Houndstooth was a large check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth, typically used in cloth for jackets and suits.[source needed]
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart wore a brown houndstooth tweed blazer when he helped the Bannerman Road Gang to foil Bane including Wormwood and Cal Kilburne as well as Commander Kaagh from the Sontaran Empire's Special Assault Squad and sole survivor of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet, (TV: Enemy of the Bane [+]Loading...["Enemy of the Bane (TV story)"]) and when he helped the Ninth Doctor to fight Mondasian Cybermen. (AUDIO: Way of the Burryman [+]Loading...["Way of the Burryman (audio story)"], The Forth Generation [+]Loading...["The Forth Generation (audio story)"])
During his retirement to the Victorian era, the Eleventh Doctor wore trousers of puce houndstooth tweed. (TV: The Great Detective [+]Loading...["The Great Detective (TV story)"], The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]) He also wore them during his travels with Valarie Lockwood, (AUDIO: The Inheritance [+]Loading...["The Inheritance (audio story)"] - Victory of the Doctor [+]Loading...["Victory of the Doctor (audio story)"]) most notably when dealing with the New Dalek Paradigm including Special Weapons Daleks. (AUDIO: Daleks Victorious [+]Loading...["Daleks Victorious (audio story)"] - Victory of the Doctor [+]Loading...["Victory of the Doctor (audio story)"]) Eventually, he took to wearing them during the Siege of Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])