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|image      = Sonic Blaster.jpg
|aka        = Squareness gun
|type        = [[Sonic device]]
|origin      = [[Villengard]]
|first      = The Empty Child (TV story)
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A '''sonic blaster''', or '''squareness gun''', was type of weapon available in the [[51st century]]. They were produced at the [[Villengard|Villengard factory]], until it was destroyed by the [[War Doctor]] to prevent them from producing weapons for the [[Dalek Empire]].


A '''sonic blaster''' was type of weapon popular by the [[51st century]]. They were produced at the [[Villengard|Vilengard factory]]. They were seen used by Professor [[River Song]] and by Captain [[Jack Harkness]], who brought one with him to the year [[1941]] during his conning days.
== History ==
Captain [[Jack Harkness]] brought [[Jack Harkness' sonic blaster (The Empty Child)|a sonic blaster]] with him to the year [[1941]] during his con man days. He used it to open a door by removing the lock. After switching it with a [[banana]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used it to blast away part of the wall to escape the gas mask zombies. [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], who called it a "squareness gun" because of its blast pattern, used it to create a hole in the floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')


[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] switched Jack's sonic blaster with a [[banana]] at one point. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
The Doctor destroyed one of Jack's sonic blasters with his sonic screwdriver, telling him he has seen enough weapons to last him several lifetimes and will not let the people who travel with him use them. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'')


==Abilities==
Jack had [[Jack Harkness' sonic blaster (Night of the Whisper)|a spare blaster]], which he used in [[New Vegas]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Whisper (audio story)|Night of the Whisper]]'')
The blaster used a sonic wave projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light which could cut through thick walls, and also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. The only problem is that it runs on batteries. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')


:''Jack explained that the blaster used digital technology, so by implication, the blaster could encode the molecules of the destroyed materials and re-integrate them from the same source.''
The [[Tenth Doctor]] denied permission for [[Emily Winter]] to take the sonic blaster as it was reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tesseract (comic story)|Tesseract]]'')


The Blaster has only ever been seen as a means of escape or forced entry such as when Jack uses it to destroy a door or Professor River Song uses it to blast away chunks of wall in order to escape the Vashta Nerada. It has never been used as an offensive weapon but as a tool. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] kept the blaster in the TARDIS drawing room. ([[GAME]]: ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]'', ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]'')


:''Though Jack does brandish it towards the gas-masked zombies and explains it can function as several other kinds of sonic device.''
[[Stormcage]] guards had access to sonic blasters. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Gamble with Time (short story)|A Gamble with Time]]'')


==Background Information==
By the time River Song used it, the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') River used the blaster as a stun weapon and to manipulate access hatches into opening. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'') During her expedition to the Library, she used it to aid herself and several others in escaping the [[Vashta Nerada]], by making holes in the wall and floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
Production staff referred to this weapon as the "squareness gun" before the Doctor called it by that name. Furthermore, [[Steven Moffat]] has suggested that River's gun might be the same one Jack used, as he apparently left it in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he parted ways with the Doctor. (''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'') This was confirmed in [[IDW]]: ''[[Tesseract]]''.
 
[[Category:Sonic devices|Blaster]]
Long after having left Jack's possession, the blaster would once again return to its original owner when he joined the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS in stopping both an army of [[Defence Drone Dalek|Defence Drone Daleks]] cloned from the [[Recon scout Dalek|Recon Scout]], and the [[Death Squad Dalek|Death Squad Daleks]] summoned to eliminate them. During this conflict Jack used the sonic blaster to open a hole in the door to [[Jack Robertson]]'s [[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]] facility and to kill two cloned Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')
 
A [[policeman]] on a [[Planet (Death-Dealer)|market planet]] was armed with a sonic blaster. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death-Dealer (audio story)|Death-Dealer]]'')
 
== Abilities ==
The blaster used digital technology to create a sonic wave, projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light, which could cut through thick walls. It also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. This was deemed a "special feature" of the blaster, and was said to use up a lot of the batteries on which it ran. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
 
In the hands of the Doctor and his friends, the blaster was never seen to be used as an offensive weapon, but rather as a tool for a means of escape or forced entry. However, Jack brandished the gun at those [[Empty Child|infected by the nanogenes]] and explained that the blaster could also function as a sonic disruptor and a sonic cannon.
 
When [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] used it to create a hole in a floor, it did not injure her, Jack's or the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s feet in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
 
The blaster could be used as an offensive weapon as Jack was able to vaporize two cloned [[Dalek mutant|Dalek mutants]] with it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* The sonic blaster was designed by [[Matt Savage]], who based it on the shape of a banana. (''ImageFX'' magazine, October 2008, p. 62)
* The idea of River's gun being the one Jack left in the TARDIS was suggested by [[Steven Moffat]] and was later stated in the comic story ''[[Tesseract (comic story)|Tesseract]]''.
* Both the old and the new versions of the blaster are present in the ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]'' mobile game as separate playable characters, with no connection drawn between the two.
* John Barrowman still has the original prop which he claims that he will be displaying in his TV room
 
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 03:55, 22 October 2024

A sonic blaster, or squareness gun, was type of weapon available in the 51st century. They were produced at the Villengard factory, until it was destroyed by the War Doctor to prevent them from producing weapons for the Dalek Empire.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Captain Jack Harkness brought a sonic blaster with him to the year 1941 during his con man days. He used it to open a door by removing the lock. After switching it with a banana, the Ninth Doctor used it to blast away part of the wall to escape the gas mask zombies. Rose, who called it a "squareness gun" because of its blast pattern, used it to create a hole in the floor. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

The Doctor destroyed one of Jack's sonic blasters with his sonic screwdriver, telling him he has seen enough weapons to last him several lifetimes and will not let the people who travel with him use them. (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction)

Jack had a spare blaster, which he used in New Vegas. (AUDIO: Night of the Whisper)

The Tenth Doctor denied permission for Emily Winter to take the sonic blaster as it was reserved for "someone else". (COMIC: Tesseract)

The Eleventh Doctor kept the blaster in the TARDIS drawing room. (GAME: TARDIS, The Gunpowder Plot)

Stormcage guards had access to sonic blasters. (PROSE: A Gamble with Time)

By the time River Song used it, the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. (TV: The Doctor Dances, Forest of the Dead) River used the blaster as a stun weapon and to manipulate access hatches into opening. (GAME: The Eternity Clock) During her expedition to the Library, she used it to aid herself and several others in escaping the Vashta Nerada, by making holes in the wall and floor. (TV: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Long after having left Jack's possession, the blaster would once again return to its original owner when he joined the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS in stopping both an army of Defence Drone Daleks cloned from the Recon Scout, and the Death Squad Daleks summoned to eliminate them. During this conflict Jack used the sonic blaster to open a hole in the door to Jack Robertson's Osaka, Japan facility and to kill two cloned Daleks. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)

A policeman on a market planet was armed with a sonic blaster. (AUDIO: Death-Dealer)

Abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The blaster used digital technology to create a sonic wave, projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light, which could cut through thick walls. It also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. This was deemed a "special feature" of the blaster, and was said to use up a lot of the batteries on which it ran. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

In the hands of the Doctor and his friends, the blaster was never seen to be used as an offensive weapon, but rather as a tool for a means of escape or forced entry. However, Jack brandished the gun at those infected by the nanogenes and explained that the blaster could also function as a sonic disruptor and a sonic cannon.

When Rose used it to create a hole in a floor, it did not injure her, Jack's or the Ninth Doctor's feet in the process. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

The blaster could be used as an offensive weapon as Jack was able to vaporize two cloned Dalek mutants with it. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The sonic blaster was designed by Matt Savage, who based it on the shape of a banana. (ImageFX magazine, October 2008, p. 62)
  • The idea of River's gun being the one Jack left in the TARDIS was suggested by Steven Moffat and was later stated in the comic story Tesseract.
  • Both the old and the new versions of the blaster are present in the Doctor Who: Legacy mobile game as separate playable characters, with no connection drawn between the two.
  • John Barrowman still has the original prop which he claims that he will be displaying in his TV room

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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