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'''Glasses''' — sometimes called '''spectacles''' or '''specs''' — were a set of [[glass]] lenses fitted into frames that allowed for fixed, enhanced or altered [[sight]].
}}{{medical stub}}'''Glasses''' were a set of lenses fitted into frames that allow for fixed, enhanced, or altered sight.


== Notable uses ==
[[The Doctor]] wore glasses at various points in their life — sometimes for good cause, and sometimes because, in the words of the [[Tenth Doctor]], they made him "look a bit clever". Other people wore glasses for a variety of reasons.
* The [[First Doctor]] carried a pair of opera glasses in his pocket. He utilised them for his first glimpses of the [[Dalek City]] on [[Skaro]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] owned a similar pair. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'')
* [[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]] often used a pair of glasses as part of a disguise, such as his disguise as Reverend Magister whilst in [[Devil's End]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] typically wore a pair of glasses in times of great stress, especially following his [[regeneration]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] later suggested he did it to look smart. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'')
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] seemed to use a pair of glasses to enhance his hypnotic ability. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a pair of tortoise-shell rimmed square glasses, usually when he was concentrating on a particular object or subject. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' et al) He used a pair of 3D glasses when observing the effects of [[the Void]] on people and objects. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') He also wore a pair of sunglasses while on [[San Helios]] which were just his normal glasses tinted by his [[Sonic screwdriver]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') and also upon landing on the [[Ood Sphere|Planet of the Ood]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a pair of thermal imaging 'sunglasses' to detect [[Silurian]]s in the dark. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'') He gave a pair of glasses to [[Rory Williams]] which allowed him to see everything Rory saw, through a screen in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]'') in a similar manner to the [[Eye-5]] contact lenses used by [[Torchwood]].


== History ==
[[File:Rassmussen.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Gagan Rassmussen]] wears transparent glasses in the [[38th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'')|left]]Rudimentary glasses existed as far back as [[1539]], and though [[King]] [[Henry VIII]] very much required them to see, as he was practically [[blind]], he was too vain to wear them. Even with such a device, he still could not see, as he had [[cataract]]s, which the [[Third Doctor]] healed for him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hiccup in Time (short story)|Hiccup in Time]]'')
[[Ursula Blake]] wore glasses which were, along with her [[face]], embedded into the [[Abzorbaloff]]'s [[chest]] after he absorbed her. They survived the Abzorbaloff's absorption into the [[Earth]], and were still seen on Ursula's face which had been preserved into a pavement slab by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')
== The Doctor ==
=== Medical need ===
Only a couple of the Doctor's incarnations — the [[First Doctor|first]] and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] — actually used glasses correctively. The First Doctor sometimes wore a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles, claiming on one occasion that he "[couldn't] see anything without [his] glasses". ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') {{facts}}
[[File:OneGlassesTWM.jpg|thumb|left|Real glasses. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')]]
The newly regenerated [[Second Doctor]] briefly donned these on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] to examine the murdered [[The Examiner (The Power of the Daleks)|Examiner]]'s badge before realising he could see perfectly well and didn't need [[reading glasses]] anymore. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
While drained by a [[Glubby Glub]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] found himself straining to read a display on the [[TARDIS console]] and suggested that he may be in need of glasses. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'')
Much later, the Eleventh Doctor claimed that [[Amy's glasses]] improved his reading, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') though they additionally served as a memento of her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
A [[The Doctor 2 (Rose)|child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair]] wore glasses. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
=== Extreme long-distance vision ===
The [[First Doctor]] carried a pair of opera glasses in his pocket. He used them for his first glimpses of the [[Dalek City]] on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') The Ninth Doctor also used a pair of foldable opera glasses for spying purposes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')
=== Cosmetic use ===
[[File:TenSpecsLookRightTC.jpg|thumb|right|Fake glasses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')]]
The [[Fifth Doctor]] typically wore a pair of glasses in times of great stress, especially following his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a pair of tortoise-shell rimmed square glasses, usually when he was concentrating on a particular object or subject, indicating either extreme interest or "action mode". ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', etc.) The older incarnation claimed that both these and the Fifth Doctor's half-moon glasses — dubbing them "[[brainy specs]]" — were not at all medically necessary but worn just because they made the two Doctors "look a bit clever". ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] replaced his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] for a pair of [[sonic sunglasses]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'', etc.) Later on in his life, these glasses served a more functional use, to cover up his [[blindness]] and allow for rudimentary scans of those around him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'', ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'','' [[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'')
=== Exceptional cases ===
[[File:Ten3D.jpg|thumb|left|Useful. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')]]
The [[Seventh Doctor]] seemed to use a pair of glasses to enhance his [[hypnosis|hypnotic ability]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
The Tenth Doctor used a pair of [[3D]] glasses when observing the effects of [[the Void]] on people and objects. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') He also wore a pair of sunglasses which were just his normal glasses tinted by his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] while on [[San Helios]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') and upon landing in the [[Ood Sphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
[[File:12th Doctor Comics The Fractures 3d Glasses.jpg|thumb|Old. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fractures (comic story)|The Fractures]]'')]]
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a pair of thermal imaging 'sunglasses' to detect [[Silurian]]s in the dark. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once used a pair of 3D glasses to look out for [[Void stuff]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fractures (comic story)|The Fractures]]'')
== Other people ==
=== As disguise ===
[[File:DelgadoMagisterGlasses.jpg|thumb|left|Sinister. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')]]
The [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|UNIT Master]] often used a pair of glasses as part of a disguise, such as his disguise as "Reverend Mr Magister" whilst in [[Devil's End]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
[[Rory Williams]] once wore glasses at [[NASA]] headquarters prior to the launch of [[Apollo 11]] in order to give the appearance of being a [[United States]] government official. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
[[Superman]] wore glasses when [[Disguise|disguised]] ([[WC]]: ''[[Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)|Supergirl Meets E.T.]]'') as "Clark Kent". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'')
=== For mind control ===
Another type of eyewear was used by [[War Lord]]s [[von Weich]] and [[Smythe (The War Games)|Smythe]] to implant suggestions into the minds of their [[human]] subordinates, ensuring total obedience and an escape from awkward situations such as a human discovering a [[SIDRAT]]  (von Weich wore a [[monocle]], while Smythe used a pair of glasses). Whilst many of the Resistance retained their will against the devices, Private [[Moor (The War Games)|Moor]] succumbed to its brainwashing, becoming convinced that von Weich was his commanding officer. Moor, however, finally broke free of his mental state and [[kill]]ed von Weich. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
[[File:Liz glasses.JPG|thumb|right|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] wearing her glasses. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')]]
=== Other uses ===
Rory also once wore a special pair of glasses which allowed the [[Eleventh Doctor]] to see everything Rory saw through a screen in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'') in a manner similar to the [[Eye-5]] [[contact lens]]es used by [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
[[Liz Shaw]] wore glasses when reading in her later years. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')
[[Toshiko Sato]] wore glasses when at her computer. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', etc.) [[Owen Harper]] also wore a pair once. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'')
[[Albert Dumfries]], a senior member of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] of [[Harold Saxon]], wore glasses to help with reading up to when he was killed by the [[Saxon Master]] before the [[Toclafane invasion|Toclafane Invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')  
[[Admin Bunny]] wore a pair of [[black]]-rimmed glasses. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wonder Chase (video game)|ed=Super Happy Magic Forest [160]}})
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Latest revision as of 20:32, 29 October 2024

Glasses
You may be looking for the UNIT researcher nicknamed "Glasses".

Glasses — sometimes called spectacles or specs — were a set of glass lenses fitted into frames that allowed for fixed, enhanced or altered sight.

The Doctor wore glasses at various points in their life — sometimes for good cause, and sometimes because, in the words of the Tenth Doctor, they made him "look a bit clever". Other people wore glasses for a variety of reasons.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gagan Rassmussen wears transparent glasses in the 38th century. (TV: Sleep No More)

Rudimentary glasses existed as far back as 1539, and though King Henry VIII very much required them to see, as he was practically blind, he was too vain to wear them. Even with such a device, he still could not see, as he had cataracts, which the Third Doctor healed for him. (PROSE: Hiccup in Time)

Ursula Blake wore glasses which were, along with her face, embedded into the Abzorbaloff's chest after he absorbed her. They survived the Abzorbaloff's absorption into the Earth, and were still seen on Ursula's face which had been preserved into a pavement slab by the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Love & Monsters)

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Medical need[[edit] | [edit source]]

Only a couple of the Doctor's incarnations — the first and eleventh — actually used glasses correctively. The First Doctor sometimes wore a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles, claiming on one occasion that he "[couldn't] see anything without [his] glasses". (TV: Marco Polo) [additional sources needed]

Real glasses. (TV: The War Machines)

The newly regenerated Second Doctor briefly donned these on Vulcan to examine the murdered Examiner's badge before realising he could see perfectly well and didn't need reading glasses anymore. (PROSE: The Power of the Daleks)

While drained by a Glubby Glub, the Ninth Doctor found himself straining to read a display on the TARDIS console and suggested that he may be in need of glasses. (AUDIO: Retail Therapy)

Much later, the Eleventh Doctor claimed that Amy's glasses improved his reading, (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan) though they additionally served as a memento of her. (TV: The Snowmen)

A child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair wore glasses. (PROSE: Rose)

Extreme long-distance vision[[edit] | [edit source]]

The First Doctor carried a pair of opera glasses in his pocket. He used them for his first glimpses of the Dalek City on Skaro. (TV: The Daleks) The Ninth Doctor also used a pair of foldable opera glasses for spying purposes. (TV: The Empty Child)

Cosmetic use[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fake glasses. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

The Fifth Doctor typically wore a pair of glasses in times of great stress, especially following his regeneration. (TV: Castrovalva) The Tenth Doctor wore a pair of tortoise-shell rimmed square glasses, usually when he was concentrating on a particular object or subject, indicating either extreme interest or "action mode". (TV: Tooth and Claw, etc.) The older incarnation claimed that both these and the Fifth Doctor's half-moon glasses — dubbing them "brainy specs" — were not at all medically necessary but worn just because they made the two Doctors "look a bit clever". (TV: Time Crash)

The Twelfth Doctor replaced his sonic screwdriver for a pair of sonic sunglasses. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice, etc.) Later on in his life, these glasses served a more functional use, to cover up his blindness and allow for rudimentary scans of those around him. (TV: Oxygen, Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World)

Exceptional cases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Useful. (TV: Doomsday)

The Seventh Doctor seemed to use a pair of glasses to enhance his hypnotic ability. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

The Tenth Doctor used a pair of 3D glasses when observing the effects of the Void on people and objects. (TV: Doomsday) He also wore a pair of sunglasses which were just his normal glasses tinted by his sonic screwdriver while on San Helios (TV: Planet of the Dead) and upon landing in the Ood Sphere. (TV: The End of Time)

Old. (COMIC: The Fractures)

The Eleventh Doctor wore a pair of thermal imaging 'sunglasses' to detect Silurians in the dark. (TV: The Hungry Earth)

The Twelfth Doctor once used a pair of 3D glasses to look out for Void stuff. (COMIC: The Fractures)

Other people[[edit] | [edit source]]

As disguise[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sinister. (TV: The Dæmons)

The UNIT Master often used a pair of glasses as part of a disguise, such as his disguise as "Reverend Mr Magister" whilst in Devil's End. (TV: The Dæmons)

Rory Williams once wore glasses at NASA headquarters prior to the launch of Apollo 11 in order to give the appearance of being a United States government official. (TV: Day of the Moon)

Superman wore glasses when disguised (WC: Supergirl Meets E.T.) as "Clark Kent". (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio)

For mind control[[edit] | [edit source]]

Another type of eyewear was used by War Lords von Weich and Smythe to implant suggestions into the minds of their human subordinates, ensuring total obedience and an escape from awkward situations such as a human discovering a SIDRAT (von Weich wore a monocle, while Smythe used a pair of glasses). Whilst many of the Resistance retained their will against the devices, Private Moor succumbed to its brainwashing, becoming convinced that von Weich was his commanding officer. Moor, however, finally broke free of his mental state and killed von Weich. (TV: The War Games)

Liz wearing her glasses. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

Other uses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rory also once wore a special pair of glasses which allowed the Eleventh Doctor to see everything Rory saw through a screen in the Doctor's TARDIS, (TV: The Girl Who Waited) in a manner similar to the Eye-5 contact lenses used by Torchwood. (TV: Reset)

Liz Shaw wore glasses when reading in her later years. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

Toshiko Sato wore glasses when at her computer. (TV: Everything Changes, etc.) Owen Harper also wore a pair once. (TV: Adam)

Albert Dumfries, a senior member of the Cabinet of Harold Saxon, wore glasses to help with reading up to when he was killed by the Saxon Master before the Toclafane Invasion of Earth. (TV: The Sound of Drums)  

Admin Bunny wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses. (GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...{"ed":"Super Happy Magic Forest [160]","1":"Wonder Chase (video game)"})

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