, ▁which ▁was ▁popular ▁with ▁fans . ▁ ▁More ▁controvers ial , ▁and ▁initially ▁trou bling ▁to ▁the ▁designer ▁herself , ▁was ▁the ▁production ▁office ' s ▁forced ▁red es ign ▁of ▁Tom ▁Baker ' s ▁cost ume ▁as ▁the ▁Doctor . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁show ' s ▁history ▁that ▁control ▁over ▁cost ume ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁inc umb ent ▁leading ▁man ▁by ▁a ▁producer . ▁Hudson ▁felt ▁strongly ▁that ▁any ▁change , ▁especially ▁an ▁ins ens itive ▁or ▁radical ▁one , ▁could ▁und erm ine ▁Baker ' s ▁performance . ▁She ▁therefore ▁de vised ▁what ▁she ▁says ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁" ap othe osis " ▁of ▁the ▁established ▁cost ume ▁image , ▁retain ing ▁the ▁icon ic ▁scar f , ▁long ▁coat ▁and ▁hat ▁rather ▁than ▁depart ing ▁too ▁strongly ▁from ▁preced ent . ▁Her ▁new ▁design ▁was ▁marked ▁princip ally ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁largely ▁mon och rome , ▁with ▁pl um - col oured ▁over co at , ▁hat ▁and ▁Nor folk ▁suit ▁offset ▁by ▁touch es ▁of ▁rust ▁and ▁a uber g ine ▁in ▁the ▁pre domin antly ▁pl um ▁scar f ▁and ▁gold ▁thread ▁in ▁the ▁v int age - vel vet ▁wa ist co at . ▁Hudson ▁was ▁also ▁asked ▁to ▁design ▁a ▁new , ▁distinct ive ▁sh irt ▁for ▁Baker , ▁and ▁the ▁producer ▁required ▁her ▁to ▁put ▁emb roid ered ▁question - marks ▁on ▁the ▁resulting ▁gar ment ' s ▁pointed ▁lap els ▁-