Agreatcoat (alsowatchcoat) is a large, woollenovercoat designed for warmth and protection against wind and weather, and features a collar that can be turned up and cuffs that can be turned down to protect the face and the hands, while theshort rain-cape at the shoulders protects from the wind and repels rain. In the 19th century, such a coat was part of a soldier'smilitary uniform, to be worn while on watch (guard duty), hence the termwatchcoat.^[1]

The drape of the greatcoat reached to below the knee of the wearer, the short cape drapes to the elbow, and the capacious external pockets allow the wearer to carry dry food and other items; an example is thePetersham coat, named afterViscount Petersham.^[2] In the fashion of theRegency era (1795–1837) a greatcoat might feature several short capes, usually designed, cut, andtailored to the specifications of fit andaesthetic taste of adandy.^[3]

• Doctor Who featured many greatcoats.Patrick Troughton wore one when playing theSecond Doctor in the episodeThe War Games.Matt Smith wore an army green greatcoat when playing theEleventh Doctor in the episodesLet's Kill Hitler,The Girl Who Waited,Closing Time, andThe Wedding of River Song.Jack Harkness wore a navy blue greatcoat in the series andTorchwood.

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  The greatcoat for a French dragoon soldier. (1812)
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  Models ofBundeswehr greatcoats from the 1960s.
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  TheBorder Guard Service of Russia in greatcoat uniform.
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  Royal Air Force officers in uniform greatcoat, inspecting a French aeroplane.
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  Winston Churchill in aBritish Warm coat; Stalin in a greatcoat, Yalta, 1945.
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  A sentry of theColdstream Guards dressed in hiswatchcoat. (2011)
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  A British soldier in his Army-issue greatcoat; First World War (1914–1918).

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