Sonic screwdriver - 必应 Sign in Sonic screwdriver The sonic screwdriver is a multifunctional fictional tool in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its spinoffs, used by the Doctor. Like the TARDIS , it has become one of the icons of the programme, and spin-off media such as The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood have replicated its functions in devices such as the sonic lipstick, sonic blaster, sonic pen, sonic probe and sonic modulator, and the most recent, sonic sunglasses, featured by the 12th Doctor. It seems to use sound waves, radiation, wavelengths, frequencies, signals, and electro-magnetism to function. The sonic screwdriver was first introduced in 1968 in the story Fury from the Deep ... (展开) , and used twice more (The Dominators and The War Games) during the Second Doctor's tenure. It became a popular tool for the Third Doctor and Fourth Doctor. It was finally written out of the series in 1982 due to the limitations it caused when writing for the show. It then featured briefly in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, before making a full return in the 2005 continuation of the series.

Throughout the programme, there have been many different versions of the sonic screwdriver, as with subsequent Doctors the design of it was changed. It has also been destroyed on a number of occasions, thus leading to the introduction of the next model. Not all iterations of the Doctor have used the sonic screwdriver on screen; the Fifth Doctor in fact opted not to replace his after it was destroyed. The Twelfth Doctor manages to lose his sonic screwdriver to the creator of the Daleks, Davros, after lending it to him when he was a child. In the last episode of Series 9, the Doctor received a new sonic screwdriver from the TARDIS in place of the temporary sonic glasses. Despite the Doctor's claim not to give his screwdriver to anyone , he gives one to his own doppelgänger in "The Rebel Flesh", and either gives or loans one to Rory Williams for use in "A Good Man Goes to War", having previously loaned one to Rory in "The Big Bang".

10th Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver 本结果选自21项相关网络资源 The Doctor has used other sonic devices similar to the sonic screwdriver, including the "door handle" of Inferno (Liz Shaw having one of her own) and a pen-sized white noise generator in Four to Doomsday. In the 1965 episode "Trap of Steel", the Doctor uses an apparently ordinary screwdriver to exami... 神秘博士Doctor Who 11th 音速起子 Sonic Screwdriver 本结果选自21项相关网络资源 The Doctor has used other sonic devices similar to the sonic screwdriver, including the "door handle" of Inferno (Liz Shaw having one of her own) and a pen-sized white noise generator in Four to Doomsday. In the 1965 episode "Trap of Steel", the Doctor uses an apparently ordinary screwdriver to exami... doctor who sonic screwdriver 本结果选自367项相关网络资源 The Doctor has used other sonic devices similar to the sonic screwdriver, including the "door handle" of Inferno (Liz Shaw having one of her own) and a pen-sized white noise generator in Four to Doomsday.

In the 1965 episode "Trap of Steel", the Doctor uses an apparently ordinary screwdriver to exami... Sonic screwdriver Functions The functions of a sonic screwdriver are based on its power over sound waves, radiation, wavelengths, frequencies, signals, and electro-magnetism. It is shown to hack, disable, activate, and otherwise control technology from almost every era, allowing it to remotely control almost any machinery, mechanisms and computers it is applied to, allowing it to open locks, detonate explosives, remotely activate electronics, override most systems, activate computers, and cause some energy weapons to burst into sparks. There is technology the sonic is unable to interface with, such as the isomorphic controls seen in "A Christmas Carol". It also is capable of causing chemical reactions that allowed the Doctor to turn eye glass lenses black like sunglasses and causing cut barbed wire to regenerate. It is also capable of detecting, amplifying and controlling certain energies, sound, signals, frequencies, and waves, allowing the Doctor to intercept a teleporting individual and send them where he chooses, scan and identify matter, send out communications, enhance sounds, and acting as a catalyst or conduit for energies.

Sonics are also capable of calculations, such as the Day of the Doctor, when the War Doctor used calculations to allow the sonic to work on wood, the calculations of which appeared partly done on the Tenth Doctor's sonic and completed in the Eleventh's.

These are more specific functions of the sonic screwdriver: Lock picking (with the exception of a wooden lock; most used function of the series, and with the 11th doctor, the sonic screwdriver gaining the ability to open deadlocks.) Burn and cut all kinds of substances Remotely detonate explosives Amplify sound-waves and the power of an X-ray machine beyond its normal capacity Disarm weapons (in later models) and electronics Flashlight Dye eyeglass lenses to transform them into sunglasses Microphone (provided it is connected to an audio amplifier) Detect and review signals Remotely controlling the TARDIS and other devices Tracking alien life Using red setting or dampers Control the properties of atoms and molecules on a small scale Operate computers, whether their origin is alien or human Provide Geo-location Get cash from an Automated teller machine Light candles Physically repel a Dalek when in sinc with two other sonics Modification of a mobile phone Disclosure and deactivating camouflage 1968–1982, 1996 The sonic screwdriver made its first appearance in the serial Fury from the Deep, written by Victor Pemberton.

It was used thereafter by the Second Doctor as a multi-purpose tool, with occasional variations in appearance over the course of the series. Its abilities and overall appearance varied greatly during the classic series. The name implies that it operates through the use of sound waves to exert physical forces on objects remotely. During the Second Doctor's tenure, it functioned much as its name implied—using sonic waves to dismantle equipment or to bypass locks. In addition, it was used as a welding torch in Episode Five of The Dominators. In the audio commentary for The Sea Devils, Michael Briant claims to have suggested it as a one-off gadget in 1968. During the Third Doctor's tenure, producer Barry Letts was adamant that the device not become a cure-all for the series, and limited its use to avoid writers becoming over-reliant on it. During this time, the device underwent significant design changes. In The Sea Devils, the Doctor used it to detonate landmines; Michael E. Briant explains that this was feasible, stating that the sonic waves shook the mines. In The Three Doctors the sonic screwdriver is almost unrecognisable as a black grip and plastic spherical head have been applied to the device.

In the DVD commentary, Letts himself cannot recognise the prop but remarks that this serial was produced out of transmission order; this explains why the sonic screwdriver reverts to its previous appearance for one story before receiving a more permanent refit thereafter. During the first three years of the Fourth Doctor's tenure, producer Philip Hinchcliffe further reduced the use of the sonic screwdriver. Exceptions include Robot (which was the last story to be produced by Barry Letts), where it was again used to detonate mines, and as a "miniature sonic lance"[note 1] to cut out a lock. Aside from unlocking doors, the device was greatly downplayed during the Fourth Doctor's second and third seasons. It saw a resurgence once Graham Williams took over as producer in 1977. In the final story of season 15, The Invasion of Time, the Fourth Doctor conceded, "Not even the sonic screwdriver can get me out of this one.\ It featured regularly in season 16 during the Key to Time saga. The Doctor's Time Lady companion Romana constructed a sonic screwdriver of her own similar to the Doctor's.

It is depicted as being smaller and sleeker than the Doctor's, and he was sufficiently impressed with her design that he attempted to swap screwdrivers with her in Horns of Nimon. By season 18, both script editor Christopher H Bidmead and producer John Nathan-Turner were eager to downplay the device as much as possible. The sonic screwdriver was written out of the series late in season 19, in the Fifth Doctor serial The Visitation. It is destroyed by a Terileptil to prevent the Doctor from escaping a holding cell; in response, the Doctor sorrowfully remarked, "I feel as if you've just killed an old friend." Eric Saward later explained in a 2005 DVD interview that this was done on the instructions of producer John Nathan-Turner. Saward had written out the sonic screwdriver, believing that the Doctor had "a cupboard full of them" in the TARDIS. On the basis that a device that could help in any situation was very limiting for the script, Nathan-Turner decided that it would not return.

The Tenth Doctor joked about the Fifth Doctor's lack of sonic screwdriver in the mini-episode Time Crash, commenting that he "went hands-free" and could "save the universe using a kettle and some string." The device did not appear again for the remainder of the original series. In the Doctor Who TV Movie (1996) and The Night of the Doctor (2013), the Eighth Doctor was seen to have a new sonic screwdriver with a telescopic mechanism: similar to its predecessors but with subtle differences such as a gold/brass band on the handle, a flat base and a red emitter tip. 2005–2010 A redesigned sonic screwdriver appears in the new series, with a blue light in addition to the sound effect. In its first incarnation, the prop used in the new series was fragile and prone to breakage. Over the course of the next two years, the props were continually repaired and modified, with some additions being a new thumb slider design and different colours of wires used in the clear channel when extended. For Series 4 (2008), a new design of Screwdriver was commissioned by the BBC. Nick Robatto was hired to make two new props.

These featured the final slider design, and redesigned body ridges, among other smaller changes. This design debuted in 2008's "Partners in Crime" and continued to be used until the Screwdriver's ultimate destruction in 2010's "The Eleventh Hour". This later design has gained the nickname "Series 3-4 Sonic" (relating to the fact that at the start of Series 3, in "Smith and Jones", the first Sonic Screwdriver was supposedly destroyed), even though strictly speaking it first appeared in Series 4. In contrast with Nathan-Turner's attitude that the sonic screwdriver should not be used as a cure-all, the new production team gave it even more functionality than previous versions which has given the series some criticism as it seems to be a deus ex machina, a literary device that is generally avoided.

Some of the uses in the new series include: repairing electronic equipment; re-attaching materials such as barbed wire; detecting, intercepting and sending signals; remotely operating the TARDIS; burning, cutting, or igniting substances; fusing metal; scanning and identifying substances; amplifying or augmenting sound; modifying mobile phones to enable "universal roaming”; disabling alien disguises; resonating concrete; reversing teleportation of another entity. It is sometimes used to disassemble robotic enemies or turn other objects into weapons; healing cuts and wounds. In "The Parting of the Ways" and "Utopia" it is used to operate the TARDIS controls remotely; when the Doctor attempts to counteract the Master's theft of the TARDIS, it is used to limit the TARDIS' destination. In "Doomsday", the Doctor states that the sonic screwdriver does not kill, wound or maim; however, it is sometimes brandished in a threatening manner, such as in "The Christmas Invasion", "The Impossible Planet", "The Runaway Bride", "The Lazarus Experiment", "The Day of the Doctor" and "The Infinite Quest".

In "World War Three", when confronted by a group of Slitheen, the Doctor threatens to "triplicate the flammability" of a bottle of port wine with the sonic screwdriver, though one of the Slitheen realises he is bluffing. In "Closing Time", ringed energy beams are seen emitted from the device, giving it a more weapon-like appearance, particularly when used to disable a weakened Cyberman at a distance. At one point in "Doomsday", a Dalek calls the screwdriver "a sonic probe" when the Doctor reveals it. This may suggest that "probe" is the device's original name, while "screwdriver" is merely the Doctor's preferred name.

The sonic screwdriver has been the subject of jokes: in "The Doctor Dances", Jack Harkness mocked the concept by asking, "Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, 'Ooh, this could be a little more sonic'?", and later exclaims to the Doctor that "in a pinch, you could put up some shelves!" In "Smith and Jones", Martha Jones asked if the Doctor also had a "Laser Spanner", to which he replied that he had, until it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst. In "Day of the Moon", during the fight with the Silence, the Doctor tries to help with the Sonic Screwdriver, to which River Song says 'You have a SCREWDRIVER! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?' In "The Day of the Doctor", the War Doctor chides the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors for brandishing their screwdrivers like weapons: "They're scientific instruments, not water pistols.\ In "Smith and Jones", the sonic screwdriver burns out after the Doctor uses it to amplify the radiation output of a hospital X-ray machine.

In the "Series Three concept Artwork Gallery", when referring to the burnt out sonic screwdriver, Peter McKinstry says "the green crystal structure visible under the shattered dome refers back to the TARDIS console crystal. It's the same technology – the TARDIS's little brother." Though initially saddened at the loss of the screwdriver, the Doctor obtains a new one at the conclusion of the episode. In "Partners in Crime", the alien nursemaid possesses a "sonic pen". It is shown in this episode that when two sonic items are held together, it creates harmful sound waves, an attribute which the Doctor uses to stun his foes. The sonic screwdriver is unable to open a "deadlock seal", used as a plot device to prevent an easy solution. Russell T Davies once mentioned that he would never make the sonic screwdriver the solution to an episode.

In "Silence in the Library", while trying to open a wooden door, the Doctor tells Donna that the sonic screwdriver won't work because the door is made of wood, a fact later restated in "The Hungry Earth"; when Rory complains about this, the Doctor counters to not "diss the sonic." The sonic screwdriver's inability to work on wood is clarified in "In the Forest of the Night", when the Doctor states that the sonic screwdriver works by manipulating the moving parts in various machinery: since plant tissue lacks said moving parts, it is unaffected by the sonic screwdriver (though this claim is slightly inconsistent with its visible ability to repair human tissue). In "The Parting of the Ways", the Doctor mentions that when Emergency Program One was activated, the sonic screwdriver would receive a signal from the TARDIS. In "Forest of the Dead", he claims that a few hair-dryers can interfere with the device, though he states that he is "working on that". We learn in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, that in the Doctor's future he will upgrade the sonic screwdriver, in addition to Mark VI settings, "red settings" and "damper settings".

River has the Doctor's future screwdriver in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead". 2010–2015 In "The Eleventh Hour", the malfunctioning sonic screwdriver is destroyed when the Doctor tries to signal the Atraxi ships. The Doctor later receives a new one, which emerges from the newly regenerated TARDIS console. The Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver is larger than its predecessor; it has a green light and metal claws that extend with a flick of the wrist. It is shown to have been created by the TARDIS as part of its automatic regeneration. In "A Christmas Carol", the Doctor advises a young Kazran Sardick to pursue romance while implying that in a similar situation in his own past he had instead gone to his room to "design a new kind of screwdriver." Also in that episode, the sonic screwdriver gets split into two pieces, one of which ends up inside a flying shark. The remaining piece is said to be signalling its other half in an effort to repair itself. The Doctor uses this to send a signal through the half inside the sky shark to open up the clouds.

Afterwards, the half not in the shark is left with Kazran Sardick. The Doctor had duplicates of this screwdriver, which he continued to use throughout his travels. In "Let's Kill Hitler", it is explained that instead of having settings, this version operates through a psychic interface, basically doing whatever the user thinks of while pointing and holding down the button. This version of the screwdriver also appears, although never officially announced, to have a flashlight setting, as the Doctor is seen to have it emitting a continuous glow while not uttering the classic sonic noise. Also in the episode, the Doctor uses another modified version of his sonic, which he calls a "Sonic Cane". It is similar to a Tuxedo cane, except the top replaced with the upper portion of his screwdriver, with a metal ball cut in fourths attached to the claws. Ahead of the 50th anniversary special, a mini-episode entitled "The Night of the Doctor" was produced in which the Eighth Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver twice. The Doctor uses his telescopic screwdriver previously seen in the TV Movie, rather than his updated steampunk version which had been used in numerous Big Finish audio dramas.

For the 50th anniversary special, "Day of the Doctor", another version was seen in the hands of John Hurt's "War Doctor". The design was similar to the one used by Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor. This time the halo and bullet tip had been removed, replaced by a red light as well as a large red dial added to the base. Character-options released a version of this sonic screwdriver on 23 November 2013 at London's ExCel labelling it "The Other Doctor's Sonic". It was established as a plot point in that episode that the sonic screwdrivers employed by various Doctor incarnations all use the same software, something the War Doctor exploited by running a calculation over a course of several centuries with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors seeing the calculation completed through their models. In "Time of the Doctor", when Clara asks the Doctor to use an app to help cook a turkey for Christmas dinner, he explains the sonic screwdriver 'doesn't do turkey', suggesting that it cannot be used to cook food. "The Magician's Apprentice" shows that the sonic screwdriver can create "an acoustic corridor" so that the Twelfth Doctor can communicate with a boy trapped in an extraterrestrial mine field.

However, when the Doctor discovers that the boy is actually a young Davros, he abandons the boy, leaving the screwdriver behind. Davros is shown as having kept the screwdriver in his possession ever since, and the Doctor tells Clara that he no longer has a screwdriver. Sonic sunglasses[edit] In his first appearance at the beginning of series nine, the Doctor is seen wearing black Ray-Ban sunglasses ("The Magician's Apprentice"), and he says that he no longer has his sonic screwdriver. Later, in "The Witch's Familiar", he unveils that the sunglasses are actually a wearable version of the screwdriver, claiming that he is "over" screwdrivers: "They spoil the line of your jacket.". The glasses are used by the Doctor, and Clara on occasion, throughout the season. The sonic sunglasses appears to have the same basic functions as the traditional sonic screwdriver, such as scanning objects, while having features not seen before: Allowing the Doctor to hear people talking, even if they are several yards away and surrounded by loud noises ("The Magician's Apprentice").

Reassembling the TARDIS after it's used its Hostile Action Dispersal System to avoid destruction by the Daleks ("The Witch's Familiar"). Creating and controlling a sophisticated hologram of the Doctor through a WiFi system ("Before the Flood"). Erasing alien encoding inside people's brains by having them don the glasses for a few minutes ("Before the Flood"). Reading Internet pages and e-mail ("The Zygon Inversion"). Communicating with Gallifreyan battle cruisers ("Hell Bent"). The glasses appear to be more susceptible to damage than the screwdriver; in "The Girl Who Died", a Viking warrior takes the glasses off the Doctor's face and easily breaks them in half. Nevertheless, the glasses continue to appear via replacement or repair until the end of the season. Licensed media BBC Books[edit] The Past Doctor Adventures novel The Murder Game, set after The Power of the Daleks, has the Second Doctor escaping from a locked room with a box-shaped sonic device, in which he muses on the advantages of building a smaller model. The novel Dreams of Empire by Justin Richards, set after The Ice Warriors and before Fury from the Deep, features the Second Doctor utilising the device to break through a concrete wall.

Stories with the device used by the Second Doctor before the screwdriver's first on-screen appearance are plausible as the Doctor in that story indicates that the machine "never fails", implying its successful use before that adventure.[citation needed] The More Short Trips short story "Special Weapons", set late in season 24, indicates that the Seventh Doctor has a sonic screwdriver. The Eighth Doctor Adventures novel, Father Time, features an amnesiac Doctor attempting to recreate the sonic screwdriver with 1980s technology, eventually producing a bulky device nicknamed the "sonic suitcase". In the Ninth Doctor Adventures novel The Clockwise Man the sonic screwdriver is used to cauterise wounds, as a soldering iron, and to stop a clockwork mechanism. In The Monsters Inside it is used to provide light, but runs out of power in the process. In Winner Takes All the Doctor fails to open a lock with it and concludes that it "hints at alien involvement". It is used to examine electronic standing stones in The Deviant Strain. In Only Human it is used to restrain someone by welding wires to a chair; in the same novel the Doctor informs Quelly that the device contains 29 computers.

In the Tenth Doctor Adventures novel The Stone Rose, the sonic screwdriver is used to sedate animals. In The Nightmare of Black Island it is used to provide light. In The Last Dodo it is used to distract animals, and to liquefy and re-solidify tarmac. In Peacemaker, it is used to stop bullets and to dismantle guns. Big Finish audio dramas[edit] In the Big Finish audio drama Pier Pressure, Evelyn Smythe mentions that although the Sixth Doctor didn't possess a sonic screwdriver, he fondly remembered it as his "door key". The Sixth Doctor uses his fingernails as a stand-in for the screwdriver as an escape method in The Nowhere Place. The Seventh Doctor uses the device in The Harvest and Dreamtime. His companions Ace and Hex use the device in the Doctorless audio drama, The Veiled Leopard. In Sword of Orion, the Eighth Doctor reveals that his sonic screwdriver has a torch built into the handle. In The Dying Days he uses the device to reflect the sonic cannon of an Ice Warrior back at his attacker. In Blood of the Daleks he uses it to trace a transmission beam.

Doctor Who comics[edit] In an untitled story by Gary Russell featured in the first issue of IDW Publishing's Doctor Who comic book (published February 2008), the Tenth Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to destroy a sword and later sacrifices it in order to defeat a Sycorax hunter. Later, he indicates that he needs time to "grow" a new sonic screwdriver. Virgin Adventures[edit] The Seventh Doctor regained his sonic screwdriver in the Virgin New Adventures novels, with its first reappearance in The Pit. The Virgin Missing Adventures novel Venusian Lullaby established that the First Doctor had a sonic screwdriver. Doctor Who The Doctor has used other sonic devices similar to the sonic screwdriver, including the "door handle" of Inferno (Liz Shaw having one of her own) and a pen-sized white noise generator in Four to Doomsday. In the 1965 episode "Trap of Steel", the Doctor uses an apparently ordinary screwdriver to examine the metal of the Drahvin spaceship and other tasks. In the 1979 serial "City of Death", Count Scarlioni's henchmen use a "sonic knife" to cut the glass in front of the Mona Lisa.

In the 1985 serial "Attack of the Cybermen", the Sixth Doctor uses a "sonic lance". In the 2005 episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances", Jack Harkness uses a "sonic blaster", referred to by Rose Tyler as a "squareness gun", capable of "digitising" structures by disintegrating them and then reversing the process, among other functions. The device resurfaces in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead", now wielded by River Song. Steven Moffat confirmed in an episode of Doctor Who Confidential that the device was the same one. In "Smith and Jones", Martha Jones sarcastically asks if he's got a "laser spanner" as well as a sonic screwdriver, which he apparently did until it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst, described by the Doctor as a "cheeky woman". In "The Sound of Drums", the Master reveals his laser screwdriver. Unlike the sonic screwdriver, it is used as a weapon that can kill as well as artificially age its target, using technology developed by Lazarus Laboratories originally seen in "The Lazarus Experiment".

It includes isomorphic controls, allowing only the Master to use the device. The design of the prop was meant to imply that the Master constructed it on Earth, and it was deliberately made larger than the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. Like the Doctor's screwdriver and Sarah Jane's lipstick, the Master's laser screwdriver was also created as a children's toy with sound effects. In the series 4 episode "Partners in Crime", the antagonist Miss Foster is shown using a sonic device identified as a sonic pen, which the Doctor describes as having identical functionality to his screwdriver. It could, however, open deadlocked windows and compartments in the Adipose building that the sonic screwdriver couldn't. After confiscating and briefly using it, the Doctor throws the sonic pen into a bin. The sonic pen took the form of a sleek, black and silver fountain pen with a blue light at the top and was made into a toy version which was paired with the sonic screwdriver. In "Silence in the Library", Professor River Song possesses a slightly bulkier sonic screwdriver, which she claims the Doctor gave to her in his future. The Doctor mentioned that he does not give his screwdriver to anyone.

In the following episode, Professor Song mentions that her screwdriver is augmented with a "red setting" and "dampers". It also contains a hidden neural relay linked to River Song, saving her at the episode's conclusion—the purpose for which the future Doctor gave Professor Song the device. A toy version is available. It was revealed in "The Husbands of River Song" that it was the Twelfth Doctor who gave it to River. In the Christmas special The Next Doctor, Jackson Lake, who believes himself to be the Doctor, carries a regular screwdriver which he claims to be sonic. When the Doctor asks "How is it sonic?", Lake replies, "It makes a noise," which he demonstrates by tapping it against a door frame. In the series 6 episode "Let's Kill Hitler", the Doctor has a sonic cane which appears to have the same functions as the sonic screwdriver. In the series 6 episode "The Girl Who Waited", future Amy Pond has a "Sonic Probe" that she made herself. She claims she calls it a probe and not a screwdriver because that's what it is, and to signify that she has come to hate the Doctor. Later after she has forgiven him, she calls it a sonic screwdriver.

Blue Peter announced that there will be three Sonic devices that will feature in Series 8 of Doctor Who, designed by Blue Peter watchers. The first device is a Sonic Gauntlet for Jenny Flint that will feature making locks fall apart, radioactivity counter and receiver dish, that will allow you to watch shows. The Second device is a Sonic Lorgnette for Commander Strax that has medical applications, such as X-ray, diagnostic lens (check for illness) and thermal lens. The third device is Sonic Hat Pin for Madame Vastra that can be used as a remote control for her carriage and it can also be turned into a Sonic Sword with the flick of a switch. The Sarah Jane Adventures In the Doctor Who spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Sarah Jane Smith uses a "sonic lipstick", which is a gift the Tenth Doctor gave her alongside a new model of K-9 and her scanner watch. It functions much like the sonic screwdriver, used primarily for opening and closing locked doors, and for disabling and re-enabling machines; like the sonic screwdriver, it remains ineffective against deadlock seals and wooden objects. A toy version is available.

In Enemy of the Bane, Mrs Wormwood (Samantha Bond) possesses a sonic device disguised as a ring called the "Phonic disruptor". Torchwood In the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood episode "Fragments", genius Toshiko Sato's backstory reveals that she stole faulty designs from the Ministry of Defence and UNIT, which she used to construct a sonic device, referred to as a "sonic modulator", to trade to a terrorist organisation in exchange for her mother. The device is confiscated by UNIT, which imprisons Sato until she is pardoned and recruited into Torchwood by Jack Harkness. In the episodes "Day One" and "End of Days", Captain Jack Harkness uses a green device somewhat similar to a sonic screwdriver. Its origins and function are unknown. In "Greeks Bearing Gifts" a replica of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver can be seen on Toshiko Sato's desk. Toshiko also uses a "lockpick" device in a number of episodes which replicates the door-opening function of the screwdriver. In Children of Earth, Gwen Cooper uses a similar device, which she refers to as a Gizmo, to deactivate CCTV cameras.

Sonic screwdriver Commercial Product Ownership of the Sonic Screwdriver concept was retained by the BBC. Victor Pemberton told an interviewer for Doctor Who Magazine, "I'm very cross that the sonic screwdriver—which I invented—has been marketed with no credit to myself. ... It's one thing not to receive any payment, but another not to receive any credit." The toy version for the new series (made by Character Options Ltd.) was slightly larger than the on screen version to accommodate a working sound chip. It also includes an ultraviolet light and changeable invisible ink nib for viewing messages written in the ultraviolet ink. A common misconception is that the Doctor Who production team at BBC Wales were so impressed by how much more resilient the toy sonic screwdriver was than the real prop, that they obtained moulds of the original prototype of the toy to use in the 2006 series, in fact, this was not the case.[citation needed] Prop replica company MFX were given a licence to produce replicas of the 2008 prop, and in 2009 released their replica.

Strictly limited to a run of 500 units, and initially priced at £250, these replicas sold out quickly, and are now unobtainable from the original retailer, however, a surplus of stock at the time of the licence termination allowed a private dealer to purchase all remaining stock, and so they are still not entirely unobtainable. This replica has become highly sought-after among fans, as to date it is the only official replica released. Since they were removed from shelves prices for them on auction sites have risen exponentially, with many sellers choosing to repaint the screwdriver in a screen-accurate paint, in order to access the higher price range. QMx is currently owner of the licence to make replicas of this prop, and to date have shown two prototypes. However, a failure to comment on the progress of the manufacture of this replica by QMx has led to fan speculation that the project may have been cancelled in favour of releasing a different product. QMx have refuted these claims. Like its predecessor, in 2010 Character Options have released a spring-loaded toy version constructed of injection-moulded plastic.

In relation to the prop, the size and proportions of the toy are broadly similar, unlike 2005-2010 Sonic Screwdriver, where which the toy version was made larger to accommodate a working soundchip. In 2010 Blue Ocean Accessories released a Wii Remote styled after the 11th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver to tie in with the release of the game Doctor Who Return To Earth. Unlike the original Nintendo model which uses standard AA cells the Sonic Screwdriver remote is supplied with a rechargeable battery replenished via a USB connection. A toy version of the 11th Doctor's prop (also by Character Options) is available. Curiously, this toy is stamped on its green "Crystal" infrastructure as having a copyright date of 2004. A metal version of the sonic screwdriver has been produced by Wow Stuff that mounts a functional set of changeable flat and Phillips heads under a removable cover as well as providing light and sound effects. Prop replica company QMx have also been given licence to produce accurate replicas of this prop, taking over from previous licence owner, MFX.

They plan to release a fully accurate replica of this prop in the near future, in addition to three other sonic screwdriver replicas currently in production. In 2012, QMx released an "Artizan Series" replica of this Sonic Screwdriver. A strictly limited run priced at nearly $5,000, these replicas were handmade by original prop-maker Nick Robatto, and have now sold out permanently. Despite this, QMx still have released no information on their own in-house replica of this particular prop, as well as any of the other replicas they are producing. In mid-late 2012 Character-options released "Trans-Temporal" sonic screwdriver which is compatible with the build your own screwdriver set and the "Personal Tardis" set. The Wand Company has released a universal remote control styled on the sonic screwdriver of the Eleventh Doctor (3 August 2012) and due to consumer demand a Tenth Doctor version (31 October 2013).

Underground Toys has released the War Doctor's sonic screwdriver; Titled "The Other Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver", it was released in the UK in November/December 2013 and in the US January 2014. Character Options released the Fifth Doctor's and Eighth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver; it was released 31 January 2014. In the episode Hell bent, the final episode of series nine of Doctor Who, A new Sonic Screwdriver was gifted to the doctor by the TARDIS. Its details are yet to be revealed. ^ The Sixth Doctor uses a hand tool "sonic lance" in Attack of the Cybermen Citations ^ Commentary on DVD of The Sea Devils ^ Commentary on DVD of The Visitation ^ Commentary on DVD of Castrovalva ^ "Toys and Games". BBC. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2006. ^ BBC – Doctor Who – Series Three concept Artwork Gallery ^ "Doctor Who London Excel Convention Pictures". The Doctor Who Site. ^ BBC – Doctor Who – Series Three concept Artwork Gallery ^ a b c d "Series 8 Sonic Devices for Paternoster Gang Revealed".

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^ "Doctor Who - The Other Doctors Sonic Screwdriver". forbiddenplanet.co.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2013. ^ "Doctor Who The Day of the Doctor War Doctor Sonic Screwdriver". entertainmentearth.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Electronic Sonic Screwdriver Collection - Fifth Doctor". Character Options. Retrieved 17 January 2014. ^ "Doctor Who Electronic Sonic Screwdriver Collection - Eighth Doctor". Character Options. Retrieved 17 January 2014. ^ "Doctor Who - Sonic Screwdriver Wave 2 - 5th Doctor". Forbidden Planet International. Retrieved 17 January 2014. ^ "Doctor Who - Sonic Screwdriver Wave 2 - 8th Doctor". Forbidden Planet International. Retrieved 17 January 2014. Sonic screwdriver | Tardis | Fandom powered by Wikia 01:03 Hang on Doctor! - Doctor Who - BBC The sonic screwdriver, also called a sonic probe or simply the sonic, was a highly versatile tool used by the Doctor .

He modified and ostensibly upgraded it over the years, giving it an increasing number of applications. Early versions were used mainly for the picking of locks and for projecting sound so as to, for example, detonate objects and fry circuitry. By the time of the Ninth Doctor , the sonic was able to also be used as a sophisticated scanning device, with medical applications. Subsequent incarnations gave it even wider functionality, such as the ability to hack into computers, provide geolocation and actively defend against some types of assault weapons by frying their internal mechanics and causing the weapons to burst into flames and spark from the inside. The tool seemed to have electromagnetic properties and abilities, as it could be used to electrify the nervous system, and could create powerful frequencies and signals, as well as use sound to carry out its functions, even to the point where three of its latest incarnations where able to create a sonic force blast powerful enough to repel and destroy a Dalek while working together, as well as shoot green sonic energy waves to briefly incapacitate or stun a target. All of these incarnations utilised the same software, though they used different cases.

For all intents and purposes, the War Doctor 's sonic was the same as the Eleventh Doctor 's some 400 years later. ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) While almost always referred to as a sonic screwdriver, it has on occasion been referred to as a sonic probe by people other than the Doctor, such as Dalek Sec and a version of Amy Pond who had been stuck on Apalapucia for 36 years. The Tenth Doctor openly disliked this, and corrected those who did so. ( TV : Doomsday , The Girl Who Waited ) Contents At least one version of the screwdriver used a crystal similar to the Metebelis crystal sought after by the Eight Legs of Metebelis III . ( COMIC : The Forgotten ) There were also electrical components. ( COMIC : The Halls of Sacrifice ) The screwdriver had a multitude of settings and different versions of settings. The Tenth Doctor told Rose to use "setting 15B" to triangulate the source of the ghosts ( TV : Army of Ghosts ) and used 34-H to sink a ship.

( COMIC : Second Wave ) It had a setting 85 that undid security codes to unlock doors. ( TV : The Lazarus Experiment ) The Ninth Doctor told Rose to use setting 2428D to re-attach barbed wire . ( TV : The Doctor Dances ) Sarah Jane used the Theta Omega setting to melt plastic vines. ( TV : The Android Invasion ) The Twelfth Doctor told Clara to use setting number 41 to send out random bursts of helicon energy to distract the Skovox Blitzer . ( TV : The Caretaker ) The Twelfth Doctor himself used setting sixty-one to knock out a cybernetically augmented dinosaur with a " sonic brainstorm ". ( COMIC : Spirits of the Jungle ) However, at least one version of the screwdriver was able to use thoughts as well as settings.

( TV : Let's Kill Hitler , Death in Heaven ) The different versions of the Doctor's sonic screwdrivers exhibited different capabilities and uses, such as the interception of signals ranging from transmat beams to conscious thought; ( TV : The End of the World ) medical diagnostics ( TV : The Empty Child ) and repair of organic parts; ( TV : The Vampires of Venice ) cutting, but also re-attaching materials such as barbed wire; ( TV : The Doctor Dances ) operating Earth machinery such as computers ( TV : School Reunion ) and even cash machines (at regular and high eject speeds); ( TV : The Runaway Bride ) creating a spark to light a candle ( TV : The Girl in the Fireplace ) or Bunsen burner; ( TV : Evolution of the Daleks ) opening and holding doors with acoustic locks; ( TV : The Rings of Akhaten ) and, on the rare occasion, driving screws without touching them. ( TV : The War Games , The Ark in Space , The Doctor's Wife ) Although it was primarily a tool, the sonic screwdriver could also be used as a defensive weapon. The Tenth Doctor put it in a sound board to destroy the Robot Santas by overloading their sensors.

( TV : The Runaway Bride ) The Eleventh Doctor used it to bounce sound waves off a knife held by Melody Pond , knocking it out of her hand. ( TV : Let's Kill Hitler ) The sonic screwdriver was also capable of holding off sound waves from creatures who relied on sound in order to attack such as the Vigil . ( TV : The Rings of Akhaten ) The Doctor also used it to try and help River Song defeat a group of Silents although River teased him by saying it would be better if he used it to "build a cabinet". However, the Doctor implied that although it couldn't actually hurt the Silents it could weaken the power of their electricity, therefore allowing him to provide River with a certain degree of protection while she shot down their foes. ( TV : Day of the Moon ) Although the Eighth Doctor once claimed the device could destroy a Dalek's brain if held directly against the casing when activated, ( PROSE : War of the Daleks ) according to the Tenth Doctor, the device could not be used to wound, maim or kill living things.

( TV : Doomsday , The Doctor's Daughter ) It could destroy non-living objects or mechanisms or place living creatures in circumstances where they might die, if the situation required. ( TV : The End of the World , The Christmas Invasion ) The War Doctor claimed that it was a scientific instrument rather than a water pistol . ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) From time to time, the sonic screwdriver needed to be recharged. ( TV : Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead , PROSE : The Monsters Inside , COMIC : Bizarre Zero ) It was self-repairing and could send out a homing signal to any parts that had been separated. ( TV : A Christmas Carol ) However, it was up to the owner to collect the parts for reassembly. Sonic screwdrivers and similar technology could not unlock a deadlock seal . ( TV : School Reunion , The Night of the Doctor ) However, Miss Foster's sonic pen could open the deadlock seals that it was programmed to within her own facility when the Doctor's screwdriver could not. ( TV : Partners in Crime ) Some or all versions were ineffective against wood , or in the presence of some models of hairdryers .

( TV : Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead , The Hungry Earth , Night Terrors , The Time of the Doctor , PROSE : Catastrophea ) During his lifetime as the Twelfth Doctor, the Time Lord claimed to have abandoned sonic screwdrivers in favor of wearable technology like his sonic sunglasses . ( TV : Under the Lake ) However, after returning to Gallifrey and departing again, he resumed using them, as his TARDIS fashioned a new one for him as a gift. Furthermore, after the Doctor had lost sight of who he was, Clara Oswald left him a reminder to "be a Doctor" after leaving his company. As part of his role of being a Doctor to use a sonic screwdriver, the Doctor accepted the TARDIS's gift. ( TV : Hell Bent ) Variants of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver The earliest version of the sonic screwdriver in use. ( TV : The War Games ) The First and Second Doctors' sonic Edit One sonic screwdriver, a small, simple metal rod similar to a penlight, was used by the First ( PROSE : Venusian Lullaby ) and Second ( TV : Fury from the Deep ) Doctors.

It was also used by the Eighth Doctor after being destroyed "centuries ago", with the Doctor claiming to his companion Samantha Jones that this was possible because "It's a Time Lord tool . Time doesn't work the same way for Time Lord tools." ( PROSE : Alien Bodies ) The Eighth Doctor carried a similar model near the end of his life. Cylindrical and silver , with a blue emitter diode tip, he used it in a surgical procedure to scan his patient and to seal incisions. This model could glow with an "almost white " light and emit great heat , be used to sharpen surgical instruments and be turned "on" and "off". ( PROSE : Osskah ) Uses As a conventional screwdriver without physical contact with screws . ( TV : The War Games ) The Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors' sonic The Third Doctor's sonic. ( TV : Carnival of Monsters ) The Third Doctor 's most-used model of the sonic screwdriver was much larger than the one his first and second incarnation used; its elaborately detailed silver collar featured black and yellow stripes and red trim, and could be pulled down to active the screwdriver.

It had a removable burgundy emitter head which the Doctor would change with others, each performing a different function. ( TV : The Sea Devils ) The Third Doctor later fitted the head of his sonic screwdriver with a cylindrical black magnet which enabled it to open bolted doors, especially when its polarity was reversed. This refit left the metal mostly unpainted, with a dark red emitter ring. The head of this model could be extended. ( TV : Frontier in Space ) The Fourth Doctor with the sonic. ( TV : The Sontaran Experiment ) Before this model met its demise, its head was repainted twice after the original coat wore off. ( TV : The Keeper of Traken , Castrovalva ) It was ultimately destroyed when a Terileptil leader forced the Fifth Doctor to drop the screwdriver inside a holding cell, then incinerated it with a laser gun — causing the Doctor to remark "I feel as though you've just killed an old friend." ( TV : The Visitation ) The Doctor went without a sonic screwdriver for some time after this model, with Nyssa lamenting his decision not to replace it.

( TV : Snakedance ) The Tenth Doctor also lightly mocked his past incarnation for going "hands-free" following this incident when their TARDISes accidentally collided. ( TV : Time Crash ) This sonic operated at a frequency of 80 kilohertz. ( PROSE : Light Fantastic ) The Doctor, leaving UNIT , left behind a prototype. UNIT scientists then tried to use reverse-engineering to understand its workings; this went on into the 21st century . Despite them trying to keep it quiet from the Doctor, he was well aware of the project by his seventh incarnation . ( AUDIO : Persuasion ) Uses The Doctor attempted to use it to free the American Envoy from the Dalek laser wall , but this failed. ( AUDIO : The Ultimate Adventure ) The Seventh and Eighth Doctors' sonic Edit This section's awfully stubby . As per Thread:133842 , there is a sonic in the Doctor's possession by the time of his travels with Benny in the NAs. Info needs to be added from these sources, as well as numerous Big Finish audio dramas. Chang Lee discovers the sonic screwdriver amongst the things he stole from the Seventh Doctor .

( TV : Doctor Who ) The Seventh Doctor acquired a sonic screwdriver at an unspecified point of his life. Many contradictory accounts existed, including one which claimed he had acquired it at some point before meeting Bernice Summerfield , ( AUDIO : Love and War et al.) and another, which claimed he acquired it from himself on a parallel Earth where the species Homo Reptilicus had conquered the Earth and killed his third incarnation . ( PROSE : Blood Heat , First Frontier ) The Doctor himself claimed that he had only recently built one shortly before re-encountering the Monk , ( PROSE : No Future ) and that he received it as compensation after suing the Terileptils for criminal damage. ( PROSE : GodEngine ) This model looked similar to the screwdriver used up until his fifth incarnation: it was silver with a brass trim ring in the lower grip and a handle that resembled that of the previous sonic screwdrivers', now with a flat base. Its upper section was able to undergo telescopic collapse for ease of carrying, and, at its top, it held an emitter with a silver ring and a red bullet-shaped crystal at its centre.

( TV : Doctor Who ) Once, while suffering from amnesia, the Doctor was able to operate this sonic screwdriver on instinct. ( PROSE : EarthWorld ) This version remained in the Eighth Doctor's use throughout his life, up until its destruction at the hands of a Cyber-Leader on Earth. ( COMIC : The Flood ) The Eighth Doctor had resumed using this model by the end of his life during the Last Great Time War . It was the second and final model the Doctor used thus far that bore an emitter-ring head. ( TV : The Night of the Doctor ) The Eighth Doctor's other choice of a diode-tipped model would become the standard for his later incarnations. ( TV : The Day of the Doctor , Rose , The Christmas Invasion , The Eleventh Hour , Deep Breath ) Uses The Eighth Doctor's second screwdriver. ( COMIC : The Pictures of Josephine Day ) Later in his eighth incarnation, the Doctor carried a sonic screwdriver with a wooden handle. It had a metallic tip with six prongs that nested a clear diode at the end, which glowed blue when activated. ( AUDIO : The Great War ) Its handle doubled as a torch.

( AUDIO : Sword of Orion ) The Doctor claimed that he made this version of the sonic screwdriver to do more than open doors and blow up land mines. ( AUDIO : X and the Daleks ) He later made further modifications to the screwdriver. ( AUDIO : Beachhead ) It was referred to as a pennywhistle by numerous World War I medics. ( AUDIO : The Great War ) The Doctor possessed it as early on as his travels with Charley Pollard, ( AUDIO : The Light at the End ) and was still using it in the early part of the Last Great Time War . ( PROSE : Natural Regression ) He had returned to using his original model by the end of his life. ( TV : The Night of the Doctor ) Uses As a torch when the Doctor visited Rontan 9 . ( PROSE : Natural Regression ) Fusing the lock of a metal door. ( PROSE : Natural Regression ) The War Doctor's sonic The War Doctor's sonic screwdriver. ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) By the end of his life, the War Doctor used a sonic screwdriver with a simple metallic handle and a red diode at the end.

It appeared to be a further upgraded version of the Eighth Doctor's first sonic screwdriver, adapted for battle, which he kept strapped in a bandoleer on his chest. It shared the same casing type as the screwdriver used by the Fourth Doctor, but had an extending diode head instead of an emitter head, and an additional piece added to the end of the handle that looked like a small red cap. ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) Uses Continuing a calculation to move Gallifrey into a pocket universe. ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) The Ninth and Tenth Doctors' sonic The Ninth Doctor's sonic screwdriver. ( TV : Boom Town ) By his ninth incarnation, the Doctor possessed yet another sonic screwdriver model. This one had a cream handle with a "cracked-porcelain" texture, silver metal at both the handle and the tip and was capped off with a black pommel. This model was carried by the Ninth Doctor , who used it far more frequently than his previous incarnations had done before. ( TV : Rose ) The Tenth Doctor also used this model, as he liked tinkering with technology to make devices he needed. A replacement sonic used by the Tenth Doctor after overloading the former model.

( TV : Human Nature ) This version was burnt out by accident after the Tenth Doctor used it to modify an X-ray output to over 5000%, but he replaced it with a similar model with a light grey handle, ( TV : Smith and Jones ) though it reverted to its cream handle during his time with Queen Elizabeth ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) and appeared to have a blue handle following his regeneration. ( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) The model underwent several changes in shape[ source needed ] and colouration, some inadvertent. ( COMIC : Laundro-Room of Doom ) This version of the sonic screwdriver was also the first to be shown to have a direct connection to the Doctor's TARDIS ( TV : Aliens of London ) and could be used to override its functions. ( TV : Utopia ) The Tenth Doctor had this screwdriver on his person during his regeneration , but it was damaged repeatedly afterwards, leading to many malfunctions. Despite the damage, the Eleventh Doctor used it to overload technology in an attempt to alert the Atraxi to Prisoner Zero's location. This fried it into useless, charred metal, much to his growing annoyance and anger.

( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) Uses Opening a " crack in space-time ". ( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) Switching a radio between several international channels to determine that the Atraxi were broadcasting their warning for Prisoner Zero to surrender or be destroyed along with the "human residence" to the entire Earth. ( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) Trying to set off multiple technological resources on Earth to draw the attention of the Atraxi; however, due to the damage it had sustained from Prisoner Zero and continued abuse, this action overtaxed the screwdriver and caused its components to fail, which ultimately led to it burning up and exploding with a large burst of sparks. ( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) Amplification As an actual screwdriver, without touching the screws. ( TV : Dreamland , The Doctor's Daughter ) Combining power with the Eleventh and War Doctors' sonic screwdrivers to create a sonic force to blast back and destroy an attacking Dalek in the Time War .

( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) The Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors' sonic The Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver ( TV : The Hungry Earth ) After the loss of the previous sonic screwdriver, the TARDIS gifted the Doctor with a new model. Differing radically from the last with its extendible "claws" and green crystalline emitter resembling the inner structure of the TARDIS's new time rotor, it also had copper plating similar to the new control room. ( TV : The Eleventh Hour ) A psychic interface allowed its user to point it at a target and think of the function they wanted. ( TV : Let's Kill Hitler , Death in Heaven ) Having been mentioned to be more than sonic, ( TV : Night Terrors ) this screwdriver also shot beams of green energy in the shape of sonic waves. ( TV : Day of the Moon , Closing Time ) By at least the time of the Doctor's thirteenth regeneration, it had a voice-activation feature, which the Doctor forgot about when he needed it. ( TV : Deep Breath ) It had a charge that could last centuries; it once lasted 300 years before the Doctor could charge it in the TARDIS.

( TV : The Time of the Doctor ) Retaining ineffectiveness against wood , it also didn't work against Peg Dolls ( TV : Night Terrors ) or the Wooden King and Queen . ( TV : The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe ) The Doctor considered it embarrassing and said that "I need to invent a setting for wood." ( TV : Night Terrors ) In similar situations, he yelled at it in panic; "Aliens made of wood, you know this was always going to happen!", "Yes, I know it's wood. Get over it!" ( TV : The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe ) Though aware of this flaw, he was still able to successfully bluff a Wooden Cyberman into destroying itself. ( TV : The Time of the Doctor ) Oddly, he defended once, saying "Oi! Don't diss the sonic!" ( TV : The Hungry Earth ) At some point it had an anti-freeze setting. ( TV : The Snowmen ) This screwdriver was also shown to have a "red setting", ( TV : Cold War ) similar to River's sonic screwdriver. The sonic screwdriver and psychic paper on the TARDIS console.

( TV : Flatline ) This model was lost and replaced by the Doctor repeatedly, having been bitten in half by a sky shark and left behind, ( TV : A Christmas Carol ) left with the Ganger Doctor , ( TV : The Rebel Flesh ) destroyed by Danny Fisher ( COMIC : The Blood of Azrael ) and, in one instance, simply burnt out due to overuse. In the latter instance, a replacement was given to him by Santa Claus . ( COMIC : Silent Knight ) One of the Twelfth Doctor's sonic screwdrivers was incinerated by the Governor when he was admitted into the Prison . Clara Oswald attempted to give him a new one disguised as a large candle in a birthday cake, but the Governor refused to give the cake to the Doctor. He created a sonic spoon in the interim. ( PROSE : The Blood Cell ) Ultimately, he left one of his screwdrivers with Davros after abandoning him as a child. Davros had it in his possession for many years after, until Colony Sarff returned it to the Doctor.

By this point, it was no longer of any real use to him, as it had become heavily damaged and inoperable, visibly weather-beaten from exposure to war and conflict, and with one of the clawed prongs broken off. ( TV : The Magician's Apprentice ) The Doctor eventually declared that he was "over" sonic screwdrivers, saying that they "spoil the line of your jacket". He replaced the screwdriver with a pair of sonic sunglasses . ( TV : The Witch's Familiar ) However, he did not keep this promise, as he used this sonic screwdriver several times afterwards. ( COMIC : Clara Oswald and the School of Death , The Fourth Wall ) When the Eleventh Doctor met the Tenth Doctor in England , 1562 , upon the latter realising that the former was a future incarnation of himself, they both got out their sonic screwdrivers.

The Eleventh Doctor immediately showed off how much bigger his was, to which the Tenth Doctor claimed that his future incarnation was compensating, remarking that " regeneration , it's a lottery ." ( TV : The Day of the Doctor ) Uses Edit After spending a period of time using a combination of sonic sunglasses and his green-emitter sonic screwdriver, ( COMIC : Clara Oswald and the School of Death ) the Twelfth Doctor was gifted a new model by the TARDIS. While one account showed him gaining it after he had found Gallifrey at the end of the universe , ( TV : Hell Bent ) another account depicted him using it whilst travelling with Clara Oswald . ( COMIC : The Day at the Doctors ) This new model had a TARDIS blue metal handle with multiple emitters, once again resembling the inner structure of the time rotor itself. The emitter was once again blue in colour, and the ring of emitters all lit up in a circling motion when activated. ( TV : Hell Bent ) He continued to use his sonic sunglasses as well, thus giving him two choices of sonic instruments.

( TV : The Husbands of River Song ) While it usually emitted a blue light, this screwdriver could also glow red ( COMIC : Robo Rampage ) or green. ( COMIC : Gallery , TV : For Tonight We Might Die ) The Doctor sometimes attached this screwdriver to his guitar so that he could use both at the same time. ( COMIC : The Pestilent Heart ) When the Doctor was stuck in 1972 , the screwdriver "ran out of juice" and the Doctor was unable to charge it because he was without his TARDIS. ( COMIC : Moving In ) Uses River receives her sonic screwdriver. ( TV : The Husbands of River Song ) The Twelfth Doctor gave River Song another screwdriver before River's final date with him at the Singing Towers of Darillium . ( TV : The Husbands of River Song ) This version of the sonic screwdriver had the settings of the Tenth Doctor 's model when he met her at the Library , along with "dampers" and a "red setting" that allowed it to work without interference from Doctor Moon . The Doctor gave it to River so she would be ready when she met his tenth incarnation in the Library .

( TV : Forest of the Dead ) It was the first gift the Twelfth Doctor personally gave to River face-to-face, after seeing that she was using a sonic trowel , which he found "embarrassing". ( TV : The Husbands of River Song ) 03:59 Everybody lives? - Doctor Who - BBC Unbeknownst to her, this version included a neural relay which would save her data ghost for uploading into the main computer of the Library. ( TV : Forest of the Dead ) Uses A clone of the Second Doctor also possessed a sonic screwdriver, which he used along with the Fourth Doctor 's to send Hexford home. ( AUDIO : Survivors in Space ) Romana II constructed her own sonic screwdriver. Her version was so impressive that the Doctor offered to swap sonic screwdrivers with her. ( TV : The Horns of Nimon ) Her version also included a silencer. ( AUDIO : Luna Romana ) She later gave it to the Doctor. ( PROSE : Lungbarrow ) Nonetheless, during the final term of her presidency, her third incarnation used a sonic screwdriver. ( AUDIO : Intervention Earth ) Jackson Lake carried a primitive iteration of the sonic screwdriver.

His version was a regular 19th century screwdriver, which he claimed was sonic by virtue of it making a sound when it was struck against a surface. ( TV : The Next Doctor ) While trapped on Apalapucia for thirty-six years, Amy Pond cobbled together a sonic device from various pieces of technology, but insisted upon calling it a sonic probe . She later conceded that it was a "sonic screwdriver". ( TV : The Girl Who Waited ) Related tools Edit The Fifth Doctor had a device called a sonic prodder , although he didn't consider it a tool like "his beloved sonic screwdriver" ( PROSE : Falling from Xi'an ) The Fifth Doctor also kept a Molenski Univarius in the TARDIS for repairs. He described it as a Gallifreyan " Swiss Army knife ". While exploring the Axis , he carried it with him and used it in the same fashion as later models of the sonic screwdriver, once even using the sonic properties to fend off creatures with sound waves before it ran out of power and was discarded.

( AUDIO : The Axis of Insanity ) The Eighth Doctor , despite having lost his memories, built a device he called a sonic suitcase using technology from Earth in the 1980s. ( PROSE : Father Time ) Gabriel created a similar device that was made out of guns . ( PROSE : The Pirate Loop ) While in the Prison , the Twelfth Doctor created a sonic spoon when his sonic screwdriver was destroyed by the Governor . He created it from items in the Prison workshop and a spoon he took from mealtime. ( PROSE : The Blood Cell ) The Twelfth Doctor eventually tired of using sonic screwdrivers and instead created a pair of sonic sunglasses . ( TV : The Witch's Familiar ) River Song used a sonic trowel before she was given a sonic screwdriver by the Doctor. ( AUDIO : The Boundless Sea , TV : The Husbands of River Song ) Behind the scenes Edit The sonic screwdriver was retired during the Fifth Doctor serial The Visitation , as it was felt that it had been overused. It was absent for the Sixth and Seventh Doctor 's eras, except in the TV Movie , in which the Seventh Doctor used it to lock the Master 's remains away.

The Eighth Doctor recovered it at the end of the film. After appearing in many Seventh and Eighth Doctor audio adventures from Big Finish Productions , the tool was reintroduced with the Ninth Doctor and has become the show's most frequently used gadget besides the TARDIS itself. For unexplained reasons, the Tenth Doctor 's sonic screwdriver had a green casing in The Infinite Quest . During early production of Series 1 (2005), the production crew decided to switch from their original prop to one based on the toy sonic screwdriver because the first prop was prone to falling apart. The production team secured moulds of the toy replica to make a more reliable prop for the next season . There are two main versions of the Tenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver — one which has a slide feature with button, and one which does not slide and has a fixed button. The two prop types varied each episode. The War Doctor's sonic screwdriver prop was created by modifying a Fourth Doctor's sonic screwdriver replica toy. When the Doctor handles the screwdriver, the clinking noises produced (when he throws and catches it) are created by repeating the motions with a corkscrew, the handles of which bump against the casing to produce the required noise.

These noises are dubbed over the footage. Concept art Edit Early conceptual art of the modern era sonic screwdriver features a different "tube" section. Notes refer to "glowing organic circuitry" and a movable ball-joint on the emitter to allow use around corners and in tight spaces. Instead of the "glowing circuitry," the actual prop and toy reproductions featured a black "swivel" like a simple helix. When given a personal copy of the concept art, David Tennant himself commented on the lack of the swivelling emitter. Another early piece of concept art, similar to a simple Bitmap drawing, reveals that the black "cap" at the reverse end of the sonic screwdriver was intended to be an opening set of "feet," allowing the sonic screwdriver to plug into a section of the TARDIS console . This feature was also dropped from the eventual prop model. Sonic screwdriver toy Edit A toy of the Eleventh Doctor 's version was seen in "Light Echoes", an edition of "The Sky at Night" broadcast on BBC4 on Wednesday 5th October 2010.

The screwdriver was (jokingly) used to scan a part of the LOFAR radio telescope, then under construction in Chilbolton, Hampshire, UK. The Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver toy has a total of four sound effects, two of which alternate with every other button press. The third is activated by pressing twice and holding on the third button push. The fourth is activated with three presses and a hold on the fourth push. However, in some models of the toy, over-use of the hidden sound effects causes the sound functions to eventually break, leaving only the LED functional. The customiseable toy sonic screwdriver set featuring three screwdrivers with interchangeable parts can produce up to eight sound effects: the first two are the basic screwdriver sound, with slightly different pitches, and alternate each time the button is pressed. The other six effects are achieved in a similar manner to those of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver toy, and are accompanied by a flashing lights instead of a constant light. Since the War Doctor's sonic screwdriver prop was created by modifying a toy replica, the toy version that was subsequently produced is screen accurate.

The Visual Dictionary Edit According to the non-fiction source REF : Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary (which this wiki does not count as a valid source ) the sonic screwdriver was a common and basic Time Lord device. If needed, a Time Lord could make one from scratch in very little time. Attack of the Graske Edit In NOTVALID : Attack of the Graske , the Tenth Doctor appears to break the fourth wall by noting the player at home's been watching his adventures. Later, he points the sonic screwdriver at the television screen, transferring its powers to the player's digital remote control. This, along with having the player choose multiple endings to this game, disqualifies it as a valid source on this wiki. Other matters What Does Your Sonic Screwdriver Do, Doctor Who? - YouTube What Does Your Sonic Screwdriver Do, Doctor Who? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

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