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| | |image = Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver TCoRR.jpg | ||
|used by = [[Fifteenth Doctor]] | |used by = [[Fifteenth Doctor]] | ||
|type = [[Sonic screwdriver]] | |type = [[Sonic screwdriver]] | ||
| | |first cs = The World Tree (audio story) | ||
|appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fifteenth Doctor Audition Piece (script)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Mancopolis (comic story)}}|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Wonder Chase (video game)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Dot and Bubble (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ruby Red (novel)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}} / {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|On Ghost Beach (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Eden Rebellion (novel)}}}} | |||
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A '''[[sonic screwdriver]]''' was owned by the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | A '''[[sonic screwdriver]]''' was owned by the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | ||
== Appearance and technology == | == Appearance and technology == | ||
As all of [[the Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]s had the same [[software]] despite their outwards appearance changing over time, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|timestamp=41:58}}) this screwdriver was functionally the same as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. The Eleventh Doctor told [[Nora Wicker]] that they were the "same sonic screwdriver". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | As all of [[the Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]s had the same [[software]] despite their outwards appearance changing over time, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|timestamp=41:58}}) this screwdriver was functionally the same as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. The Eleventh Doctor told [[Nora Wicker]] that they were the "same sonic screwdriver". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | ||
This sonic screwdriver bore less of a physical resemblance to a screwdriver than previous models, as it looked more like a remote control. It had two large bulbous sections joined in the middle with a circular emblem inscribed with a poem in [[Gallifreyan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
* Operating on the same frequency as a [[hard-light hologram]] of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to create a crack in a [[Time Bubble]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | * Operating on the same frequency as a [[hard-light hologram]] of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to create a crack in a [[Time Bubble]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | ||
* Changing a [[traffic light]] from [[red]] to [[green]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
* Detecting a [[2 carat]] [[diamond]] [[wedding ring|ring]] in the pocket of [[Policeman (The Church on Ruby Road)|a policeman]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
* Open several doors in the [[Sundays' home]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
* Function as a [[torch]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
* Generating a [[sonic pulse]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Mancopolis (comic story)}}) | |||
* Controlling [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] flight. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}) | |||
* Granting smartphones the [[Superphone|ability to call across time and space]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}) | |||
* Recallobrating the systems on [[Baby Station Beta]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}) | |||
* Displaying scan data on the [[TARDIS scanner]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}) | |||
* Nullifying sound within a local area. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}}) | |||
* Creating platforms in the [[Deep Space Zone]] for [[Visitor (Wonder Chase)|a visitor]] to reach [[sticker (Wonder Chase)|sticker]]s. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wonder Chase (video game)}}) | |||
* Unblocking and unmuting himself on [[Lindy Pepper-Bean|Lindy's]] [[Dot]] and [[Bubble (Dot and Bubble)|Bubble]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dot and Bubble (TV story)}}) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
On [[16 December]] [[2033]], the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] brought his sonic screwdriver with him to help the [[hard-light hologram]] of [[Eleventh Doctor]] free [[Nora Wicker]] from a [[Time Bubble]] placed over [[Nora Wicker's home|her home]], intended just to contain the [[World Tree]] that had landed on [[Earth]] on [[19 August]] [[1987]]. After the Eleventh Doctor told Nora the plan and exited into her [[garden]], both Doctors readying to use their screwdrivers in sync to create a [[frequency]] to create a crack in the bubble, Nora confided that she wanted to remain in the bubble to look after the World Tree; this momentary distraction caused the Eleventh Doctor to be fractionally too slow and prevented the crack from being opened. The Fifteenth Doctor lowered his screwdriver and returned to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | On [[16 December]] [[2033]], the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] brought his sonic screwdriver with him to help the [[hard-light hologram]] of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] free [[Nora Wicker]] from a [[Time Bubble]] placed over [[Nora Wicker's home|her home]], intended just to contain the [[World Tree]] that had landed on [[Earth]] on [[19 August]] [[1987]]. After the Eleventh Doctor told Nora the plan and exited into her [[garden]], both Doctors readying to use their screwdrivers in sync to create a [[frequency]] to create a crack in the bubble, Nora confided that she wanted to remain in the bubble to look after the World Tree; this momentary distraction caused the Eleventh Doctor to be fractionally too slow and prevented the crack from being opened. The Fifteenth Doctor lowered his screwdriver and returned to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* [[Props maker]] [[Michael van Kesteren]] revealed to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' that the Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver was a distinct model from [[Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|the model]] owned by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]; [[Russell T Davies]] had certain requirements for the Fifteenth Doctor's to fulfil — unlike the Fourteenth Doctor's — with the main brief being "something every kid would want for [[Christmas]]."<ref>[[DWM 594]] - ''Designated 'Driver'', Page 18</ref> | * [[Props maker]] [[Michael van Kesteren]] revealed to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' that the Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver was a distinct model from [[Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|the model]] owned by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]; [[Russell T Davies]] had certain requirements for the Fifteenth Doctor's to fulfil — unlike the Fourteenth Doctor's — with the main brief being "something every kid would want for [[Christmas]]."<ref>[[DWM 594]] - ''Designated 'Driver'', Page 18</ref> | ||
* The Gallifreyan poem inscribed on the screwdriver translates into a Rwandan proverb, meaning "The sharpness of the tongue defeats the sharpness of the warrior". | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:The Doctor's sonic screwdrivers| 15]] | [[Category:The Doctor's sonic screwdrivers| 15]] | ||
[[Category:Fifteenth Doctor's possessions|sonic screwdriver]] | [[Category:Fifteenth Doctor's possessions|sonic screwdriver]] | ||