Doctor Who - Third Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver with Sound FX

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This model, identified as the "Mark 5" by the Eighth Doctor, ( PROSE: Alien Bodies) 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) The Seventh Doctor claimed he patented the sonic screwdriver. ( AUDIO: The Unknown) Once, while suffering from amnesia, the Eighth 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 Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver is a modified prop from the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are Go, where it appeared as a screwdriver of the non-sonic variety. When Century 21 Productions was closed, the prop, among others, was sold off to the BBC. [1] Each time a gesture is performed correctly, the Sonic will send the infrared (IR) remote control code that is programmed onto that gesture and will make the standard sonic buzz. If no IR code has been programmed onto that gesture, the Sonic will say “unassigned“. 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) He also once defended this weakness, 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. Disabling the android the Shakri put on Earth to control the Shakri cubes. ( TV: The Power of Three)

a b Landekic, Lola; Perkins, Will (26 November 2013). "Doctor Who: 50 Years of Main Title Design". Art of the Title. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023 . Retrieved 6 August 2023. The sonic screwdriver could interact with multiple forms of technology and control them. ( TV: Rose, et al.) It was able to activate, disable or destroy electronic devices, including lifts, ( TV: Rose, World War Three) computers, ( TV: The End of the World, etc.) cameras, ( TV: Bad Wolf, The Sound of Drums) cash machines, ( TV: The Long Game, The Runaway Bride) mobile phones ( TV: The Runaway Bride, etc.) and holograms. ( TV: Forest of the Dead) It could also perform these functions on multiple devices within a local area at once. ( TV: The Eleventh Hour)

The gestures

Identified by the Daleks as a " sonic probe", ( TV: Doomsday) the sonic screwdriver was considered to be very advanced Gallifreyan technology, ( PROSE: Heart of TARDIS) although somebody could make one by using resources found on 21st century Earth with help from Stenza technology. ( TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth) During the Dalek-Movellan War, Davros dismissed the sonic screwdriver as a "simple" tool. ( AUDIO: The Triumph of Davros)

Doctor Who – The Other Doctors Sonic Screwdriver". forbiddenplanet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 28 November 2013. Each model used the same software. Essentially, the sonic screwdriver in use by the War Doctor was the same as that in the Eleventh Doctor's possession, some 400 years later. ( TV: The Day of the Doctor)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)

The Magician's Apprentice" (2015) 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, though it is revealed that he did save young Davros after all. Davros is shown to have kept the screwdriver in his possession ever since, and the Doctor tells Clara that he no longer has a screwdriver. By that time, the screwdriver had been withered and damaged by time and was seemingly useless. Used to help with rewiring the TARDIS; he told Lilly it was because the light in his "wardrobe" wasn't working, claiming it was the reason he dressed as he did. ( TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) A rod version of this screwdriver was kept in the Twelfth Doctor's office at St Luke's University. ( TV: The Pilot) The sonic screwdriver could also detect heat signatures, ( TV: Cold Blood, PROSE: The Dreaming) magnetic fields, ( COMIC: The Dalek Project) electrical interference and chemical emissions within an area. ( TV: Closing Time) It could also detect transmission signals, even trace both its source and receivers. ( TV: The Pandorica Opens, The Doctor's Wife) When used on technology, the sonic screwdriver would determine a device's function, ( TV: The Beast Below) how advanced it was, ( TV: A Town Called Mercy) the nature of their controls ( TV: A Christmas Carol) and if they were connected to other devices. ( TV: The Big Bang) The Doctor would also use it to scan for information on computers and database systems. ( TV: The Time of Angels, The Wedding of River Song) In conjunction with a satellite dish, the Eleventh Doctor once used the sonic screwdriver to locate his TARDIS. ( TV: The Big Bang)

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After the loss of the previous sonic screwdriver, the TARDIS gifted the Eleventh Doctor with a new model. Differing radically from the last, with its extendable "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, The Time of the Doctor) 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) 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: The sonic screwdriver could also detect arriving spaceships ( PROSE: The Pictures of Emptiness) and reveal ultraviolet characters. ( PROSE: The Game of Death) It could also detect the progress of the War Doctor's calculation. ( TV: The Day of the Doctor) The Tenth Doctor used the sonic screwdriver to strip off pieces of Dalekanium from the Empire State Building, ( TV: Evolution of the Daleks) tint his glasses to turn them into sunglasses, ( TV: Planet of the Dead) and once used it as a soldering iron for perception filters. ( TV: The Sound of Drums) It could also be used to fix hairstyles in place, ( PROSE: Rose and the Snow Window) prevent Mirrorlings from emerging ( COMIC: Mirror Image) and illuminate people. ( COMIC: Warfreekz!) Jones, Tony (10 September 2015). " 'Doctor Who' audio review: Volume 1 of Big Finish's 'Third Doctor Adventures' ". cultbox.co.uk . Retrieved 25 February 2017.