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The sonic screwdriver was | The origin of the sonic screwdriver was unknown. It may have been the product of [[Gallifrey]]an technology since [[Romana]] understood it enough to construct her own version of it. Other alien races were known to possess similar devices. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') The name of the device itself suggests that it functioned using soundwaves, although the actual workings of the device were never fully explained. | ||
A crystal similar to [[Metebelis Crystal]] sought after by the [[Eight Legs]] of [[Metebelis III]] was used in the Mark VI sonic screwdriver. ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]'') There were also electrical components. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[The Halls of Sacrifice]]'') | A crystal similar to [[Metebelis Crystal]] sought after by the [[Eight Legs]] of [[Metebelis III]] was used in the Mark VI sonic screwdriver. ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]'') There were also electrical components. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[The Halls of Sacrifice]]'') | ||
The screwdriver had a multitude of settings, along with different versions of settings, as the Doctor told Rose to use "setting 15B" to help him triangulate the source of the ghosts ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'') and used 34-H to sink a ship ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Second Wave]]''). It is also said to have a setting 85. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]''). The Doctor told Rose to use setting 2428D to re-attach barbed wire | The screwdriver had a multitude of settings, along with different versions of settings, as the Doctor told Rose to use "setting 15B" to help him triangulate the source of the ghosts ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'') and used 34-H to sink a ship ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Second Wave]]''). It is also said to have a setting 85. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]''). The Doctor told Rose to use setting 2428D to re-attach barbed wire. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
The different versions of the Doctor's sonic screwdrivers exhibited different capabilities and uses, such as the interception of signals ranging from transmat beams to conscious thought; medical diagnostics and repair of organic parts; cutting, but also re-attaching together materials such as barbed wire; operating Earth machinery such as computers and even cash machines (at regular and high eject speeds); creating a spark to light a candle; and, on the rare occasion, driving screws without touching them. Although it was primarily a tool, it could also be used as a defensive weapon, such as when the Tenth Doctor put it in a sound board to destroy the [[Robot Santa]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') However, according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the device could be used to wound, maim, or kill living things. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') It could still be used to destroy non-living objects or mechanisms or place living creatures in circumstances where they might die, if the situation required. | The different versions of the Doctor's sonic screwdrivers exhibited different capabilities and uses, such as the interception of signals ranging from transmat beams to conscious thought; medical diagnostics and repair of organic parts; cutting, but also re-attaching together materials such as barbed wire; operating Earth machinery such as computers and even cash machines (at regular and high eject speeds); creating a spark to light a candle; and, on the rare occasion, driving screws without touching them. Although it was primarily a tool, it could also be used as a defensive weapon, such as when the Tenth Doctor put it in a sound board to destroy the [[Robot Santa]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') However, according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the device could be used to wound, maim, or kill living things. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') It could still be used to destroy non-living objects or mechanisms or place living creatures in circumstances where they might die, if the situation required. | ||
