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The Seventh Doctor had a clownish physical appearance, with elastic facial features and expressive eyebrows, both of which he would contort to suit his feelings. His clothing was brash and colourful, though less so than his predecessor, and as his personality developed into something darker, so too did his attire. He would usually carry his umbrella, and often wore a hat.
General appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]
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The Seventh Doctor was a short man, who initially appeared to be in his mid-forties, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) with his human counterpart being able to pull off being 48-years-old. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"]) By the end of his life, however, the Doctor had aged significantly. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) He was ambidextrous, (PROSE: Warlock [+]Loading...["Warlock (novel)"]) and had a small tattoo. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
With an animated face, the Doctor had expressive bulgy eyebrows, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) and, according to Ace, three distinctive smiles: his "cartoon grin", his "secret freak-the-enemy-smile" and his "halfway smile", the last of which unnerved Ace. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])
Though his eyes were naturally blue, (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"]) they would often change colour, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"]) appearing as grey, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"]) green, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"]) brown, (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"]) black, (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"]) and a mix of blue and grey. (PROSE: Toy Soldiers [+]Loading...["Toy Soldiers (novel)"])
Despite the fact his body could heal at an accelerated rate, (PROSE: Special Weapons [+]Loading...["Special Weapons (short story)"]) the Doctor acquired a number of scars on his person, (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"]) from the removal of Ship's flower, (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"]) a bullet shattering one of his hearts, (PROSE: Parasite [+]Loading...["Parasite (novel)"]) and Ace stabbing his left shoulder, (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"]) with the Doctor occasionally feeling pain emanating from the wound. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"], Infinite Requiem [+]Loading...["Infinite Requiem (novel)"], Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
Ace thought that in his "get-up", the Seventh Doctor resembled a "dance-hall comic". (PROSE: Fable Fusion [+]Loading...["Fable Fusion (short story)"]) Peri Brown described him as a "goofy little guy in a weird pullover", (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard [+]Loading...["The Veiled Leopard (audio story)"]) and Josiah W. Dogbolter also considered him a "pipsqueak". (COMIC: Time Bomb! [+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"]) Adrienne Kramer described the Seventh Doctor as being a "short and dark-haired [man], [looking] somewhere in his forties, [and] with a Scottish accent." (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"]) Bernice Summerfield believed that the Seventh Doctor, unlike his next incarnation, did not have sex appeal. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
The First Doctor described his seventh incarnation as the "short Scottish fellow" who would "turn things to his own ends". (PROSE: Five Card Draw [+]Loading...["Five Card Draw (short story)"])
Hair and grooming[[edit] | [edit source]]
While he had a full set of brown hair after his regeneration, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) the Doctor allowed his greying hair to grow out into tufts on the sides of his head, while it thinned a bit at the top of his scalp, by the end of his life. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]
Main attires[[edit] | [edit source]]
After many failed attempts to find a new look, the Seventh Doctor eventually settled on a single breasted blazer of silver grey cotton with a red paisley handkerchief in his left pocket, a Clan Wallace tartan scarf under his notched lapels, with a beige sweater vest adorned with red question marks and turquoise zigzag patterns, with taupe tweed plaid trousers and a pair of burgundy braces either pulled over (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) or tucked under the sweater vest. (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"]) Under the sweater vest, he wore a white shirt with a scarlet paisley necktie, and completed his outfit with a pair of two-tone white and brown spectator shoes. He also had a chained fob watch attached to his left lapel, while the watch itself rested in his upper left breast pocket, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) that could function as a gadget to aid in his adventures. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"], Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) After losing his tartan scarf during his clash with the First Rani, (PROSE: The Useful Pile [+]Loading...["The Useful Pile (short story)"]) he replaced it with a crimson paisley one. (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"]) He wore either matching polka-dot socks (COMIC: Time and Tide [+]Loading...["Time and Tide (comic story)"]) or one navy blue sock and one Rocky and Bullwinkle sock. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
As he matured into more of a schemer, the Doctor began wearing a chocolate brown blazer, and changed his hatband, handkerchief and necktie to ones in more subdued shades of burgundy (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"]) and brown. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"]) Occasionally, he would remove his sweater vest as well, (COMIC: Distractions [+]Loading...["Distractions (comic story)"], The Mark of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)"], Party Animals [+]Loading...["Party Animals (comic story)"]) and would wear a dark tan duffle coat when caught in the rain. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]; PROSE: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (DWM 184 short story)"], The Highest Science [+]Loading...["The Highest Science (novel)"])
During his escapades as Time's Champion, the Doctor replaced his usual attire with a wrinkled cream linen suit, with a glistening silk shirt worn with a green silk cravat, and 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)"]) Worn on his lapel would be either Cameca's brooch, (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...["White Darkness (novel)"]) or a Smiley Face pin badge. (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Loading...["Sky Pirates! (novel)"]) He would later replace his cravat for four-in-hand ties coloured in rust orange, (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"]) ruby, (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Loading...["Sky Pirates! (novel)"]) sapphire blue, (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]) lime green, (PROSE: Tragedy Day [+]Loading...["Tragedy Day (novel)"]) Prussian blue paisley, (PROSE: Strange England [+]Loading...["Strange England (novel)"]) or solid red. (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"])
After his confrontation with the Brotherhood of the Immanent Flesh, (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"]) the Doctor began wearing a single-breasted blazer of lighter tan herringbone-tweed, with a single-breasted waistcoat of vermillion paisley, an ivory shirt, green plaid trousers and an black and bronze herringbone tie. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
On his head, the Doctor wore battered cream colonial-styled Panama hat with an identical paisley handkerchief folded into a hatband and an upturned brim. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) He later replaced his battered hat with a newer one. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"]) He also wore a black Tank-styled wristwatch on his right wrist, (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) which he later replaced with a sportier round watch, (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) and then with a rectangular faced tank watch. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"])
After finding his old signet ring in the TARDIS console, (COMIC: The Chameleon Factor [+]Loading...["The Chameleon Factor (comic story)"]) the Doctor started wearing it again through numerous adventures, (COMIC: The Good Soldier [+]Loading...["The Good Soldier (comic story)"], Metamorphosis [+]Loading...["Metamorphosis (comic story)"]) until he gave it to Joan Redfern. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])
Other clothes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Info about the Doctor's attire from Search Out Space, Nightshade, Shadowmind, Birthright, Bad Therapy, Atom Bomb Blues, The Magic Mousetrap, Mask of Tragedy, and We Are The Daleks need to be added
Whilst in Nazi Germany, the Doctor briefly donned a black leather trenchcoat and a black soft hat. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])
During his time in Chicago in 1929, the Doctor donned a grey striped suit and fedora. (PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"])
Whilst visiting Betrushia, the Doctor wore an plain orange waistcoat, a white shirt with a Gladstone collar and a black cravat with his dark jacket. (PROSE: St Anthony's Fire [+]Loading...["St Anthony's Fire (novel)"])
On Youkali, the Doctor wore a burgundy waistcoat and a tweed jacket. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
Umbrellas[[edit] | [edit source]]
After his regeneration stabilised, the Doctor took to carrying around an umbrella as part of his day-to-day outfit, using them as physical props, usually to disarm and trip opponents, (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"], Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"], Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"], Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) as well as using them as grappling hooks, (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"]) and as measuring rods. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])
He initially carried his previous incarnation's rainbow umbrella, but was forced to leave it in the the Rani's base on Lakertya, where it was destroyed. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) During a clear out, he found a replacement within the TARDIS wardrobe: (PROSE: The Useful Pile [+]Loading...["The Useful Pile (short story)"]) a black umbrella with a whangee handle. (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"])
After his black umbrella was damaged, (AUDIO: The Warehouse [+]Loading...["The Warehouse (audio story)"]) the Doctor acquired a new umbrella with an elaborate handle in the shape of a large, cherry coloured question mark. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"]) The handle could split in half and unfold into a makeshift stool, (COMIC: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (comic story)"]) could fire a small gold pellet that contained a hallucinogenic truth drug, (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues [+]Loading...["Atom Bomb Blues (novel)"]) and was also detachable, hiding a secret compartment containing a vial of Time Lord restorative. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])
Attempting to "wean himself off" his umbrella, the Doctor took to carrying a walking-cane as his reign as Time's Champion drew to an end. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet [+]Loading...["Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)"])