Energy weapon

An energy weapon is a generic term used to describe any weapon that fires energy as opposed to percussive weapons that physical projectile.

Daleks that were present on Earth during the Shoreditch Incident were described by the Doctor to be using "phased energy weapon" or as Allison Williams clarified the statement a 'death ray'. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks)

In 2007 during the Sycorax's appearance over London on Christmas day, the Torchwood Institute utilising the energy weapons from a Jathaa sunglider shot down the Sycorax's craft. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)