Bob Roberts
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Thats me "effete and languid" though I don't have a stable of women at my disposal...The fourth Dr Who wore the plush felt hat from 1976 (bottle green) to 1981 (burgundy). He originally wore another HJ hat in a basic sooth brown felt in 1975.
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The Doctor came to this hat at the end of their fashion. I remember that soft, wide brimmed hats were very fashionable in the early 1970's, generally with men who identified as literary or theatrical players.
Some actually were actors and writers. Many were just wannabes - the artist manque. The Doctor's costume was meant to be influenced by Toulouse Lautrec's portrait of Astride Bruant - including the scarf - so the look was inspired by a 19th century European arts style.
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Generally a poet style hat suggests an effete and somewhat languid persona, not a dynamic, pragmatic, archeologist, art thief.
Truman Capote wore a wide brimmed soft felt hat for many years too.
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The other people who wore fluffy hats like this in 1971 were pimps...