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* In [[Victor Pemberton]]'s script for ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', it was simply described as the Doctor's "own version of a screwdriver". When seeing a normal screwdriver in rehearsals, production assistant [[Michael Briant]] suggested using another prop and the device having sonicwaves, [[Patrick Troughton]] then took a penlight from the [[visual effects]] department. ([[DWM 277]]) | * In [[Victor Pemberton]]'s script for ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', it was simply described as the Doctor's "own version of a screwdriver". When seeing a normal screwdriver in rehearsals, production assistant [[Michael Briant]] suggested using another prop and the device having sonicwaves, [[Patrick Troughton]] then took a penlight from the [[visual effects]] department. ([[DWM 277]]) | ||
* While shooting ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', Troughton accidentally lost the original prop and it had to be replaced at the last minute by [[Peter Day]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/NothingLane/status/909107817830895616 Extract] of [[Peter Day]]'s interview by [[Richard Bignell]] for [[Loose Cannon Productions]]' ''Doctor Who - The Making of Fury from the Deep''</ref> with the safety whistle<ref name="2ndEssay">[https://thezeroroomblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-2nd-doctors-sonic-screwdrivers.html Essay] by [[Lee Moone]]</ref> of [[Deborah Watling]]'s life jacket outfit<ref>[https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/2-sonics-for-the-2nd-doctor.179221/page-6#post-3227683 Account report] of [[Frazer Hines]]</ref> | * While shooting ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', Troughton accidentally lost the original prop and it had to be replaced at the last minute by [[Peter Day]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/NothingLane/status/909107817830895616 Extract] of [[Peter Day]]'s interview by [[Richard Bignell]] for [[Loose Cannon Productions]]' ''Doctor Who - The Making of Fury from the Deep''</ref> with the safety whistle<ref name="2ndEssay">[https://thezeroroomblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-2nd-doctors-sonic-screwdrivers.html Essay] by [[Lee Moone]]</ref> of [[Deborah Watling]]'s life jacket outfit.<ref>[https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/2-sonics-for-the-2nd-doctor.179221/page-6#post-3227683 Account report] of [[Frazer Hines]]</ref> | ||
* In Episode 6 of ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', the Second Doctor uses one of his devices together with some [[amplifier]]s to produce a "sonic laser soundwave" but it is unknown if this is the sonic screwdriver, and if so whether it was the retrieved original prop or not. The combined props are seen in a surviving alternate take of the climax battle of the episode, in which a sort of medical hammer appears to be lodged in the amplifier and manipulated by Troughton. | * In Episode 6 of ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', the Second Doctor uses one of his devices together with some [[amplifier]]s to produce a "sonic laser soundwave" but it is unknown if this is the sonic screwdriver, and if so whether it was the retrieved original prop or not. The combined props are seen in a surviving alternate take of the climax battle of the episode, in which a sort of medical hammer appears to be lodged in the amplifier and manipulated by Troughton. | ||
* The Second Doctor's slim penlight prop from ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' has been identified as a Eveready model no. 1980 (1968-70 version).<ref name="2ndEssay" /> | * The Second Doctor's slim penlight prop from ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' has been identified as a Eveready model no. 1980 (1968-70 version).<ref name="2ndEssay" /> | ||
