Doctor Who Festival

Hello, fellow whovians!

Yesterday I went to Day 2 of the Doctor Who festival.

As soon as the first panel was over, I rushed straight to the costumes! After standing in a line for about 20 minutes, I finally got the chance to get up close to the screen used costume variant used for the Magician’s Apprentice and the Witch’s Familiar. I was happy to finally find out that the hoodie worn with this variant is indeed the BLUE variant! 

Thanks, Tristan Maddocks for the photo!

I also had a chance to see those lovely grey check trousers up close.

Moving on from that, I ran to the new velvet variant. Having found the velvet already, I wasn’t to interested about that. I wanted to know three things. First, where the new series 9 lining was from.

Thanks, Tristan Maddocks for the photo!

As you may know, the series 8 lining was quite fragile, and from my own personal experience of handling the lining (and wearing it with my own coat), I can say that it couldn’t hold up to all the action it would need to see on set, so for this reason, as well as the quantity issue, it was changed to a more durable lining that is red shot with black. I have now been given a tip by Ray Holman where this lining has come from, and have now found it.

As usual, if you would like to get some, get in touch!

The other thing I wanted to clear up was the buttons. As you may have noticed, one of the changes for series 9 was the addition of a red button on both cuffs of the coat.

As for the velvet coat, the buttons are actually mismatched, one shiny and one matte!

Ray has also told me where these buttons are from. I have a supply of both matte and shiny ones. Unfortunately, they aren’t available online though!

I was also interested in the new waistcoat worn with the velvet. From promotional pictures, I thought that the waistcoat was a blue colour, and I was shocked to find out it is actually a black waistcoat!

The waistcoat is from T.M. Lewin! After going on their website I have managed to find it! 

While talking to Ray, I managed to catch ModernBoy from instagram for a photo!

I also met with DoctorWhoCollector himself, one of the first clients to receive my Series 8 lining!

I was very jealous to see his screen accurate Paul Smith jumper :-) I also couldn’t resist getting a photo with Ray Holman!

After asking all my questions, it was time for the Cosplay Showcase. After finding out I had got to the final, I walked to the production village. The contest was held by Christel Dee from Doctor Who - the Fan Show. I ended up in the 11-16 age category. She asked me a bit about my costume, and I mentioned that I spent 4 months looking for the exact lining, then custom dyed it. It was for this reason, along with most of the screen accurate items, that I won the contest in my age group!

And if it wasn’t good enough for Ray to approve the costume, I also got it approved by the man himself - Peter Capaldi!

‘Till the next time :)