TARDIS Tuesday: Romana and the Stones of Blood

Dear All,

Hello there!
Hope you are well. For this week's TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd go back to Classic Who.

Believe it or not, one of the first Doctor Who characters that my wardrobe choices were inspired by was the lovely Mary Tamm who played Romana I or Romanavoratradelundar who was a Time Lady from Gallifrey who was sent with the Doctor to search for the Key to Time to restore balance in the Universe.   She only played Romana for 6 serials, indeed the whole Key to Time before she regenerated.   She wore a wonderful white dress which my dear family friend, who died last year, made me a black version of for concerts.

Image of Romana borrowed from here

Today's outfit is inspired by one of those 6 serials she was in.  This was called The Stones of Blood and was all about a Stone Circle which had some connection to some alien power.  It was an interesting mix of Pagan and Alien.   Romana wore a maroon notch open neck top and red tiered skirt (I actually saw one in a faded pink in a charity shop the day before I did this but decided not to buy it in the end as it was in a rather shabby condition)

 I wore this Long Tall Sally maxi-skirt which I bought Brand-new with tags from the charity-shop a while back (still has its tags on as I am not sure the waist fits me exactly so it may pass on elsewhere.) and with it, this M&S Maroon open-necked top(also charity-shopped, also brand new with tags!) . It has a placket rather than cords but the vibe is similar, I hope!

 Funny story connected to this picture. When I searched originally for images of Romana in the Stones of Blood, I came upon someone who cosplayed this and she was sat in this exact pose. In my head, there was a Mary Tamm image in this pose too. So I tried to take the photo many times and then it turned out it wasn't a Mary Tamm pose, or at least in any photos I could on Google.
However, it shows you my 70's-looking leather boots underneath (very old from eYe Boutique) and my Broderie Anglaise skirt/petticoat. Oh and my blue hairbrush which is posing as the Tracer for seeking the Key to Time.

Image of Romana borrowed from here

 The Key to Time set of 6 serials is actually one of favourite Who serials.  I love a good treasure hunt and this is certainly one of those.  The rapport between Romana and the Doctor was hilarious as Mary Tamm was a condescending ice-queen to his clownish ways and very clever.  Plus, the variety of stories was great.  One of my chief objections to New Who is that everything is so Apocalyptic- like the entire Universe will be destroyed UNLESS the Doctor Who saves it which gets a bit tiresome and unrealistic.  I like smaller scale disasters such as The Stones of Blood or other stories in which something more localised and disastrous for a smaller group of people might occur!

Image of Romana borrowed from here

What do you reckon? Have I managed to recreate the sort of look that Romana was wearing?  For the record- super comfy!

I've included a short clip and a tribute video to it at the bottom.

Images of Romana are from the BBC and copyright belongs to them!