The Impossible Task of Costuming Time Travel (SLYT)

June 11, 2023 12:36 PM

At the intersection of Dr. Who Fandom, historical costuming expertise, and beanplating, lies this. "In terms of the costume design for the show, though, I've broken this down into three essential categories: Earth's timeline in our reality; fictional species and extraterrestrial cultures; finally, we have the Time Travelers, for whom the rules of dress defined in the previous two categories may be in flux."

"Why is Professor Yana wearing his little 19th century shirt and waistcoat on a planet at the end of the universe a hundred trillion years in the future? Do not mistake this as a criticism, by the way. This is, in fact, in my own biased opinion, the most realistic character choice in the entire series, and I am a fan."

posted by amtho (9 comments total)

Oooh, Bernadette Banner. Really enjoying this.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:49 PM on June 11, 2023

Epony-"And you, with your am and your tho driving me insane!"-sterical.
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 2:06 PM on June 11, 2023

Brava, Bernadette! I am not a rampant Dr. Who fan, but I am entirely Team Banner.
See also --
Ranking 2022 Historical Movies & Shows on Costume Accuracy
Designing “Historically Accurate” Costumes for Fantasy: Game of Thrones Case Study
Investigating One of the Oldest Victorian Sewing Machines! 1876 Wilcox & Gibbs Chainstitch
I Wore a (Medical) Corset for 5 Years. How do Victorian Corsets Compare?

My Guinea Pig Reviews Halloween Costumes
Comments section is an added bonus:
"An important Existential question that must be considered -- how would a pig wear a helmet?"
"Also I LOST it when he so rejected the bee costume that he became one with Bernadette’s cardigan."
"I still cannot get over the fact that there exists a song in this world about a guinea pig's tail xD"
R.I.P. Cesario, reluctant fashionista and YouTube influencer.
posted by TrishaU at 2:34 PM on June 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

Yes I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
posted by freethefeet at 4:12 PM on June 11, 2023

Overthinking a beanplating.
posted by Tarn at 4:59 PM on June 11, 2023

Thank you! We loved the Who one and are looking forward to the others.
posted by indexy at 5:59 PM on June 11, 2023

Great video! I liked the way she's sensitive to the difficulties of time and budget.

Another Youtuber worth watching is Jill Bearup, who does more on stage combat and armour. She's also valiantly demonstrated the problems of trying to do a high guard in boob armour.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 12:57 AM on June 12, 2023

Bow ties are cool.
posted by Paul Slade at 1:19 AM on June 12, 2023 [1 favorite]

Dress Historian Reviews AI Generated “Historical” Portraits She seems to find it to be comedy.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:18 PM on June 12, 2023