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Wig

A wig was a form of imitation hair worn on the head.

Abigail Woburn wore a "theatrical" wig since she suffered from alopecia areata. (AUDIO: Jago in Love)

The Happiness Patrol wore short trench coats and had white face paint with pink and purple wigs. (TV: The Happiness Patrol)

In order to investigate Baron Maupertuis, Professor Moriarty used the alias O'Connor and donned a ginger wig as part of his disguise. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)

The Eleventh Doctor once got bored and shaved his head. This allowed him to wear a wig and hide a TARDIS key in it that Tasha Lem could not discover when he set foot on Trenzalore, which had a technology ban. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)

As the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday prepared to alter their appearances to fit in with the fashion of 1963, the Doctor commented that he had wigs galore. He gave himself an afro while Ruby opted for a beehive hairdo. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Doctor Who (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)

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When the wigs constructed for the guest characters in The Two Doctors were lost in transit, the actors had to be fitted for new wigs in Seville. These Spanish wigs were subsequently used for the studio shoot in England in order to keep continuity.

Sylvester McCoy has the distinction of having played two incarnations of the Doctor; when Colin Baker declined an invitation to record the regeneration scene in Time and the Rani, McCoy put on a wig and Baker's costume and, with his face obscured by special effects, filled in for the role.

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