As Doctor Who will be returning to our screens this coming Saturday it seems like the perfect time to share more photos from my most recent visit to the Doctor Who Experience costume exhibition in Cardiff Bay, Wales back on April 20, 2015. Here's a selection of outfits worn by the Doctor's plucky traveling Companions, new and old, across time and space.
Clara Oswald costumes worn by Jenna Coleman in Doctor Who
First up is some of the wardrobe worn by
Jenna Coleman as
'Clara Oswald', who has been
Companion to both the
'Eleventh Doctor' (Matt Smith) and
'Twelfth Doctor' (Peter Capaldi).
If you';re a fan of the actress and the character she plays, you can also check out more
Clara Oswald looks from flapper dresses, to
Victorian-era and
Medieval gowns here at
Hollywood Movie Costumes and Props.
Tenth and Eleventh Doctor Companion costumes
from the new era of Doctor Who
Next up is a dazzling array of
Companion costumes worn by the likes of such favourites as
'Donna Noble', 'Rory Williams', 'Amy Pond', 'Martha Jones', 'Captain Jack Harkness' and
'Rose Tyler', who accompany the long-lived
Time Lord on his adventures to different time periods, alien planets and on occasion, dimensions.
You can also see these
Doctor Who Companion costumes in more detail from previous visits.
Costume worn by Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who
Over the course of its 50 year history, the
British sci-fi show has featured a lot of
Companions to help the
Doctor, but it was
Billie Piper who helped kick start a new era alongside
Christopher Eccleston's ninth incarnation of the space-time traveler in March 2005.
On this visit to the exhibition they had this new
'Rose Tyler' outfit worn in the second season episode
'The Idiot's Lantern', where she and
David Tennant's 'Tenth Doctor' faced off against
'The Wire', an alien criminal hiding in television transmissions during
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation celebrations in 1953
Britain.
Sarah Jane Smith costumes worn by Elisabeth Sladen in Doctor Who
One of the most popular
Companions from the original series was
Lis Sladen's investigative journalist
'Sarah Jane Smith', who starred alongside the
Third (Jon Pertwee) and
Fourth (Tom Baker) regenerations of the
Doctor.
The character returned in the revival's second season episode
'School reunion' and also received her own spin-off series,
The Sarah Jane Adventures, which ran for five seasons until the actress sadly passed away from cancer.
I believe the pink outfit on display this time was from the 20th anniversary special,
'The Five Doctors', from 1983.
World War II costume worn by Sophie Aldred as Ace
in Doctor Who's The Curse of Fenric
Next up from the
BBC archives is an outfit worn by
Sophie Aldred as
'Ace' in the penultimate serial,
'The Curse of Fenric', before the show went off the air for sixteen years.
Ace was the explosives-loving sidekick of
Sylvester McCoy's 'Seventh Doctor' and this final season collection of episodes found the
TARDIS materialising at a secret
World War II naval base in
Northumberland and facing vampiric human
'Haemovores'.
River Song costumes worn by Alex Kingston in Doctor Who
And finally, even though I've shared these some of these costumes on previous occasions, as
'River Song' (the
Doctor's wife and daughter of
Amy and
Rory), is rumored to be returning in this year's
Christmas special, enjoy these costumes worn by
Alex Kingston in
'The Name of the Doctor', 'The Time of Angels' and
'The Pandorica Opens' episodes.
Personally I love
Jenna Coleman's 'Clara', but I do think it would be great to see some alien
Companions again sometime soon. Let's see what the new ninth season has in store for us.
The episode featured many different Dalek designs, so if you're a fan of these iconic Doctor Who villains, be sure to also check out these different generations of the Daleks on display, including their creator 'Davros'.
