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, a Victorian hunter and member of the Royal Geographical Society, wore an ascot tie of burgundy and gold paisley under the collar of his ivory shirt in Gabriel Chase during 1883. (TV: Ghost Light [+]).
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)"])