Yesterday the Doctor Who Mind Robber looked at the Second Doctor’s peculiar penchant for hats. Today we examine the First Doctor’s accessories. By accessories we refer to anything worn or used by the Doctor to compliment his clothing or to assist in his business as a time-travelling hero. The First Doctor is perhaps best known for his blue signet ring, pictured above. Together with being decorative the ring also had special powers. Amongst other things it controlled a Zarbi and opened the main doors of the TARDIS in The Web Planet; unjammed the TARDIS’s locking mechanism in The Daleks’ Master Plan; and hypnotised Dodo in The War Machines. In the days prior to the sonic screwdriver, which was introduced in the Second Doctor’s tenure, the First Doctor’s signet ring worked magic.
The First Doctor first appeared in eccentric garb with a cape, long scarf and fez type hat
The Doctor’s cape is seen more clearly here in the first episode of An Unearthly Child. This scene has been recreated for An Adventure in Space and Time
The recreated scene in An Adventure in Space and Time
For the first and only time in Doctor Who’s history that the Doctor is seen to smoke is in An Unearthly Child. Patrick Troughton was seen smoking a cigar in The Enemy of the World but was playing the Doctor’s evil double, Salamader, at the time.
In The Edge of Destruction the Doctor wore a bandage which changed colour as the wound healed
3. The Aztecs
The Doctor carried a cane on many occasions. He is pictured here with his love interest from The Aztecs, Cameca
In The Reign of Terror the Doctor masqueraded as District Commissioner, resplendent in a large and colourful feathered hat
The Doctor wore a decorative gold chain with his cape in Planet of Giants
6. The Romans
The Doctor carried and pretended to play a lyre as he masqueraded as Maximus Pettulian in The Romans
The Zarbi used these unusual collars to control the Doctor and Vicki in The Web Planet. The Doctor later referred to them as necklaces
In The Space Museum the Doctor used the top opening of a Dalek casing almost like a hat
The Doctor tells Vicki and Steven that the item he is holding is not a “space helmet for a cow” in The Time Meddler
The Doctor wore a stylish panama hat in The Daleks’ Master Plan
A side view of the hat as the Doctor chats with Steven and the short lived companion Sara Kingdom
11. The Massacre
In The Massacre the Doctor wore a tall hat, not altogether dissimilar to that which the Second Doctor would become known for. The Doctor is also seen to wear a decorative gold chain on his cape and a cane
12. The Gunfighters
The Doctor wore a western style black hat in The Gunfighters
13. The Savages
The Doctor carried a Reacting Vibrator in The Savages
14. The War Machines
The Doctor wore a black fez in The War Machines
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