Christine Rawlins Christine Rawlins was the credited costumer for season 7 of the 1963 version of " Doctor Who " . She later designed costumes for " The Sun Makers " . Along with Daphne Dare , she was one of only two people who received the credit on an entire season ' s serial s . Principle designs . Her most enduring design was likely the basic early " look " of the Third Doctor , which was based on the look of the titular character in , at least according to Rawlins ' recollections . As the exclusive costumer for season 7 , she also designed all of Liz Shaw ' s garments . Likewise , she had significant contributions to make to the iconic looks of certain recurring enemies . She was responsible for the bodies of the Auton s and Silurian s , while the visual effects department supplied the masks . However , the chocolate - coloured UNIT uniforms , so associated with season 7 , weren ' t her design at all , but a reuse of Bobi Bartlett ' s work for " The Invasion " . ( REF : " The Third Doctor Handbook " ) Legacy . Rawlins was not particularly happy to be assigned to " Doctor Who " , as she didn ' t like science fiction . She once claimed never to have watched the show outside of what was necessary to complete her job . However , she believed herself to have been influential in changing the way the BBC allocated costumers to " Doctor Who " . Because she was booked for the whole season , she was , at any one moment , required by the director of the serial being recorded and the one that was " next " in the recording schedule . " It was tricky , " she once said in a 1988 interview with " The Frame " . " I do think my design was pretty awful , for that reason . I was the last costume designer to do a whole year of " Doctor Who " . Afterwards the BBC , in their wisdom , changed that policy . " ( REF : " The Third Doctor Handbook " ) Indeed , no costumer was assigned to more than six consecutive episodes for the remainder of the programme ' s original run . Though the broadcast order might ' ve created the illusion of longer stretches of continuous employment — such as Barbara Kidd ' s involvement with season 12 or Ken Trew ' s with season 26 — the production order ensured costumers weren ' t getting overburdened . The next person to tackle an entire season was Lucinda Wright , some thirty - five years later — but that was for the radically different production environment of the BBC Wales version , for which series - long commitments are the norm for a costume designer . Other credits . " Doctor Who " was one of Rawlins ' first credits , having come to " Who " from her first major gig on the first series of , starring Pauline Collins . After " Who " she was the costumer on an episode of " Out of the Unknown " written by Brian Hayles , while simultaneously working on the iconic comedy , " Are You Being Served ? " . She next did a few episodes of Terry Nation ' s . She worked steadily throughout the next three decades , costuming such productions as : with Nigel Havers , Isla Blair , Philip Bond , and Rob Edwards ; the children ' s fantasy , with Patrick Troughton ; the comedy with Richard Briers and Penelope Wilton ; and the mystery series starring Felicity Kendal . She won a BAFTA TV award for her work on 1987 ' s , starring and , and featuring Ronald Pickup , Vernon Dobtcheff , Anthony Calf , Barry Jackson , Clifford Rose , and Patricia Quinn .