Dr Who knows kilts rule

[Touchstone]

I was disagreeing that he knows “kilt rules.” To me, he looks like he just stepped out of the kilt hire shop (white hose, ghillie brogues, extremely low hanging sporran, belt/waistplate with a waistcoat…).

Probably not things a seasoned kilt wearer would do, but to each his own.

Cheers,

SM

I think the original poster was saying Tennant knows that "kilts rule" (that is, "kilts are awesome"), not that he knows "kilt rules".

[ShaunMaxwell]

I think the original poster was saying Tennant knows that "kilts rule" (that is, "kilts are awesome"), not that he knows "kilt rules".

Glad he knows that! I misread the headline to the post!

Cheers,

SM

[John_Carrick]

The new Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa, sported a kilt in his first episode at Christmas; he is the fourth Scot to take on the role.

David T had a very show biz jewelled jacket with a black or dark kilt at the BAFTAs last week. He can get away with these sorts of things.

[Hirsty]

The new Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa, sported a kilt in his first episode at Christmas; he is the fourth Scot to take on the role.

He went to school in my home town.

[Steve Ashton]

It's really a shame that more Scots don't wear the kilt more often.

If you wear the kilt enough it becomes just another piece of clothing in your wardrobe.



You learn that a kilt is not "The complete outfit" often advertised by the rental/hire companies like it is some sort of uniform. It can be dressed up or down to suit the occasion.

If attending a dinner or event where the invitation specifies "Black Tie with full ribbons and medals" -



Or going about your daily business.





Kilt or no kilt you should dress appropriately to the event you are attending.



Yes, you can dress like you have "A License to Kilt"



Or dress appropriate for the weather.



And you can have fun in a kilt.



The outfit in the original post just screams "Rental Outfit" worn by someone who hires a kilt only for special events.

The Prince Charlie Coatee is the kilt equivalent of evening wear Civilian Tuxedo. For day wear an Argyle would suit the event much better. A bow tie can be worn with an Argyle if a more formal look is desired.
Wearing a kilt belt with a PC leaves a bright chrome triangle between the points of the vest. (Those points are a modern invention to emulate British Royalty that was too fat to fully button the vest. Prior to the mass produced standardization of the PC a formal vest would have been straight across the bottom.)
This is a kilt designed and made to be worn up at the anatomical waist. Wearing this style of kilt where trousers are worn drops the bottom below the top of the knee cap and causes large shower curtain fold in the pleats.
The sporran is not a crotch protector. It must be painful to walk or run with a sporran that low.
Even the rental companies today are getting away from the snow white hose look
And Ghillie Brogues are not Roman sandals. The laces are not tied up the leg. In fact, Ghillies are also a modern invention of the mass produced "standardized" outfits of rental or hire companies.

Just because you are an actor who gets a big time gig that pays millions does not mean you can't look like you are comfortable enough in a kilt to look - well - comfortable.

[Tomo]

Well in another red carpet appearance he seams to have fixed the sporran issue (although the kilt still seams to sit a little low)...



For the BAFTAs he wore a kilt from MacGregor and MacDuff - it's one of their house tartans, called Silver Mist.

[ThistleDown]

I've a pic somewhere (perhaps here?) of me with a low-hanging sporran, perhaps at the end of a dance.

And I'm really sorry to tell you all but: I really am comfortable in my ghillie brogues. And in my loose slip-ons. And in my custom-fitted walking boots. And my wellies.

And I have been photographed wearing a waistcoat and a belt.

What I am really saying here is -- give the lad a break!

He's wearing a kilt, for freaks sake, and he seems to be at comfort in it.

[makfromtazz]

I recall watching Dr Who many moons ago when Patrick Troughton was the Doctor. One of his two offsiders was Frazer Hines if memory serves me correctly who played Jamie ..He wore kilts almost always and it looked fantastic ..So , for a time kilts were integral in the amazingly successful and Dr Who show..Not only Jamie but also Zoe his second companion ...So cool to re watch from time to time... Found this funny little YT remembrance to the character known as Jamie McCrimmon ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IptvNlcScH0 Well known kilt song overlays it ..

[OC Richard]

The new Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa, sported a kilt in his first episode at Christmas; he is the fourth Scot to take on the role.

I didn't know he was Scottish!

I saw him on Graham Norton and I couldn't make out his accent.

Tennant put on an English accent for the role. Have the other Scots done?

[Tomo]

In danger of coming off as a Doctor Who fan - I'm not - but apparently Tennant was asked not to use his natural accent as his predecessor in the role, Christopher Eccleston, had played the part with his strong Lancashire accent. Most of the earlier actors had spoken with Received Pronunciation - even Sylvester McCoy although you can hear a mild Scottish accent in the way he rolls his Rs - Peter Capaldi was the third Scot to take on the role, and the first to do so with a Scottish accent (barring an episode when Tennant visited Balmoral)...