemed to "grow out of" hats as he matured, mostly abandoning them altogether after Atlantis. Some accounts, however, insisted that he continued wearing the stovepipe hat on a very regular basis, even up to the time that he travelled with [[Zoe Heriot]]. ([[COMIC]]: Most stories; [[DWAN]]: Most stories)
== Worn by companions ==
:''It's unclear why [[World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd|World Distributors]] and [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle]] continued to portray him with a stovepipe, when he actually only wore a stovepipe in ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and briefly in the next two [[serial]]s.''
Some of the Doctor's [[companion]]s also wore hats on a regular or occasional basis.


=== Third Doctor ===
[[File:Teazer.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ben Jackson]] in his Royal Navy cap. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}})]]
Like his predecessor, the [[Third Doctor]] almost immediately donned a hat after his regeneration cycle ended. He found a {{w|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. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') However, he  wore it only briefly and generally was without a hat for the rest of his life.
Those companions attached to [[UNIT]] or other armed forces wore hats as a part of their uniforms. [[Ben Jackson]]'s sailor's cap, for instance, identified him as a member of the crew of the [[HMS Teazer|HMS ''Teazer'']]. UNIT officers, like [[the Brigadier]] and [[Captain]] [[Mike Yates]], most often wore a rigid, green-and-red officer's cap, similar to the [[British Army]]. [[Surgeon-Lieutenant]] [[Harry Sullivan]]'s black, white and gold hat — otherwise quite similar to the standard Army issue — betrayed his secondment from the [[Royal Navy]]. [[Sergeant]] [[John Benton]] most often wore a beret in the field. Indeed, UNIT soldiers and officers alike wore [[beret]]s in the field. Over the years, the standard-issue UNIT field beret changed from chocolate brown ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)}}) to khaki green ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}) to [[United Nations]] blue ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}}) to red. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|Planet of the Dead (TV story)}})


=== Fourth Doctor ===
{{video|The Doctor Meets Tegan - Doctor Who - Logopolis - BBC|thumb|[[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles into [[the TARDIS]] in her [[stewardess]] uniform. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}})}}
[[File:Sombrero.jpg|thumb|left|The Fourth Doctor's [[sombrero]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Star Beast]]'')]]
Although not in the military, a couple of companions nevertheless had headwear that was a part of a uniform. [[Tegan Jovanka]] had a triangular cloth cap as a part of her stewardess' uniform, but she largely abandoned its use after meeting the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}}) Likewise, while [[Nyssa|Nyssa of Traken]] was "in uniform" as a [[Trakenite]] royal, she wore a tiara. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (TV 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 [[fedora]]. Unlike the two incarnations before him, however, he fairly consistently used this hat or ones very like it throughout his life.


On occasion, he substituted another hat, such as when he too donned a {{w|Balmoral bonnet}} whilst in [[Scotland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'') He also wore 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]]'')
These exceptions aside, most companions simply didn't wear hats on anything like a regular basis. A few wore the ''occasional'' hat strictly as a fashion accessory, often whimsical.
 
=== Fifth Doctor ===
Like the incarnation before him, the [[Fifth Doctor]] had a regular hat, which he wore throughout his life. From his first adventure, he carried with him a roll-up {{w|Panama hat}} with a hat band of the same colours as the rest of his outfit. 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.
 
=== Seventh Doctor ===
Like the Fifth Doctor, the [[Seventh Doctor]] also had a {{w|Panama hat}}, though it was of a different design. The Seventh tended to wear his hat on almost all occasions. He was very rarely seen without it, so much so that it seemed odd to see the Seventh Doctor without his hat.
 
He temporarily donned a [[fez]] while looking for part of the Nemesis statue, showing little interest in it aside as a joke. ([[TV]]; ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
 
=== Eighth Doctor ===
[[File:8th Doctor stetson.jpg|thumb|The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s stetson. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'')]]
After his [[regeneration]] in [[San Francisco]], 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 Hickcock" costume he chose to steal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') The Doctor once emerged from [[the TARDIS]] wearing a [[fez]] when he believed he had materialised in [[Egypt]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game]]'') On another occasion, when visiting the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation, he wore a [[Stetson]] given him by [[Samuel Clemens]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'')
 
=== Tenth Doctor ===
The [[Tenth Doctor]] showed little interest in hats. While posing as a human named John Smith to keep the [[Family of Blood]] from finding him, he wore a teacher's uniform that included a hat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') Arriving on [[Ood Sphere]] after putting off the Ood's summons, the Doctor sported a straw hat, along with sunglasses and a lieu, implying he just finished a relaxing time at a beach. ([[TV]]; ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
 
=== Eleventh Doctor ===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a variety of hats, seeking to aquire unique ones. This Doctor, unlike his predeccessors, possessed a rather obsessive desire to where a hat; he'd get distracted by a hat he liked even while running away from enemies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]], [[The Curse of the Black Spot]]'')
[[File:Stetson.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] relaxes in [[Utah]] with his [[Stetson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')]]
While in the [[National Museum]], he found a [[fez]] of which he became instantly fond. The fez was later removed by [[Amy Pond|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]]'') He wore one while acting as an extra in a film Rory and Amy were watching ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''), and even aquired one previously owened by his old pal [[Albert Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death is the Only Answer]]'')
 
Two hundred years later, [[Craig Owens]] gave him a [[Stetson]] for an upcoming trip to the [[United States]]; the Teselecta copied it when it took his form. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]], [[The Wedding of River Song]]'')
 
This version of the Doctor also owned a top hat, which he wore at Amy and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s wedding, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'') after having been poisoned by River in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] ([[TV]]: ''[[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]]'').


== The companions' hats ==
In both her incarnations, [[Romana]] was fond of wearing hats. [[Romana I]] wore a [[flat cap]] on her first visit to [[Earth]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stones of Blood (TV story)}}) and an elaborate purple-and-green hat that was "what everyone... [was] wearing" on [[Tara (planet)|Tara]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Androids of Tara (TV story)}}) [[Romana II]] briefly toyed with wearing the Fourth Doctor's fedora after her [[regeneration]]. She later wore a [[boater]] when [[punt]]ing in [[Cambridge]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}) and a straw sun hat whilst on a beach. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Leisure Hive (TV story)}})
[[File:Teazer.jpg|thumb|[[Ben Jackson]] in his British Navy cap. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'')]]
Those companions attached to [[UNIT]] or other armed forces wore hats as a part of their uniforms. [[Ben Jackson]]'s sailor's cap, for instance, identified him as a member of the crew of the [[HMS Teazer|HMS ''Teazer'']]. UNIT officers, like [[the Brigadier]] and [[Captain]] [[Mike Yates]], most often wore a rigid, green-and-red officer's cap, similar to the [[British Army]]. [[Surgeon-Lieutenant]] [[Harry Sullivan]]'s black, white and gold hat — otherwise quite similar to the standard Army issue — betrayed his secondment from the [[Royal Navy]]. [[Sergeant]] [[John Benton]] most often wore a beret in the field. Indeed, UNIT soldiers and officers alike wore berets in the field. Over the years, the standard-issue UNIT field beret changed from chocolate brown ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') to khaki green ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') to [[United Nations]] blue ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') to red. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')


Although not in the military, a couple of companions nevertheless had headwear that was a part of a uniform. [[Tegan Jovanka]] had a triangular cloth cap as a part of her stewardess' uniform, but she largely abandoned its use after meeting the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') Likewise, while [[Nyssa of Traken]] was "in uniform" as a [[Trakenite]] royal, she wore a tiara. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'')
[[File:SJS hat.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] wearing a hat while visiting the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}})]]
[[Liz Shaw]] generally didn't go in for hats, but did once wear a white, broad-brimmed hat to drive [[Bessie]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)}}) Likewise, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was mostly hat-less but did wear a casual spring hat whilst investigating the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}})


[[File:SJS hat.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] wearing a hat while visiting [[Think Tank]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]])'']]
== Others ==
These exceptions aside, most companions simply didn't wear hats on anything like a regular basis. A few wore the ''occasional'' hat strictly as a fashion accessory, often whimsical.
[[Tom Cardwell]] wore a [[tin foil hat]], which according to [[Lucie Miller]], was "not a good sign at all". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Blood of the Daleks (audio story)}})
[[file:BentonBeretTAOD.jpg|thumb|[[Sergeant Benton]] sports an early [[UNIT]] beret. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')]]
In both her incarnations, [[Romana]] was fond of wearing hats. [[Romana I]] wore a {{w|flat cap}} on her first visit to [[Earth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'') and an elaborate purple-and-green hat that was "what everyone . . . [was] wearing" on [[Tara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'') [[Romana II]] briefly toyed with wearing the Fourth Doctor's fedora after her [[regeneration]]. She later wore a {{w|boater}} when [[punt]]ing in [[Cambridge]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'') and a straw sun hat whilst on a beach. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'')


[[Liz Shaw]] generally didn't go in for hats, but did once wear a white, broad-brimmed hat to drive [[Bessie]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') Likewise, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was mostly hat-less but did wear a casual spring hat whilst investigating [[Think Tank]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
[[Graham O'Brien]] described the [[Cyber-helmet]] as a hat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}})


== Behind the Scenes ==
[[Lucifer (Lucifer)|Lucifer]] wore a [[brown]] [[parka]] and [[black]] hat. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Mission: Find Lilith (webcast)}})


In the video game ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'', the Doctor's collectible items are various hats (including the fez, top hat and Stetson).
== Other references ==
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Claiming that she could save the universe from the [[final Flux event]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] told [[the Division]]'s [[Ood (Survivors of the Flux)|Ood]] that she was "very good at pulling [[rabbit]]s out of hats." When the [[Ood]] stated that he had neither rabbits nor hats, the Doctor explained that it was a [[metaphor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survivors of the Flux (TV story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
=== In non-valid sources ===
[[File:Dipper Pines.jpg|thumb|[[Dipper Pines]] wearing his hat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|1=Untitled (Disney XD TV story)}})]]
[[Dipper Pines]] wore a [[blue]] and [[white]] hat with a blue [[brim]] and a blue illustration of a [[pine tree]] in the centre of its front-facing side. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Untitled (Disney XD TV story)}})
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Hat
The Second Doctor's stovepipe hat (PROSE: Only a Matter of Time [+]Loading...["Only a Matter of Time (short story)"])

A hat was an article of clothing worn on the top of the head.

Fashion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stella Bopbates was famous for designing hats around the year 200,100. Rose Tyler was asked this on the Game Station's version of The Weakest Link. (TV: Bad Wolf [+]Loading...["Bad Wolf (TV story)"])

Worn by the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Doctor's hats

In many of their lifetimes, the Doctor wore hats, either as 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)"])

The Fourth Doctor covers a Dalek's eyestalk with his hat (PROSE: A Brief History of the Daleks [+]Loading...["A Brief History of the Daleks (short 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 hatstand 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 in a fez. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor would later find renewed enthusiasm in 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 for 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)"])

Worn by companions[[edit] | [edit source]]

Some of the Doctor's companions also wore hats on a regular or occasional basis.

Ben Jackson in his Royal Navy cap. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"])

Those companions attached to UNIT or other armed forces wore hats as a part of their uniforms. Ben Jackson's sailor's cap, for instance, identified him as a member of the crew of the HMS Teazer. UNIT officers, like the Brigadier and Captain Mike Yates, most often wore a rigid, green-and-red officer's cap, similar to the British Army. Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan's black, white and gold hat — otherwise quite similar to the standard Army issue — betrayed his secondment from the Royal Navy. Sergeant John Benton most often wore a beret in the field. Indeed, UNIT soldiers and officers alike wore berets in the field. Over the years, the standard-issue UNIT field beret changed from chocolate brown (TV: The Ambassadors of Death [+]Loading...["The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)"]) to khaki green (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"]) to United Nations blue (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"]) to red. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"])

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Although not in the military, a couple of companions nevertheless had headwear that was a part of a uniform. Tegan Jovanka had a triangular cloth cap as a part of her stewardess' uniform, but she largely abandoned its use after meeting the Fourth Doctor and Adric. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"]) Likewise, while Nyssa of Traken was "in uniform" as a Trakenite royal, she wore a tiara. (TV: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (TV story)"])

These exceptions aside, most companions simply didn't wear hats on anything like a regular basis. A few wore the occasional hat strictly as a fashion accessory, often whimsical.

In both her incarnations, Romana was fond of wearing hats. Romana I wore a flat cap on her first visit to Earth (TV: The Stones of Blood [+]Loading...["The Stones of Blood (TV story)"]) and an elaborate purple-and-green hat that was "what everyone... [was] wearing" on Tara. (TV: The Androids of Tara [+]Loading...["The Androids of Tara (TV story)"]) Romana II briefly toyed with wearing the Fourth Doctor's fedora after her regeneration. She later wore a boater when punting in Cambridge (TV: The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"]) and a straw sun hat whilst on a beach. (TV: The Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"])

Sarah Jane wearing a hat while visiting the National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"])

Liz Shaw generally didn't go in for hats, but did once wear a white, broad-brimmed hat to drive Bessie. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death [+]Loading...["The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)"]) Likewise, Sarah Jane Smith was mostly hat-less but did wear a casual spring hat whilst investigating the National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"])

Others[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tom Cardwell wore a tin foil hat, which according to Lucie Miller, was "not a good sign at all". (AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Blood of the Daleks (audio story)"])

Graham O'Brien described the Cyber-helmet as a hat. (TV: The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"])

Lucifer wore a brown parka and black hat. (WC: Mission: Find Lilith [+]Loading...["Mission: Find Lilith (webcast)"])

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

Claiming that she could save the universe from the final Flux event, the Thirteenth Doctor told the Division's Ood that she was "very good at pulling rabbits out of hats." When the Ood stated that he had neither rabbits nor hats, the Doctor explained that it was a metaphor. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"])

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

In non-valid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dipper Pines wearing his hat. (TV: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (Disney XD TV story)"])

Dipper Pines wore a blue and white hat with a blue brim and a blue illustration of a pine tree in the centre of its front-facing side. (TV: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (Disney XD TV story)"])

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