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Tartan, also called plaid, was a type of pattern, famously linked to Scotland. [source needed]
Worn by the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The First Doctor wore grey tartan trousers; (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], etc) right up to his death after the 1986 Cyberman Invasion of Earth. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])
The Second Doctor wore tartan trousers in grey, (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"] - The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"], The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"], The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"], The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"]) or yellow with green stripes. (COMIC: Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"])
The Third Doctor wore tartan inverness capes: one in scarlet and emerald during his first visit to Peladon, (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"]) and one in brown when he survived the Game of Rassilon who he blamed wrongly and arrogantly on the Tremas Master until he learned he'd been tricked and used by Borusa. (TV: The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor wore a Clan Wallace tartan scarf when he first meets Zygons and a Skarasan during the Zygon Gambit. (TV: Terror of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"]) He also wore an inverness cape of tan and scarlet tartan as part of his detective outfit. (PROSE: Nanomorphosis [+]Loading...["Nanomorphosis (short story)"], Evolution [+]Loading...["Evolution (novel)"], AUDIO: The Merfolk Murders [+]Loading...["The Merfolk Murders (audio story)"]; COMIC: Gaze of the Medusa [+]Loading...["Gaze of the Medusa (comic story)"], TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor's patchwork frock coat featured patches of red tartan. (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"] - Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])
The Seventh Doctor spent his first hours in the Sixth Doctor's frock coat with tartan before switching for a silver grey blazer. His first scarf was made of crimson and black tartan before it got destroyed. He also wore taupe plaid trousers, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) or Pride of Scotland. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor wore baggy tartan trousers in gunmetal grey, (TV: The Doctor's Meditation [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Meditation (theatrical film)"]) Prussian blue and white, (TV: The Girl Who Died [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Died (TV story)"]) navy and crimson, (TV: The Woman Who Lived [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Lived (TV story)"]) or bottle green. (COMIC: The Ministry of Time [+]Loading...["The Ministry of Time (comic story)"])
The Fourteenth Doctor wore a single-breasted waistcoat with a notched collar and trousers; all made of bronze and turquoise tartan. (TV: The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"] - The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])
The Fifteenth Doctor sometimes wore tartan kilts in either navy and crimson, (TV: The Church on Ruby Road) or burgundy and chocolate. (COMIC: The Hans of Fear)
A child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair wore trousers of charcoal and black tartan. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])
A parallel version of the Doctor wore a single breasted waistcoat of charcoal and sapphire tartan when he and Bernice Summerfield fought Faction Cybermen on Nazi Germany. (AUDIO: Blood & Steel [+]Loading...["Blood & Steel (audio anthology)"])
Worn by Companions[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sarah Jane Smith wore a sweater vest of brown tartan during her first adventures with the Third Doctor. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"], Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])
Clara Oswald wore a Clan Campbell tartan dress when she sacrificed herself to save the Eleventh Doctor from the Great Intelligence's master plan. (TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]) She also wore a Clan Wallace tartan skirt with her black cardigan and her white blouse, (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"], Deep Breath [+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"]) and a crimson and navy tartan shirt. (TV: Flatline [+]Loading...["Flatline (TV story)"])
Yasmin Khan wore a cravat of bronze tartan during the year 1904, the 2021 Sontaran Invasion of Earth, and the Flux. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"], The Vanquishers [+]Loading...["The Vanquishers (TV story)"]).
Jo Grant wore a shirt of maroon and white when she first met Mark IV Daleks including a gold leader as well as their Controller and Ogrons during the Time Paradox Incident, (TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"]) and when helping many versions of the Doctor and companions. (GAME: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)"]) She also wore an asymmetrical jacket of chestnut and scarlet tartan when she helped to foil more including a Supreme from the Dalek Council during the Spiridon Incident. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Melanie Bush wore an asymmetrical overcoat of beige and tartan when she met the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, and witnessed the Toymaker’s defeat and the Fifteenth Doctor’s birth. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])
Romana I wore a flat cap of tartan on her first visit to Earth. (TV: The Stones of Blood [+]Loading...["The Stones of Blood (TV story)"])
Ruby Sunday wore a Royal Stewart tartan pinafore over a white t-shirt. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road, Empire of Death) She also wore wore a MacDonald Clan tartan skirt with her fuchsia pink jumper and her black leather jacket when stopping goblins, (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) during a trip to Wyoming during the Jurassic, and helping to defeat the Bogeyman. (TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"]) She also wore a green tartan skirt during a trip to Wales, and a blue and scarlet tartan jacket when she met Kate Stewart. (TV: 73 Yards [+]Loading...["73 Yards (TV story)"])
Nardole wore a single-breasted waistcoat of maroon and beige tartan with a notched collar. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"], World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"], The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"])
Worn by the Master[[edit] | [edit source]]
The War Master wore a chocolate and black tartan Inverness cape during his encounter with Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and James Moriarty in the Land of Fiction. (AUDIO: The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor [+]Loading...["The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor (audio story)"])
The Spy Master wore a single-breast waistcoat and trousers with a pattern of three vertical stripes interlocking with three lines of horizontal dashes, in varying shades of orange over a navy blue background. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"], Ascension of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"])
Worn by Others[[edit] | [edit source]]
Letitia Jones wore a mini-dress of Clan Wallace tartan during the Royal Hope Incident. (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"])
Professor Rachel Jensen wore a skirt of grey and brown tartan when she helped the Seventh Doctor during the Hand of Omega Incident. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Jeremiah O'Kane owned a tartan blanket. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative [+]Loading...["The Zero Imperative (home video)"])