Doctor Who Props

Robot Seers Head

This is one of two robot seers heads that was made for the 1977 story "Underworld". It is made from Fiberglass and painted in a dark gold colour, it is missing the "sink plug mesh" ears eye's and mouth, what is interesting is around the eye area is the remains of blue paint that was applied to the eye's for the CSO effects.

Inside the head is thin foam padding to give the actor some comfort, but make no mistake it would have been very uncomfortable to have been wearing this piece of costume for any period of time! This is probably the only one in existence.

"Underworld 1977"

Dalek Trooper Helmet

This Helmet was made for the 1984 story Resurrection of the Daleks, it is made from fibreglass and is constructed in three parts, the domes are stock items from an EMA model parts catalogue painted in grey Hamerite which is also applied to the corrugated area of the eye stalk, inside the helmet there is the interior head band from a work mans hard hat and an elasticated chin strap, the helmet is painted in high sheen black, there is also the remains of the clear Perspex visor on the left hand side.

it was won as part of the 1984 BBC design a monster competition and came direct from the original competition winner along with three letters from the BBC and newspaper articles from the time showing the winner wearing the helmet, history like this is invaluable and I would recommend anyone who is offered a Dalek Trooper helmet to walk away unless accompanied with history of this nature.

There was a number of these Helmets made for the story a few of which were sold at the Bonham’s Doctor who auction in 1991, a huge problem with these Helmets is the huge amount of fakes that have been made over the years, in fact many have been sold with so called Bonham’s receipts making authenticating them almost impossible, what makes this one unique is its 100% authenticity.

Shrivenzale feet

These feet were part of the Shrivenzale monster that featured in the the 1978 story "The Ribos Operation", on first appearance they look to be made from foam latex but on closer inspection it can be seen that they are made from furniture foam that has been cut, shaped and layered with a top coat of liquid latex to give them the required reptile appearance, each foot has a hard section in the heel area to give support to the actor. The construction must have been an incredibly long process and gives credit to the men and women of the visual effects department.

Both feet are about 20 inches long and give some indication to just how impresive the monster must have been! it was operated by two actors inside the costume simular to a pantomime horse. These feet were sold at the Longleat Doctor Who day in 1983, the rest of the costume is thought to have been destroyed.

"The Ribos Operation"

Other unusual design features include very high cuts to the side vents, a large stand collar and deep side cut pockets at the front of the jacket.

Jon Pertwee's velvet smoking jacket

This jacket was worn by Jon Pertwee in the classic 1973 story "Planet Of The Daleks", it was also featured on the cover of the 1975 annual. As was the case with all the doctors costumes no expenss was spared and it was made by top saville row taylors "Anthony J Hewitt, it is taylord from a fantastic plum coloured velvet with an intricate herring bone design running through it and finished of with hand made silk buttons.

Another point of note is that it was the only double breasted jacket worn by Jon Pertwee during his time as the doctor.

This jacket was kept by Jon Pertwee after filming and was worn by him on occasion at conventions, he sold it in the early 90's to a collector in the USA and the procedes went to the great ormand street childrens hospital.

This jacket now belongs to doctorwhoprops.com

The Talons of Weng-Chiang

This costume was worn by Michael Spice playing the role of Magnus Greel in the classic 1977 story "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". It was designed by John Bloomfield and made by the world renowned costume house of Bermanns and Nathans. It has been superbly tailored in wool with intricate satin patch detailing being applied all over, the cuffs are made of bullion.

Never the less this is the only one that was made for the story which is regarded by most as the number one Doctor Who story ever. This costume was auctioned at Bonhams in 2007, it was bought by Doctor Who Props.

The costume has also been used in many other productions including the classic 1980 adaptation of "The Elephant Man" were it was worn by Chris Greener playing the role of the giant, later in the 80's it was used in a medival production possibly "Robin of Sherwood" it was at this point it was "distressed", a lot of the satin patches were frayed torn and removed along with most of the bullion on the cuffs, this is a great shame as the costume would have been glorious in its original state.

The costume was re-used in the classic story 'Tomb of The Cybermen' (1967).

The small tubing seen running to the top and bottom of the chest unit was not seen on the televised stories.There The original tubes were a light weight mesh.

The chest unit has been modified from it's original appearance by Allister Bowtell for use in the Tom Baker story 'Revenge of The Cybermen' (1975).

The costume consists of an under garment covered with an outer PVC type material sprayed silver. Vacuum cleaner tubing and golf practice balls finish the effect.

This costume still belongs to the original purchaser from the 1983 auction who is Steve from London.

Cyberman Costume

This style Cyberman was designed by Sandra Reid and Mary Woods for the 1967 Patrick Troughton Story 'The Moonbase'.

The original helmets and chest units were constructed by Bill King of Trading Post. This freelance company largely were involved in boat building but also manufacturered fibreglass items for television and film.

The helmet still retains it's silver foil eye and mouth detail and the letterbox mouth mechanisim. There is a circle of holes on the side of the neck to allow for ventilation and hearing. The clear perspex handles are missing and is the lamp in the top of the helmet.

This cyberman was auctioned off at the 1983 doctor who twentieth anniversery celebration at longleat, the head and costume were to be sold separately but auctioner jon pertwee insisted they be sold together.

10th dr's trainers

These trainers belonged to David Tennant long before he became the Doctor, it was during a costume fitting that he suggested to Louise Page the costume designer about wearing them with the costume but she thought it was a bad idea as his feet would get cold during winter filming, but after a little persistence David got his way and they became a trade mark of his "geek chic" costume.

They are made by converse, an interesting point is that the converse logo has been removed and sprayed over with brown latex paint this is because some of the publicity photos are close ups and copy wright laws would not permit the logo being seen, they are labeled inside "the doctor".

These trainers were bought from the BBC in the Children in Need auction on ebay, they are a very significant pair as they are David's own and were used in all the early publicity photos and in the series itself.

An extra grey panel was added at one end and all the tassels were replaced. Tom Baker’s waistcoat from Terror of the Zygons was cut up and used to make patches for this scarf.

This scarf was retained by Producer, John Nathan-Turner until his death. It was sold at Bonhams in 2005.

Shada 1979

Tom Baker Season 17 Scarf

During Tom Baker’s tenure as the Doctor he had a number of scarves and the scarf got considerably longer.

This version of the scarf is how it appeared for it’s last outing as a costume worn by Tom.

In season eighteen it appeared on the hat stand in the TARDIS but was replaced by the burgundy version as Tom’s costume.

It made a brief appearance in ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’.

This scarf is two earlier versions of the scarf joined together. However, for ‘Shada’ the scarf was given a major overhaul. Frayed sections were removed and crocheted together.

Tom Baker's Hat

The most memorable item of Tom's costume has to be his scarf closely followed by his hat, from his very first story "robot" he wore the famous "broad brimmed floppy hat".

His costume was designed by Jim Acherson but it was actually tom's idea to wear the hat.

For the Brain of Morbius, Herbert Johnson were commissioned to make a similar style hat from plush fur felt in a dark bottle green colour again at least three of these would have been made this hat was then used in conjunction with the brown hat up to "Armageddon Factor" from then through to "Horns of Nimon" only the brown hat was used.

This hat was used from Brain of Morbius through to Armageddon Factor story's it appeared in were.

The Brain of Morbius, The Seeds of Doom, The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, The Invasion of Time, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara and The Power of Kroll

As with all costumes it is incredibly to difficult to pinpoint an item to a scene but I have been able to do this with this hat to a scene from the androids of tara were the Dr is sleeping by the river, he is approached by a guard and the brim of his hat is burnt with an electrical sword, the burn mark from the explosive squib is still present along with stitching for the charge cable.

What makes this hat so special is that the seller was given the hat by Tom Baker in the late 1970's on a visit to his school when he presented Tom with a scarf that his mother had knitted two weeks prior to the visit, he also had his photo taken with Tom holding his new hat and Tom wearing his new scarf.

This is possibly the only early Tom Baker hat in existence as I have not seen or heard of another in all my years of collecting.

The first hats were bespoke made by the Royal Hatters of Herbert Johnson from fine fur felt in dark brown. There would have been at least three commissioned for his first season and others being made if one was lost or damaged as in "ark in space", this hat was used from robot to brain of morbius.

For season eighteen a new costume was designed by June Hudson which had a more uniform look to it the hat was still made by Herbert Johnson but it had a smaller brim and bow as Tom's hair was thinner than it used to be and the old style hat looked two big, the hat was made from plush fur felt in a dark burgundy to match his costume,again at least three were commissioned one of which was only used on the Tussards Wax Works.

The Provinonce

I came to hear about this hat on a well known Dr Who forum, at first I was skeptical as items pre the John Nathan Turner era are extremely rare.

After emailing the seller I made a three hundred mile journey across the country to Brighton see it. On my arrival I met the seller and could not believe what I was seeing, it was without doubt one of Tom's original hats.

Tom Baker's Boots

Tom Baker is well known for his buccaneer style boots which he wore in many of his later episodes, but he also wore a pair of suede style knee length boots in only one story "The Face of Evil".

These boots are constructed from a fine light weight suede and are knee length with a black rubber sole to prevent to much noise on the studio floor.

There would almost certainly have been two pairs made, they are labeled inside (T Baker Who).

This is the story were he meets his companion Leela the savage, it is not clear why he only wore these boots in one story but its probably down to the fact that most of the cast wear suede style boots so the costume designer made a similar pair for Tom.

The Provinonce
These boots were obtained from the BBC wardrobe department by a person working on cataloging for the early 1990's Bonhams Auctions along with Jon Pertwee's "Invasion of the Dinosaurs " velvet jacket.

Tom Baker Season 18 Hat, Shirt and Socks

June Hudson redesigned Tom Baker’s signature costume in 1980. The hat was specially dyed by hatters Herbert Johnson.

The socks were specially commissioned from the Royal sock makers Corgi and the shirt was specially tailored.

Producer, John Nathan-Turner wanted question marks to be added to the lapels. June didn’t like this idea so she had them had embroidered in a faint ivory colour.

The Leisure Hive onwards.

Lalla Ward Roman II

This costume was designed by June Hudson to resemble an Edwardian bathing costume for Romana II as played by Lalla Ward.

The Leisure Hive, Meglos, Logopolis (1980-1981)

Colin Baker's Costume

The idea of the sixth Dr's costume came from producer John Nathan Turner, he wanted a costume that was "totally tasteless" this may sound easy but it is in fact incredibly difficult to achieve.

You only have to look at the replica sixth Dr costumes to see how all the colours clash were as Collins is actually very balanced, the costume was designed by Pat Godfrey and it took many attempts to achieve the final look.

Costumes 1st Season

6 shirts made by Harvey and Huddson, these were washed on to hot a wash and the colour from the ? markes ran so a further 6 were made.

3 pairs of yellow striped trousers made from pillow ticking.

3 pairs of green ankle boots.

2 pairs of orange spats

2 checker and zig zag waist coats one with a tail back for scenes were he was not wearing his coat and one without tails for when he was.

3 turquoise polka dot neck ties.

3 frock coats.

Other items made for his first season but only worn on occasion were.

? mark braces, these were in fact made for the fifth dr but were worn by the the sixth in " vengeance on varos".

red polka dot handkerchief.

Hawaiian style waist coat worn in the "two doctors"(two of these were made)

Blue cape worn in "Revalation of the Daleks"(two of these were made.

Bonhams 1991, blue cape with blood stain from "Revalation of the Daleks"

Longleat 1996, shirt

Longleat 1997 shirt, frock coat

Longleat 1999 trousers (pillow ticking style), red and white check waist coat and chain.

Longleat 2001, shirt

Bonhams 2005, blue cape from "Revalation of the Daleks",

Other items to have been bought privately or given as gifts include.

Shirt and first season waist coat with tail back.

This costume is the example that was sold at Bonhams in 1991,

The costume itself was made by Arthur Davey one of the best costume makers of the 70's and 80's, part's of his second season costume were made by the BBC costume department.

As with all lead characters more than one of every item is made, this is what was made for Colin's basic.

Colin Baker's Costume

Costumes 2nd Season

For his second season "trial of a time lord" the costume basically stayed the same apart from his neck tie's and waist coats as these were changed as the dr was shown in different adventures from different parts of his life.

3 red and white check waist coats.

2 red polka dot neck ties.

2 multi colour striped waist coats.

2 yellow with star pattern neck ties.

2 pairs of yellow striped trousers,(these were not made of pillow ticking and had a thicker stripe).

Many items of the costume have been sold at auction over the years they include.

Bonhams 1991, part costume including shirt, turquoise necktie, trousers, shoes, red and white check waist coat. (in the catalogue the neck tie was listed as the red one, but some time during the auction it went missing and could not be found the buyer was promised by Bonhams that one would be sourced direct from the bbc, it was posted about a week later to the buyers address but it was not the red one but the first season turquoise one.)

Colin Baker's Costume

Cyberman Boots

These boots were used in the 20th anniversary story "the five doctors", they are a pair of royal marine snow boots sprayed with silver latex paint.

Seventh Doctors Handkerchief

This “Smokers” Handkerchief was a key part of the Seventh Doctors rather hap hazard costume, and was used either as his hat band or hanging out of his pocket.

There was at least twenty of these bought from a London tobacconist by Ken Trew the costume designer for this purpose, they are very large when opened out and the design is a very intricate paisley of red, green and yellow.