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[[File:Geronimo_scanner.jpg|thumb|River receives a message from the [[Eleventh Doctor]] on her scanner. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')]]
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This '''Scanner''' was a device that [[River Song]] used frequently. It was branded "[[Magpie Electricals]]".
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|first      = Flesh and Stone (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blood Woods (audio story)|The Blood Woods]]''}}
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[[River Song]] made frequent use of a '''scanner''' branded "[[Magpie Electricals]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') She regarded it as [[alien]] technology. It could be used to detect [[time distortion]] and ionising [[radiation]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blood Woods (audio story)|The Blood Woods]]'') to pick up incoming and outgoing transmissions, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') to map out terrain, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') and even scan for medical prognoses, all in a matter of seconds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')


River used it to scan [[Amy Pond]] and determine she was dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') She scanned the [[Underhenge]] and found its pillars were transmitting a signal throughout time and space and later, that there were tens of thousand of alien ships in space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
== History ==
River once used her device to scan the [[Underhenge]], and found its pillars were transmitting a signal throughout time and space to call for the capture of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in the [[Pandorica]]. Later, River's scanner showed her there were tens of thousand of alien ships approaching. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')


On other occasions, River used the scanner to let her know there were extensive tunnels beneath [[Florida]] that extended around the world; to open a locked door; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') and to learn that the [[astronaut]] suit that the her younger self had escaped from was augmented with alien technology. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
Functioning as a [[medscanner]], she later used it to scan [[Amy Pond]] and determine she was dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
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On another occasion, River used the scanner to let her know there were extensive tunnels beneath [[Florida]] that extended around the world, to open a locked door, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') and to learn that the [[astronaut]] suit that her younger self had escaped from was augmented with alien technology. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 19 November 2021

River Song made frequent use of a scanner branded "Magpie Electricals". (TV: Flesh and Stone) She regarded it as alien technology. It could be used to detect time distortion and ionising radiation, (AUDIO: The Blood Woods) to pick up incoming and outgoing transmissions, (TV: The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang) to map out terrain, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) and even scan for medical prognoses, all in a matter of seconds. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

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River once used her device to scan the Underhenge, and found its pillars were transmitting a signal throughout time and space to call for the capture of the Eleventh Doctor in the Pandorica. Later, River's scanner showed her there were tens of thousand of alien ships approaching. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)

Functioning as a medscanner, she later used it to scan Amy Pond and determine she was dying. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

On another occasion, River used the scanner to let her know there were extensive tunnels beneath Florida that extended around the world, to open a locked door, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) and to learn that the astronaut suit that her younger self had escaped from was augmented with alien technology. (TV: Day of the Moon)