Frock coats were a type of coat worn in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. (PROSE: The Rescue [+]Loading...["The Rescue (novelisation)"], The Eleventh Tiger [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Tiger (novel)"], Snowman in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Snowman in Manhattan (short story)"]) They had tails as part of their construction. (PROSE: Do You Smell Carrots? [+]Loading...["Do You Smell Carrots? (short story)"])
They were also manufactured by Armani in the 1980s. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])
Frock coats were also associated with the NeoGoth fashion. (PROSE: Lady of the Snows [+]Loading...["Lady of the Snows (short story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Graham O'Brien and Ryan Sinclair wore black frock coats when they met Mary Shelley, Lord George Gordon Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont, and Ashad on 1816. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])
Mr Scoones, Mr Cole, Mr Fetch and Mr Milligan wore black frock coats up to when they died during the 1851 Incident. (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
Edward Waterfield and Theodore Maxtible wore frock coats in 1866; Edward's navy and Theodore's grey. Both did this during the Dalek Empire's Operation Human Factor. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Charles Dickens and Gabriel Sneed wore black frock coats when they met the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, and the Gelth on 1869. (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"])
Sherlock Holmes wore a frock coat in 1887. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])
Ace wore a black frock coat with peaked lapels as part of her tuxedo in Gabriel Chase during 1883. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])
Nimrod, a Neanderthal butler, and Gwendoline Pritchard wore raven black frock coats with tuxedoes in 1883. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])
Captain Latimer wore a double-breasted frock coat with peaked lapels in charcoal in 1892. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]
A young Blowfish wore a raven black frock coat during 1899. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"])
Graham O'Brien wore a grey tweed frockcoat during a trip to New York during 1903. (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror [+]Loading...["Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)"])
Bertie Potts wore a double-breasted frock coat of tan tweed with brown overchecks in 1924. (AUDIO: The Boundless Sea [+]Loading...["The Boundless Sea (audio story)"], The Rulers of the Universe [+]Loading...["The Rulers of the Universe (audio story)"])
Iris Wildthyme one wore a silvery catsuit with a leopard print frock coat over the top when she was in England in the 20th century. (PROSE: The Sleuth Slayers [+]Loading...["The Sleuth Slayers (short story)"])
Charlotte Pollard wore a Napoleonic frock coat in scarlet with gold trims when she was on Earth during Christmas in 2000. (AUDIO: Twenty-Four Doors in December [+]Loading...["Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)"])
Rhys Williams wore a black frock coat when he married Gwen Cooper in the mid-2000s (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Loading...["Something Borrowed (TV story)"])
Petronella Osgood wore on a beige copy of the Sixth Doctor's frock coat in 2017. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension [+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"]
The Toymaker wore a frock coat done in scarlet and white with gold trims as part of his drum major outfit when he plays the Spice Girls song Spice Up Your Life while messing with UNIT in London during 2023. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])
Bernice Summerfield donned a frock coat she found in the TARDIS prior to exiting it onto Hogsumm in 2680. (PROSE: The Highest Science [+]Loading...["The Highest Science (novel)"]
Banto Zame wore a double-breasted frock coat in navy blue with peaked lapels when posing as the Doctor in the Vulgar End of Time. (AUDIO: The One Doctor [+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"])
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Mr Song wore a double-breasted frock coat in ebony black with peaked lapels when he met River Song on the Spaceship. (AUDIO: Signs [+]Loading...["Signs (audio story)"])
Romana wore a double-breasted frock coat of pink cashmere when she arrived on Skaro. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)"]) She also wore a single-breasted frock coat in scarlet with notched lapels when the Doctor's TARDIS was drawn in towards a small blackhole created by the Nimon. (TV: The Horns of Nimon [+]Loading...["The Horns of Nimon (TV story)"])
Webley wore a double breasted frock coat of bottle green tweed with a scarlet overcheck up to his death during the Battle of Hedgewick's World of Wonders. (TV: Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"])
Doctor Ogron wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's forest green frock coat whist within the Last Great Time War. (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)"])
Worn by the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The First Doctor wore a black Edwardian frock coat. (PROSE: The Power Supply [+]Loading...["The Power Supply (short story)"], Mire and Clay [+]Loading...["Mire and Clay (short story)"]) Sometimes it was worn with a cravat. (PROSE: Galaxy 4 [+]Loading...["Galaxy 4 (novelisation)"]) He was wearing a frock coat when his TARDIS was barged into by Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in 1963. (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"])
Polly Wright also described the First Doctor as having white hair, frock coat and checked trousers. (AUDIO: The Five Companions [+]Loading...["The Five Companions (audio story)"])
He continued to wear a frock coat up to his renewal. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
The Second Doctor wore a frock coat with checked trousers. (PROSE: Lares Domestici [+]Loading...["Lares Domestici (short story)"]) It often seemed like both the frock coat and trousers were too large for him. (AUDIO: The Last Day at Work [+]Loading...["The Last Day at Work (audio story)"]) He was wearing this clothing when, following his renewal the TARDIS arrives on Vulcan circa 2020. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])
As he continued to wear the frock coat it began to take on a dusty appearance with bursting stitches and frayed pockets. (PROSE: The Roundheads [+]Loading...["The Roundheads (novel)"], The Feast [+]Loading...["The Feast (short story)"]) Wearing it through his capture by the Daleks to work on their "Dalek Factor", the mountaneous terrain of Telos, and a rematch with the Great Intelligence on Earth. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Tomb of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Web of Fear [+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"]). It was also covered by the Ice Warriors' Seed Pod foam on Earth around 2086. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Death (TV story)"]) He continued to wear it whilst on missions for the CIA. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"]). When he changed his appearance he remained wearing it when his third incarnation arrived on Earth. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])
The Third Doctor wore a long frock coat with capacious pockets in the 1970s. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Sea Devils [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Sea Devils (novelisation)"])
The Third Doctor was wearing a frock coat when he and Sarah Jane Smith arrived back in London following the dinosaur evacuation. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)"])
Following his regeneration the Fourth Doctor wore several double-breasted frock coats. Including one in brown worn during the Zygon gambit in the 1970s. (TV: Terror of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"]
The Fourth Doctor also wore a black frock coat when he announced to Sarah Jane Smith of an invitation to Lady Huntington's ball at Huntington Manor in England in 1764. (PROSE: Old Flames [+]Loading...["Old Flames (short story)"])
The brown frock coat he mostly wore until he was summoned to Gallifrey, he subsequently utilised this coat as a form of distraction to the Chancellory Guard. (TV: The Deadly Assassin [+]Loading...["The Deadly Assassin (TV story)"]) He was wearing a brown frock coat when he met Leela on Mordee in the far future. (TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"])
Following their collection of the Key to Time and the subsequent installation of the randomiser the Doctor changed to a light brown long frock coat. (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"], Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)"])
The Fifth Doctor's coat was a yellow or beige frock coat, with the celery attached. (PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life [+]Loading...["Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)"], The King of Terror [+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"]) It had a scarlet trim and pockets large enough to fit his Panama hat (when rolled). (PROSE: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (novel)"])
The Fifth Doctor selected his frock coat from a cricket-themed room within his TARDIS following his regeneration. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])
He changed out of it briefly, in 1925 to play cricket and to attend a fancy dress party, before redressing in his frock coat. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])
It was covered significantly in sand and dirt as he struggled against spectrox toxaemia on Androzani Minor before his regeneration. (TV: The Caves of Androzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor wore a multicoloured frock coat, which flapped when he ran. (PROSE: Twilight's End [+]Loading...["Twilight's End (short story)"]) He selected this coat following his regeneration. Peri Brown thought it was a parody of his previous frock coat. (PROSE: Burning Heart [+]Loading...["Burning Heart (novel)"]) He wore this coat in the 19th century, though briefly changing to heighten his disguise against the First Rani. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"]) He wore a blue mourning cape over his frock coat when he and Peri travelled to Necros sometime after 4590. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Travelling to London in 1899 the Sixth Doctor dressed in dark trousers with a white shirt, wing collar and flowing black bow tie, waistcoat and gold chain with a frock coat, and a top hat. (PROSE: Players [+]Loading...["Players (novel)"])
The Sixth Doctor also wore a blue-on-blue patchwork coat was a frock coat[statement unclear]. (PROSE: Water's Edge [+]Loading...["Water's Edge (short story)"], WC: Real Time [+]Loading...["Real Time (audio story)"]) He wore this coat for some time before returning to his mutlicoloured patchwork frock coat which he wore until his TARDIS was shot down by the Rani onto Lakertya. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])
The Seventh Doctor spent his first hours in the Sixth Doctor's patchwork frock coat. He tried on a Napoleonic frock coat in navy and white with gold epaulettes and a crimson trim. He also tried on the Fifth Doctor's frock coat. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])
The Eighth Doctor's double-breasted costume shop velveteen frock coat was forest green, he stole it after regeneration in 1999 and during the Regeneration Operation. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"], PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"], The TV Movie [+]Loading...["The TV Movie (novelisation)"]) The costume coat, was subsequently destroyed whilst he was being held prisoner on Ha'olam in the 23rd century. Following his release from the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre there after three years he was able to return to his TARDIS and travel to Neo-Sydney where he had his former outfit recreated by a tailor with real velvet and silk. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"]) Following his 100 year time on Earth he wore a long black frock coat and beneath it a silken cravat and a dark-green waistcoat. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"]) When the Eighth Doctor arrived on Hitchemus in the 22nd century he was wearing a soft white linen shirt with a generous collar, buff flannel trousers, the double-breasted waistcoat with its Paisley silk brocade along with a dark-brown frock coat, its velvet shining with metallic green highlights. Along with a grey silk cravat with amber and gold stickpin. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers [+]Loading...["The Year of Intelligent Tigers (novel)"]) One of the Eighth Doctor's frock coats was three quarter length and velvet. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard [+]Loading...["Not in My Back Yard (short story)"], The Long Midwinter [+]Loading...["The Long Midwinter (short story)"])
Whilst at the launching of the Titanic, in 1912, the Ninth Doctor wore an black moleskin frock coat with peaked lapels. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])
During his retirement to the Victorian era, the Eleventh Doctor wore a single-breasted frock coat of purple moleskin with black lamb fur lining and peaked lapels. (TV: The Great Detective [+]Loading...["The Great Detective (TV story)"], The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]) Whilst travelling with Clara Oswald, he wore a single-breasted frock coat of purple cashmere with notched lapels; (TV: The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]) He wore this up to and after the Siege of Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor wore the Eleventh Doctor's cashmere frock coat during his first hours. (TV: Deep Breath [+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"]) He continued to occasionally wear a single-breasted frock coat of black velvet with blue lining, (TV: The Pilot) or black linen. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"], World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"])
The Fugitive Doctor wore a navy tweed frock coat with shawl lapels. (TV: Once, Upon Time [+]Loading...["Once, Upon Time (TV story)"])
The Curator, taking the form of an older Sixth Doctor, wore frock coats; one of violet moleskin, and one of burgundy and peach pinstripe. (AUDIO: Crossed Lines [+]Loading...["Crossed Lines (audio story)"], The Artist at the End of Time [+]Loading...["The Artist at the End of Time (audio story)"]
Worn by the Master[[edit] | [edit source]]
As John Smith, the Decayed Master wore a double-breasted frock coat in black. (AUDIO: Master [+]Loading...["Master (audio story)"])
The War Master wore a grey tweed frock coat with peaked lapels. (AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"]
Trapped on a Mondasian colony craft the Saxon Master wore a black, asymmetrical frock coat, (TV: World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"]) right up to his death. (TV: The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"])
The Spy Master wore a grey frock coat when confronting the Thirteenth Doctor on London during 1834. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])