10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For Doctor Who Characters' Quirks

10. Fez's Are Cool

Almost as iconic as "Would you care for a Jelly Baby," the Eleventh Doctor's own catchphrase quickly caught on and became a staple for his incarnation's characterisation. He became fascinated with tasteless pieces of additional clothing, such as the fez, and insisted that they were cool, and that it in some way justified himself as being down and hip with the kids.

Matt Smith himself became inthralled by the prop and the look. Upon initially hearing that Steven Moffat had written in the fez his fellow executive producers, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis, instantly became worried, knowing full well this would lead to Smith wanting to incorporate the fez into his costume on a full time basis. They were quickly reassured when Moffat revealed he had always planned on destroying the hat. Enter River Song with a gun. Bye bye fez. You will be missed.

At least Moffat compromised by letting Smith wear a Stetson in the coming season. Until River blasted it off his head. A pattern seems to be developing here. At the very least Wenger admitted that Smith was one of the few people who could pull off a fez. But he still wasn't allowed to keep it.