Howling:The Sonic Probe in The Girl Who Waited

Was it slightly farfetched that a present day kiss-o-gram stuck in a secluded facility somehow learned to harness sonic technology and built a sonic probe? --00:04, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Given that the kiss-o-gram has had three timelines flowing through her head for decades, a year to study under a Time Lord, and then thirty-six years to build the probe when she has access to technology so advanced they can fool around with time flows, not terribly. Boblipton talk to me 00:26, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

I think Boblipton has just about completed the discussion for us. One point, however: A kiss-o-gram isn't what Amy is (or was); a kiss-o-gram is (or was) a job she did. People aren't defined by their jobs. Anyway, we live in a world where our understanding of how the universe works, on every scale from the subatomic to the cosmological, was revolutionised by -- in your terms -- a patent clerk (Albert Einstein). What's "far fetched" after that? --2.101.60.159talk to me 00:52, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Amy figuring out how to build technology that advanced was a bit far-fetched, but not impossible. Maybe she asked that computer for help. I shouldn't think that having three timelines flowing through her head would be of any help, and the Doctor never really seems to train his companions technologically. Still, it was a a good enough story that that falls under willing suspension of disbelief.Icecreamdif talk to me 05:33, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

but how would amy know to call it the more general name of probe instead of screwdriver? the only sonic probe she has seen is a sonic screwdriver! how is she expected to know the difference? Imamadmad talk to me 06:33, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Maybe that computer told her.Icecreamdif talk to me 08:57, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

That's like saying an uneducated 80 year old person would be a brilliant inventor if we put them in a high tech surroundings for 3 decades with technologies not relevant to the thing he is inventing. Moreover, I doubt there's even anything sonic for her to work with in her environment since the facility clearly uses light-based technology. It is extremely odd that she managed to build a sonic device from scratch with no knowledge. I'm more willing to believe if she managed to put together something laser...like a...um...laser flashlight, or out of a very small possibility, managed to survive hundreds of failed experiments and did something with the time engine, but a sonic probe is just odd and out of place....--222.166.181.204talk to me 09:09, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Well if Jackson Lake can invent a sonic screwdriver, then is it really unlikely that Amy can invent one?Icecreamdif talk to me 09:14, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

JACKSON LAKE INVENTED A SONIC SCREWDRIVER?!!!?!!!?!?

It's certainly already very bad to make up details to support your argument, but making up an entire story that never happened is, you know, ...a bit, you know...

Let's keep away the fan-fics--222.166.181.100talk to me 10:36, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Fan-fic? That was straight out of The Next Doctor. Well, it was a screwdriver and it mae a noise. Therefore it was a sonic screwdriver. It's mentioned on the sonic screwdriver page.Icecreamdif talk to me 10:49, January 12, 2012 (UTC)