Paisley (PROSE: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"]) was a design involving tear themed symbols, invented in ancient Persia and named after a Scottish town.[source needed]
Worn by the Doctor
The Third Doctor wore a mahogany paisley cravat during the UNIT Master's Daemonic Deception. (TV: The Dæmons)
The Seventh Doctor wore scarves and ties as well as bands on his cream Panama hat of paisley; done on scarlet (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"] - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"]) burgundy, (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"] - Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) mustard and maroon, (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"]) or Prussian blue. (PROSE: Strange England [+]Loading...["Strange England (novel)"]) He also 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)"]) Near the end of his life, he wore a single breasted waistcoat of vermillion paisley. (AUDIO: Far From Home; TV: Doctor Who)
The Eighth Doctor wore some double breasted waistcoats of paisley with shawl collars and a gold fob watch: one in silver grey, (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) one in violet purple, (COMIC: Dreadnought [+]Loading...["Dreadnought (comic story)"]) one in cream, (COMIC: Ophidius [+]Loading...["Ophidius (comic story)"]) one in ochre, (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice [+]Loading...["The Stones of Venice (audio story)"]) one in bracken green, (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"]) one in tangerine orange, (AUDIO: The Devouring [+]Loading...["The Devouring (audio story)"]) and maroon. (AUDIO: Twenty-Four Doors in December [+]Loading...["Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)"])
The Curator, a future version of the Doctor, wore an ascot tie of navy and crimson paisley under his tattersall shirt's collar and a paisley handkerchief in the left breast pocket upon his blazer of olive green herringbone-tweed when taking the form of an older Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Worn by Companions
Rose Noble wore an ebony black paisley skirt when she met the Fourteenth Doctor, Beep the Meep, and some Wrarth Warriors. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])
Melanie Bush wore a crimson bandana scarf with ivory paisley symbols. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"])
Vastra, a Silurian Warrior, wore an olive green paisley waistcoat during the Battle of Demons Run. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
Worn by Others
Captain Cook, the intergalactic explorer, wore an ascot tie of burgundy and beige paisley. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])
John Ellis wore a crimson paisley scarf when he landed in the 21st century. (TV: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"])
Redvers Fenn-Cooper wore an ascot tie of burgundy and gold paisley under the collar of his ivory shirt. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])
The Monk wore a paisley scarf for a belt. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory [+]Loading...["The Persistence of Memory (short story)"])
Bonnie wore a crimson paisley scarf similar to the Seventh Doctor's when taking Osgood's form. (TV: The Zygon Inversion [+]Loading...["The Zygon Inversion (TV story)"])
The Valeyard wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's single-breasted waistcoat of bronze paisley-brocade. (AUDIO: The War Valeyard [+]Loading...["The War Valeyard (audio story)"])
Doctor Ogron wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's double-breasted waistcoat of silver paisley-brocade. (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)"])