The Sixth Doctor's screwdriver could be used to disable a video camera indefinitely, ( PROSE: The Nightmare Fair) close and seal Dalek doors, ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure) and repair the TARDIS control console. ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure) He once attempted to use it to free the American Envoy from the Dalek laser wall, but this failed. ( AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure)

Increasing the voltage of the lights at Coal Hill Academy to break the solid form of Corakinus and the Shadow Kin ( TV: For Tonight We Might Die) After spending a period of time using a combination of sonic sunglasses and his green-emitter sonic screwdriver, ( COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death) the Twelfth Doctor was gifted a new model by the TARDIS. A metal version of the sonic screwdriver produced by Wow Stuff mounts a functional set of changeable flat and Phillips heads under a removable cover as well as providing light and sound effects. [15] [ bettersourceneeded]

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Combine with Missy's sonic umbrella to successfully create a force field strong enough to delay a fully evolved Cybermen long enough for Bill's cybernetic energy blast and the Master's Laser screwdriver to disable it. ( TV: The Doctor Falls) Again, sound waves! Also, the Doctor probably thinks it sounds cool, which it does. When did it first appear? Retaining ineffectiveness against wood, it also didn't work against Peg Dolls ( TV: Night Terrors) or the Wooden King and Queen. ( TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) The Doctor considered it embarrassing and said that "I need to invent a setting for wood." ( TV: Night Terrors) In similar situations, he yelled at it in panic; "Aliens made of wood, you know this was always going to happen!", "Yes, I know it's wood. Get over it!" ( TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) Though aware of this flaw, he was still able to successfully bluff a Wooden Cyberman into destroying itself. ( TV: The Time of the Doctor) He also once defended this weakness, saying "Oi! Don't diss the sonic!" ( TV: The Hungry Earth) At some point it had an anti-freeze setting. ( TV: The Snowmen) This screwdriver was also shown to have a "red setting", ( TV: Cold War) similar to River's sonic screwdriver. Before this model met its demise, its head was repainted twice after the original coat wore off. ( TV: The Keeper of Traken, Castrovalva) It was ultimately destroyed when the Terileptil leader forced the Fifth Doctor to drop the screwdriver inside a holding cell, then incinerated it with a blast from a laser gun — causing the Doctor to remark "I feel as though you've just killed an old friend." ( TV: The Visitation)

Ensuring all fans have the chance to own this special piece, Character Options is delighted to confirm its availability online and for this anniversary year, is this very same Special Edition of the Fourteenth Doctor’s new sonic device available at San Diego Comic Con, available for sale and immediate delivery now. The sonic screwdriver could amplify sound waves to become hypersonic from various audio devices, including radios, speakers and, once, a pipe organ. ( TV: The Runaway Bride, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment) In conjunction with Miss Foster's sonic pen, it created an ultra-high sonic frequency. ( TV: Partners in Crime) The sonic screwdriver could also calculate resonation patterns for materials like concrete, ( TV: The Doctor Dances) and increase the radiation output of an x-ray scanner, though the latter burned out the device. ( TV: Smith and Jones)The sonic screwdriver could be used as a medical scanner, diagnosing physical injuries. ( TV: The Empty Child) It could also dislodge and reinsert teeth, ( COMIC: The Lodger) partially reverse the Abzorbaloff's absorption process ( TV: Love & Monsters) and confuse the antibodies of a living planet. ( COMIC: Lonely Planet) Along with 1930 technology, the Tenth Doctor once used it as a component of a DNA scanning device. ( TV: Daleks in Manhattan) Freezing the Teselecta in place; this caused sparks to fly inside of it. ( TV: The Wedding of River Song)

All of these incarnations utilised the same core software, though they used different hardware. While it was different individual model, for all intents and purposes the War Doctor's sonic was the same as the Eleventh Doctor's some 400 years later. ( TV: The Day of the Doctor) However, the Thirteenth Doctor, having lost the Twelfth Doctor's sonic screwdriver, created her own version. As such, hers used unique software, and was made from 21st century Earth components, as well as part of a Recall Circuit from the Stenza Homeworld. ( TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth) In "Silence in the Library", Professor River Song possesses a slightly bulkier sonic screwdriver, which she claims the Doctor gave to her in his future. The Doctor mentioned that he does not give his screwdriver to anyone. In the following episode, Professor Song mentions that her screwdriver is augmented with a "red setting" and "dampers". It also contains a hidden neural relay linked to River Song, saving her at the episode's conclusion—the purpose for which the future Doctor gave Professor Song the device. A toy version is available. It was revealed in " The Husbands of River Song" that it was the Twelfth Doctor who gave it to River.In the animated title sequence of the first series of Totally Doctor Who, the Tenth Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to fire a blue burst of energy which blows off the hand of a Cyberman. In this animated revivial, the sonic screwdriver was redesigned to look more like the version we see in future Second Doctor stories – a thin rod with a little light on the end. Since then, the sonic screwdriver has been a steadfast companion to almost all the Doctors, proving its worth time and time again! What are its shortcomings? It was unique from previous sonic screwdrivers in that it had a changeable handle as opposed to a changeable emitter, ( TV: The Woman who Fell to Earth) which had previously either had interchangeable heads, ( TV: The Sea Devils - The Visitation) an extendable emitter, ( TV: Smith and Jones - The Eleventh Hour) "claws" deployed when the sonic was activated, ( TV: The Eleventh Hour- Last Christmas) or a large emitter glowing in a rotating fashion. ( TV: Hell Bent - Twice Upon a Time) It was also the first of the Doctor's sonic devices to have a curved handle, allowing for a more natural grip. When used on technology, the sonic screwdriver would determine a device's function, ( TV: The Beast Below) how advanced it was, ( TV: A Town Called Mercy) the nature of their controls ( TV: A Christmas Carol) and if they were connected to other devices. ( TV: The Big Bang) The Doctor would also use it to scan for information on computers and database systems. ( TV: The Time of Angels, The Wedding of River Song) In conjunction with a satellite dish, the Eleventh Doctor once used the sonic screwdriver to locate his TARDIS. ( TV: The Big Bang) The Doctor has used other sonic devices similar to the sonic screwdriver, including the "door handle" of Inferno ( Liz Shaw having one of her own) and a pen-sized white noise generator in Four to Doomsday.