Changes: Sonic blaster

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A sonic blaster was type of weapon popular in the 51st century. They were produced at the Villengard factory.

History

Captain Jack Harkness obtained a blaster and brought it with him to the year 1941 during his conning days. Jack used it to open a door by removing the lock and, after switching it with a banana, the Doctor used it to blast away part of the wall to escape the gas mask zombies. Rose also used it to create a hole in the floor. (DW: The Doctor Dances)

Jack apparently left it in the TARDIS when he was left behind by the Doctor. (DW: Parting of the Ways, CON: The Last Battle) The Tenth Doctor denied permission for Emily Winter to take the sonic blaster as it was reserved for "someone else". (IDW: Tesseract)

The Eleventh Doctor would later keep the blaster in the TARDIS drawing room. (VG: TARDIS)

By the time River Song used it, the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. (DW: The Doctor Dances, Forest of the Dead) She used it to aid herself and several others in escaping the Vashta Nerada, using it to create holes in the wall and floor. (DW: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Abilities

The blaster used digital technology to create a sonic wave, projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light, which could cut through thick walls. It also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. This was deemed a "special feature" of the blaster, and was said to use up a lot of the batteries on which it ran. (DW: The Doctor Dances)

In the hands of the Doctor and his friends, the blaster was never seen to have been used as an offensive weapon, but rather as a tool for a means of escape or forced entry. However, Jack brandished the gun towards those infected by the nanogenes and explained that the blaster could also function as a sonic disruptor and a sonic cannon.

The blaster did not seem to affect humans, as when Rose used it to create a hole in a floor, it did not injure her, Jack's or the Doctor's feet in the process. (DW: The Doctor Dances)

Behind the scenes

Production staff referred to this weapon as the "squareness gun" before the Doctor called it by that name, although Rose did so in The Doctor Dances.
The idea of River's gun being the one Jack left in the TARDIS was suggested by Steven Moffat, and then was later stated in IDW: Tesseract.

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 |type = Sonic device
 |origin = [[Villengard]]
-|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]''<br>[[VG]]: ''[[TARDIS (The Adventure Games)|TARDIS]]''
+|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]''<br>[[VG]]: ''[[TARDIS (The Adventure Games)|TARDIS]]''
 }}
-A '''sonic blaster''' was type of weapon popular by the [[51st century]]. They were produced at the [[Villengard|Villengard factory]]. They were seen used by Professor [[River Song]] and by Captain [[Jack Harkness]], who brought one with him to the year [[1941]] during his conning days.
+A '''sonic blaster''' was type of weapon popular in the [[51st century]]. They were produced at the [[Villengard|Villengard factory]].
+==History==
-[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] switched Jack's sonic blaster with a [[banana]] at one point. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') Jack apparently left it in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he parted ways with the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[Parting of the Ways]]'') (''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] denied permission for [[Emily Winter]] to take the Sonic Blaster as it was reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]", River Song. ([[IDW]]: ''[[Tesseract]]'') His [[Eleventh Doctor|next incarnation]] would later keep the blaster in the TARDIS drawing room. By the time River Song used it, the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
+Captain [[Jack Harkness]] obtained a blaster and brought it with him to the year [[1941]] during his conning days. Jack used it to open a door by removing the lock and, after switching it with a [[banana]], the Doctor used it to blast away part of the wall to escape the gas mask zombies. Rose also used it to create a hole in the floor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
+Jack apparently left it in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he was left behind by the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[Parting of the Ways]]'', [[CON]]: ''[[The Last Battle]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] denied permission for [[Emily Winter]] to take the sonic blaster as it was reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]". ([[IDW]]: ''[[Tesseract]]'')
+The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later keep the blaster in the TARDIS drawing room. ([[VG]]: ''[[TARDIS (The Adventure Games)|TARDIS]]'')
+By the time River Song used it, the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'') She used it to aid herself and several others in escaping the [[Vashta Nerada]], using it to create holes in the wall and floor. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
 ==Abilities==
-The blaster used a sonic wave projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light which could cut through thick walls, and also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. This was deemed a "special feature" of the blaster and it was said to use up a lot of the batteries on which it ran. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
+The blaster used digital technology to create a sonic wave, projected into the form of pulsing squares of blue light, which could cut through thick walls. It also had a reverse function which could replace the removed chunk of material afterwards. This was deemed a "special feature" of the blaster, and was said to use up a lot of the batteries on which it ran. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
+In the hands of the Doctor and his friends, the blaster was never seen to have been used as an offensive weapon, but rather as a tool for a means of escape or forced entry. However, Jack brandished the gun towards those [[Empty Child|infected by the nanogenes]] and explained that the blaster could also function as a sonic disruptor and a sonic cannon.
-:''Jack explained that the blaster used digital technology, so by implication, the blaster might encode the molecules of the destroyed materials and re-integrate them from the same source.''
-In the hands of the Doctor and his friends, the blaster was never seen to have been used as an offensive weapon, but rather as a tool. Although Jack brandished the gun towards those infected with [[Empty Child]] and explained that the blaster could also function as a sonic disruptor and a sonic cannon, it was only ever known to have been used as a means of escape or forced entry. Jack used it to open a door by removing the lock and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] used it to create a hole in a floor, but notably not injuring her, Jack's or [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor's]] feet in the process. The Doctor used it to blast away part of the wall to escape the gas mask zombies, just as he and River Song later used to create holes in the wall and floor to escape from the [[Vashta Nerada]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
+The blaster did not seem to affect humans, as when [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] used it to create a hole in a floor, it did not injure her, Jack's or [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor's]] feet in the process. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*Production staff referred to this weapon as the "squareness gun" before [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] called it by that name.
+*Production staff referred to this weapon as the "squareness gun" before [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] called it by that name, although Rose did so in ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''.
-*[[Steven Moffat]] has suggested that River's gun might be the same one Jack used, as he apparently left it in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he parted ways with the Doctor. (''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'') This was also stated in [[IDW]]: ''[[Tesseract]]'', but over time the handle had changed from a dark brown to an ivory colour. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
+*The idea of River's gun being the one Jack left in the TARDIS was suggested by [[Steven Moffat]], and then was later stated in [[IDW]]: ''[[Tesseract]]''.
 [[Category:Sonic devices]]
 [[Category:Handheld weapons]]