TARDIS Tuesday Twist- Romana from the Leisure Hive

Hi there! 

I missed TARDIS Tuesday for a few weeks so I am back! I decided, this week, to do use the outfit as more of a general style inspiration rather than try to create more of a match.

I last used this look as my inspiration in April 2021 and it is one of my absolute favourite looks worn by any Doctor Who companion- if you look at the sailor and nautical labels tag in my sidebar, I LOVE a sailor look!

It was a vintage Sailor look worn by 4th Doctor companion and Time Lady, Romana.

https://them0vieblog.com/2013/04/28/doctor-who-the-leisure-hive-review/

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I was packing for my holiday and I realised I had worn a similarish Romana look when we did our Treasure island performance and found it ridiculously comfortable, so I decided to pack it for my trip!

Here you can see what I put together.

I started with this Primark sailor dress that I picked up in a charity shop in 2012 around Last seen on the blog in 2014.

To make the red tie, I added a red ribbon which came from the waist tie from another dress and tucked it through the tie of the dress.

The hat came from a charity shop around about 15 years ago and it straw with raw silk edging and hat tie.

The bottoms are actually some pyjama bottoms I bought from M&S (which I did actually buy for the original cosplay!) - yes, I wore pyjama bottoms in public.  Do I care? Not really- they work as trousers!

To complete the look, I added a pair of Tom shoes- not the ones I wore last time (which are more red) because that involved ratching around in a cupboard!

I loved wearing this outfit and it worked for a day at home with gardening!

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TARDIS Tuesday- Romana's sailor style from The Leisure Hive

I'm very excited to share my TARDIS Tuesday this week.  This is an outfit which is VERY much idiosyncratic Kezzie (check out my Sailor chic posts- all 25 of them!) and is a TARDIS Tuesday I did a simple version of this outfit here which was my restarting of TARDIS Tuesday posts back in 2017

Here's a fan video of the episode showing the outfit I've selected, worn by my favourite Classic Who companion, Romana!

I've taken the liberty of borrowing some images and pairing myself with Romana in them.

Images borrowed from

https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1050080061678866432 

https://aminoapps.com/c/the-worlds-of-doctor-who/page/blog/pros-cons-of-the-leisure-hive-1980/wRWM_5zsouJ4abPnerxRL8Bmj2oQPgqKBV

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/who-was-in-charge-of-lalla-wards-wardrobe.97558/

http://rebloggy.com/post/doctor-who-classic-who-k9-romana-romana-ii-dwedit-cwedit-the-leisure-hive/120068215776 

https://them0vieblog.com/2013/04/28/doctor-who-the-leisure-hive-review/ 

And here they are:

This is definitely a 'better' version of this outfit than last time and I'm really happy with it!

I started off with a Breton-striped top from H&M Kids.  I have numerous Breton-striped tops but this one is closest to Romana's.

My knicker bockers (if you can call them that? Cropped trousers?) are in fact, PAJAMAS!  They are from M&S and came with a navy coloured t-shirt.  I DID buy them with this outfit in mind but when I bought them in 2020, I did want some new PJs! I can't tell you how many years it took to find something resembling these trousers she wears! I was only low-key searching though...

Ah...the hat!  It's a charity shopped one bought back in 2010 or so and is the same one as last time!

I like Romana's pictures as she is usually smiling in them and she has a lovely smile- one that isn't too dissimilar to my natural smile! Unlike most of Yaz's or Clara's pictures in which they look moody and brooding.

Ah...I spoke too soon! Cue gourmless facial expression!

I remembered we had a football which we found in our garden and weren't sure where it came from so I used it as a prop. And my cycling gloves!

My sailor jacket was bought second hand from Zara and cost me £3.00 and it was the final piece in this outfit. My long sailor coat is just too tight for me now and I did so want a sailor jacket, even if it isn't the same as Romana's, it is similar enough. I added a red ribbon which came from something or other, maybe even a Christmas present.

Oh...and finally, I wore my red-sequined Toms shoes which did well as a substitute.

I did catch my neighbour looking out the window as I took photos the other day and felt HIDEOUSLY embarassed!!!

TARDIS Tuesday- The Seeds of Doom

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This week for TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd take a more creative approach to my outfit.  Some cosplayers go to amazing lengths for their costumes- the background, the hair, the makeup, the face paints, they construct their costumes painstakingly from scratch.   I don't do all that, mainly because of time, cost, inclination and lack of motivation but this week, I thought I'd have a go at dressing as one of the Doctor Who villains. 

In Tom Baker's era, the Krynoids were a form of plants which expanded rapidly and became carnivorous, eating humans and animals alike- very John Wyndham!  

Here's a couple of pictures of them in their extreme forms:

IMage borrowed from The Warped Factor

Image borrowed from The Doctor Who group

No expense has been spared this week in the making of this costume:

Here is my costume:

The Passiflora, Jasmine and Clematis needed a prune so I decided to make use of the large pile of foliage which CBC had left on the patio to 'construct' my costume.

What do you think of my very expensive, very time-consuming costume?

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