CC Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Anybody else think they're going a bit overboard with the sonic screwdriver? It's reversed computers, appears to have been used as a medical scanner*, reattached cut barbed wire, reversed teleports... In the old series they eventually wrote the sonic screwdriver out because it was getting overused and making things to easy. I really think they're going to have to do that at this point now... *Ok, I suppose in that he could have been using it just for a bit of light, but it didn't quite seem that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0V13T Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 The medical scanner is what really bothered me. There was no read out or anything when he was scanning the bodies.. so how could the doctor KNOW? Blinking lights on the sonic screwdriver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketso Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 He's a time lord for goodness sake! I know, in my household, when something needs fixed, two things come to mind: duct tape and a screwdriver. Who's to say that, in the future, to make things simple, a "sonic screwdriver" isn't the universal tool? It makes sense to me. And if you think a sonic screwdriver is a "cover all makes everything easy" tool, then why didn't he seem thrilled when that's all he had to face the horde of "Mummy" clones? Relax, enjoy the show, and grab a drink... screwdriver, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Has anyone ever heard of... ultrasound? It's not that much of a stretch to use it as a medical scanner. Reversing teleports, on the other hand... that's getting a bit extreme -_-' True, an advanced multi-tool isn't so bad... there are some situations where even the most powerful tool can't help ^^' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamewinds Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Oh goodness! I don't care if the sonic screwdriver is over used or mis-used! I got stitches in my gut laughing when he used it to reverse Margaret's transport ... thrice! Actually, I started laughing when Mickey crashed into the janitor and took of with a tin bucket stuck on his foot trailing a couple of yards of toilet paper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petra1989 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 The nice thing about the sonic screwdriver is that it does do everything. I think it was Tom Baker that first actually used it as a screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardion2000 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Gawd you guys overanalyze this stuff waaaay too much. Too me Dr Who isn't supposed to make sense so there :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 As the Doctor would say, "Play nice..." Don't make me use the 'sonic screwdriver' ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burybuffynow Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Personally, the best use of the sonic screwdriver that I've seen is in the "Curse of Fatal Death", the spoof. The last doctor gets all excited --"It's got **THREE** settings!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roach Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Confidential 10 - "Weird Science" has a long discussion of the sonic screwdriver, including the 'it's doing too much, let's get rid of it' story in, IIRC, the Colin Baker era. Essentially, it's a gizmo that is used so that they don't have to come up with ever new ways out of minor traps / along minor hindrances, exp. if that would bog down the story itself too much. (If they have to find an ingenious way, they'll have to explain it to the audience, too, that costs time and slows down the pace) If they need to have the Doctor in a fix, the screwdriver can always malfunction, be 'in his other coat' (Tom Baker once, IIRC), get lost, stolen, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Anyway the Dr's screw driver is just like a futuristic Leathermans or Gerber multi tool :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingding100 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 As the Doctor would say, "Play nice..." Don't make me use the 'sonic screwdriver' ;) LOL This reminds me of a t-shirt I saw once. It was from the opening of LotR:TT. It said on the back... "Don't make me get my ring." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 HAHA! Classic T-shirt. I was a basic, come on now, don't get bent out of shape over a TV-Show discussion kind of warning to certain folks. Having recently watched CoFD I can fully understand the sonic screwdriver joke now *WEG* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingding100 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Ya. Thx to whomever up'ed the Curse of the Fatal Death! That was classic stuff! 936 yrs. of sewer climbing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 My most favourite line involving the sonic screwdriver has to be. "Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, it needs to be more sonic?" from The Doctor Dances. The whole: I am all soniced up, made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingding100 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 As for the comment about the re-attaching of the barbed wires in [ummm, whatever]The Doctor Dances, don't forget that in [075]Robot, TB re-attached the cut wires on the Ark to get the Oxygen feed to function again. P.S. How does everyone else number the new episodes? Do you carry on from the last one? Or do you start over again? Over at Dr. Who Guide, they carry on from the start and are consistant. However, they lumped The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances together. At Outpost Gallifrey, they separate them, but still keep up with the numbering from the beginning. I've even seen them start over from 001 again, b/c of a new series, I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I usually number them as s2701-->s2711 etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcat13 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 The Sonic Screwdriver is classic. Its been used from the Troughton Era to the Davison Era and is a staple of Dr Who lore . I think its awesome that they are using it and it was quite amusing in the last ep slightly off topic : in my video collection I have actually numbered the new Dr Who series as 2005 ep 1 etc on my pc its DW2005x1,DW2005x2 .... edited for spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 He's an alien, can travel through time and space, is over 900 years old, has two hearts, has destroyed an entire race, been at and made historical events... but he's not allowed to have a multi-purpose tool. Hmmmmm. B) Heh: best quote ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Confidential 10 - "Weird Science" has a long discussion of the sonic screwdriver, including the 'it's doing too much, let's get rid of it' story in, IIRC, the Colin Baker era. The Doctor's sonic screwdriver got zapped into junk in the Peter Davison era, during 'The Visitation'. Doctor: "I feel like I've just lost an old friend..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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