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The Tennant Ties – Full Index
Posted on October 31, 2019 by Alex
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David Tennant wore 14 different ties in his time on Doctor Follow

Who, though only 13 as the Doctor

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(not including the two bow ties he Comparison: Magnoli Cloth-
iers’ Crowley Sunglasses
wore, a black one with his tuxedo, and The Anatomy of a Decent
Shirt
a brown spotted one, as John Smith in A Decent Shirt – The Smith
Shirt Index
Human Nature/The Family of Blood Tennant Suit Project: The
Christmas Special (Jacket)
(right) – the bow tie appears to have Tennant Suit Project: The
Christmas Special (Trousers)
not had any kind of label inside and
can therefore be presumed to have Archives
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been custom-made by a costumier). January 2022
December 2021
Each tie was purchased off-the-rack by costumer Louise Page, December 2020
November 2020
with the notable exceptions being the Lanvin tie worn for October 2019
April 2017
Tennant’s debut in The Christmas Invasion, which was a December 2016
September 2016
vintage tie already sitting in the BBC costume shop used due to June 2016
May 2016
time constraints, and the production-supplied paisley tie used January 2016
November 2015
in Human Nature/Family of Blood (Tie 15). Each tie being off- August 2015
July 2015
the-rack (unlike Matt Smith’s many production-made bow April 2015
ties) means that originals exist scattered around the world, March 2015
February 2015
which has lead many cosplayers, such as myself, to the January 2015
December 2014
hubristic task of tracking down and collecting them all (a task, November 2014
September 2014
I must note, that nobody has ever achieved). Some do July 2014
May 2014
occasionally show up on eBay and other such websites, though April 2014
March 2014
often when they do they go for exorbitant sums of money (as February 2014

collector’s items often do). Like me on Facebook!

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Tailor and cosplayer Steve Ricks once sat down with Louise
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Page and interviewed her discussing each tie in depth – that
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series of videos can be found here on his blog for those curious.

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nearly all of these ties have been reproduced to a high degree

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of accuracy, and the remaining designs are in the works.

Tie 1: Lanvin Paris My cosplay knitwear blog

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Comparison: Magnoli Cloth-
floral tie iers’ Crowley Sunglasses
The Anatomy of a Decent
from the Shirt
A Decent Shirt – The Smith
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Tennant Suit Project: The
costume Christmas Special (Jacket)
Tennant Suit Project: The
department, Christmas Special (Trousers)
likely from
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the 70’s or March 2022
January 2022
80’s. December 2021
December 2020
Entirely brown/black with bold November 2020
October 2019
jacquard floral motifs. The label and design was finally April 2017
December 2016
confirmed in 2019 after one was tracked down in Ukraine. Tie September 2016
June 2016
information and detailed images courtesy of Rob Purslow. May 2016
January 2016
November 2015
Worn only in The Christmas Invasion. August 2015
July 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
September 2014
July 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014

Tie 2: Daniel Hechter

A brown geometric tie with

blue accents, a popular
brown suit tie.

Worn in: New Earth, Rise

of the Cybermen, The Age
of Steel, Doomsday, The
Runaway Bride, Partners
in Crime, The Unicorn and the Wasp,
Midnight, and The End of Time

Tie 3: Yves Saint

Laurent

A subtle
brown/bronze
geometric/spotted
tie. High resolution
photos are scarce as
no collector has
managed to find this
tie (as far as is known within the community) – high res image
courtesy of Steve Ricks.

Worn only in School Reunion.

Tie 4: Christian
LaCroix

A brown tie with an

abstract blue “swirly”
pattern, with the
LaCroix logo subtly
added to the end of the
tie. A favorite of Louise
Page and Tennant’s, production only had 1 of
these ties, so it was used prominently but
infrequently to ensure its safety.

Worn in The Girl in the Fireplace, Love and Monsters, Blink,

and The End of Time.

Tie 5: Thomas Nash

A brown tie with a gold and

blue geometric circle motif.

Worn only in The Idiot’s

Lantern.

Tie 6: Unkown

The only Doctor tie

whose
manufacturer is
currently
unknown, a blue
satin tie with
brown spots. Any
information on this tie would be
greatly appreciated as it is the only remaining true mystery.

Worn in The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, seen briefly in

Human Nature.

Tie 7: Giorgio Armani

The most commonly-used

brown suit tie, a brown/blue
weave with spots of brown
ovals inset with blue squares.

Worn in Love and Monsters,

Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Smith and Jones,
The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Family of
Blood, Fires of Pompeii, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth,
Journey’s End, and Planet of the Dead.

Tie 8: Nina
Ricci

The first blue

suit tie to
appear, it
features a
burgundy and
gold herringbone
with a blue woodcut floral pattern overlaid.

Worn in Smith and Jones, The Sontaran Stratagem, and The

Poison Sky.

Tie 9: Kenzo

The most commonly-used blue suit

tie, a very dark navy blue/burgundy
background with a burgundy floral
motif overlaid.

Worn in Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, 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, and The Waters of Mars.

Tie 10: St. George by Duffer

A brown striped background

with a diagonal floral outline
running through.

Worn only in the three-part

Series 3 finale Utopia, The Sound of
Drums, and The Last of the Time Lords.

Tie 11: Massimo Dutti

A brown tie with light and dark

blue stripes, this tie is another tie
that no collector has been able to
turn up.

Worn only in Partners in Crime

and The Next Doctor.

(As a fun trivia, when David Tennant left Doctor Who, he was
allowed to take a full costume home as a keepsake. This is the
tie he currently has in his personal possession, which he would
wear again to promote a virtual appearance on The Late Late
Show with James Corden in 2020.)

Tie 12: Massimo

Dutti

A shiny burgundy tie

with blue stripes. It
also made an
appearance at a
special in-costume
hospital visit
Tennant made in the mid-2000’s
(right).

Worn in The Doctor’s Daughter and briefly seen in The Poison

Sky.

Tie 13: St. George by

Duffer

An addendum to the
collection, this brown tie with
blue flowers and bronze stems
was purchased for the 50th
Anniversary episode The Day
of the Doctor.

Tie 14: Rocha

John Rocha

The real fun find

for the collector,
this tie was
purchased by
Louise Page for
use on the show
but was never used. It was auctioned at
Bonham’s in 2010 in a lot of 3 screen used
ties and because of this has become the
apocryphal Tennant tie.

Tie 15: 1980’s Morris Angel &

Sons, Ltd.

This tie was worn by David, but

not as the Doctor. For the two-
parter Family of Blood/Human
Nature, the Doctor makes himself
temporarily human and sports
this greyish brown “paisley-style”
tie, supposedly made in-house
by Angels Costumes. It was auctioned at Bonhams in 2011.
Due to its being made by a costume house and not a
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