The emitter was once again blue in colour, and the ring of emitters could all light up in a circling motion when activated. As per Thread:133842, there is a sonic in the Doctor's possession by the time of his travels with Benny in the NAs.

Because as it is never shown in the TV show we did not think that it was intended to be part of the overall look of the device and so designed the most robust button for the range of uses that this sonic would be subjected to.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. Press and hold the grip-mounted button to light the tip and make the classic sonic buzz, just like The Doctor. Try varying the duration of the original remote control button press from very brief up to about half a second.

It was decided by the Doctor Who art department that the sonic would be finished with a spray paint. Attempting self-reconstruction via signalling its other half; it failed at this and was left behind by the Doctor to be replaced by a similar sonic screwdriver. 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. The different versions of the Doctor's sonic screwdrivers exhibited different capabilities and uses, such as 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.

COMIC: The Halls of Sacrifice) These included time traces ( TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith) and forms of energy.

Me" Adipose (Black) Adipose + ARC Astrid Peth Buzzer Ganger Charlotte Elspeth Pollard Danny Pink + Dr. PROSE: Blood Heat, First Frontier) The Doctor himself claimed that he had only recently built one shortly before re-encountering Mortimus, ( PROSE: No Future) and that he received it as compensation after suing the Terileptils for criminal damage. The Eighth Doctor had resumed using this model by the end of his life during the Last Great Time War.

As all fans would know, the Doctor has carried many Sonic Screwdrivers of various designs throughout his lifetimes, ranging from a simple silver coloured tube to more complex illuminated and articulated versions. TV: Frontier in Space) However, the Doctor had a spare aboard the TARDIS, which he made use of in the Dalek base on Spiridon. With it, the Doctor could dismantle an Interstitial's possibility engine by removing its bolts, receive homing signals from the TARDIS in the TARDIS Undercroft below the Citadel ( PROSE: Engines of War) and activate the memory-erasing device in the Black Archive. They ostensibly upgraded and improved each subsequent model, improving functionality and adding additional features while the design changed.

PROSE: Trading Futures) It could also open service ducts ( AUDIO: Excelis Decays) and create "doorways" in forcefields. 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. 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. The Doctor sometimes attached this screwdriver to his guitar so that he could use both at the same time.

Further codes may be programmed onto any other gesture or reprogrammed over the existing code on the same gesture by repeating this process, without having to come out of Programming Mode each time a code has been learned. River Song told the Fourth Doctor that, though his current screwdriver was mostly just a screwdriver, he would later "go a bit crazy with the optional upgrades". Therefore, virtually all substantial information should be moved over while this page retains brief overviews of each, linked to with {{ main}}. 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.