From Doctor Who to Star Wars

From Doctor Who to Star Wars June 22, 2014

“Today I Learned” is one of the fascinating elements on Reddit. And today I learned that the costume worn by the bounty hunter Bossk in The Empire Strikes Back was the same sort that appeared in the Doctor Who episode The Tenth Planet:

Apparently Doctor Who was using a real-life High-Altitude Windak Pressure Suit made for the British Royal Air Force. It probably wasn’t the exact same outfit in both cases. But clearly out of the two (and the costume made other appearances in both franchises), one of them wore it…”like a Bossk”!  🙂

Of related interest, here are some actors who appeared in both franchises:


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