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Just a minor bit of concept art, made for my epic fancomic project "THE DOCTOR & I" with Shawn Van Briesen:
The idea for the Doctor's mid-Time War look was that it'd reflect a bit of the proposed harder-edged costume McGann revealed a while back: [link] Since we have no idea where that costume will fit into the 8th Doctor's chronology (if it's ever used at all), I decided to do something that was similar but not the same. This could either be a halfway point to that look (showing a gradual change toward the look Christopher Eccleston sported), or something more Doctor-ish that came after the leather jacket phase (which I suspect we MIGHT see being incorporated by Big Finish for the post-Lucie Miller stories).
Anyway, for this costume, I went back to Eight's roots for inspiration. Having taken his original costume from the look of Wild Bill Hickock, I decided to look to a nearby time and place- the American Civil War. It's a bit of William Tecumseh Sherman, along with some minor Napoleonic touches. For the actual comic art, Shawn made the wise decision to lengthen his hair a bit- getting him closer to the Eighth Doctor we know and love (and also a bit more like WITHNAIL & I's Marwood).
The idea for the Doctor's mid-Time War look was that it'd reflect a bit of the proposed harder-edged costume McGann revealed a while back: [link] Since we have no idea where that costume will fit into the 8th Doctor's chronology (if it's ever used at all), I decided to do something that was similar but not the same. This could either be a halfway point to that look (showing a gradual change toward the look Christopher Eccleston sported), or something more Doctor-ish that came after the leather jacket phase (which I suspect we MIGHT see being incorporated by Big Finish for the post-Lucie Miller stories).
Anyway, for this costume, I went back to Eight's roots for inspiration. Having taken his original costume from the look of Wild Bill Hickock, I decided to look to a nearby time and place- the American Civil War. It's a bit of William Tecumseh Sherman, along with some minor Napoleonic touches. For the actual comic art, Shawn made the wise decision to lengthen his hair a bit- getting him closer to the Eighth Doctor we know and love (and also a bit more like WITHNAIL & I's Marwood).
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Right now I'm finishing off a Dark Eyes 8th Doctor and laying out plans for the TV Movie 8th Doctor (which I hope to modify into a night of the doctor variation later), but I'm very intrigued about doing this alternative costume. It just screams 8th Doctor in my eyes