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[camwyn]

To the old school Whovians on my friendslist (or, hell, anyone else of the Whovian persuasion reading this):

Can anyone tell me if by some chance Rassilon had roughly the level of colour-matching sense and overall taste displayed by, oh, say, the Sixth Doctor? When I was buying yarn just now for someone else's project I got hooked by two skeins I never intended to buy: the Great Adirondack Yarn Company's Silky Sock Watermelon Wanda colourway, and Colinette's JitterBug Lapis. They're sock weight yarn rather than sport weight, but they were too gorgeous to pass up. I may try coming up with something in the way of fingerless gloves with the two of them but honestly, that's one hell of a splash either one makes. Together, they'd form such an anti-camouflage that it'd loop back around into Somebody Else's Problem Field territory... anyway, point is, if I do fingerless gloves with 'em I'm probably going to use the blue as the background colour and the Watermelon Wanda for the Seal itself. Just sayin'.

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[erisiansaint]

I'm now drooling over Colinette in Blue Parrot, Gaugin and Kingfisher. Evil woman.

[sdelmonte]

NO ONE had the color matching sense and overall taste of the Sixth Doctor. Thankfully.

[camwyn]

That's not entirely true, but I don't think the guy I saw two years ago in Central Park when I was skating with Empire Skate Club really counts. He might have been involved in some kind of theatrical production, given the number of weird outfits the people around him had on.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

Considering the few glimpses of Gallifrey that are on screen?

The more colors, the more clashing, the better. This whole 'taste in clothing' thing is somewhat a forgotten art there.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

I don't believe so. I think the only time we ever saw Rassilon was in the Five Doctors movie and it was only a head shot.

I see him as a red and blue with gold and silver color scheme kind of guy, though. But then, I also like the idea that he's the 13th doctor.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

They are aliens. It's possible they don't quite percieve colors in the same way humans do.

[camwyn]

Fair enough. I seem to recall that Wells decided the only rational explanation was that eight million years of absolute power is the amount of time it takes to use up every combination that an Earthling could consider tasteful, and then start going off in search of a completely alternative concept.

[camwyn]

The only problem I have with that is that metallic yarns tend to be a bit scratchy. If I have to incorporate them into a work I usually pair them with something very soft to make up for that.

[lwood.livejournal.com]

When it comes to "Whovian" and "costuming skizills", I can only think to refer you to Master Costumer lferion (she makes purtythings (http://www.rathriordan.org/gallery/main.php)--I'll slide this to her forthwith.

-- Lorrie

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

The concept of Somebody Else's Problem color combinations on Time Lords is perfectly valid, considering Douglas Adams was a writer for the series at one point...

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

From what I recall, Rassilon wore black -- though the only evidence we have is a painting and holographic head-shot, so it might not be that helpful.

*Time Lords*, on the other hand, like pretty gaudy color combinations, so you're probably safe there.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

Isn't there gold and silver clor yarns? I mean, can't you just use the colors? Does there have to be metallic yarn?

[camwyn]

Gold and silver color yarns turn out to look like mustard and grey. Any yarn recognizable as gold or silver winds up having to have at least a bit of Lurex to it.

[camwyn]

OOoh. Neat.

[camwyn]

True dat. I realized that shortly after I posted this- as I recall there's an episode where Four is reading a book by Oolon Colluphid, even.

[camwyn]

All righty, I can live with that.