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[[File:Listening in.jpg|thumb|The [[Fourth Doctor]] listens to [[Tythonian ship|Erato's ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'')]] | [[File:Listening in.jpg|thumb|The [[Fourth Doctor]] listens to [[Tythonian ship|Erato's ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'')]] | ||
A '''stethoscope''' was an instrument that amplified sound, allowing the wearer to better hear the sounds emanating from the site on which the bell of the device was placed. Though typically meant for medical practice — as when [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Martha Jones]] examined [[the Doctor]]'s [[heart]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones]]''), it could be used in other, non-medical situations. The Doctor, for instance, frequently used it to amplify the sound that mechanical or electronic devices made, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') or to eavesdrop on a conversation in an adjacent room. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') The Doctor found it such a useful device that most of his incarnations carried one. | A '''stethoscope''' was an instrument that amplified sound, allowing the wearer to better hear the sounds emanating from the site on which the bell of the device was placed. Though typically meant for medical practice — as when [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Martha Jones]] examined [[the Doctor]]'s [[heart]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones]]''), it could be used in other, non-medical situations. The Doctor, for instance, frequently used it to amplify the sound that mechanical or electronic devices made, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') or to eavesdrop on a conversation in an adjacent room. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') It was also used in the novel The Shroud of Sorrow. The doctor pulls one out and puts it around his neck to prove he is a doctor. The Doctor found it such a useful device that most of his incarnations carried one. | ||
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