Any Eighth Doctor fans here?
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It's a very common rumour that he threw a hissy fit and refused to wear the period costume. Of course, being a rumour, it could well be bollocks. If there's a copy of the original script online, that'd be the way to check. As I understand it though, the plan was for the Doctor's costume to be less fixed than we were used to and that he would often wear different things to match the story. We sort of got that with Tennant occasionally wearing a tux or whatever, but it never really materialised. I prefer it that way though, with each Doctor having his distinct look. That's why the long hair is an essential part of the Eighth Doctor's image, same as the Sixth Doctor's fabulous coat.
Sub-Bones
Just not as cool as bow ties...and nowhere near as cool as fezes!
The 8th Doctor's hair only appeared once. So did Tom Baker's hat and cloak in The Talons of Weng-Chiang. So, is Tom's Sherlock-look for that episode essential to his Doctor?
^ Well, the flipside is that the hair appeared on every one of Eight's adventures!
That appeared in one story out of how many featuring Tom Baker? That's like saying that the do-wrap that Patrick Troughton sports during part of The Underwater Menace is essential for his Doctor. I'll bet it got a similar percentage of his Doctor's overall screen time compared to the Talons outfit for Tom Baker.
I've never heard it before and I read a lot on Chris' tenure on the Doctor as it's my favorite.
So very common that I don't think anyone in this thread has heard of it until now (based on people's responses).
^ Really? I thought I read an interview where he said that he couldn't identify with the earlier Doctors because of their Received Pronunciation accents?
Yet, that seems to be the criteria for which Bones is making his case that the long hair is some kind of essential aspect to the 8th Doctor. As we've only seen him once, I'd say it's 50/50. We don't know what he looked like an hour after that episode ended. So, to say it is essential to his image or Doctor, you would have to apply such a criteria universally to all Doctors. Right? I mean, unless it's all just a personal, subjective opinion. Then, it's easily dismissed as being disagreed with.
That said, a haircut is the obvious way to go for a McGann reappearance...
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In my defence, the Northern accent isn't any sillier than some of the claims we've seen posted in this thread.
In answer to that original question, from way back when....
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