Tie A tie was an article of clothing commonly associated with men ' s apparel on the planet Earth . Ties were worn for their style value , but could also signal levels of formality , association with particular schools , companies or other groups . A tie was favoured by the Doctor in most of his incarnations . The Doctor ' s ties . The Doctor regularly wore a tie of some form in most , though not all , of his incarnations . First Doctor . The First Doctor almost always wore a wing collar with a cravat , which took the form of a long , oblong piece of cloth tied in a large bow . It was almost always dark in colour , but on one occasion he wore a tie that had a black - and - white checked pattern . ( TV : " The Rescue " , " The Web Planet " ) Second Doctor . The Second Doctor typically wore a small , pre - tied bow tie , attached to his shirt with a safety pin . It performed the function of closing the top of his shirt , in place of a collar button . ( TV : " The Power of the Daleks " ) Third Doctor . The Third Doctor occasionally wore ties , favouring cravats ( TV : " Spearhead from Space " - " Inferno " , " The Dæmons " , " The Mutants " ) and bow ties ( TV : " The Three Doctors " , " Frontier in Space " - " Planet of the Spiders " ) to go with his distinctive velvet smoking jacket s . Fourth Doctor . The Fourth Doctor sometimes wore a tie , ( TV : " The Talons of Weng - Chiang " onwards ) but also wore a neckerchief ( TV : " Robot " - " Terror of the Zygons " ) or a loose cravat . ( TV : " Pyramids of Mars " onwards ) Fifth Doctor . The Fifth Doctor did not generally wear a tie , preferring to wear his shirt open - collared . On one occasion , however , he dressed in early European - style finery and wore a layered cravat in his role as owner of the Tempus Fugit . ( PROSE : " The Crystal Bucephalus " ) Sixth Doctor . The Sixth Doctor wore long cravats in a loose knot in the style of the First Doctor , but his became wider at the ends with diagonal edges . Rather than being plain , they were either turquoise , red ( TV : " The Mysterious Planet " ) or purple ( PROSE : " The Quantum Archangel " ) with polka dots , or yellow with a starfield pattern . ( TV : " Terror of the Vervoids " ) Seventh Doctor . Early in his incarnation the Seventh Doctor wore a red four - in - hand tie in a paisley pattern , ( TV : " Time and the Rani " onwards ) but later replaced it with a similar tie in burgundy . ( TV : " Battlefield " ) Later in his incarnation , he wore a solid red four - in - hand tie , ( PROSE : " Original Sin " ) and had adopted a brown tie with a black zig zag pattern by the end of his life . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) While in Perivale in 1883 at Gabriel Chase the Seventh Doctor deflected anticipated criticism from Ernest Matthews by saying , " Let me guess . My theories appal you , my heresies outrage you , I never answer letters , and you don ' t like my tie ! " ( TV : " Ghost Light " ) Eighth Doctor . The Eighth Doctor adopted a silk y cravat , starting with the Wild Bill Hickok costume he appropriated shortly after regeneration . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) In 1930 , when he was aboard the " R101 " airship the Eighth Doctor was denied access to an area of the " R101 " ; he protested , " I ' m wearing a tie ! " ( AUDIO : " Storm Warning " ) At the end of his life , he had switched to a four - in - hand ascot tie . Evidently exhausted by the unrelenting conflict of the Last Great Time War , the manner in which he tied his ascot lacked attention to neatness and appeared hastily bundled on . ( TV : " The Night of the Doctor " ) Ninth Doctor . Clive Finch owned a photograph of the Ninth Doctor in 1912 Southampton , in which he was dressed in era - appropriate formal wear including a cravat . ( TV : " Rose " ) Otherwise , this incarnation notably did not wear any neck wear with his usual attire ; Hetty Warner noted this specifically and helped her identify him when she spotted the Doctor during the day time . ( AUDIO : " The Oncoming Storm " ) Tenth Doctor . The Tenth Doctor usually wore four - in - hand ties of various patterns with his suits , but he also went open - collared sometimes . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) On formal occasions , such as the presentation by Lazarus Laboratories ( TV : " The Lazarus Experiment " ) or the party on the " Titanic " , ( TV : " Voyage of the Damned " ) he wore a bow tie . In 2008 , before they had met from her perspective , the Tenth Doctor got Martha Jones ' attention in the street and dramatically took off his tie . He did this after they had met and experienced the story ' s events in his timeline , but before this in hers , as a " cheap trick " to prove he was telling the truth about time travel . ( TV : " Smith and Jones " ) Eleventh Doctor . Following his regeneration and recovery , the Eleventh Doctor proclaimed that " bow ties [ were ] cool " , and took to wearing them . ( TV : " The Eleventh Hour " ) He continued to proclaim this on several occasions despite Amy Pond ' s insistence that they were not . ( TV : " Amy ' s Choice " , " Vincent and the Doctor " , " The Lodger " , " The Big Bang " ) While on Demon ' s Run , the Eleventh Doctor again defended this belief on meeting Melody Pond . ( TV : " A Good Man Goes to War " ) His successor admitted that the Eleventh ' s obsession with bow - ties was " a bit embarrassing . " ( TV : " Time Heist " ) The Eleventh Doctor generally wore one of several red or blue bow ties with his usual outfit . On formal occasions such as Rory and Amy ' s wedding ( TV : " The Big Bang " ) and his own death by poisoning , ( TV : " Let ' s Kill Hitler " ) he wore a tailcoat with a white bow tie . The Eleventh Doctor ( actually the " Teselecta " which was disguised as him ) untied one of his blue bow ties and used it to bind his and River Song ' s hands together in a as part of their wedding ceremony . ( TV : " The Wedding of River Song " ) He discarded his bow tie shortly before his regeneration , deciding to let go of that attachment to this life . ( TV : " The Time of the Doctor " ) Twelfth Doctor . While posing as a Clockwork Droid not long after his predecessor had regenerated , the Twelfth Doctor wore a suit stolen from one of the robots that included a four - in - hand tie , but , upon choosing his regular attire , adopted a tieless look . ( TV : " Deep Breath " ) When the Doctor and Clara visited the Orient Express in space he wore a cravat tied in the same manner as the ones he used during his first incarnation . ( TV : " Mummy on the Orient Express " ) Dream Lord . The Dream Lord wore a red bow tie with his outfit . ( TV : " Amy ' s Choice " )