Editing Third Doctor (section)

===Appearance===
[[File:Doctor Who Experience (15964685533).jpg|thumb|170px|The Third Doctor's costume of a ruffled shirt, velvet smoking jacket and cape, exhibited at the Doctor Who Experience in 2015]]
When asked to attend a ''Radio Times'' photo-call in 1969, Jon Pertwee arrived in what he thought was "a suitably eccentric outfit" from his family wardrobe, and the flamboyant image stuck with producer [[Barry Letts]].<ref>Mulkern, Patrick. (1987). "Dressing the Doctor". ''Doctor Who Magazine''. Autumn Special (Marvel Comics/BBC) p. 20.</ref> Through the first season, he wore a flowing, crimson or red lined cape (which he alternated) over a very dark blue velvet [[smoking jacket]] (which often looked black in certain lighting) and a ruffled shirt with a variety of neckties such as [[Jabot (neckwear)|jabot]]s, [[bow ties]] or [[Ascot tie|cravat]]s.  Beginning in the 1971 season, when the look was refashioned by Ken Trew,<ref>Mulkern, p. 20.</ref> Pertwee alternated between the dark blue, red or green jacket and a cloak with purple lining, although sometimes the red lining cloak would be used. In the final two seasons, the colour scheme changed from story to story, though the basic look was maintained.

In his first episode, when the Doctor evades capture by taking a shower, a tattoo of a serpent can be seen on his arm. Whereas Pertwee obtained it during his service in the [[Royal Navy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-50-unanswered-questions?page=12|title = Doctor Who: 50 Unanswered Questions|date = 23 November 2013}}</ref> an in-universe reason for it was eventually provided in the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' as being a Time Lord symbol signifying exile, removed once the Doctor's exile was formally ended following the events of ''[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)|The Three Doctors]]''.