THE BAD WOLF

John Doyle on the Quest For the Dr. Who Jacket:

The rather distinctive jacket worn by Doctor Who is a good looking swatch of leather, no doubt about it. Battered and well worn, and with something of a Second World War era look about it, it looks like the Doctor's had it for, well ...some time.

It caught my eye when the first publicity shots came out before the TV series, and I fancied having one, or something similar, some time. The double breasted, vintage style jacket itself is just the kind of thing I'd go for - slightly unusual, a touch of retro, plenty of detailing. And it's those extra details that help make it so unique; straps on the cuffs, nice lining, a belt on the back, panel stitching that doesn't follow a simple straight line across the shoulders and chest, and of course a distinctive and fairly unusual double breasted style. It's suitably retro overall and with those interesting details, and it could just as easily have come from a top designer of the modern day as from a WWII wardrobe.

I've always felt that subtlety is a good thing in being a fan, and as luck would have it the Eccleston Period jacket is JUST a black leather jacket to the unaware masses. In the pub, it's "just a leather coat" (and a damned good one at that.) Only somebody "in the know" would realize what this jacket is - in which case, it would attract the due respect it deserves.

No such garment or close approximation was to be forthcoming despite much laborious searching of retail outlets and countless hours deeply immersed in the Internet. A misleading tabloid article suggested the screen jacket was a £200 Ben Sherman, but alas, Ben's never done such a jacket - and neither has Littlewoods as the same article suggested. All this was not surprising when the digging and probing revealed that the screen jacket really is an old one...

So began the quest to have it created specially...

...text edited and quoted from the The Bad Wolf website.

The Doctor's Jacket:

Reserved: