As rivets were not needed in the Sonic Screwdriver URC design, to keep manufacturing costs down, fake brass rivet features were incorporated into the lower cage moulding. Although the Sonic Screwdriver does feel nice and heavy in the hand, it is in fact lighter than the screen prop (205 g compared to around 268 g for the original prop).

To program the Twelfth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver, enter Programming Mode and perform the desired gesture; the Sonic Screwdriver will say which gesture has been done, then the emitter will glow steady green to signify that it is waiting to receive the IR code (button press) from a normal remote control. The real prop also has a protruding button soldered on to a square cut out in the grip material, which the actors use to make the tip glow when the script requires it.While we have carefully copied the surface texture of the original prop, due to the limitations of the injection moulding process and the method of creating a pattern on the inside of a mould, there are slight differences between the Sonic Screwdriver URC and the original prop’s surface finish. There are a number of different modes, including a practise mode that will tell you what you’ve just done so you know you’re getting it right. This Series 7-9 Twelfth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control is not a toy: it is an advanced, gesture based universal remote control, designed to control almost all home entertainment equipment worldwide such as TVs, DVD players, Blu-ray players and iPod docks, using infrared codes learned from conventional remote controls by the means of gestures rather than by pressing buttons.

This year sees the release of David Tennant’s Sonic, a replica based on 3D scanning the actual sonic used in the TV show. The Twelfth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver URC does not have this exact button but uses a button under and protected by the grip material. The flick gestures are ideal for music skip forward – skip back, channel up – channel down and general menu navigation. This Sonic Screwdriver universal remote control is not a toy: it is a device for remotely controlling home entertainment equipment such as TVs, DVD players, Blu-ray players and iPod docks, using infrared codes learned from conventional remote controls by the means of gestures rather than by pressing buttons.CNC machined aerospace aluminium emitter head, top collar and tail piece, accurately reproduced glaze cracks and dark glossy dark blue tip are brought together to create an exceptionally accurate Tennant era replica that not only looks great, but really feels like it means business. During the era of the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, the show's producers at the time worried that the Sonic Screwdriver could be used as a get-out clause for most situations, and so aimed to reduce the device's appearance in the show.

Note a noisy version of this function is accessed by pressing the button 3 times quickly, while in FX Mode, and holding down the third press.Because as it is never shown in the TV show we did not think that it was intended to be part of the overall look of the device and so designed the most robust button for the range of uses that this sonic would be subjected to. In FX Mode there are 10 sonic and scanning sounds from the universe of Doctor Who to explore, 10 new Morse coded Tenth Doctor phrases broadcast at the press of the button, and its über cool slider-button-activated Any-TV-Off to really help you feel like the Doctor. To do the rotate gestures (clockwise or anticlockwise), hold the Sonic Screwdriver steady and level between thumb and forefinger and roll the Sonic slowly as if turning a volume knob. To avoid confusion and potentially chaotic usage, this model has had its psychic control interface disabled. It has been carefully fabricated from a mix of copper plated die-cast metal, engineering plastics and soft-touch, leather-effect, thermoplastic rubber to give a truly realistic product.

The Sonic Screwdriver URC’s removable end cap is moulded, houses a strong neodymium magnet and also conceals the USB charging socket. With the redesign came a whole new life for the tool which now became much more prevalent, appearing in almost every episode and boasting an expanded repertoire of tricks up its sleeve. The real prop also has a protruding button soldered on to a square cut out in the grip material, which the actors use to make the tip glow when the script requires it. When it made its first appearance, the Sonic resembled a pen light: a simple, smooth metal cylinder with no embellishments or extensions like in later versions.There's no requirement that each Doctor gets a revamped sonic screwdriver ( Tennant shared Eccleston's throughout his entire run); however, as Doctor Who becomes an increasingly popular brand worldwide, the interest in producing a steady stream of fresh retail products into the market also grows - and sonic screwdriver replicas, toys, as well as parody merchandise (pizza cutters, etc) are one of the franchise's most bankable assets. However, while in Programming Mode, ten short presses erases all memory banks and performs a factory reset. The Tenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver is compatible with almost all makes of home audio-visual equipment around the world, such as TVs, DVD players, hi-fis and set-top boxes.