"Eleventh Doctor's flippy-out petals" is a title based upon conjecture.
Check the behind the scenes section, the revision history and discussion page for additional comments on this article's title.
The Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver had a retractable casing that surrounded the primary emitter cluster. (PROSE: The Visual Dictionary [+]Loading...{"page":"20-21","ed":"2010 reprint","1":"The Visual Dictionary (reference book)"}) This case resembled "claws", (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]) or, more poetically, "petals". (PROSE: Super Sonic [+]Loading...{"page":"36-37","1":"Super Sonic (feature)"})
The retracting casing and the primary emitter cluster. (PROSE: The Visual Dictionary [+]Loading...{"page":"20-21","ed":"2010 reprint","1":"The Visual Dictionary (reference book)"})
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History
- See Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver for general information about the screwdriver.
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Behind the scenes
- The claws haven't yet been identified in any valid source known to this wiki, only identified in the 2010 edition of The Visual Dictionary as the "retractable casing". However, to the production team of the 2023 specials of Doctor Who, these claws were referred to as the "Eleventh Doctor's flippy-out petals" as a seemingly official name.[1]
- A new sonic screwdriver designed for the Fourteenth Doctor had similar petals, as an homage to the Eleventh Doctor's screwdriver.