Hide Your Arms has gained something of a reputation for creating epic t-shirt lists and obsessing over films and TV shows to find t-shirts. When it was first suggested to me that I write a list of Doctor Who t-shirts (if you have an idea for a list send it in) I thought that it might be a tough ask since I don’t watch the show. I don’t have anything against it, I just already spend too much time watching TV shows, though since practically everyone says it’s good I probable should give it a go. Still, since the fans, or at least one fan, wanted a list of Doctor Who t-shirts, I made it my mission to hunt them down.
As you’ll find in the list there are quite a lot of good Dr. Who t-shirt designs out there, but nowhere near as many as with Star Wars, which is hardly surprising considering the popularity gap between the two, so I haven’t been able to create a list on the epic scale of the 200 shirts in the Star Wars list, but I think the current 119 designs is still fairly sizable. It’s also quite telling that many of the designs riff on the same themes, which suggests to me that Doctor Who designs haven’t been explored too deeply by the more creative t-shirt designers out there. You’ll also notice that a lot of shirts come from a few different retailers, which is frustrating for me since it looks like I’ve only looked in a handful of places, but the truth is that I’ve searched long & wide and not come back with many stores that sell Dr. Who t-shirts. Whether this means we will see more in the future (or that I have simply not discovered a treasure trove of excellent designs), who knows.
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1. Time Travel Convention Tee – $19.95 – Glennz Tees
2. Buy “Job Center Fail!” T-Shirt by Designer Tom Clancy – $15.75 – RedBubble
3. “It also travels in time.” by D4N13L – $21.60 – MySoti (also available at RedBubble)
4. Earth Shock Cyberman T-Shirt – £14.99 – Forbidden Planet
5. “Lordy Lordy!” T-Shirt Design by Cathie Tranent – £16.38 – RedBubble
6. Doctor Who TARDIS Black shirt – $24 – Raygun Robyn
7. The exicitingly named ‘Doctor Who Tshirt’ $20 by 80sTees
8. ‘It’s what’s inside that counts’ by Dancingheron – $26.10 – MySoti
9. “My other time machine is a DeLorean” by Iain Maynard – £15.12 – RedBubble
10. “Cyberman Delete” £15.99 at Forbidden Planet
11. Retro Doctor Who Logo T-shirt – £19.99 – Mr. Cloud
12. “That Watch…” by Jarrod Kamelski – £17.01 – RedBubble
13. “Wibbly Wobbly Timey-Wimey” by Sachiano – $20.70 at MySoti (I’m sure I’d prefer this without the text, but then it would just be straight up IP theft)
14. “4th Doctor Costume” – £15.99 – Forbidden Planet
15. “5th Doctor Costume” – £15.99 – Forbidden Planet
16. “6th Doctor Costume” – £16.99 (why the extra pound?) – Forbidden Planet
17. “7th Doctor Costume” – £16.99 (again, why the extra pound?) – Forbidden Planet
I thought I’d put this next series of 8-bit t-shirt designs by TheRandomFactor together since they’d look silly split up all over the list. I like the 8-bit style, but I do think that the text underneath the designs for each single Doctor is a bit unnecessary and doesn’t really fit with the style of the rest of the designs. EXCITING UPDATE! The Random Factor has now made the designs available without the text.
18. “Doctors vs. Baddies” by The RandomFactor – £15.31 – RedBubble
19. “Circle of Life (Gallifrey Edition)” by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – RedBubble
20. “I ? Doctor #1″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
21. I ? Doctor #2″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
22. I ? Doctor #3″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
23. I ? Doctor #4″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
24. I ? Doctor #5″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
25. I ? Doctor #6″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
26. I ? Doctor #7″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
27. I ? Doctor #8″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
28. I ? Doctor #9″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
29. I ? Doctor #10″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
30. I ? Doctor #11″ by TheRandomFactor – £15.31 – Redbubble
31. Retro Doctor Who logo t-shirt – £11.99 – Forbidden Planet (cheaper than the similar one above!)
32. “Rainbow Daleks” by Sparky – $22.16 – MySoti
33. “The Doctor has been here” (Stargate mashup?) TeeFury used to sell this, I don’t know if it’s been sold anywhere else now.
34. “Who’s Who” by t-shirt design superstar Ian Leino – $19 (previously available at TeeFury, and available on RedBubble too)
35. “Matt Smith Doctor Who Shirt” stunning naming work from 80sTees once again – $20
36. “Dr. Who Cyberman T-shirt” by J. William Grantham – £15.79 – RedBubble
37. “Resurrection Daleks” – £13.49 – Forbidden Planet
38. “Wheelchair Access” by The Onion Bag – £14.95 – Spreadshirt
39. “Two Hearts” by Okse – £17.64 – Redbubble
40. Space Invaders x Daleks T-shirt by MeganLara – £14.49 – RedBubble
41. “Proscrastinate” (blue) This design was previously sold at the design contest Qwertee, now at RedBubble for £15.12, and in orange, and a full colour print.
42. “Coexist” If you look carefully you can see that the ‘I’ is the tardis. This design was previously seen on TeeFury, now available at RedBubble for £15.75.
43. “The Angels have the Phone Box” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
44. “Gallifrey Road” t-shirt by Monstar – £13.86 – RedBubble (previously available at TeeFury without the text)
45. “Daleks” t-shirt – £14.99 – Forbidden Planet
46. “Fuk you Who” Cyberman Graffiti t-shirt – £12.50 – Filistine
47. “Bow Ties Are Cool” t-shirt – £12.50 – Balcony T-shirts
48. “Amy Pond T-shirt” by ameba2k – £15.12 – RedBubble
49. “A doodled Dalek?” by Sparky – $22.16 – MySoti
50. “Prydon Academy” t-shirt by moreguiness – £15.12 – RedBubble
52. “Horton Hears A Doctor” t-shirt by rtofirefly – £15.12 – RedBubble
53. “The Angels have the phone box” from $17.99 at ThinkGeek
54. “The Angels have the phone box” by glyphobet – £16.38 – RedBubble (in case you’d prefer a simpler ‘angels & phone box’ shirt)
55. “Robots in Disguise” by TeeBanter founder Simeon Well – £15.75 – RedBubble
56. Vintage Looking Tardis + Vortex/Wormhole type shirt – $20 – 80sTees
57. Tardis Costume t-shirt by J. William Grantham – £15.79 – RedBubble
58. “Keep Calm and Don’t Blink” by mechantefille – £15.79 – RedBubble
59. “Eternal Dalek” t-shirt – £14.99 – RedBubble
60. “Procrastinate!” by hewtab – $23 – MySoti
61. “Tom Baker Scarf t-shirt” Was there ever an explanation as to why he had such an unnecessarily long scarf? Surely it got in the way most of the time? £14.99 – Forbidden Planet
62. “Exterminate” by Jimiyo, formerly available at TeeFury
63. “The Boos Have the Question Box” fun little parody by Nana Leonti – £15.12 – RedBubble
64. “You never forget your first Doctor” t-shirt – $16.99 – ThinkGeek
65. “Cyber3PO and R2Dalek T-Shirt” by Kari Fry – £15.12 – RedBubble
66. “Vortex TARDIS” t-shirt by zerobriant – £15.12 – RedBubble
67. “5th Doctor Montage” t-shirt – £14.99 – Forbidden Planet
68. “Exterminate! Disintegrate!” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
69. “Upgrade!” Cybermen t-shirt by Stephen Sanderson – £16.38 – RedBubble
70. “Dr. Lost” Doctor Who x LOST mashup t-shirt, formerly available at TeeFury
71. “A Most Excellent Adventure” by Shirtoid – £13.23 – RedBubble
72. “That’s mine, Dalek, let go!” Mario mashup t-shirt – $14.99 – Tshirtbordello
73. “The 11th Doctor with Sonic Screwdriver” OMG he has a Sonic Screwdriver! – Sold Out currently – Forbidden Planet (on pre-order at the BBC shop)
74. “Day of the Daleks” by Stephen Sanderson – £16.38 – RedBubble
75. “The Eleventh Doctor” by ameba2k – £15.12 – RedBubble
76. “Scooby Who” by AnimatedPhil – £15.12 – RedBubble (was this available at TeeFury?)
77. “Trust Me, I’m the Doctor” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
78. “Dalek Invaders” t-shirt by Iain Maynard – £14.99 – RedBubble
79. “Doctor Pooh” t-shirt – £15.12 – RedBubble
80. “Dr. The Who?” t-shirt – $20 – BustedTees
81. “Is that a Sonic Screwdriver in Your Pocket?” by Lordy99 – £15.12 – RedBubble
82. “The WHOs” t-shirt by rtofirefly – £15.75 – RedBubble
83. “Yellow Dalek Doctor Who” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
84. “Supreme Dalek” t-shirt – Sold Out Currently – Forbidden Planet
85. “The Weeping Angel” by The-Other-Mike – £15.75 – RedBubble
86. “All hail the new Daleks!” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
87. “Experimental Jetset Doctors” t-shirt – £15.12 – RedBubble
88. “Welcome to my new empire” t-shirt – Currently Sold Out – Forbidden Planet
89. “Exterminate!” t-shirt – $20 – 80sTees
90. “Superman TARDIS” t-shirt by bamboota – £15.12 – RedBubble
91. “The Dr. and Amy investigate the crack” by Bleee – £15.75 – RedBubble
92. “Linear Dalek” t-shirt – $20 – RedBubble
93. “Doctor Who Linear TARDIS” t-shirt – $17.99 – ThinkGeek
94. “Doctor Who Linear Tardis” (little bit different from the one above) – £24.99 – Truffle Shuffle
95. “Exterminate!” (same as the 80sTees one we saw earlier?) – £24.99 – Truffle Shuffle
96. “Dalek Haynes Manual” t-shirt (could have been so much better than it is) – £12.99 – Play.com
97. “Invasion” t-shirt – £13.99 – Bathroom Wall
98. “Eleventh Doctor Collage” t-shirt – £16.99 – 8Ball
99. Something a little bit different, here’s David Tennant wearing a t-shirt under his jacket on the show (I don’t know the episode). You can buy the same retro spacehopper t-shirt from Force18 for £12.99.
100. “Upgrade or be deleted” t-shirt – $21.99 – Starbase Atlanta (links through to size large, other sizes available)
101. “Keep calm and then delete” t-shirt -$24 – vortextradingcompany (I don’t think they needed the ‘then’)
102. “Keep Calm and have a Jelly Baby” t-shirt – $24 – vortextradingcompany
103. “Keep Calm and then exterminate” t-shirt $24 – vortextradingcompany
104. “Keep Calm and reverse the polarity” t-shirt $24 – vortextradingcompany
105. Burned out Dalek t-shirt – $16 – sadjacktshirts
106. “Never Forget Your First Doctor” t-shirt – $20 – orenjinotaiyou
107. “Go Go Daleks” t-shirt – $17 – sadjacktshirts
108. “Cyberman delete delete delete” t-shirt – $18 – sadjacktshirts
109. “Davros and the Gang” t-shirt – $17 – sadjacktshirts
110. “Do you obey” t-shirt – $20 – orenjinotaiyou
111. “TARDIS broken” t-shirt – $20 – Starbase Atlanta (I knew I’d find a K-9 t-shirt!)
112. “David Tennant Doctor Who collage” t-shirt – $21.99 – Starbase Atlanta
113. “Doctor Who Classic Logo” t-shirt – $25 – Starbase Atlanta
114. “What Would Who Do?” t-shirt – $19.99 – Starbase Atlanta
115. “This Old TARDIS” t-shirt – $20 – Starbase Atlanta
116. “The Tenth Doctor & Martha” t-shirt – $25 – Starbase Atlanta
117. “David Tennant in a Vortex” t-shirt – $21.99 – Starbase Atlanta
118. I though we’d finish with something a little bit different, a $300 replica of the sweater vest worn by the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy.
That’s your lot for now, if I find any more Doctor Who t-shirts or you guys suggest any in the comments I will try and add them to the list. Thank you very much for reading,I hope you enjoyed the article, and if you’re new here be sure to check out some of my other posts, perhaps subscribe to the RSS feed, follow me on Twitter, or like Hide Your Arms on Facebook.
And now the additions!
119. “The Angels Have the Phone Box” t-shirt by stuartwitts – $22.14 – Mysoti
120. “Cybermen want you” t-shirt by Cuppa-T – NZD$50
121. ‘Dalek Pest Extermination’ t-shirt by Tom Trager at RedBubble – £15.99
122. “Don’t Blink” angel t-shirt at snorgtees – Buy it for $14.95 this week.
123. This Mario themed shirt was on sale at Teefury on November 25th.
124. This The Who x Doctor Who t-shirt is currently on sale at OtherTees, but only for a few days.
125. Doctor Who Police Box Storage t-shirt and hoodie available at TeeRaiders for the next few days.
126. “Doctor Hu’s Chinese Takeaway” by Chuffy at RedBubble – From £16.54
127. “The Doctor vs. The Universe” in Scott Pilgrim style at TeeRaiders for a few days (so by the time you see this it will likely no longer be there).
128. Fans of Community will enjoy this Doctor Who mashup that was on sale at GraphicLab for the week beginning December 19th 2011.
129. Shirt Punch sold this wonderful Mister Men styled t-shirt on December 20th, 2011, hopefully it will appear elsewhere too.
130. Tardis Service Repair Manual at Redbubble.
131. Shirt Punch are selling this Guns N’ Roses inspired shirt today (January 12th).
132. Shirt Punch have another Doctor Who t-shirt, this one was available on January 24th 2012.
133. “Wibbly Wobbly TIMEY Wimey” by Simon Mason at RedBubble
134. “Darth Odd” by Simon Mason at Redbubble – £19.46
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