The Doctor ' s scarf Although the Doctor owned many scarves throughout his lives , the Doctor ' s scarf from his fourth incarnation was the one he used most . At least two such scarves existed . ( TV : " Robot " , PROSE : " Into the Silent Land " ) The second was later unravelled by the Fifth Doctor to leave a trail for himself to find his way back to the console room . ( TV : " Castrovalva " ) Profile . Shortly after his third regeneration , the Doctor had to accompany Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart on an investigation . He tried on several inappropriately conspicuous costumes before settling on a vaguely Bohemian outfit . This included a wide - brimmed fedora and a long scarf . ( TV : " Robot " ) The scarf had originally been knitted for him by Madame Nostradamus . ( TV : " The Ark in Space " ) Near the end of this incarnation , the Doctor switched to a scarf of longer length , but coloured in shades of burgundy . ( PROSE : " Into the Silent Land " ) However , his original scarf was kept on a hatstand in the console room . ( TV : " Warriors ' Gate " ) After his fourth regeneration , the Fifth Doctor unravelled his burgundy scarf in the TARDIS ' corridors , allowing his companion s to follow him . After this , he began using pieces of his former self ' s clothing to continue the trail before finding a cricket er ' s outfit . ( TV : " Castrovalva " ) The Fifth Doctor admitted that the scarf was warm and sometimes useful , though he did trip on it occasionally ; his companion Erimem noted that it was so long she could practically mummify herself with it . ( AUDIO : " No Place Like Home " ) The Seventh Doctor used the tartan scarf from his newly found outfit to stall the Rani as he tried to escape her laboratory . ( TV : " Time and the Rani " ) The Doctor replaced the lost scarf with a paisley one in the TARDIS wardrobe . ( PROSE : " The Useful Pile " ) Searching for her rucksack , Ace entered the console room briefly wearing a long , multi - coloured scarf . ( TV : " The Greatest Show in the Galaxy " ) While selecting an outfit following his seventh regeneration , the Doctor discovered a similar multi - coloured scarf in a hospital locker . He did not include it in his outfit , though he did think about using it for a moment . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) On her first trip back to Earth after being transferred to Destrii ' s body , Izzy Sinclair wrapped herself up in the original scarf to hide her non - human body . ( COMIC : " The Way of All Flesh " ) The TARDIS wardrobe contained a multi - coloured scarf during the Doctor ' s tenth incarnation . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) When the Tenth Doctor was travelling with Gabby Gonzalez , one of the scarves was on a mannequin with one of the Fourth Doctor ' s brown coats in the TARDIS wardrobe . ( COMIC : " Laundro - Room of Doom " ) The Eleventh Doctor and Kazran Sardick wore scarves similar to the Fourth Doctor ' s when visiting Abigail Pettigrew . ( TV : " A Christmas Carol " ) The scarf eventually ended up in the Doctor ' s study on board the TARDIS , among other knick - knacks collected through his years of travel . ( GAME : " TARDIS " , " The Gunpowder Plot " ) The Eleventh Doctor threw one of his scarves out of the way while in the TARDIS console room when he was searching for his sonic screwdriver . ( COMIC : " Sonic Sleuth " ) Shortly after his regeneration , the Twelfth Doctor commented that he used to have a scarf when noting that he felt cold , but dismissed the memory as he considered the scarf as having looked ridiculous . ( TV : " Deep Breath " ) Uses . The scarf proved to be useful on many occasions as something other than a piece of attire . On the Nerva station , the Doctor unsuccessfully used it to try to deactivate the Auto guard . ( TV : " The Ark in Space " ) It was used to measure a puzzle . ( TV : " Pyramids of Mars " ) The Doctor escaped execution by using his scarf to trip up Count Federico ' s executioner . ( TV : " The Masque of Mandragora " ) The scarf was used to trip Eldrad down a chasm , ( TV : " The Hand of Fear " ) and to trip the Master on the gantry . ( TV : " Logopolis " ) The scarf briefly appeared in the Matrix on Gallifrey when it was used to prevent the Doctor from falling down a cliff face . However , the scarf disappeared not long afterwards . ( TV : " The Deadly Assassin " ) When the Doctor and his Nest Cottage companions were absorbed by a Skishtari egg and stuck in a simulation based on the tale of Aladdin , the scarf became alive and took on the role of the genie of the tale . It was then able to provide an explanation for the situation and help them escape by granting Andrew ' s wishes . ( AUDIO : " Aladdin Time " ) The scarf was filled with small objects from the Doctor ' s pockets to try to provide a distraction for a predator resembling a giant bird louse that had chased the Doctor up a tree , but it was badly damaged before Leela arrived to save him . ( PROSE : " Last Man Running " ) The scarf was used as a lead to drag K9 about when his power had run down . ( TV : " The Invisible Enemy " ) The Doctor used the scarf to pull Romana I up a cliff face . ( TV : " The Stones of Blood " ) The scarf was used as a rope to climb a mine shaft . ( TV : " The Creature from the Pit " ) The Doctor ' s scarf had been wound about Stimson ' s corpse by his Foamasi killer in an attempt to frame the Doctor for the murder . ( TV : " The Leisure Hive " ) Behind the scenes . whoisdoctorwho . co . uk . The website whoisdoctorwho . co . uk had a list of sightings of the Doctor from which people had ostensibly been submitting to Clive Finch , a conspiracy theorist character from " Rose " , who had pictures of the Doctor ' s ninth incarnation on the website , asking if anyone had seen him . A submission from Dinah May claimed to have seen " this man several years ago , dumping some old clothes at the local tip " , including a long scarf . When Dinah asked him about them , he claimed to have been " having a clear out " . One of the items he was throwing away was a long scarf .