Silurian blaster

Silurian blaster
Type:	Weapon
Place of origin:	Earth
Made by:	Silurians
Used by:	Silurians, Skithra
First appearance:	Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"]
Appearances:	TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"] TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"] GRAPHIC: Knights [+]Loading...["Knights (illustration)"] COMIC: The Lost Dimension [+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"] TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror [+]Loading...["Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)"] PROSE: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival [+]Loading...["Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival (novel)"]

Silurian blasters were weapons used by the Silurians. They were used by a variant without the third eye. They could be easily deactivated using a sonic screwdriver. (TV: Cold Blood)

At some point before the late 19th century or early 20th century, the Skithra gained possession of at least one Silurian blaster. It was used in a kidnapping attempt of Nikola Tesla, but was quickly acquired by the Thirteenth Doctor. She, Graham O'Brien and Ryan Sinclair later confronted Thomas Edison about the blaster, though he only was astonished by the weapon. (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror)

Silurian guns were capable of stunning their targets by interfering with their neural networks. These weapons were used by Horlak's tribe and carried by a number of scholars who served as guards. When Madame Vastra washed up on their island, a scholar used a blaster to stun her when she attempted to approach them. The Ninth Doctor explained to Vastra that these Silurians were under quarantine as carriers of Raldoma Syndrome, which was deadly to Vastra's caste. When Vastra was possessed by the Void, Rose Tyler used a gun to stun her, freeing her of the corruption. The Doctor then used his sonic screwdriver to convert the gun into a psionic dampener, freeing Jenny Flint and the other Silurians at the cost of burning out the gun's psychogenic sequencer. Horlak accepted the Doctor's request for another gun. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension ^[+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"])

In the Silurian city underneath Cwmtaff, the guards and military carried Silurian blasters for offensive purposes. They were used by Restac to kill Malohkeh and Rory Williams, the latter sacrificing himself to save the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: Cold Blood)