On one occasion he removed the head entirely and replaced it with a small, round mirror, which spun rapidly when he tapped its edge with his finger and hypnotised anyone who looked at it. Accompanied by a yellow light on the collar of his sonic screwdriver and the Doctor singing a Venusian lullaby, it hypnotised the aggressive Aggedor into calmness. ( TV: The Curse of Peladon) The sonic screwdriver could also detect arriving spaceships ( PROSE: The Pictures of Emptiness) and reveal ultraviolet characters. ( PROSE: The Game of Death) It could also detect the progress of the War Doctor's calculation. ( TV: The Day of the Doctor) The Sixth Doctor's screwdriver could be used to disable a video camera indefinitely, ( PROSE: The Nightmare Fair) close and seal Dalek doors, ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure) and repair the TARDIS control console. ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure) He once attempted to use it to free the American Envoy from the Dalek laser wall, but this failed. ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure)

For the 50th anniversary special, " The Day of the Doctor" (2013), another version was seen in the hands of John Hurt's War Doctor. The design was similar to the one used by Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor. This time the halo and bullet tip had been removed, replaced by a red light as well as a large red dial added to the base. Character Options released a version of this sonic screwdriver on 23 November 2013 at London's ExCel labelling it "The Other Doctor's Sonic". [9] It was established as a plot point in that episode that the sonic screwdrivers employed by various Doctor incarnations all use the same software, something the War Doctor exploited by running a calculation over a course of several centuries with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors seeing the calculation completed through their models. It is also directly implied after the fact that the sonic screwdriver has actually been a part of every doctor's retinue, despite its disappearance for doctors six & seven; the Tenth Doctor says to the Gallifreyan high command, as all thirteen doctors are about to change history by saving the planet, that the calculations for doing what's about to be done have been "running all my lives." 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. In the video game Daleks (published for operating systems of the early 1980s), the Doctor can use the sonic screwdriver to teleport and to defend himself against the Daleks. The main body of David Tennant’s screen-used prop is attached to the Sonic Screwdriver structure by three screws. On the original prop, these are paint The screwdriver was given a rest once more in series 9, only appearing in The Magician's Apprentice, and a new version was introduced in the last episode Hell Bent. It was replaced by sonic sunglasses for that entire season. Protecting two versions of Rory Williams from falling victim to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect ( PROSE: Touched by an Angel)The Twelfth Doctor loses his sonic screwdriver to the creator of the Daleks, Davros, after lending it to him when he was a child. In the last episode of Series 9, the Doctor received a new sonic screwdriver from the TARDIS in place of the temporary sonic sunglasses. In a move welcomed by many fans (well this fan at least) The Wand Company have released the 10th Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver as a universal remote control. Last year’s 11th Doctor sonic was an impressive release, giving you not just a programmable IR remote, but also a solid feeling replica of Matt Smith’s sonic screwdriver. This year sees the release of David Tennant’s Sonic, a replica based on 3D scanning the actual sonic used in the TV show.

The Tenth Doctor used the sonic screwdriver to strip off pieces of Dalekanium from the Empire State Building, ( TV: Evolution of the Daleks) tint his glasses to turn them into sunglasses, ( TV: Planet of the Dead) and once used it as a soldering iron for perception filters. ( TV: The Sound of Drums) It could also be used to fix hairstyles in place, ( PROSE: Rose and the Snow Window) prevent Mirrorlings from emerging ( COMIC: Mirror Image) and illuminate people. ( COMIC: Warfreekz!) The War Doctor's sonic screwdriver prop was created by modifying a Fourth Doctor's sonic screwdriver replica toy. The sonic screwdriver would, in rare occasions, be used as an offensive weapon, firing energy blasts. The Eleventh Doctor used it in this manner to help River Song defeat a group of Silents, defeating at least two of them. ( TV: Day of the Moon) The Twelfth Doctor used the same model of screwdriver to blast a Hyperion, buying himself and others time to escape from it. ( COMIC: The Hyperion Empire) It could also destroy ice creatures when it received the latest update. ( TV: The Snowmen) Granting a football referee's glasses the ability to watch every football game in the galaxy. ( COMIC: Bow-ties for Goal Posts) Using the appropriate sonic frequency, the Fourth Doctor used the sonic screwdriver to return himself, Ernestina Stott and later, his scarf, to normal size. ( AUDIO: The Dead Shoes)In the 1965 episode Trap of Steel, the Doctor uses an apparently ordinary screwdriver to examine the metal of the Drahvin spaceship and other tasks. This is perhaps the most noticeable difference between the hero prop and The Sonic Screwdriver URC. The Sonic Screwdriver URC has to come apart so that the batteries can be changed. To avoid unsightly parting lines and fixing screws showing on the outside of the Sonic Screwdriver, the ideal place for this was in the middle, and the cover ring was used to hide the join. This provides an elegant solution but means that the cover ring has to taper less than this feature on the original prop. The Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver toy has a total of four sound effects, two of which alternate with every other button press. The third is activated by pressing twice and holding on the third button push. The fourth is activated with three presses and a hold on the fourth push. However, in some models of the toy, over-use of the hidden sound effects causes the sound functions to eventually break, leaving only the LED functional. In the Big Finish audio drama Pier Pressure, Evelyn Smythe mentions that although the Sixth Doctor didn't possess a sonic screwdriver, he fondly remembered it as his "door key". The Sixth Doctor uses his fingernails as a stand-in for the screwdriver as an escape method in The Nowhere Place. When used on technology, the sonic screwdriver would determine a device's function, ( TV: The Beast Below) how advanced it was, ( TV: A Town Called Mercy) the nature of their controls ( TV: A Christmas Carol) and if they were connected to other devices. ( TV: The Big Bang) The Doctor would also use it to scan for information on computers and database systems. ( TV: The Time of Angels, The Wedding of River Song) In conjunction with a satellite dish, the Eleventh Doctor once used the sonic screwdriver to locate his TARDIS. ( TV: The Big Bang)

In a possible future stemming from the Eighth Doctor, ( PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows) the "listless-looking" Ninth Doctor carried a sonic screwdriver with "three settings", which the Thirteenth Doctor continued to use. ( TV: The Curse of Fatal Death) In a another reality, ( PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows) the "pale aristocrat" Ninth Doctor also used a sonic screwdriver. ( TV: Scream of the Shalka) Creating a force field wave with two (or possibly more) other sonics to physically repel a Dalek (it may have to be the same sonic device at different points in its own time stream)see list Memorable moment Another memorable moment One more memorable moment Behind the scenes video About the Doctor The TARDIS • Sonic screwdriver Name • Aliases • Age • Species In a comic The Catherine Tate Show sketch, Catherine Tate's teenage character Lauren Cooper accuses her English teacher (played by David Tennant) of being "the Doctor". After much provocation, the teacher uses the sonic screwdriver to transform Lauren into a Rose Tyler action figure. Vastra had a sonic screwdriver that was a gift from the Doctor. She used it to shatter the glass of the Crystal Palace. It had a red tip, and was similar in design to that used by the Doctor's eleventh incarnation. ( COMIC: The Crystal Throne)