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A recorder is a musical instrument used by blowing down a slit at the top and putting your fingers (and thumb) on the airholes to create a sound.  
A '''recorder''' is a woodwind musical instrument played by blowing down a slit at the top and placing one's fingers and thumb on the airholes to produce notes.  


The [[Second Doctor]] owns a recorder and often likes to play. He uses it mainly as a way of soothing himself while he attempts to think of ways to get out of tight places and to conjour up new plans but also a sorce of self amusment.
The [[Second Doctor]] owned a recorder and often enjoyed playing it, usually as a source of self-amusment, but also to help him think.


The recorder plays a somewhat major part when all three Doctors encounter [[Omega]]. It is used somewhat accidentaly in the [[TARDIS]]' [[Forcefeild]] and is later used in a portable forcefeild that Omega knocks forciing it to explode killing the renegade [[Time Lord]].
The Doctor found the recorder in a storage chest while searching for his 500 Year Diary. He played it several times while on [[Vulcan]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'')


The [[Fifth Doctor]] also tries to play the recorder but realises its just not him.
The Doctor played the recorder to amuse [[Grand Matriarch|a little girl]] in an alien marketplace. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse ]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while in a [[Scottish]] prison cell. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while visiting [[Atlantis]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'')
 
When the Doctor played his recorder while on the [[Moonbase]], he discovered that the [[Mondasian Cyberman|Cybermen]] were controlling their slaves sonically. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while visiting an Earth colony. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while imprisoned by the [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while imprisoned at [[Det-Sen]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
 
When [[the TARDIS]] landed in [[Australia]], Jamie made the Doctor leave his recorder in the ship before they left. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'')
 
The Doctor played the recorder while under [[Robot Yti]] guard. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'')
 
After escaping from the [[Land of Fiction]], the Doctor realised he left his recorder there, and sent himself back in to retrieve it. While there, he encountered [[Goth]], who asked him to help the [[Time Lord]]s, and thus sent him to meet his [[Third Doctor|future self]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Future Imperfect]]'')
 
When the Second and Third Doctor were transported to [[Omega]]'s realm, the recorder fell into the TARDIS' [[force field]] generator, and was therefore not converted into [[anti-matter]] during the trip there. When the Doctors discovered this, they offered it to Omega, and the resulting annihilation seemingly destroyed the renegade Time Lord and his world. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'')
 
Although his memories of meeting his future self quickly faded, the Doctor did remember that he had lost his recorder, and went to a music shop on [[Amber Station]] to get a new one. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Briefly Noted]]''
 
The Doctor gave his recorder to [[Flora Millrace]]. ([[ST]]: ''[[The Avant Guardian]]'') Flora later gave it to [[William]]. ([[ST]]: ''[[DS Al Fine]]'')
 
The Doctor used his recorder to control giant metal spiders on a jungle planet. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Master of Spiders]]'')
 
The Doctor used his recorder to befriend a herd of woolly mammoths on prehistoric Earth. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Pursued by the Trods]]'')
 
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] discovered the Doctor's recorder in the TARDIS' secondary control room. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'')
 
The newly regenerated [[Fifth Doctor]] tried playing the recorder, but realised it was just not him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
 
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Revision as of 05:10, 17 March 2008

A recorder is a woodwind musical instrument played by blowing down a slit at the top and placing one's fingers and thumb on the airholes to produce notes.

The Second Doctor owned a recorder and often enjoyed playing it, usually as a source of self-amusment, but also to help him think.

The Doctor found the recorder in a storage chest while searching for his 500 Year Diary. He played it several times while on Vulcan. (DW: The Power of the Daleks)

The Doctor played the recorder to amuse a little girl in an alien marketplace. (NA: Timewyrm: Apocalypse )

The Doctor played the recorder while in a Scottish prison cell. (DW: The Highlanders)

The Doctor played the recorder while visiting Atlantis. (DW: The Underwater Menace)

When the Doctor played his recorder while on the Moonbase, he discovered that the Cybermen were controlling their slaves sonically. (DW: The Moonbase)

The Doctor played the recorder while visiting an Earth colony. (DW: The Macra Terror)

The Doctor played the recorder while imprisoned by the Daleks. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)

The Doctor played the recorder while imprisoned at Det-Sen. (DW: The Abominable Snowmen)

When the TARDIS landed in Australia, Jamie made the Doctor leave his recorder in the ship before they left. (DW: The Enemy of the World)

The Doctor played the recorder while under Robot Yti guard. (DW: The Web of Fear)

After escaping from the Land of Fiction, the Doctor realised he left his recorder there, and sent himself back in to retrieve it. While there, he encountered Goth, who asked him to help the Time Lords, and thus sent him to meet his future self. (DWM: Future Imperfect)

When the Second and Third Doctor were transported to Omega's realm, the recorder fell into the TARDIS' force field generator, and was therefore not converted into anti-matter during the trip there. When the Doctors discovered this, they offered it to Omega, and the resulting annihilation seemingly destroyed the renegade Time Lord and his world. (DW: The Three Doctors)

Although his memories of meeting his future self quickly faded, the Doctor did remember that he had lost his recorder, and went to a music shop on Amber Station to get a new one. (DWM: Briefly Noted

The Doctor gave his recorder to Flora Millrace. (ST: The Avant Guardian) Flora later gave it to William. (ST: DS Al Fine)

The Doctor used his recorder to control giant metal spiders on a jungle planet. (TVC: Master of Spiders)

The Doctor used his recorder to befriend a herd of woolly mammoths on prehistoric Earth. (TVC: Pursued by the Trods)

Sarah Jane Smith discovered the Doctor's recorder in the TARDIS' secondary control room. (DW: The Masque of Mandragora)

The newly regenerated Fifth Doctor tried playing the recorder, but realised it was just not him. (DW: Castrovalva)

The Doctor's recorder