Louise Page - The Tie Nine story

The second tie to be worn with the blue suit was made by Japanese label, Kenzo.

With its appearances in lots of publicity stills, as well as being seen on display at exhibitions, you would be forgiven for thinking the previous Nina Ricci tie was worn more, but you’d be wrong.

The Kenzo tie was first worn in the two part story Daleks In Manhattan and Evolution Of The Daleks, but it went on to crop up extensively in The Lazarus Experiment, The Last Of The Time Lords, Time Crash, Voyage Of The Damned, The Unicorn And The Wasp, Silence In The Library, Forest Of The Dead, The Waters Of Mars – that’s almost triple the appearances of the Nina Ricci!

Thanks to Kevin Coppa for giving the interview clips the polished look, and enormous thanks to Louise Page for sharing her memories of dressing the Tenth Doctor with us all

A very special visitor

Today is the final day of The Twelve Regenerations Of Christmas over on the Eleventh Doctor Blog.

As a big finish I posting something rather special. It’s just a picture, but its a good one!

In early December I had an email out of the blue from Louise Page, who had stumbled upon my Tie Index. She found it very interesting, and wanted to share with me a gap in the information I had posted.

This was how I discovered the label for Tie Nine (see left), so it came from a cast iron source.

After exchanging couple of email she expressed an interest in meeting me and talking Tennant suits and coats!

Her timing was perfect, since I currently have the Ultimate Tennant Suit back for some minor alteration, so I suggested she might like to view it.

Just before Christmas she came to visit and we had the chance of a quick photo with the suit.

Louise is so nice and was most impressed with my work, which was the best Christmas present I have ever had!

All tied up

if you’re a big fan of the ties worn by the Tenth Doctor, you might want to take a quick look over at my Eleventh Doctor Blog.

I’m running a series of postings under The Twelve Regenerations Of Christmas, and have been sharing a mixture of fun things you might have missed; stuff from my archive; and a few new revelations.

Well today I have news of an update on my popular Tie Index, so do take a look . . . .
Here’s a clue.

Tenth Doctor Tie Index

I’ve noticed that there’s been a lot of buzz lately on the Doctor Who costume forums about the ties David Tennant wore throughout the stories he was in.

Following on from the Third Doctor Costume Indexes I did late in 2009, I thought I’d put my two-pennace in and do a tie index!

I’m limiting myself to the ties worn with the pinstripe suits, ignoring the bow ties worn with tuxedos (as in Voyage Of the Damned) or tweed suits (as in Human Nature).

A couple of surprises have come up by doing this detailed study: the tie commonly known as the “Time Lord” tie (tie Two in my index) is no where near worn as often as I thought; nor is the burgundy/mauve flora tie (tie Eight) is worn even less; the swirly tie (tie Four) which bridged the regeneration to Matt Smith popped up a few more times than I thought, partly because it features in both the Doctor-lite episodes of series two and three.