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'''Energy weapon''' were any device that intended to use directed energy in a destructive manner. Energy weapons ranged in size and type from handheld anti-personnel weapons to massive cannons for combat in the vacuum of space, mounted on space ships or even planetary bases.
'''Ray guns''' were a name sometimes used for [[energy weapon]]s, usually of the hand-held type.


== Anti-personnel energy weapons ==
== References ==
An '''energy weapon''' could be a handheld weapon that fired energy rather than a projectile of some sort. This energy might be a laser, plasma, or some more esoteric variety. Advantages of energy weapons over [[firearm]]s included their ability to do significantly more damage than a projectile, and, ironically, their ability to be designed to incapacitate rather than kill. They were often informally referred to as '''blasters'''.
* The [[Morok]]s used ray guns. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'')
* The [[Dalek]]s referred to their own [[gunstick]]s as ray guns. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and the [[Second Doctor]] referred to the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]]' weaponry as having ray guns. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'')
* The [[Cat-People]] used ray guns. ([[MA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]'')
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* [[Dalek]] [[gunstick]] energy weapons were built into their casings. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' et al)
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* Both the [[Cybermen]] of the Doctor's universe and the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] of [[Pete's World]] were seen with built-in energy weapons; the former had them in their heads, while the latter in their [[Cyber Wrist Blaster|forearms]]. The former also used [[Cyber-gun]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]], [[Army of Ghosts]]/''[[Doomsday|''Doomsday'']])
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* [[Sontaran]] soldiers typically carried some form of [[Sontaran blaster|blaster]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
* The [[Chancellery Guard]] on [[Gallifrey]] used a weapon called a [[staser]], designed to prevent [[regeneration]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')
* [[Jack Harkness]] carried a [[Compact Laser Deluxe]], which was able to defeat the androids [[Trin-E]] and [[Zu-Zana]] when they tried to kill him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')
* Shortly afterwards, Jack improvised an energy weapon out of the [[Defabricator]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]])''
* The [[Judoon]] carried hand held [[Judoon blaster|weapons]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')
* [[Chantho]] used an energy weapon against [[The Master]]. While not immediately fatal, the injury triggered a [[regeneration]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* [[The Preachers]] carried large [[Energy blaster]]s to fight Cybermen; while the Doctor modified them to be be used against Daleks, they were ultimately ineffective. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
* The [[Sea Devil]]s carried energy weapons. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')
* The Master's [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] was a particularly exotic form of energy weapon, later replaced with a [[Laser Screwdriver]].
* River Song carried a Disintergrator Pistol which was capable of an [[Alpha Meson]] burst. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang]]'')
* The [[Anubian]]s could fire an energy weapon through their palms. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')
 
== Large-scale energy weapons ==
* The [[Jathaa sunglider]] weapon deployed by the [[Torchwood 1|Torchwood Institute]] in [[2007|200]]5 during the [[Sycorax]]'s appearance over [[London]] on [[Christmas]] day. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* Ship mounted weapons such as those utilised by the [[Dalek]]s during their [[22nd century Dalek invasion|22nd century invasion]] of Earth and [[Dalek Invasion of Earth (2009)|their invasion]] whilst Earth was in the [[Medusa Cascade]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
* The human-built airship carrier, The ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'', also carried a [[Jathaa sunglider]] energy weapon. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'')
* The [[CyberKing]] was fitted with an energy weapon on its arm. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'')
 
== See also ==
* [[Dalek enhanced Tommy Gun]]
* [[Sonic blaster]]
* [[Firearm]]
 
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Ray guns were a name sometimes used for energy weapons, usually of the hand-held type.

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