TARDIS Tuesday -Demons of the Punjab Yasmin Khan and a nostalgia trip!

 Almost five years ago, it was my 40th Birthday in Lockdown because of Covid 19 and many of my dear blogger friends agreed to dress up as Doctor Who characters for my online birthday party which was utterly wonderful as I could not have a real life celebration! It's one of my favourite posts ever.  Do go and have a look at the post if you weren't around then or even go and have a look for nostalgia's sake if you WERE around!  You can find it here! I'm sad that some of my besties don't blog anymore!

This week, I am returning to the outfit worn in that post. I CANNOT believe I haven't posted it subsequently in the 5 intervening years. I'm turning 45 in the next month. Hmmm, enough said about that!

Let's have a look at the outfit inspiration in question. It was worn by character, Yasmin Khan, portrayed by Mandip Gill in a historical episode called Demons 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

I wore this last Tuesday for work at school though I took the photos on Sunday to try and exploit the light! I was fed up of not having much TARDIS Tuesday as I couldn't take any good photos so some forward prep was necessary.

I received several compliments for this outfit. It makes me think of aubergines!

The jumper AND blazer come from Whistles originally. This blazer was always elusive to find so I was pleased to find it before my 40th birthday.  The combination of glittery purple merino wool sweater with glitter and this thick cotton waffle blazer was deliciously cosy for a cold day.

I wore some black ASOS trousers which are useful but I realise I've got a better pair of trousers to match for future reference.

Notice my trainers.  These belong to CBC.  He bought them in Cornwall in Sainsbury's a couple of years ago when we were there on holiday.  He soon decided he didn't like them and hasn't worn them again. I tried them on and I find them very comfortable! I was looking for my Adidas trainers in the cupboard and found these instead which are more of a match for Yaz's one.

The final touches were my 40th birthday present from my Dad and Stepmum, this beautiful Posy loop necklace from Alex Monroe with daisies and bees, two of my favourite things.

It's so nice to feature a Yaz outfit without a leather jacket! Perhaps next time I feature it, I might even get my Mum to imitate the hairstyle!

Hope all is well with you!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday Yaz Khan from the series 11 promo

Hello there!

It's been 3.5 years since I shared this cosplay inspiration on the blog! I've worn the items in many other outfits and together but it's the first time I've posted it for a while. Last worn here.

The inspiration is the outfit worn by Yasmin Khan in her introduction images as companion to the 13th Doctor 

Image borrowed from 

https://pocketmags.com/doctor-who-magazine/528/articles/412905/mandip-gill-is-yasmin-khan

She wears a starry navy sweatshirt from Maison Scotch, black trousers, a denim jacket, black and pink socks and space buns in her hair!

And here's moi!

I wore this outfit for church on Sunday though ended up wearing my raincoat to cycle in as it was mizzling again.

I was playing for two services again and leading the songs/worship from the piano. It was lovely particularly in the 2nd church as there were 3 of us in the band and the lovely lady who was singing with me and I sang various harmonies with each other and the drummer really fitted well with us. I'm still finding my feet leading a worship band but apart from one moment, we were really as one.

After the service, I cycled home, even the 2.2 cycle feels easier after doing it for a few weeks.

I felt very hungry so popped into Londis to buy some bacon (sorry veggies) and made a delicious bacon baguette for brunch.  Managed to also get the majority of the cleaning, tidying, washing done when I got home. CBC had a delayed flight so didn't get back till the middle of the night so I ironed his shirts ready for the week. No, I don't usually do that since he wears them so he irons them but I do do them sometimes when I think he's stressed or busy or away.

I wore my trusty ASOS black trousers, probably my most worn item on this blog and added my Maison Scotch sweatshirt. I like it, it's cute and comfy and relatively smart...for a sweatshirt.

I actually wore a denim jacket this time as I had a charity shopped one bought a couple of years ago.

Couldn't resist recreating the photo since my sofa and cushion are a good match! My hair was in desperate need of a wash in this photo. I usually wash it on Saturday morning but I was doing cleaning so I waited and then I woke too late to do on Sunday morning and then spent too long cleaning to have time to do it.

CBC told me I was mad to do so much cleaning but I'm fed up of the house being dirty and feeling like a pig sty so it felt good to get it done. I was watching Jon Pertwee's Doctor Who whilst I did various cleaning jobs and/or listening to vocal recordings in prep for an upcoming recording  we are doing next weekend of my A'level Music teacher's Christmas cantatas.

Notice, the serendipitous socks I chose to wear- oh look, they match hers!!! Good thing you can't see the large hole in the heel!  Maybe this pair had better make their way to school to join the myriad socks I gave to the lunchtime provision staff to use for some sort of sock puppet craft! Oh yes, I will find a use for anything I can!

Hope all is well with you!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Ranskoor Av Kollos

 Greetings Ma Dears!

Hope you are well! Have a choccie whilst you get comfortable!

Hmmm, today went quite well at school. The Year 3 class who were the last year's 'Most difficult class' have actually started to become the best class in that year.  For reasons which I won't state here, there's been changes in the class which has made all the difference and I am thankful.  Teaching them has really improved and actually, they are doing really well! My other 3 classes and drumming were also quite good and we got through all we needed to!  After that, I met with our Speaking and Listening lead to look at applications for our school musical of Treasure Island which we will be beginning after Christmas. We had 101 applications in the 4 days we gave them to return the forms. Now is the difficult part of choosing! And then the process of planning the rehearsal schedule!

We had a really nice weekend.  Sunday, after church, I came home to find CBC trying to get his new projector working. Ended up watching an entire series called Dash and Lily on Netflix as well as Death in Paradise and doing marking. It was all very cosy!

For TARDIS Tuesday I am featuring a look from the finale of Series 11 of Doctor Who Ranskoor Av Kolos which I last featured in March 2021 which was just after we went back to school after lockdown

Image borrowed from:
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tv/doctor-who-the-battle-of-ranskoor-av-kolos/

Image borrowed from:
https://www.blogtorwho.com/doctor-who-series-11-89/ 

Image borrowed from:
https://www.blogtorwho.com/doctor-who-series-11-90/ 

As you can see, Yaz wears a simple look.  A green sweater under her All Saints brown/burgundy leather jacket, her Alex Monroe Posy Loop necklace, black trousers and, I think, her Dune boots.

Well, let's have a look at mine:

Well, for a start, I think taking outside photos has already improved this post from last time's inside picture.

I started with a sweater.  I DID, once upon a time, see a post that showed where the original sweater came from but I cannot remember as it was taken down not long after I saw it. I am guessing, that this may be the screen accurate sweater as she wore a Whistles Annie sparkle sweater in another episode in aubergine and there is a green version too. To me, seeing them side by side, I think I am right about this. What do you think?

Say a Hello to my familiar ASOS black trousers and my River Island brown leather jacket. They are frequent inhabitants of this blog!

I could not resist trying to recreate this picture! I grabbed CBC's school satchel -wrong colour but similar style. As usual, tried to recreate the hair and failed. My phone worked as an alternative to the pad she is carrying and I used CBC's waterbottle to act as whatever those things are in her hand and added a red and white blob to the picture! Ha!! Maybe should have tried to hold two water bottles thought I'd drop them!

My 40th birthday present was this beautiful necklace!

I wore this outfit for church on Sunday with an added grey cashmere cardigan underneath for warmth! Very glad I added it as it was a bit chilly!

Hope all is well with you!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Clara from Face the Raven- the alts that fooled the cosplayers!

 Hello!

I last wore this in March 2020 at the start of Lockdown 1!!! I was interested to read my post where I wore it- food was mentioned a bit!!! I went to look at Hazel's blog because apparently she prompteds some of the food discussion and saw my slightly hysterical (in a good way) comment but discovered she had posted again! Yay

I wanted a warm cosplay and decided to wear this for church on Sunday morning.

It was worn in Clara Oswald's death episode- where she died!

She only wore it for a short amount of time as it then gets covered in detritus and she changes but it's a cute simple outfit

It consists of a black sweater from French designer, Claudie Pierlot with a white pleated frill at the hem and a bright green piping at the neck.

She wears it with skinny jeans and her Black Ash Cool wedged trainers

Nothing has changed since the last time I wore this outfit except that happily, I found the skinny black trousers that I always wear for Clara's jeans!

I still love the fact that I managed to find a sweater that was so similar plus a green t-shirt to wear underneath! It's fun to trick the cosplayers into thinking you have something Screen accurate! I like the texture on this jumper and since it is not merino wool, I'm not so worried about getting holes in it!

It's not the most interesting outfit but I am fond of it!

Hope all is well with you.

Tonight (when this is scheduled to post), I have an orchestra rehearsal for my concert on Saturday (in Nottinghill) and I have realised there is a Malaysian restaurant around 2mins down the street from the venue so I am going to go early and get some dinner there so I am not doing my usual 'bolting down some food on the train'  routine! Here's hoping I manage to get there in time!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Osgood from The Zygon Inversion

Greetings!

I hope that all is well with you!

I was ruminating over whether it was easier to do TARDIS Tuesday in the Winter or Summer and I have concluded, it's easier to do it in the Winter. Summer often gets difficult as a lot of cosplays have layers.

It's fun coming up with new cosplays but I like, just as much, returning to an old favourite. It doesn't matter if it has changed completely or if there is a variation in it.

Today, I thought I'd wear a Winter-appropriate cosplay that I haven't shared since January 2020- that's 3 years ago! It features a 11th and 12th Doctor recurring character called Petronella Osgood.  She works for UNIT and is a big fan of the Doctor- all of them!  She wears outfits inspired by the Doctors. One might say she does cosplays of them!

This outfit is inspired by the 5th and 6th Doctor and is worn by Osgood in The Zygon Inversion.

It features a beige/caramel jumper with brown elbow patches and edging, a white shirt embroidered with ? on the lapels, navy corduroy trousers and dark walking shoes

IMage borrowed from the BBC

Here's a couple of close-ups.

Image borrowed from
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/why-osgood-is-so-popular-77484.htm

Image borrowed from
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/nb0PrNpn29JsBkggCkrytT/osgood

And here's what I wore this time:

I started with the question mark shirt.  The lovely Ang embroidered this for me a very long time ago now and I've owned this shirt since I was a teenager. You can see Ang's handywork below more clearly.

My jumper is from J Crew and I purchased it secondhand mistaking it for Clara's grey merino wool jumper. It's obviously not grey! It is, however, soft and warm.

I have corduroy trousers but I decided to wear these brown trousers instead. No reason other than I prefer the whole chocolatey look rather than the navy with it.

My walking shoes were covered in mud so I decided to just wear some black boots instead. Mainly because they are more suitable for school.

The final touch is these Primark glasses. They're just a fashion accessory rather than functional but I rather like them!

I wore this at the weekend to take daylight photos but the outfit is laid out for Tuesday school.  I'll let you know how it fares for school!

xx