Talk:Sonic screwdriver

mark vii not destroyed
Currently the article reads "This version of the screwdriver was destroyed when a sky sharkbit it in half and swallowed the top half. (DW: A Christmas Carol)"

but we can see the Doctor waving the sonic around in The Impossible Astronaut using it in the same function as seen in The Beast Below, so can we edit that sentence clarify that the sonic was eventually repaired off screen?

207.216.38.197 21:33, April 28, 2011 (UTC)

Just because it looks the same doesn't mean it isn't a new screwdriver. I'm sure the MK V and VI have no discernable differences. 94.2.179.230 15:24, May 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, unless or until something official comes from BBC, I think it's safe to say the the Doctor either repaired his old SS while off-screen, or he got a SS off-screen, this new SS being exactly the same as the previous one. Either way, he still has the Mark VII. -- Bold  Clone  16:08, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

New 'driver
Looks like the Doctor's screwdriver after the end of The Almost People is a new one after all: Thoughts? d ● ● ●  15:27, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * DaveyK: @steven_moffat Dr gave sonic to ganger then had another in the TARDIS, yet had to put it in Amy's pocket in pandoricum due to only having 1?
 * steven_moffat: @DaveyK He's got spares in the TARDIS. Didn't have a TARDIS in Pandorica.

Mark X
Was there actually an episode or spinoff that said that the different versions of the sonic screwdriver were referred to as mark whatever. Apart from the fact that that seems to be a completely random term that was made up, we don't even know if the numbers are accurate. For all we know, the First Doctor could have had hundreds of different sonic screwdrivers before the first one we saw with the Second Doctor. Also, do we need to list everything that the sonic screwdriver has ever done. For example, the Eleventh Doctor's screwdriver is said to be capable of scanning Starship UK's engine room, scanning Father Octavian's computer, determining the nature of the cracks, scanning life forms, scanning piles of dust for traces of children, detecting where lights are, scanning for heat signatures, scanning an infection, scanning stonehenge, scanning the Pandorica, to confirm the isomorphic nature of a control panel, scanning the flesh, and detecting if a person is fatally wounded. Why don't we just say that one of its functions is scanning. The way it is now is very redundant, and if you were to ask the Doctor what one of the functions of his screwdriver is, he wouldn't say "oh, I can use it to scan Father Octavian's computer." The same goes for other repetitive uses like opening doors and hatches, or unlocking things.Gowron8472 17:31, August 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think we should keep them, though if it gets too large, we could put the different versions into seperate articles. --MrThermomanPreacher 18:01, August 16, 2011 (UTC)