A Panama hat was a hat of straw with a wide brim, worn to protect from sunlight.
The First Doctor sometimes wore a white Panama hat. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"], The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"], The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"])
The Fifth Doctor wore an ivory Panama hat with black and white marks on a red band. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"]-The Caves of Androzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"])
The Seventh Doctor wore a cream Panama hat with a scarlet paisley band. (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)"], PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) He switched for one with a burgundy paisley band, (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Genocide Machine [+]Loading...["The Genocide Machine (audio story)"], PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"], etc.) which he wore before his death. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) His successor, the Eighth Doctor, found it when collecting his Wild Bill Hicock costume. When he touched it, it sparked a memory that began to help him remember who he was and he decided therefore to keep it. He used it to carry jelly babies, and gave it to Grace Holloway as a parting gift. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"])
The Eleventh Doctor wore a Panama hat and said they were cool. (COMIC: The Dalek Project [+]Loading...["The Dalek Project (comic story)"], PROSE: Chasing the Dawn [+]Loading...["Chasing the Dawn (short story)"])
The Thirteenth Doctor wore a Panama hat when going to the seaside. (COMIC: Fear of the Future [+]Loading...["Fear of the Future (comic story)"])
A parallel universe Doctor wore a Panama hat. (PROSE: Sustainable Energy [+]Loading...["Sustainable Energy (short story)"])
Hamlet Macbeth wore a cream Panama hat to Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding in 2010. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])