Note: Yes I am still going through and fixing up older articles, and splitting them apart into 'new' articles. After Doctor Who (which I really want to be done with!), it will be Lexx and Babylon 5 next. After that, I promise any articles will be entirely new ones! Apologies if it seems like I'm going around in circles...
'Tomb of the Cybermen'
Costume Design by Alexandra Tynan aka Sandra Reid
I feel the v-collar shirts worn by Shirley Cooklin as Kaftan and Roy Stewart as Toberman were custom-made for the serial, as they are matching designs and don't resemble any contemporary 1960s fashion.
A set of futuristic jackets were also made; the jackets are made of a quilted material, and come in two different colour schemes for the men and women.
I feel the spaceship's crew uniforms were also custom-made; note the unusual collar shape and button arrangement. The rest of the guest cast's costumes are most likely bought clothes. The Cybermen costumes were the same ones made for 'The Moonbase', with a new helmet made for the Cyberman's Controller.
'The Ice Warriors'
Costume Design by Martin Baugh
Martin Baugh came up with several bold, 'mod' inspired costumes for this serial's guest cast. A futuristic, patterned jumpsuit was made for Peter Barkworth as the base commander Clent, with a wide collar.
Similar jumpsuits were made for the rest of the male guest cast, in similar bold patterns, many of them only briefly glimpsed in the surviving episodes. The bodysuit worn by George Waring as the scientist Arden is sadly obscured by the protective suit he wears in the remaining episode he appears in!
(No idea if the protective gear was made for the serial or not, but that definitely is a vintage fireman helmet he's wearing in the glacier scenes for sure!)
A zip-up jacket printed in streaks of colour was made for Wendy Gifford as the base official Garrett. It is truly a shame no colour photographs exist of these costumes.
Underneath the jacket, a tight leotard-style dress was made for Gifford to wear, as well the other female guest cast. Most of the extras' dresses are only briefly seen.
Costume Reuse Note: The futuristic uniform worn by Peter Sallis in this serial, was originally made for the Out of the Unknown episode 'Thirteen to Centaurus'.
'The Enemy of the World'
Costume Design by Martin Baugh
Set in the far future of 2018 (har!) allowed Martin Baugh to come up with more costumes inspired by mod fashion. A futuristic spin on a traditional Mexican 'charro' costume was made for Patrick Troughton's role as Salamander, consisting of a frilly shirt, zip-up jacket and waistcoat.
Baugh designed similar futuristic menswear for the rest of the male guest cast. The suits worn by Milton Johns as Benik and George Pravda as Denes have stiff collars revealing the neck, though Benik's has vinyl lining.
The suit made for Colin Douglas as the security chief Donald Bruce has a more conservative cut befitting the character's authoritarian role.
A different style of suit was made for Bill Kerr as Giles Kent, with no lapels or collar on the jacket.
A futuristic spin on a riding jacket was made for Mary Peach as Kent's ally Astrid. The tailcoat, hat and waistcoat are in the same fabrics and colour scheme; again I can only wonder what it looked like in colour!
A shiny black jacket (made out of vinyl or leatherette, unsure) was also made for Peach for when Astrid goes undercover as one of Salamander's security guards.
A vinyl white dress was made for Carmen Monroe as Fariah, and worn over a spandex (or spandex-like) undershirt. The dress is worn with white boots, which were no doubt bought.
I wonder about the patterned costumes worn by the various cast members playing Salamander's scientists; especially the suit worn by Adam Varney as Colin had to be custom-made. The fact it zips up at the back and has an angular collar indicates that it wasn't just a bought item to me.
A futuristic jacket and trousers were made for David Nettheim as Fedorin; the jacket has no pockets or buttons, indicating to me it was custom-made like the rest of the serial's costumes.
Several uniforms were made for the performers playing the various soldiers seen in the serial; Frazer Hines, who wore one of the uniforms, remembers them as being made out of a kind of plastic fabric. The domed helmets were fabricated by freelance prop-makers Jack & John Lovell.
Costume Reuse Note: These helmets were reused in the following serial 'Fury from the Deep', worn with bought racing overalls. They would be reused again by James Acheson for the serial 'The Mutants'.
Funnily enough, they sort of reappeared in the 2000s revival of
Doctor Who; propmaker Robert Allsopp moulded a set of new helmets from an existing one, to use for the child actors in 'End of the World'.
'The Wheel in Space'
Costume Design by Martin Baugh
A short-sleeved jumpsuit was made for Wendy Padbury as the new companion Zoe Heriot. The jumpsuit's pattern forms a 'bib' panel over the chest and back.
Similar jumpsuits were made for Anne Ridler as Gemma and Clare Jenkins as Tanya. A few other jumpsuits were made for the other women among the guest cast, but are barely seen in the serial's surviving episodes.
Baugh reused a design element he used on 'The Ice Warriors' when it came to designing Michael Turner's uniform as the commander Jarvis Bennett; namely the collar! This time the jecket was made of a quilted material in a bold two-tone pattern.
Baugh designed and made several jackets in the same quilted fabric for the rest of the spacestation's crew. Some of the jackets were made in doubles for the extras.
Costume Reuse Note: The overalls worn by the spacestation's workers seem to be the same racing overalls originally bought for 'Fury from the Deep'.
Costume Reusre Note #2: The 'spacesuits' are Windak pressure suits, possibly the same ones that were used previously in 'The Tenth Planet'?
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