Doctor Who? Balls!
Remember how I went to a Pride & Prejudice & Zombies ball at Halloween? The wonderful Wellington Historical Costume Society who organised that are throwing another ball this Saturday the 10th, called Have Tardis, Will Travel, and you should come along!
The boundaries of time and relative dimensions in space are open for the next WHCS event, a Dr Who themed time-travelling ball: Have Tardis Will Travel.
Bid farewell to the current Dr Who, dance, eat delicious treats and generally have lots and lots of fun
Saturday, April 10, 2010
St Michael’s Church Hall, Upland Road, Kelburn
6.30 – lateAttire: Dress in clothing from any of the different eras that Dr Who has visited or as a Dr Who character. Steampunk attire is also appropriate.
For those of you who, like me, are not really that familiar with where and when the Doctor has visited, they’ve made a list of eras for inspiration as well:
- Ancient Pompeii,
- 18th century aristocratic France (The Girl in the Fireplace)
- 1745 Scotland (The Highlander)
- Mid-Victorian England
- 1920s UK (Black Orchid)
- Steampunk (Voyage of the Damned)
This still doesn’t mean that I have any idea what I’m going to wear though! Help! Keep in mind that I’m poor, I’m fat, and there will be a lot of dancing. Will you come to the ball? I’ll save a space on my dance card for you!
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Priestess from Pompeii! Red bedsheet plus fun makeup.
My picks from the new Doctor Who:
The Unquiet Dead – Dickensian Cardiff, Victorian attire and the undead.
The Idiot’s Lantern – 1953 London. Rose has an awesome pink full skirt.
The Shakespeare Code – Shakespearean London.
Daleks in Manhattan – 1930s New York, featuring Tallulah the showgirl and her angelic costume. (Jo, I reckon you could do this – tiara, blonde wig, angels wings, fab!)
Voyage of the Damned – Kylie Minogue as a spunky cigarette girl on the Titantic.
The Unicorn and the Wasp – Agatha Christie, 1920s finery.
The Fires of Pompeii – Ancient Rome, tunics, braids, vestal virgins.
The official BBC Doctor Who website has heaps of images from each episode, so there’s plenty of inspiration.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/
Or you could take inspiration from the Doctor’s new companion and go dressed as an English policewoman with no pants.
Oh, hello – I’ve realised that Tallulah isn’t wearing any pants.
http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/A_F/Di_Dp/doctorWho/2007_additions/doctor-who35.jpg
I love what’s she’s doing with the red and white, though.
The very first show of the new series, broadcast on Saturday, featured a kissogram, a naked Physician along with a “sexed up” Tardis.During the special 65-minute episode, The Eleventh Hour, in which Physician Who had 20 minutes to save Earth from aliens known as the Atraxi, his new companion, Amy Pond, was revealed as a kissogram dressed in a skimpy policeman’s outfit, complete with mini-skirt and handcuffs. In one scene, Amy, played by the actress Karen Gillan, told the Dr that her kissogram repertoire also included nuns and nurses’ outfits. Discover out extra at Sci Fi Fan.