Fashion Crime Lord?
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And still the chatter continues about the Eleventh Doctor's wardrobe choices. The BBC have corraled a bunch of fashion tsars to share their opinions on Matt Smith's tweedy time-togs. Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead likes the look: "The cross between rookie geography teacher and Hoxton clubkid works well: a bit of old school time traveller meets modern day adventurer." Andrew Groves, course director for fashion at the University of Westminster, is less convinced by the bow-tie and bovver boots ensemble: "It seems a curiously British idea to make the lead character in a prime time TV show look purposely and perversely less attractive than they usually are." Ouch. Head here for the full verdict. SFX, meanwhile, doorstopped Mrs Edna Chives, 81, of Frome. She told us: "He looks like a very nice young man. I do miss that Jon Pertwee, though. He was da shit, fo sho." |
Posted by Emmy (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 03:49 PM BST #
Posted by MrShears (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 04:52 PM BST #
Back when they first put Matt up on screen at the start of the year, I got the impression there was something 'different' about him, the outfit sort of compliments this.
Posted by Stephen Hester (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 05:56 PM BST #
david tennent looked a little like peter davison in his outfit.
Posted by dave smith (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 08:21 PM BST #
While there'll never be an outfit that EVERYONE likes, there's a lot of ill will about this one going around. Half the fans seem to be complaining that it's too old-fashioned and that nobody would wear it, the other half that it's too generic and the sort of thing you'd see everywhere.
Damned Who fans. We're never satisfied.
Posted by Dan (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 08:39 PM BST
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"I'll scweam and scweam and scweam until I'm sick!"
Posted by Voyager Hater (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 09:18 PM BST #
I'm pleased Dr Smith apparently won't be pandering to the yoof audience that makes up a massive chunk of his fanbase these days. When Matt was first announced I had bad thoughts about a saggy-trousered hoody-wearing emo 'Dokta' - Smith's promo pics looked pretty yoof, let's face it - but the tweed/bowtie/doc marten look thoroughly dispels any such concerns for me.
Posted by PJ Bottoms (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 11:07 PM BST #
It will be different and yet the same, it's always been :)
Posted by John Cooper (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 11:58 PM BST
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Posted by Kimberly Gibson (127.0.0.1) on July 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM BST #
Anyway before all this, i'm preparing myself for DT's departure at the end of the year, gonna be hard.
Posted by LM (127.0.0.1) on July 23, 2009 at 12:24 PM BST #
And somehow I think this guy has missed the point of Doctor character himself. The reason I love it so much is because the Doctor is so different and yet distinctly british. The day we have a generic square jawed american hero type, dressed in modern jeans and t-shirt is the end of the show we all love. The Doctor is always at his best when he's kind of looks out of place. Plus I agree with John Cooper, seeing stills is nowhere near the same as seeing the guy in action. Give it two or three episodes and the whole fuss will have blown over and it will be accepted as the Doctor's look.
Posted by The Naysayer (127.0.0.1) on July 23, 2009 at 01:52 PM BST #
Posted by Secretsquirrel (127.0.0.1) on July 23, 2009 at 02:19 PM BST #
Posted by Common (127.0.0.1) on July 27, 2009 at 10:26 PM BST #