Best Romana outfits

Obviously, we all know that Romana has the best fashion in Doctor Who. /hj However, the question remains, what is her best outfit?

  • The Ribos Operation
  • The Pirate Planet
  • The Stones of Blood 1 (trousers and hat)
  • The Stones of Blood 2 (skirt)
  • The Androids of Tara
  • The Power of Kroll
  • The Armageddon Factor
  • Destiny of the Daleks
  • City of Death
  • The Creature from the Pit
  • Nightmare of Eden
  • The Horns of Nimon
  • Shada
  • The Leisure Hive
  • Meglos
  • Full Circle
  • State of Decay
  • Warriors’ Gate
  • other 1 (book covers)
  • other 2 (audio covers)
  • other 3 (miscellanous)
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And obviously, we need pictures! This totally wasn’t an excuse to find pretty Romana pictures.

Romana I

The Ribos Operation


The Pirate Planet

The Stones of Blood 1

The Stones of Blood 2

The Androids of Tara

The Power of Kroll

The Armageddon Factor

Romana II

Destiny of the Daleks
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City of Death


The Creature from the Pit

Nightmare of Eden

The Horns of Nimon

Shada

The Leisure Hive

Meglos

Full Circle

State of Decay

Warriors’ Gate

Now you may ask yourself why I have several ‘other’ categories. This is because I wanted to include as many outfits as possible, but realized quickly that would be way too much for a poll.

other 1/ book covers




other 2/audio covers







that last one also has what I believe is Romana 3 but I know nothing of her except that she does or does not exist so there will be no more pictures of her here

other 3/miscellanous

Fourth Doctor costume
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presidential outfit from Shada (webcast)


Shada (webcast) costume

outfit from the Lost Dimension (Titan Comics)

State of Decay sacrificial dress

Feel free to add more pictures or any outfits I may have overlooked!

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The Destiny of the Daleks outfit is such a good femme version of 4’s outfit

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State of Decay outfit for the win! Shada and Ribos are both phenomenal too :star_struck:

Romana III has some stunning outfits too:

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Generally speaking, I think Romana II has better outfits than Romana I (can’t really comment on Romana III). All her outfits are fantastic, though.

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City of Death, Shada, and Romana III’s “Victorian Adventurer” outfits are my top ones.

I may have a type.

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Her outfit on the cover of The Well Mannered War looks familiar…

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Personally, I adore the outfits where Romana II plays with gender presentation a bit. Horns of Nimon is my absolute favourite (I want to try to make a cosplay of that one) with State of Decay and Destiny of the Daleks close behind. I love the way Destiny of the Daleks makes it very clear she’s the Doctor’s equal with her outfit. I also love the outfits on Well mannered war, English way of death and romance of crime for the same reason. Lalla Ward just pulls it all of so perfectly. And of course the Ribos Operation. I love that flowy white dress and Mary Tamm is just stunning in it. She’s stunning in everything, but especially that dress.

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City of Death is my favourite but I love all these fits! I also voted for Destiny, Androids of Tara, Ribos and Stones of Blood (hat). But I also really adore Shada and Horns of Nimon.

Romana across all incarnations is just a fashion icon tbh

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State of Decay forever :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes: but mixing I and II and making me choose between two of the most beautiful women of all time is mean :frowning:

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The trouble is that she’s so great in all these outfits, though Destiny of the Daleks still stands out as a favorite outfit.

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I know :face_with_diagonal_mouth: I honestly got halfway through making this poll before remembering I would have to choose as well and nearly stopped because it is just plain impossible. Most beautiful women in the world indeed :star_struck:

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The only one I don’t really like is this one

Colours just don’t work for me

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My absolute favourite is probably Romana’s Ribos Operation fluffy cloak, but I think her dress in Full Circle is an underrated highlight. It’s a bizarre outfit, but I’m rather partial to Romana’s pink theming in The Pirate Planet because Mary Tamm. Horns of Nimon and State of Decay are probably my favourites for Romana’s more masculine outfits, and what I’ve learnt writing this post is that I absolutely can’t decide.

Let’s go with The Ribos Operation. Mary Tamm is so utterly gorgeous in probably Romana’s best costuming-as-characterisation outfit, and the snow and lighting of the sets in Ribos just add to it.

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I think those colours look really good on her. It’s the silhouette that places it pretty low on my list.

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Romana’s Androids outfit is possibly my favourite outfit in all of Doctor Who, and if I had time and money, I would absolutely try to cosplay that. The colours just work for me.

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