Costume and poetry

[elisi]

Ray Holman - Costume Designer Q+A
We put Thirteen of your questions to our amazing costume designer - Ray Holman to get an insight into the Doctor's Costume.

The Doctor’s Earring: Original Designer Alex Monroe Announces Official Replicas
V good pictures if you want a better look.

Re. imagery, then I think the earring is the most meta thing on the show! <3

ETA: So, I made an icon of the earring... Because poetry. The line is the final line from T.S.Eliot's Little Gidding. The poem basically IS Twice Upon a Time, but the ending is all Thirteen. <3

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree

Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

Ooo love it. The costume discussions for this show are always so great.

I was wondering about whether they'd had to adapt Twelve's costume. I think I would have guessed what they said--new boots and trousers. (I almost said pants. But I assume they let Jodie wear her own pants. You can be too method.)

Re. imagery, then I think the earring is the most meta thing on the show! <3
No change there, then! (ETA: by which I meant always watch the jewelry)

[elisi]

Ooo love it. The costume discussions for this show are always so great.
Yeah, it's fascinating. I still remember the stuff about Eleven's outfit.

I was wondering about whether they'd had to adapt Twelve's costume. I think I would have guessed what they said--new boots and trousers. (I almost said pants. But I assume they let Jodie wear her own pants. You can be too method.)
LOL

No change there, then!
Heee! I love the earring though, and wonder if I can somehow make a good icon of it. ETA: And yes, I'm remembering all of Clara's necklaces.

[promethia_tenk]

Yeah, it's fascinating. I still remember the stuff about Eleven's outfit.
I do like the subtle callback of Eleven's purple coat in 13's outfit. Only having half a season of the purple coat was a tragedy.

LOL
As long as they have question marks on them, that's what matters.

Heee! I love the earring though, and wonder if I can somehow make a good icon of it.
Surely they'll have a nice profile shot at some point.

And yes, I'm remembering all of Clara's necklaces.
When I realized Amy was wearing an apple necklace at her wedding I was deeply pleased.

[elisi]

I do like the subtle callback of Eleven's purple coat in 13's outfit. Only having half a season of the purple coat was a tragedy.
It's so subtle that I don't get it?

As long as they have question marks on them, that's what matters.
Well you don't get them in a charity shop. *ponders* Unless she has some in the TARDIS.

Surely they'll have a nice profile shot at some point.
I found one and just went for it. (As you have already seen.)

When I realized Amy was wearing an apple necklace at her wedding I was deeply pleased.
Yes, it was All The Good Things.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

The only thing I like about the costume are the braces. I appreciate that they did not want to make look her too female.
But I think the rest looks ridiculous, I don't like the rainbow, and I especially don't like the short trousers. The first time they showed the costume, I was appaled and I am with those that say it looks a bit like a clown.

Reading now that it was Jodie herself choosing this I can't say anything against it I guess but I still don't like it.

[elisi]

I think my Six icon is perfect for this... ;)

And hey, if you don't like it, that's fine. But it certainly is very distinctive, and fun.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I was at MCM Comic Con in London a few weeks ago and I saw four different Jodie cosplayers. So there's that.

I also saw a suprisingly big amount of guys dressed as women characters. Is that a new thing? I did not recognize any of the characters, probably animé, but these were not ones that tried to look realistic at all. You most definitely could see that they were men. So it was more for the fun?

[sea_thoughts]

We die with the dying:
See, they depart, and we go with them.
We are born with the dead:
See, they return, and bring us with them.

[elisi]

The poem basically IS Twice Upon a Time, but the ending is all Thirteen. <3

[sea_thoughts]

Yup, midwinter spring - the return of Bill and Nardole when Twelve thought he was alone. The Doctor arrives where he started and knows himself for the first time. <333

[elisi]

I have been meaning to re-read it and finally got there today and damn. So perfect.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I like Thirteen's costume is great <3

[elisi]

It's fun and very distinctive! <3