TARDIS Tuesday - Sarah Jane Smith and the Android Invasion

 It's been a little while since my last TARDIS Tuesday.  I've not been remotely organised at getting an outfit ready as well as photographing it!

Yesterday, I suddenly had a brainwave at creating a completely new cosplay from another one and other items in my house.  I'm not sure what made me think of it but I do recall that @Peribrowncosplayer from Instagram recently posted her version of this outfit which put it in my mind but I didn't think  I could do this outfit because of the colour...

It's worn by Elisabeth Sladen who played Sarah Jane Smith.  This was worn in an episode with Tom Baker called The Android Invasion.

The fact that it features a sailor collar means it is right up my street except for the colour.

https://www.deviantart.com/docbuffflash82/art/Sarah-Jane-Smith-The-Android-Invasion-PNG-882784044

You can see it's quite a distinct shade of pink.  With white accessories- a beret, belt, sailor collar and scarf and shoes..

https://uk.pinterest.com/elizakingteacher/sarah-jane-outfit-ideas/


I bought a white sailor cardigan from Miss Patina recently. It arrived on Thursday (when I was home from school) but I didn't realise it was here as Royal Mail didn't actually ring my doorbell, nor did they put through a card. It was only when I checked my email on Friday evening wondering when the parcel was arriving that I saw it was due on Thursday and had been delivered to 'your safe space'.

It turned out they had put it behind my bins (which is not my safe space and is also exposed to the elements.  Royal Mail are dumb!  The cardigan is lovely and I am super chuffed with it! But suddenly, on Saturday, I realised that although the colour wouldn't be exactly right, I did actually have something that might work for this outfit.

So...without further ado...

Cast your mind back to January 2024, when I debuted a new cosplay of classic Who companion, Romana played by the delectable Mary Tamm which happened because I found bought a salmon-coloured pair of trousers and a shirt in my local charity-shop (I'm still super proud of this as I've never seen anyone else attempt this outfit!) 

I realised that I absolutely could make this work.  Unfortunately, I couldn't be bothered to iron it which I probably should have.  

I layered my new cream sailor cardigan (which I had worn for church on Sunday morning) under the salmon shirt. Next, I found a stretchy cream belt and turned it backwards so the clasp was at the back (actually though, hers seems to have a dark clasp like mine) I rolled up all the sleeves.

I didn't really have any suitable shoes but my Clarks funny-dream are light so would do the trick.

For my version of her beret, I took my Accessorize mohair baker boy hat and turned it round so it resembled a beret.

The white scarf proved a problem as I couldn't find my one anywhere (one I bought for my Helen of Troy world book day outfit) and didn't really have anything else.  Then, I remembered that I have detachable sleeves from my white cycling jersey which I tied in a knot and tucked into the top of my shirt. Any false move and they would be falling!

And that's my complete, rather-creased, outfit! Although it's salmon/apricot-hued rather than pink, I think it does the trick!

What do you think?

On the subject of Sailor collars, last year, I bought an orange gingham sailor collar top from Primark which I was delighted by but it seems sailor-collars are a thing this year- I've seen them in several shops including Next and M&S.  If you want to see how much I love a sailor collar, you can explore my previous outfits here

Much love to you.

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- The Mad Woman in the Attic - Sarah Jane Adventures

Hi there!

Hope you are well! It's a little while since I have done a TARDIS Tuesday post. Mainly due to having misplaced my camera and not being able to balance my phone on anywhere as well as not actually getting around to actually photographing anything!

I thought Id share a new/variant outfit today which I haven't featured before.

It's worn by Classic Who and modern Who companion, reporter Sarah Jane Smith, as portrayed by Elisabeth Sladen.

Worn in an episode entitled, The Mad Woman in the Attic, it features

• Blue jeans (unknown brand)
• Grey trench coat (Joseph)
• Caramel pinstripe shirt- Linea
• Pinstripe waistcoat (Karen Millen)
• Brown Knee high boots (not pictured)

Let's have a look at it:

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mad_Woman_in_the_Attic_(TV_story)

^The shirt has returned!

https://sjscloset.livejournal.com/8849.html

It's a classic Sarah Jane look of shirt, waitcoat, trousers and boots!

Here I am:

I always feel very cool in Sarah Jane's outfit- like a proper lead character! I thought I'd start with the blouse as it was only recently IDed for my by Bedwyr  who owns the screen worn shirt and who I pestered for an ID via the Doctor Who exhibition in Hexham. He told me it was from House of Frazer's Linea brand.

I was delighted to then find it on Vinted, brand new. I knew it was the correct one because it had this distinctive chain, white-pinstripe and these intriguing 'covered/concealed' button holes.  It's a beautiful 100% cotton sateen and feels very luxurious. I was very happy to share the ID of this with my friend Gretchen who runs the Sarah Jane cosplay blog with all the known IDs and she managed to find one herself so I look forward to her posting about it.

I wore it with my SA Karen Millen waistcoat which I really like- I look forward to wearing it for a future concert as it looks very smart.

I decided to wear it with my M&S jeans (charity-shopped of course)  and my eYe Italian boots.

I think, if I pair this with black trousers or skirt instead of the jeans, it will make the perfect smart teacher outfit for a concert.

Whilst the colour is not my usual colour, it's a bit beige, I  like the luxurious feel enough for it to be a keeper in my wardrobe for smart occasions!

TARDIS Tuesday: Sarah Jane Smith: The Gift

 I've worn TARDIS Tuesday outfits for the past few weeks but again, failed to photograph them so I'm glad to share one today which is a first appearance, Remember back in August, I posted that I'd seen some Doctor Who costumes at the Queen's Hall in Hexham and had got in touch with the costume owner to see if he had an ID on any of the items.

Well, he finally got back to me in October (after a second pestering email!) to say that the tops were both from Marks and Spencer.  

She wears the tops with French Connection jeans and some toe bar sandals which look a bit like Birkenstocks but who know s where they are from!

Images all screenshots from

 https://sjscloset.livejournal.com/20074.html 

Here's my picture from August:

I searched on Vinted for a couple of weeks, finally realising that it doesn't allow you to view more than 500 posts at a time so restricted the number by price AND material and finally found the screen accurate blouse and an alt vest-top (the product code is not the same!)

It was a tense couple of weeks as when finally my Vinted parcel arrived to my local parcel shop, the seller got in touch to say Yodel had muddled up two of her parcels and someone else had my blouse!  She asked me NOT to collect it so it would be sent back but it took at least 3 weeks until it turned back up at her house and I was fretting!  She then sent it to me by Royal Mail and it took 10 days to reach me!

Here I am in the blouse and vest top today! Worn with a pair of my Yaz Khan jeans (not SA)

I wore this whilst CBC and I went out to go and pick up some presents AND a new kettle as last night, I was cooking oven roasted veg and disaster struck! I boiled a kettle  and all of a sudden, all the lights went out in the kitchen. Weirdly, the oven and hob still stayed on but everything else was out!

I finished cooking and we ate dinner and CBC tried to reset the MCB.  It didn't work so I texted my lovely neighbour Martyn who manages to solve and help with absolutely every house/machine disaster we've had!!! He texted and then came round to show us there is a secondary Earth MCB which had tripped because the kettle had died.  Luckily, this morning, we were able to have tea as I also have a lovely stove-top kettle.

By weird coincidence. I discovered that the man who helped me with the costume ID and who owns the screen worn costume was actually a great cousin of my Godmother's husband and I own a book he wrote and my Godmother is spending Christmas with his Grandmother!

CBC just made some delicious potato, carrot and leek soup for us for dinner and we had an amazing fried breakfast this morning! We've tidied and cleaned lots of the house which is good as it was a disaster, annoyingly, as I had tidied and cleaned all the downstairs last weekend and C had wrecked the kitchen cooking for his college course Christmas dinner and for various other reasons!

(head back tomorrow for my annual Christmas song!)

Daleks in Hexham!

On the 21st August, CBC and I travelled to Hexham to go and stay with and visit CBC's Mother as mentioned in my previous post.  

On the Saturday morning, we were going to head into Hexham but CBC and his Mum were taking ages so I decided to walk by myself and meet them later.

As I arrived and was passing the Queen's Hall, I needed the bathroom so I went in.  This was very serendipitous as there was a Doctor Who and Sci-Fi exhibition taking place in there which someone had told me about ages ago but I'd forgotten!

The exhibition was put on in conjunction with Neil Cole and his Museum of Classic Sci-Fi in Allendale which I visited a couple of years ago.

I got to snuggle up to a Dalek!

Neil has props and reconstructions from other classic Sci-fi films and series too.

Here are some  great Doctor Who baddies including Tzim Sha from Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor's debut episode, The Woman Who fell to Earth.

He's covered in teeth which are souvenirs from those he has killed!

And here are some costumes from Classic Who-  a sinister Daffodil man from Terror of the Autons, a Vervoid from A trial of a Timelord...

There were some costumes from The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Doctor Who.

Here is a costume worn by Elisabeth Sladen and the blouse is currently unindentified... I was about 5 cm away from this and it was SOOOO tempting to reach out and try and see where the label was from. I didn't, of course, but I did email Neil Cole and ask him if he knew what brand it was.  He said the costume belonged to someone in Wales but put me in touch with him and hopefully, he might be able to have a look for me though he thinks it might have been cut out! I would love to be able to tell my friend Gretchen where it comes from as she has a blog dedicated to Sarah Jane's costumes!

Same with this pink blouse and vest-top!

Here's the line up of costumes.

Martha wore this in the Family of Blood!

Neil used to be an art teacher before he began the museum and many of the exhibits were made by himself and there are many of his illustrations too, like this one below!

 It was great to be able to be able to see all the exhibits and get SO close to them in excellent lighting! The museum itself, in Allendale is well worth a visit  if you are ever in Northumberland.

xx

TARDIS Tuesday and kitties

Hello there! Greetings from my Mum's garden! CBC and I went over there for lunch today.  We had our usual customary walk around her beautiful garden to admire her prowess at growing food and flowers and then we walked to the marina to try out a new cafe called Shell's cafe.  It was really really nice with a good selection of food and nice shady tables with amusing paraphernalia on the walls of the garden.  We then walked back to her house but sadly, the sole of one of my shoes completely came off so we had to make it a shorter walk than intended.  RIP these shoes- I love them so much- so comfortable. I bought them from Primark at least 19 years ago so they have had a good innings- going to see if I can glue it back on though. We played with her kitties, drank an intriguing glass of Black lace elder and rose cordial and then headed home via the garden centre where I felt sorry for a manky-looking Erysimum Bowles plant which I bought for £2 and CBC bought some extra stones for the pond, the main reason we went there.

Onto my TARDIS Tuesday outfit. Last posted in June 2024, I am featuring Sarah Jane Smith's final outfit from her days as Tom Baker's companion in the episode, The Hand of Fear, which the wonderful Ang Almond adapted for me 2 years ago or so! (See here the post where I debuted them with explanations of what adaptations she did)

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

https://bradleybasement.wordpress.com/sci-fi/doctor-who/doctor-who-timelines/the-doctors-timelines-index/the-fourth-doctors-timeline/the-hand-of-fear-tv/

And here's my 2025 iteration of these in Mum's garden!

I wore my same Joe Browns red top which I found in a charity top last year and was pleased as it was the perfect top for this outfit (AND others!). My beautiful dungarees which Ang customised and the aforementioned spotty pumps- not really screen accurate but I saw them in my cupboard as I was dressing and fancied wearing them...

Can you see someone poking out my pocket?

It's Mini-Owl! Sarah Jane holds a stuffed owl with this outfit as she leaves the TARDIS and CBC told me I looked like a Children's TV presenter in this outfit as I dressed and said I needed to fill those pockets so I obliged with Owl...who I knew I could get out easily for photos! We also have Mini Squirrel!

Here in the customary pose! Can you see the sole flapping on my shoe.  That's the one that STILL has its sole!

Had to have a play with darling Bramble

She has a thing about shoes. Has to put her feet into them and then have a rub and sniff around them.

Rowan has a thing about bags...

He had a lovely time playing with my rucksack after investigation.

Until she decided to get involved...

She then attacked the side ties on my dungarees and sunk a claw into my derriere as she attempted to vanquish the dastardly bow!

We had a fun weekend before this with a day spent with CBC's brother and then the Sunday spent with our friend Nath at the beach and out at the pub for dinner after a trip to a garden centre. More on the weekend anon.

Yesterday was largely spent at home.  I peeled, chopped and cooked 5 large containers of apple, blackberries and raspberries for the freezer and then watched Wednesday after an omelette and vegetables.

I ADORE a me-cooked cheese-omelette!!! It's the ONE thing where I prefer to cook it myself!

xx

 

TARDIS Tuesday- Sarah Jane Smith's Edwardian look

 Hello there!

Hope all is well with you!

Today's cosplay was one I last featured in August 2017.   That's 7 years ago!

It was worn by Classic Who Companion, Sarah Jane Smith, played by the wonderful Elisabeth Sladen 

https://unearthlydoctor.blogspot.com/2011/11/pyramids-of-mars.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0562870/

https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/sarah-jane-smith-pyramids-of-mars/

This beautiful cream outfit apparently belonged to previous companion, Victoria. So she's dressing as another companion!  It looks Edwardian!

I realised I could make another closet cosplay of this so here it is:

I started with the skirt which is the Per Una Skirt I wore last time for this cosplay. It's so pretty and was a lovely birthday present from my Dad and Stepmum around about 12 years ago.

I was looking in a underbed zip bag for a costume piece when I dressed as Wendy last year for World Book Day and I found this blouse. I KNOW it must have come from my lovely friend Ellie as it had a label saying her surname inside but I have no idea when! It is definitely vintage - I'm guessing 1970s.

Although the style is a bit different, it has the Leg o' mutton sleeves & across chest frill. I did contemplate attaching a scarf to get the effect of the downward part of the blouse but decided to just go with it like it is.

Decided to pose with a walking pole to represent the gun. Last time I cosplayed this, I used a broom!!! I remember people laughed!

I had a go at a side-by-side photo!  The blouse is VERY fitted so I'm not sure I could wear this in public without it popping open!

I had a lovely weekend!

Friday night, CBC was rather sleepy so we didn't do anything particular.

Saturday morning, we had a lazy morning, breakfast out on the swing seat.  Then we headed out to Chelmsford where CBC got a haircut. I had a look in the charity shops along Moulsham street (where we parked) and ended up buying the following. I didn't need them and you may feel free to judge me should you wish.

One of the charity shops had a end of season sale and I bought the Monsoon red top and the White Stuff sleeveless blouse for 49p each.  The white Primark crochet top was £1.  The Hobbs cotton striped twinset was £6 and the teal dress with beaded wings was £5. 

The whale was £2 and the turtle was £1 and I bought them for one of the Year 5's book corners which I have helped create with my work friend.  I put up words on her high window saying, "Dive into an ocean of reading!" (wanted to avoid the stereotypical phrase), added some nets from Treasure Island and added my Beanie Baby crab, plastic lobster and a whole array of shells from Holkam beach.  There was already a cuddly octopus too.  The children LOVE every time I add to it.  I am thinking of trying to make some plastic bubbles out of packaging!

I also bought CBC two shirts in the 49p sale too!

We then headed to Little Baddow church to watch our friends Lara and Tim do a fantastic piano and drumkit recital- it was superb! I collected conkers after the performance and we enjoyed drinks in the churchyard. Had a lovely catch up with a retired work colleague.

We then headed to a localish wild swimming spot where I spent a blissful 20minutes swimming in the river before heading home and eating a Chinese.

Hope all is well with you!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Sarah Jane Smith's Andy Pandy outfit!

Hi! 

It was lovely to have a week off from school but now back to the grind...pity the weather wasn't fantastic but we had a lovely Sunday 15km walk with friends with a great lunch so I really enjoyed the ending!

Let's get onto the main event.

Today, I am featuring another Classic Who outfit from Sarah Jane Smith and it is one, featured for the first time, last year. Last time I wore this on here was June 2023.

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

https://bradleybasement.wordpress.com/sci-fi/doctor-who/doctor-who-timelines/the-doctors-timelines-index/the-fourth-doctors-timeline/the-hand-of-fear-tv/

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/461970874251169940/

https://www.ciaranbrown.com/sladen.html

I've added a few extra images that I didn't include last time.

If you were here a year ago, the wonderful Ang Almond, blog friend and genius adaptor of garments took a simple jumpsuit for me and transformed it into Sarah Jane's Dungarees!

The outfit has had one of two adaptations which I thought I'd note.

Firstly, when I was in Hexham last week, I found a more suitable top in the charity shop for £6. Last time I wore a thicker jumper and then a knitted short-sleeved jumper but the Joe Brown top I am wearing this time is much cooler and more of a match for the original. The previous two tops were not really wearable in the Summer.

I also wore my Red and white Toms espadrilles this time- they are less accurate than the Clara shoes I wore last time but I wanted something more summery.

I didn't wear a headband last time but I realised I had bought a Fairtrade one last Summer in Alnmouth that would work well for the outfit.

When Sarah leaves the Doctor at the end of the episode, she has all her belongings from the TARDIS including a cuddly owl.  Annoyingly, there used to be a similar owl in the loft at WOMOTM's house but it was chucked out before I could rescue it when he died.  Luckily, CBC was a big owl fan as a child (and still) and I just borrowed Mr Owl for these photos! He's an 80's owl rather than a 70's owl.

CBC asked me why Owl was downstairs and gave me a rather nostalgic description of how soft his fur was once upon a time. It was really endearing! He loved that Owl!

Hope all is well with you and you have been having a good week.

Did any of you watch Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble this week?

It was a very effective episode in my opinion and a rather cautionary tale about the dangers of absorbing ones self too much in Social Media as well as a horrible take on the vaccuousness and danger of a very inclusive and racist undertone that social media can have if you aren't aware of it.

Poor Ricky September- he was really nice. The only nice one in the episode.

xx