This version has even more functions including detecting security traps, remote detonation of mines, opening doors and restraints, creating ignitions sparks and again removing screws and fixings. In " Closing Time" (2011), ringed energy beams are seen emitted from the device, giving it a more weapon-like appearance, particularly when used to disable a weakened Cyberman at a distance. This design debuted in 2008's " Partners in Crime" and continued to be used until the Screwdriver's ultimate destruction in 2010's " The Eleventh Hour".

Blue Peter announced that there will be three Sonic devices that will feature in Series 8 of Doctor Who, designed by Blue Peter watchers. Despite them trying to keep it quiet from the Doctor, he was well aware of the project by his seventh incarnation. On occasion, the Doctor used it to either disarm explosive weapons ( PROSE: Cold Fusion) or to detonate them. After crash-landing in Sheffield with no TARDIS, a body that was still cooking, and two alien mysteries to solve, the Doctor realised she was missing something – her sonic screwdriver. If you come across an infringement of BBC copyright
or trade mark that you would like to report please e-mail antipiracy at bbc dot com with as much information as possible.Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. In addition, when combined, the screwdrivers of the War, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctor could create a sonic force field blast to repel and destroy a Dalek. The sonic pen took the form of a sleek, black and silver fountain pen with a blue light at the top and was made into a toy version which was paired with the sonic screwdriver. The Seventh Doctor regained his sonic screwdriver in the Virgin New Adventures novels, with its first reappearance in The Pit. It was destroyed by a Dalek in part seven of the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip "Liberation of the Daleks" while in the Fourteenth Doctor's possession.

In the DVD commentary, Letts himself remarks on the thickness of the prop and the fact that it belies the idea that it was the regular one, prompting Katy Manning to question whether it was indeed a sonic screwdriver. Aside from unlocking doors, the device was greatly downplayed during the Fourth Doctor's second and third seasons. Allowing the Doctor to hear people talking, even if they are several yards away and surrounded by loud noises ("The Magician's Apprentice"). We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved.But there are times when even the Doctor’s amazing mind needs some help to get stuff done more quickly, and that’s when a sonic screwdriver can come in very handy.

Extremis") He was once able to tell that a person was holding a computer tablet, but not what was written on it, as well as 'see' a combination lock but not the numbers.The Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver is a modified prop from the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are Go, where it appeared as a screwdriver of the non-sonic variety. Though initially saddened at the loss of the screwdriver, the Doctor obtains a new one at the conclusion of the episode. Saward had written out the sonic screwdriver, believing that the Doctor had "a cupboard full of them" in the TARDIS. The sonic screwdriver prop used by the third, fourth, and fifth Doctor on Doctor Who, was itself actually a re-purposed prop from the film Thunderbirds are go.