The Continuity GuideUniforms
by Martin Willey
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The Year 2 uniform has a revised tunic (adapted from the Year 1 tunics). All uniforms, not just the Commander's, include a turtle-neck collar in the section colour. Male tunics have a single thickness collar, while female tunics have a folded over collar. The collars are fastened by Velcro or sometimes stud fasteners. Stitching in the section colour is added in three lines, across the chest and vertically on the left hand side. This stitching is only on the fronts of most people, although Koenig, Helena and Maya have stitching across the back (it is also heavier on secondary characters to show up more). The vertical stitching ends on a triangular insert cut in the hem (not present in Koenig's tunic), and continues around the hem line. On the top left of the chest (inside the area delimited by stitching) an ID badge is worn, possibly above a circular insignia badge (see here). The belt now has a tan cartridge-like buckle on the front instead of just a flap (actually just padded vinyl with silver cord). Often Koenig does not have a visible belt buckle in the Year 1 style. The uniforms of Koenig, Helena and Maya were created for Year 2; other costumes were revamped from Year 1. Female uniforms may now include a skirt, either above or below the knee, with the same vertical stitching and insert as the tunic. Skirts are worn with high boots. The command uniform does not have the hem insert, while the horizontal stitching continues across the back. The stripe on the right arm only continues to the shoulder seam, not to the collar. Koenig's trousers also include pockets and flies (but no zip on the left leg). Helena's uniform does not have a zip fastener on the tunic (Barbara Bain found the zip on her Year 1 tunic cold, and used to heat it on the radiator, which then used to burn her arm). The right arm is of paler beige (all other tunics do not have a seam between the torso and the right arm). |
 Unused shot from A B Chrysalis (Koenig wears a jacket throughout in the screened episode). |
 Koenig wears a jacket in every scene except in Journey To Where. And in this episode, we can see that the stripe on his right sleeve does not extend to the neck, as it did in year one. There are three stripes of thread across his chest, but the middle one is in a lighter thread. |
 Apart from the stars, the Year Two uniforms were modified from the Year One versions, as can be clearly seen on the turtlenecks. Women's tunics had a longer folded-over neck that covered the stitching. |
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 Helena's uniform is unusual. The material is different. She has two stripes of thread across her chest, not three. The left white sleeve has no zipper (the zip is in the back of the uniform; there is also no zip on the trousers). The turtle neck is not white, but is a slightly lighter beige. The right sleeve is the same beige, and is stitched on (normally the right sleeve and torso were cut from a single piece). Helena's sleeves were actually silk, rather than the wool of the normal uniforms. Apart from a few short scenes like this, she always wore a jacket. |
 In the final two episodes, Helena wears a new uniform, with a white turtleneck. |
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 In most episodes, everyone has three lines of colour-coded thread across their chest, apart from Koenig and Helena who have two (the middle line is neutral colour and less visible). During the later episodes such as Dorzak, Maya, Tony and Alan have the two-line style. Tony wears the three-line tunic again in Immunity Syndrome, but in The Dorcons is back in the new style. |
 Security uniforms now have a black "Security" badge on the right shoulder. |
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