TARDIS Tuesday- Romana from Shada

Hello there!

What beautiful weather has now arrived! This is a common occurence in September!

It has been a rather busy and lovely weekend!  More on that soon.

For TARDIS Tuesday, I realised it has been over 4 years since I shared this particular inspiration outfit. It is one I loved and needed no modification although I HAVE modified something- nothing new acquired but I did decide to wear something slightly different.  Here is my previous post for comparison- I'd be interested to see which version you prefer.

It was a historical outfit worn by 4th Doctor companion and fellow Gallifreyan- the Timelady known as Romana.  Played by the beautiful Lalla Ward (who actually married Tom Baker!), she wore a series of quirky and fun outfits, some that looked Edwardian. She wore it in famous episode Shada.  This was supposed to be a murder-mystery set in Cambridge colleges but it was never finished due to Strike action at the BBC. We only have part of the episodes filmed.  The rest was read with pictures and remade with cartoons for BBC video and DVD.

Have a look at this beauty!

https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/romana-ii-shada/

IMage borrowed from this Pinterest

Image borrowed from
https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/romana-ii-shada/ 

Here's my 2023 version. Slightly older Kezzie, shorter hair, slightly different outfit:

I started with the lacy top which was actually a dress- £2 from the charity shop 4 years ago.  It's very pretty and one of these days, I will wear the dress in its own right rather than a blouse.  

The hat was an ASOS one I have had for a very long time, a miniature boater which I embellished with a Cherry brooch that CBC bought me and some white flower hair clips. I think if I did it again, I would have pinned up the sides of my hat...and found some  cow parsley to embellish with

Two things I did differently this time were that I looked at Romana's skirt which seemed to have a patterned blue tinge to it so I decided to wear my FabIndia @ Anokhi skirt instead. Do you think it works better than my white one?

Last time, I just wore a piece of thin red ribbon round my neck as the choker whereas this time (I couldn't find it), I wore one of our old dance school headbands (every grade had a different coloured headband so you could distinguish between the different level children in our class)- it used to be Grade 3 then became the Grade 5 headband. The red belt (Poundland ancient) was the same. I did consider wearing a red scarf but decided not to.

I thought it would be fun to try and recreate this photo of Romana in a punt. It took several attempts of pressing the self-time then throwing my self down onto the cushions, adjusting my hat, picking up the book, arranging my legs and then lifting my skirt slightly...all in 10 seconds!

I do hope all is well with you and you are enjoying the sun! I shall be in school, trying to get my room back into order!

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TARDIS Tuesday - Sarah Jane Smith from The Hand of Fear

This week, for TARDIS Tuesday, I am going with a Classic Who look again and it's the FIRST time for this outfit!  It comes from iconic companion, Sarah Jane Smith from her final Classic Who episode- The Hand of Fear.  Let's look at the inspiration:

Images borrowed from:
https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/sarah-jane-smith-the-hand-of-fear/

Elisabeth Sladen wore:

Red and white striped dungarees with side ties, red piping and 3 stars.

Red long-sleeved top

Red sneakers with white shoe laces

Red and white striped socks.

Before I go onto my outfit, I read this article with explains why this outfit was adopted! Did YOU know about the vicious, biting ladybirds???

Sarah Jane's iconic "Andy Pandy" dungarees in "The Hand of Fear" — a style of dress adopted by women in Summer 1976 as a result of a freak heatwave and an invasion of vicious, biting ladybirds, requiring breezy but full-body coverage (really. In particular, note the drawstrings around Sarah's ankles, keeping the trouser legs sealed from insects that would have been able to get up bell-bottoms). The heat, the ladybirds and the fashion trend were all swept away by a sudden downpour of rain that swamped Britain just as the first episode of "The Masque of Mandragora", the story immediately preceding "The Hand of Fear", was being broadcast on television.

 

Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FashionDissonance  

And here is my version:

Firstly, I have the wonderful Ang Almond to thank for this outfit, as mentioned in my previous post.  She, her imagination, adaptability and sewing skills plus her wonderful, whizzy embroidery machine, are responsible for this outfit.  She talks about how she adapted these in her post at the link above- do show your appreciation by visiting her post!

I found a red and white striped lightweight jumpsuit on Vinted. It was originally £3 when I looked but by the time I'd gone to buy it, it had been reduced twice to £2 plus £2.89 postage.  It originally had wide legs, no piping and skinny tie-top straps.  Ang repositioned the shoulder ties to the sides and used some incredibly well-matching binding to make new straps with buckles.  She then added the piping and used her whizzy embroidery machine to make the stars and then hand-sewed them on as well as adding elastic to the ankles. I am truly astounded by how amazing they are!  She also sent me detailed instructions via Whatsapp of how to adjust the straps as I wasn't sure how!

I realised that I don't have a long-sleeved, red cotton top to wear underneath it but what I DID have was a red jumper I first used for a Yaz Khan outfit that I could wear underneath.  Love a bit of a cosplay reuse!  In terms of the shoes and stripy socks, again, I realised that I could use a couple of Clara items.  I had a pair of high-top cut out trainers from New Look that I used for her Oswin outfit and the socks that go with those.  They're not super accurate but I am not bothered!

I decided to try and make an alternative, Summer-version from what I had too so I wore a red Clement Ribiero pointelle sweater instead which also works!

Had a go at recreating the picture above.

Oooh, I almost forgot, in the duo picture, I am holding a labradorite pendant in place of Eldrad's ring which is part of the plot in the story. "Eldrad must live!"

I am really so excited to have these dungarees. I didn't think this would be an outfit I'd ever be able to recreate and these will be perfect to wear at my Music Camp too- practical for camp yet chic and light! Last Summer, in tribute to the organiser of music camp, who died last year, loads of people wore dungarees for a photo. Loads of people own them but were asked to bring some to wear, if they had any, as he always used to wear dungarees around camp! Green or claret ones usually!

I hope all is well with you!

Are you a fan of dungarees? Do you own any? Have you ever worn any? What are yours like?

This is my 2nd pair as I bought lilac linen ones last Summer but apart from that, I haven't worn them since I was about 6. I had a pink corduroy pair and I got told off in Infant assembly at school for an honest mistake, so I've associated dungarees for most of my life, with getting told off!

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TARDIS Tuesday - Sarah Jane Smith in The Sontaran Experiment and Genesis of the Daleks

I thought I'd go with a Classic Who cosplay/dress up this week after a modern Clara outfit for the last post.

The outfit I am choosing is from Sarah Jane Smith, companion of both the 3rd and 4th Doctors, featuring with the 10th Doctor AND with her own spin-offs.

I've featured her 5 times before but the last time she was featured, VIX was the one wearing her outfit

In these two consecutive episodes, The Sontaran Experiment and fan-favourite Genesis of the Daleks, Sarah Jane wears an outfit featuring:

Yellow hooded raincoat

Grey/blue beanie hat

Grey jumper with diamond sort of pattern

Blue knee-length culottes/skirt

Tights

Red boots

This is mainly a closet cosplay except for the jumper, e.g. I didn't look for/choose/buy anything special for the outfit, just riffled through my wardrobe for similar items.

Let's start with the jumper.

I know someone that has a knitting pattern of sorts for the actual jumper who shared it with me but I don't have the knitting skills for it.  She knitted her own one and it looks superb!

I found this jumper on eBay for £3.00 after searching for 'Fairisle grey jumper'   The shade of grey and the pattern aren't that exact (THIS jumper I found is better but it is £15 secondhand which is too much)

I nicked this beanie jumper out of CBC's raincoat pocket whilst he was out cycling .

My raincoat is from Seasalt and I've had it many years now! It's because of this raincoat that dressing up of this iteration of Sarah Jane has been on my To Do list for years.

I do have culottes but not in blue so I wore my charity-shopped Dorothy Perkins denim skirt instead.

I do have red boots but I figured that my red polka dot Primark wellies would be more fun to wear with this outfit.

I cannot tell you how many times I retook this pose for the photo as I kept checking back. Everytime SOMETHING was wrong, one hand in the wrong place, looking the wrong way, skirt too high or low, raincoat hanging off the arm too much, covering the jumper too much.  

I had to keep hauling myself up off the patio and then throwing myself down and trying to get into position during the 10-second timer!

Did you see that I attempted a fake fringe?  Gave up in the end as it kept flicking up!

Hope that all is well with you! 

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(Type 40) TARDIS Tuesday Birthday special outfits featuring brilliant bloggers!

 I am so excited to share this post!

Welcome to my 40th birthday blog party!  Thank you for coming!

Today's TARDIS Tuesday is the most special one to date as some of my favourite bloggers have joined me to dress up for TARDIS Tuesday to celebrate my 40th birthday!

I am so excited and I have been giggling with glee over their wonderful contributions! I hope you enjoy them too!

If you wanted to join in, put together an outfit and I'll try and add you in later! The more the merrier and you're welcome even if you are late!

These aren't in any particular order of submission - I opened all the tabs and randomly picked on them!

I've linked to everyone's posts with a hyperlink for their names.

First is Vix!  Vix has the most wonderful vintage wardobe so I knew that she would do a brilliant Classic Doctor Who outfit and my money was on her going for either Romana or Sarah Jane Smith (though I do think she'd make a hot Leela too!).

Vix chose one of my FAVOURITE Sarah Jane Smith outfits from The Masque of Mandragora.  

Sarah wears a wonderful patterned dress with a white blouse with a black bow:

I LOVE this so much- her Anokhi sun dress is a BRILLIANT dupe for Sarah Jane's dress (she suspects that SJS's dress IS from Anokhi and she is the expert so I am quite sure she is right!) - her blouse is brilliant from Ayesha Davar and looks amazing with it! Plus she's superimposed herself into all these photos! Absolutely wonderful!

Up next is possibly the blog friend I've had for the longest out of all my still-blogging friends- Sophie!

She chose to dress as Missy- the female incarnation of the renegade Timelord known as The Master! Missy's style is crazy Mary Poppins!

I cannot believe how AMAZING she looks and how much she suits this outfit (and hair!)- she has the facial expressions down to a tee!!!!

This next photo made me laugh so much (with delight) when Sophie mentions she is holding a coaster to emulate Missy's communicator and weapon and her husband mocked her- this is EXACTLY what CBC does to me!!! The facial expression is superb! She was MADE for this!!!

Ang: had a bit of a dilemma as she is moving house in a month and all her costume are boxed up.

She chose Tom Baker's 4th Doctor as her inspiration- his outfit from the iconic  Genesis of the Daleks.

I don't need to introduce Tom Baker's outfit as it is SO iconic!

She borrowed her husband's coat and hat and is using her half-made Weather Scarf (with the knitting needle and a ball of wool stuffed up her sleeve! It's instantly recognizable and I love that her new weather scarf is so suitable! Raiding husband's wardrobe is a great way to go- I've raided CBC's several times!

Plus, the Dalek is ABSOLUTELY GENIUS! Look at it!!!!!!!

Next Fil  had the same super idea as Sophie- the brilliant Missy!!!! 

I cannot believe how much this suits her!!!!

Look at all that sumptuous velvet and the cheeky Missy kiss is a dastardly moment in the episode when this post came!!!

Plus look at excellent purple boots peeping out from under her skirt! I want to see those shoes!!!

Bev chose our earliest incarnation in today's outfit!  The very first companion of the Doctor- his grand-daughter, Susan Foreman!

This is one of the outfits I have in the planning (it's been a draft post for 2 years!) so I am pretty excited to see this one.  Susan's style was schoolgirl chic at times with 60's casual outfits brilliance.

In the Sensorites, she wears a cute pinafore/dungaree dress with a white blouse, cute shoes and knee high white socks.

Bev's outfit is so cute and I love how she interpreted this with her tights and done a mock short hairstyle! This is a great outfit and I definitely want to try this one now!!

Sam very sweetly saw Vix mention my birthday party and very kindly joined in with a photo of her travelling in a TARDIS-like Space-ship! She has a very cool background!! I love having new blog friends, especially ones who like Doctor Who and are sweet enough to join with my celebration!

Ann went for my favourite companion Clara Oswald in this most sought after of Clara outfits- her green and navy Tartan dress outfit from The Name of the Doctor where we find out why she is The Impossible Girl.

Ann chose a beautiful vintage Tartan dress which has all the lovely greens and blues of Clara's dress plus a cute bow to emulate the collar.  Her wonderful shoes are a great match for Clara's ones. I cannot believe how cute she looks in it!!! Love the pose too!

Ivana also chose Clara as her inspiration, her tartan skirt outfit from my post 2 weeks ago.

She has that although the colours are different, the general feel is the same.  I agree- the fitted Tartan skirt plus the fitted black top really does evoke the feel of Clara's outfit and the black opaque tights and black feels are very much in keeping with Clara's dressy look. Ivana looks really chic in this look as she shares one of her wonderful paintings!

My final friend Sheila  chose to be the 11th Doctor- Matt Smith. I knew Sheila would come up with something opulent- I was guessing either fem versions of the 3rd Doctor Who or the 11th Doctor- I knew Sheila would be one of the Doctors and not a companion!

And I was right!

She chose the ubiquitous smart bowtie look at the 11th Doctor- tweedy coat, red spotty bow tie, smart Ankle boots, detailed shirt (with spots) and EVEN a Fez!!!

Underneath, she wore a waistcoat in place of his braces and a wonderful skirt in place of his trousers (I have decreed that when I do this look, I will wear a skirt instead too! I realise I STILL haven't done an 11th Doctor look myself!) .  The 11th Doctor sometimes puts on his coloured-framed glasses when he wants to look clever so even her glasses (unintentionally) are a nod to the Doctor!

The whole look ties in so well together- neat and chic!

And finally here's mine.  I feel decidedly underdressed after all these wonderful outfits!  I was debating what to wear for my TARDIS Tuesday and thinking I should do something dressy and I did debate doing a second outfit that was more dressy ( as I needed to wear something practical as I wanted to go for a walk) but I also had a 40th birthday present that I really wanted to use in my outfit.....so I've gone for quite a casual one this time!

And finally, here's me!

This outfit was worn by Yaz Khan in Demon's of the Punjab.

Image borrowed from the Doctor Who Companion

Image borrowed from Blogtor Who

Image borrowed from the
Ultimate Guide to the Fashion of Doctor Who

Image borrowed from 
My Shiny Toy Robots

She wears a plum sparkly jumper from Whistles plus a Khaki waffle blazer (also from Whistles)

plus black skinny jeans, grey Adidas trainers and a beautiful bee and daisy necklace from Alex Monroe. Plus, during the wedding ceremony, she adds a yellow flower behind her ear. (gutted that I didn't see this birthday shot before I did this post!) 

I managed to find the blazer and jumper a while back (2nd hand of course) and my 40th birthday present (plus Christmas present joint) from my Dad and Stepmum was the beautiful bee and daisy necklace from Alex Monroe.  I added a yellow flower behind my ear and some old Adidas trainers I was given.

I've had SUCH fun putting this post together and seeing the wonderful effort my friends, new and old, have put into this for me. I don't know about you, but I've loved collaborative posts like this, like the Bloggers Art Gallery last Summer- it's fun for everyone else to visit everyone else also!

Thank you blogging friends, for making this such a joy for me!

Lots of love,

Kezzie (Type 40)

xxx

P.S.  If you wanted to submit a late outfit, please just leave me a comment and I will add you to the post this evening!

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