How many times has the Doctor worn this orange spacesuit?

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In the TV series Doctor Who, there's a particular orange spacesuit that the Doctor pops up wearing time and time again, often in 'base under siege' episodes. This isn't restricted to one regeneration of the Doctor or one showrunner; see the following pictures from The Satan Pit (Series 2), The Waters of Mars (2008-10 specials), and Kill the Moon (Series 8) respectively:

In how many episodes has he used this same spacesuit?

Could they be the same one in-universe (perhaps the spacesuit he keeps somewhere in the TARDIS for whenever he has to go out onto a planet with no atmosphere), or must they be different items (but perhaps produced in the same factory)?

Jason Baker · Answer

Five (possible six)
Or four/five, if you want to count two-parters as one episode.

"The Impossible Planet"

"The Satan Pit"

"The Waters of Mars"

"Hide"

The suit does appear slightly different here; the black harness and the Starbase 6 insignia are both gone. However, just from comparing images we can see that they're too similar for coincidence; the center strap and the helmet bracket in particular. He also wears the helmet in this episode, and it's the same one Tennant wore:

Whether the two suits are, in fact, the same, or whether the Doctor replaced it with a different one of the same model, is impossible to determine.

"Kill the Moon"

Here we can see that the Doctor has two more identical suits.

"42"
The Tenth Doctor wears a bright orange spacesuit on one other occasion: the episode "42"; it's hard to tell if the suits are the same:

They do appear substantially similar, but the helmet is different and we can't see the Starbase 6 insignia. YMMV.
Honourable mention
Orson Pink, from "Listen":

How many times has the Doctor worn this orange spacesuit?

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Five (possible six)

"42"

Honourable mention

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