Costume Design by:
- Alexanda Tynan (aka 'Sandra Reid')
- Martin Baugh ( notable efforts: Napoleon and Love (1974), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Rock Follies (1976), Romeo and Juliet (1976), The Feathered Serpent (1976 - 1978) )
- Bobi Bartlett
- Nicholas Bullen
'The Ice Warriors'
Costume Design by: Martin Baugh
The first serial of the fifth season of
Doctor Who to have actual futuristic fashion (the season had opened with 'The Tomb of the Cybermen' but that was pretty much plainclothes), set on a future Earth plagued by a new Ice Age, that is regulated by a group of human scientists, clad in some very designy jumpsuits and dresses. The base's commander, Clent (Peter Barkworth) is clad in a patterned bodysuit with a large collar and a vinyl strip around one shoulder.
Clent's assistant, Garrett (Wendy Gifford) meanwhile wears two outfits in the story, with the first notable one being a coat patterned with (what must be) multicoloured streaks.
Garrett's second dress is this more form-hugging design covered in an abstract pattern - similar dresses are worn by the other women members of the base.
The male members of the base all wear their own individual suit too, which is slightly annoying because due to their roles as bit-part characters, there is very few good shots of their outfits, and I highly doubt these costumes survived either (but I’d be delighted if I was proved wrong). When going into the cold wilderness, the bodysuits are worn without the collars and under transparent overalls with goggles and vintage fireman helmets.
'The Enemy of the World'
Costume Design by: Martin Baugh
This serial was another costume heavy affair, this time a spy-themed story set in the far future of 2018(!), with fashions still deeply influence by the 1960s. The evil genius Salamander (Patrick Troughton in a double role that plays a pivotal role in the story) has an outfit cut to show the character’s supposed Mexican origin, wearing a frilly shirt under his futuristic waistcoat and jacket.
The other men of 2018 wear formal jackets all with popped collars (it really does seem to be a science fiction design staple that when using contemporary clothing, popping up the collars automatically makes it futuristic), which are conspicously worn with no shirts underneath!
The one exception to this style of menswear is worn by Giles (Bill Kerr) who wears a simple open jacket over a jumper.
As for the women of 2018, there is Astrid (Mary Peach) who has the most stand-out wardrobe in the story, in a waistcoat with a two-tone pattern and high collar, sometimes worn with a large-collared coat that together with the boots slightly calls to mind a horse-riders outfit, especially when worn with the flight hat.
Salamander's maid Fariah (Carmen Munroe) is dressed in a simple vinyl-like apron that has been specially cut over what seems to be spandex, and for outdoors wears a black vinyl jacket and white boots.
Lastly, are the various futuristic vinyl uniforms and helmets worn by the police of 2018, the uniforms being worn with futuristic sashes and the helmets having radio antennae glued on them even!
'The Wheel in Space'
Costume Design by: Martin Baugh
The last story of this season and once again involved the crew of a human space station under attack from Cybermen (‘base under seige’ was a regular storyline in the Patrick Troughton seasons), the crew of the station dressed in a variety of stylish uniforms, with the women wearing tight unitards with blocks of colour on the front - one of the women crewmembers, soon to be new companion Zoe (Wendy Padbury) sports a jumpsuit with very short sleeves.
There are some other jumpsuits worn by unnamed female crewmembers that come in a variety of patterns, but sadly thanks to this serial being lost, there wasn't much in the way of surviving screenshots to take.
The male crewmembers meanwhile wear a variety of zip-up padded jackets that come in a variety of two-tone patterns and designs - I think my favorites of the various designs is the one that has a lighter-coloured panel that goes up around the shoulders. Again I can only wonder what these looked like in colour!
The commander of the space station, Bennett (Michael Turner) is distinguished from his underlings via his jacket being fixed with a large collar, and his trousers have black panels around the waist.
'The Dominators'
Costume Design by: Martin Baugh
The first serial of the sixth season of the original Doctor Who series, involving the titular warmongering aliens and their attempts to take over a pacifistic world (with the aid of rather adorably silly robots). The Dominators themselves are dressed in one of the most visually recognizable designs so far, with the entire outfit coated in fabric strips and the huge vest attacked, almost making them look hunchbacked.
Their slaves, the Dulcians, sport less striking outfits consisting of what seem to be futuristic riffs on Classical wear, though it is the female version of the dress that is more pleasing - the male version just looks like a curtain hs been stapled to the front.
'The Mind Robber'
Costume Design by: Martin Baugh
This serial didn't have a futuristic setting due to being set in a mish-mash fantasy world setting of all the fairytales and pulp fiction of the ages. However, it did have Zoe change her outfit for a sparkling catsuit, one of many outfits the character would wear. Usually I wouldn’t consider the outfits of the companions as worthy of inclusion but thanks to Zoe’s future origins, it’s justified in this case.
'The Krotons'
Costume Design by: Bobi Bartlett
This serial featured the ‘Gonds’, a humanoid species ruled and preyed upon by the titular Krotons. The Gonds all wear identical tunics, with the women having capes on top of theirs, and all of them have striped markings on the bottom of their leggings.
The leader of the Gond people is Selris (James Copeland), whose rank is distinguished by his square-patterned armor piece, topped off with the pointed shoulders.
Zoe once again is wearing an outlandish outfit, thanks to her future origins, and so a patterned open top and miniskirt made out of what must be latex.
'The Seeds of Death'
Costume Design by: Bobi Bartlett
This serial involved the evil Ice Warriors again trying to take over the earth, holding a human base on the moon hostage - the crew of the base are all in blue jumpsuits with black lining - in the black and white recording, of course they just look grey.
The exception to this uniform design is the assistant Gia (Louise Pajo) who wears a ridged black jumpsuit instead.
The earth's security forces meanwhile wear more form-fitting jumpsuits with vests made of a similar ridged material, worn with a large protective helmet - very much a design of the era!
'The Space Pirates'
Costume Design by: Nicholas Bullen
This serial was a much more space opera influenced tale, focusing on a space navy’s attempt to face off the band of pirates lead by Caven (Dudley Foster) and his deputy Dervish (Brian Peck). Caven wears the much more intimidating outfit of studded armor, whereas Dervish just wears a shiny uniform with helmet. It’s a shame that only one episode out of this story survives given how appealing the designs are. The costumes of this story were designed by
Nicholas Bullen, who like Bartlett before him would only work on two stories, his second following this one.
When the Doctor and his friends are rescued by the seemingly unfriendly Clancey (Gordon Gostelow), he is wearing a piped flightsuit with a helmet similar to the one worn by Caven - in the one episode that remains, his jacket is mostly seen on his seat rather than on his body, and the other episodes being lost means that we'll never get other shots of it.
Facing off against the pirates are the Space Corps, who all wear jumpsuits with shiny trim and diamond-like symbols (the Space Corp logo?) all over. When in their ships, they have conical helmets.
Caven kidnaps the head of a mining company, Issigri (Lisa Daniely) whose outfit definitely helps pinpoint the space opera influence, with the bulbous headpiece covering her hair, the shining fabric of her dress. Her servants wear the same headpiece, but have more drab dresses - they may have been seen more in other episodes, but as they are lost there's not chance of that...
Zoe once again is in a futuristic outfit, this time a white(?) suit with black lining, cut at the arms and legs.
'The War Games'
Costume Design by: Nicholas Bullen
The final serial of both the sixth season and Patrick Troughton’s tenure as the Doctor, which involved the evil ‘War Lords’ kidnapping soldiers from various Earth timezones to make them into perfect soldiers. The War Lords are all dressed in nehru-style jackets, with their soldiers just in cheap wetsuits and goggles.
This serial however marked the first time we saw the enigmatic Time Lords, who arrive towards the end to essentially arrest the War Lords and put them, and the Doctor himself, on trial. These outfits, courtesy of Bullen, are only the first in many striking costume designs that the Time Lords would be synonymous with in the Classic Series’ run, and the most interesting costumes of the serial.
