Outfit
The Eighth Doctor wears an outfit that consists of a dark green velvet frock coat, a silver waistcoat and a cravat, which he finds in the hospital after regenerating. He also wears a pair of dress shoes given to him by Grace Halloway. Paul McGann wore a wig for his portrayal of the doctor, which he reportedly found unpleasant. McGann suggested that the character keep the short hair and the leather jacket combo but was overruled by producers; despite the overruling, his ideas were later incorporated into the Ninth Doctor's outfit. McGann did however appear at the Armageddon Pop Culture Expo convention in Auckland, New Zealand, in October 2010. He was photographed sporting a blue leather jacket, brown satchel and sporting a modified wooden handled Steampunk themed sonic screwdriver. This costume and short hair has now been used in the cover artwork for the recent Big Finish McGann audio: Dark Eyes. The BBC books also had him losing his hair too, but it grew back later.
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“Nothing in medieval dress distinguished the child from the adult. In the seventeenth century, however, the child, or at least the child of quality, whether noble or middle-class, ceased to be dressed like the grown-up. This is the essential point: henceforth he had an outfit reserved for his age group, which set him apart from the adults. These can be seen from the first glance at any of the numerous child portraits painted at the beginning of the seventeenth century.”
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