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Disguise Coat

A tailored replica of human clothing initially used in the Zygon disguise, this wool waistcoat and jacket transforms from the ragged attire of Caber’s form. Its polished styling mimics the exact cut and styling of Harry’s ally, complete with matching buttons and subtle stitching details. The Doctor later discards this garment in the woodland outside SDC, where it becomes a deliberate decoy—dragged along the ground with Sarah’s scarf to create false trails for tracker dogs and Kraal forces. The bloodstains and wear of its prior use remain visible, but this decoy jacket serves a critical moment of deception in their escape strategy.
3 appearances

Purpose

To serve as a sacrificial distraction, using its likeness to the Doctor’s human disguise to mislead pursuers and buy time during the woodland escape.

Significance

Represents the Doctor’s willingness to sacrifice his own identity and disguise to protect Sarah. Its deliberate destruction in the decoy ruse underscores the desperation of their situation under Kraal occupation, where even the pretense of their human forms must be surrendered to survive. The garment’s dual role—as both disguise and decoy—highlights the fluidity of appearances and the cost of resistance.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S13E14 · The Android Invasion Part 2
Sarah twists ankle during woodland pursuit

The Doctor's disguise waistcoat and jacket, initially repurposed from Caber's Zygon disguise, becomes the primary decoy object. After hoisting Sarah to safety, the Doctor removes the jacket, combines it with her scarf, and drags both across the forest floor to create a compelling false trail leading toward the river where pursuers are lured.

Before: Worn by the Doctor as part of his human disguise ensemble
After: Abandoned and discarded along the decoy path, later washed downstream by the river current
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S13E14 · The Android Invasion Part 2
Sarah is captured after hiding in a tree

The disguise waistcoat and jacket, shed from the Doctor’s earlier Zygon guise, become a secondary decoy ensemble. Dragged across ground behind the scarf, the baffled dogs switch trailing priority while the Doctor escapes unseen toward the river’s rapids.

Before: Worn by the Doctor as part of a fake human exterior, bloodstained from prior encounter
After: Abandoned next to the decoy scarf beside the river, mud-smeared and damp; its former disguise purpose fulfilled
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S13E14 · The Android Invasion Part 2
Doctor takes desperate river escape

The Doctor discards his disguise waistcoat and jacket beside the river, knotting them to Sarah’s scarf to create a combined fabric trail leading toward the water. The garments’ wool weave and human scent misdirect hounds’ attention, luring them downstream as the Doctor plunges into rapids, stripping himself of every human guise.

Before: Part of the Doctor’s Zygon-derived human disguise, tailored to match Caber’s styling with visible wear and bloodstains.
After: Draped across riverbank roots, soaked and snagged by current, serving purely as a decoy until swept downstream.
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