The First Doctor in three portraits

Art by me

I love William Hartnell. Although I wouldn't say he was the archetypal Doctor, he certainly is one of the best.

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As Christian Dior famously put it, ‘Whenever I think of beautiful clothes, I think of those designed by Norman Hartnell and worn by Queen Elizabeth during the State Visit to France in 1938.’

Images: taken from the website, both courtesy of Michael Pick.

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des voeux, tom hartnell (tartnell), hickey, and blanky

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The first British ‘Fashion Knight’, Sir Norman Hartnell, was responsible for creating an innovative London fashion scene during the 1920s and 1930s. His career is celebrated in the exhibition, Hartnell – A Tribute.
https://t.co/dqXCulRNtZ

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Today's retrospective on the Pertwee era (https://t.co/bF79NVCtdW) joins earlier episodes of a similar nature on Davison and Hartnell in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

See: https://t.co/yvL4El0Sr9 & https://t.co/hYdCNGN8aQ

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It’s been a while, so here’s a new photo restoration/colourisation by me: William Hartnell on the set of the Spar in BBC TV Centre Studio 3 during an afternoon photo session for ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’ episode 3, ‘Devil’s Planet’, on Friday 5th November 1965 👍

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New piece, for my favourite story from the first season! It may be short, but The Edge of Destruction has a lovely atmosphere of strange, impending doom - and Hartnell's speech when he finally figures it all out is just *magnificent.* Enjoy!

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is 55 years old this weekend and I've been there since Hartnell first scowled at Chesterton.

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'I never forget a face'

'In years to come, you may find yourself revisiting a few…..but just, the old favorites eh?' 📺

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Back focused on secret project but aware I'm not posting much just now so here are a couple of 1st Doctors paints...

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Hartnell would like to grow a garden some day but today he grew this flower just for you ❤️

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Hartnell goes to art school and loves drawing ❤️

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My recap of the Hartnell story enemy cartoons is done, onto Troughton in the next few days...

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Hartnell Console Redo

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An Unearthly Child is the first serial in the British science fiction series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on the BBC from 23 November to 14 December 1963 and introduces William Hartnell as the First Doctor along with Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill and William Russell.

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Hartnell Interior Chair (the smaller one!)

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