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 |alias       =
 |type        = [[Sonic screwdriver]]
-|made by     =
+|made by     = [[Second Doctor]]
-|used by     = {{il|[[First Doctor]]|[[Second Doctor]]}}
+|used by     = {{il|[[Second Doctor]]|[[Eighth Doctor]]}}
 |origin      =
 |first       = Fury from the Deep (TV story)
-|appearances = [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
+|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Helicon Prime (audio story)|Helicon Prime]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)|The Apocalypse Mirror]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forsaken (audio story)|The Forsaken]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]''}}
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-The [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s' '''[[sonic screwdriver]]''' functioned as a conventional [[screwdriver]], without requiring physical contact with [[screw]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
+The [[Second Doctor]]s' '''[[sonic screwdriver]]''' was the first such device used by [[the Doctor]] and was somewhat primitive in its capabilities relative to later designs. Prior to the creation of this sonic screwdriver, both the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s were seen to utilise sonic devices, with the latter of these inspiring the screwdriver's genesis.
-According to one account, the First Doctor was unfamiliar with the sonic screwdriver when he, just prior to his [[First Doctor's regeneration|regeneration]], met the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and witnessed him using a [[Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')
+== Uses ==
+This iteration of the sonic screwdriver functioned as a conventional [[screwdriver]], without physical contact with [[screw]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') opening up hatches, panels, control panels ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') and [[prison cell]] [[door]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'') On occasion, the Doctor also used it to cut through a section of a [[wall]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'') and to override a security lock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Helicon Prime (audio story)|Helicon Prime]]'')
+He also used it to destroy the [[Dalek crystal]] at the heart of a [[mind projector]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'') and to dismantle a Hawker. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)|The Apocalypse Mirror]]'') He also used it to destroy the [[Dalek crystal]] at the heart of a [[mind projector]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'') and to dismantle technology. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)|The Apocalypse Mirror]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
+== History ==
+=== Early sonic devices ===
+As described by a [[Gowenn]] shuttle [[computer]] aboard the [[Sou(ou)shi]] ship, the [[First Doctor]] once used an "unknown [[sonic device]]" to crack the code for the launch sequence of said shuttle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') According to one account, the First Doctor did not possess a sonic screwdriver, leaving him confused and somewhat irritated when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] utilised a future model. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') Indeed, an [[Unbound Doctor|alternate Third Doctor]] did not recognise the device. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emporium at the End (audio story)|The Emporium at the End]]'')
+During his travels with [[Polly Wright]] and [[Ben Jackson]], the Second Doctor built a sonic device on the [[Hotel Galaxian]] while imprisoned by the [[Selachian]]s. He used it to trip the lock in the room they were trapped in, but the device was destroyed the process. He pledged to make a more permanent version one day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')
+=== The first sonic screwdriver ===
+Indeed, Second Doctor was carrying a device he actually described as a "sonic screwdriver" not long after he had welcomed [[Jamie McCrimmon]] aboard the TARDIS. On the island of [[Kenga]], the Doctor brought the device out of his pockets along with a bag of [[sherbet lemon]]s and his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]], displaying the items to Polly. Despite possessing the device, the Doctor still picked a lock on the island instead of using the sonic. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forsaken (audio story)|The Forsaken]]'')
+[[File:Fury from the Deep BBC telesnap 11.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Second Doctor]] using his [[whistle]]-like sonic screwdriver ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'')]]
+The [[Second Doctor]] used sonic screwdrivers of a different design, including one looking like a life jacket safety [[whistle]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'') or like a metal penlight ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') which could get a trigger attachment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'')
+The screwdriver was destroyed by [[Skaar]], leading the Doctor to decide to build a new and more advanced version. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]'') Nonetheless, it was also used by the [[Eighth Doctor]] after being destroyed "centuries ago", with the Doctor claiming to his [[companion]] [[Sam 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 (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'')
-== Uses ==
+The Eighth Doctor also carried a similar rod model near the end of his life: [[Cylinder|Cylindrical]] and [[silver]], with a [[blue]] emitter diode tip, he used it in a surgical procedure to scan his [[patient]] and to seal [[incision]]s. 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 (short story)|Osskah]]'')
-It was also capable of cracking [[code]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') opening up hatches, panels, control panels ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') and [[prison cell]] [[door]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'') On occasion, the Doctor also used it to cut through a section of a [[wall]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'') and to override a security lock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Helicon Prime (audio story)|Helicon Prime]]'')
-He also used it to destroy the [[Dalek crystal]] at the heart of a [[mind projector]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'') and to dismantle a Hawker. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)|The Apocalypse Mirror]]'')
+A rod version of this screwdriver was kept in the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's office (The Pilot)|office]] at [[St Luke's University]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
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