All 14 Sonic Screwdriver Designs Ranked from Worst to Best - Doctor Who
All 14 Sonic Screwdriver Designs Ranked from Worst to Best - Doctor Who
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Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need.
Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally.
A series of special episodes of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who will air to celebrate the programme's 60th anniversary. The episodes were written by Russell T Davies, and will be broadcast on BBC One in November 2023, preceding the following fourteenth series. David Tennant will appear as the Fourteenth Doctor before Ncuti Gatwa takes over as the Fifteenth Doctor. Catherine Tate was also confirmed to be returning to the show in the 2023 specials.
The three specials were directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley and Chanya Button respectively. Filming moved from Roath Lock Studios to Wolf Studios once Bad Wolf became a co-producer of the series; filming commenced in May 2022, and was complete
David Tennant will appear as the Fourteenth Doctor before Ncuti Gatwa takes over as the Fifteenth Doctor. Catherine Tate was also confirmed to be returning to the show in the 2023 specials. Yasmin Finney joined the cast for the anniversary, to portray a character named Rose. Bernard Cribbins, Jacqueline King and Karl Collins are also set to return as Wilfred Mott, Sylvia Noble and Shaun Temple, respectively.
On 29 July 2021, the BBC announced that Chris Chibnall, who served as executive producer and showrunner of the series for the Thirteenth Doctor, would depart the series after a run of specials in 2022. In the BBC press release, Chibnall is quoted as saying: "I wish our successors - whoever the BBC and BBC Studios choose - as much fun as we've had. They're in for a treat!" The future of the programme was first teased by Piers Wenger on 25 August 2021, when he said an upcoming change for Doctor Who would be "radical".
On 24 September 2021, the BBC announced Russell T Davies would return to Doctor Who as showrunner, after having previously acted as showrunner from 2005-2010 for the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. He will succeed Chibnall for the show's 60th anniversary in 2023 and beyond. Davies will be joined by the Bad Wolf production company, which was founded by former Doctor Who executive producer Julie Gardner and former BBC head of drama Jane Tranter. In October 2021, it was announced that Sony would acquire a majority of Bad Wolf. Bad Wolf also took over creative control of Doctor Who beginning with the specials, allowing the BBC to focus on establishing Doctor Who as a global brand.
The Fourteenth Doctor is the current incarnation of the Doctor, the fictional protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme, Doctor Who. The Fourteenth Doctor is portrayed by Scottish actor, David Tennant, who previously portrayed the Tenth Doctor.
Within the series narrative, the Doctor is a millennia-old, alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, with somewhat unknown origins, who travels in time and space in their TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regenerates; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes.
Ncuti Gatwa had previously been announced as Jodie Whittaker's successor as the programme's lead, and many reports stated he would play the Fourteenth Doctor and that Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor would regenerate into an incarnation portrayed by Gatwa. Upon Jodie Whittaker's final appearance as the character, she instead regenerated into a form similar to the Tenth Doctor. This character, portrayed by Tennant, was confirmed to be the Fourteenth Doctor, with later clarification that Ncuti Gatwa would actually portray the Fifteenth Doctor
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I actually like the sonic glasses for the simple fact that its harder to overuse. Seeing the Doctor put on sunglasses every three seconds would be super awkward, and you also can't believably point it at someone like its some kind of weapon. It basically removes all the features of the sonic screwdriver that I hate, and leaves it as just a nice tool.
11's Sonic is peak design to me, it's so sleek, slender and alien. The green and copper works so well with his original TARDIS and the extending claws are so showboat-y, really matching the way that Matt Smith portrayed his Doctor. I don't think it should have been used for Capaldi though, in my opinion every Doctor should have their own unique sonic that reflects them. Unpopular opinion, but I really like 13's, the cobbled-together look suits Jodie well, and the orange crystal aesthetic harkens back to her TARDIS just like 11's did. I think it's unfairly underappreciated for being a one-off.
I really do wish Capaldi got his sonic much earlier. It’s actually one of my favorite sonic designs too. It’s a shame he spent so much time with the past that his era never really built itself around him fully, well at least in my opinion. Clara should have left during 12’s first Christmas Special, Bill should have come earlier, yadda yadda. I’m sure people echo this too much already lolol.
@@AttakusZakus All very good points, another thing would be that 11 should have kept his initial TARDIS design so that when 12 got his it would have been new and unique to him.
@@ToraVanguard2004 Yes! I agree. I get that 11 was sad, the “Toyota” Console Room is so beautifully designed, but I would have had 11 just redesign his original Console Room to reflect his depression. It would have hit a little harder showcasing how far his sadness had brought him.
The 13th Doctor is the only New Who Doctor to have *BUILT* her Sonic Screwdriver which makes it even cooler.
@@TomoBakerinio 100%, I wish they'd be more creative than "the Tardis spits it out" for the sonics. Minor spoilers for The Star Beast, I was really disappointed when they didn't explain how 14 got his sonic. I like it even more than 11s now, and I was looking forward to seeing him get it for the first time.
What I like about the sonic sunglasses, besides the sheer audacity of it, is that it can be used believably in all the ways that regular sonics should be criticized for doing. Like scanning and analysis.
It's sonic The doctor can probably tell what it says based on the noise
Yeah I thought it was a stupid replacement for the screwdriver, but a good accessory to accompany it due to how it’s a augmented reality headset
@@plantainsame2049 Which is why the Doctor often looks at it like it has a screen when you pop it up.
@@btf_flotsam478 Ten holds it to his ear Eleven stairs at the claws Thirteen just generally glances at it and I think twelve glances at it as well Not really reading anything as much as just staring at the bright pretty light
the usage of sonic (the hedgehog) music for the whole video was a very nice touch
The 14s Sonic toy actually has the colour changing feature as a hidden button in the battery compartment! Looks like the rumours might be true!
There's also a low quality video of what looks like Tennant using a red setting during filming too (which is probably what started the rumours). Very likely true!
That feature is only on the limited release along with a chromatic finish, the general release doesn't have those features.
only the chromed exclusive version, sadly
It's color not colour learn English
@@hapaboi4593 people from the UK spell it "colour" Americans spell it "color".
Best part of Capaldi's Screwdriver is he listened to Clara because he made his next one that wouldn't roll, mentioned in deep breath.
I loved the sunglasses strictly because they fixed the whole “Doctor looking at the screwdriver like it has a display” thing With the sunglasses, it’s easy to just say there’s a display in the lense
Something I liked about number thirteen's sonic screwdriver that was temporarily used by number fourteen was that it looked like something extra-terrestrial in origin.
it looked like a sex toy
Man the numbers are so confusing now.
I don't mind the 13th sonic personally, but I would've preferred it get destroyed fairly early on in Jodie's run, and replaced with a proper one made by the TARDIS
I rather liked the Thirteenth Doctors device. It had an organic shape that served as a interesting prop to introduce a former girlfriend to similarly shaped design that didn't have any flashing lights but did offer three different vibration modes and four speed choices. It became a useful tool in certain situations. It also had a intriguing way of making time pass rapidly if fully charged and properly employed.
‘Organic’ yeah cuz it looks like it’d fit perfectly in my hooha.
lmao it does look like a vibrator
Glad you like the 8th Doctor sonic. You are right, I made it to reflect the steam punk metal look of his Tardis.
That's actually crazy that you predicted the fact that 14's screwdriver can project a HUD
and barriers, apparently
The biggest sin of 13's sonic was making us think her incarnation would be much more "hands-on" and have a sort of engineer/tinkerer doctor, which just didn't happen for the most part. That and the fact it legitimately looks like a vibrator, which is not a great look for the first ever female doctor.
"It's got _three_ settings!" - Joanna Lumley, Curse of Fatal Death
Sonic Lipstick beats them all. Miss you, Sarah Jane 😢
The thing I like the most about 11 and 12's sonic screwdrivers compared to every other one is that theirs actually resemble something akin to a professional tool. It makes sense - it's a screwdriver.
The Thirteenth's sonic looks more like a product you would buy from Anne Sunners, the one where the end rotates, LOL!
When u know. you can’t un see it 🙈
Capaldi's toggle switch went from a mix brass to corrugated in it's first appearance to a straight corrugated.
My favorite is definitely 8’s Dark Eyes sonic screwdriver. I’m actually quite keen on wooden designs for many things, so seeing that this sonic had practically everything I loved made it jump directly to the top for me.
11:55 He held it like that because of the Dalek scanning it, hence why the bottom glowed up too
I absolutely love the 14th doctor’s screwdriver. It seems like all screwdrivers combined. It’s got the classic who silver as the main material and not just secondary to another, when activating it has the sort of lamp sound the 13th doctor’s has, it has the light sort of elongated up the screwdriver like the 12th doctor’s, it’s got to extension thing and leather grip like the 11th doctor’s, it has the crackle effect like the 10th doctor’s, it has the bottom like the laser screwdriver where you can twist the bottom and aswell look similar
But can It unscrew a screw which is a broken ability So what if it can't work on Primitive doors and wood just take the door off its hinges
@@plantainsame2049 well, as long as the screw isnt made of wood..
@@MJG206 Who the hell makes a screw out of wood that structurally unsound
@@plantainsame2049imagine how long it takes to craft out one single screw from a wood
the 13th doctors one looks phalic
oh boy can't wait for the update with ncuti's screwdriver, i think we'll have a number 15 contender with that one
I like that you included the 6th Doctor's Sonic "Lance", lol. At the same time, it is different locking and hardly the nicest looking on the list. I consider it to be a Sonic Screwdriver in all but name, basically. It did come about during that (JNT) era when the "showrunners" of that time were quite against the Doctor having one, and remember, in an early 5th Doctor run, his Sonic Screwdriver got destroyed in The Visitation, only for the Sonic Screwdriver to properly return with the 7th & 8th Doctor in the TV Movie. I have a little fan theory. I often think, especially with the more outlandish uses of it, the Doctor sometimes only pretends to use the Sonic Screwdriver when they are not actually using it for its actual function if that makes any sense..?
Great list. I can’t decide if I like the 9th/10th (I believe the 10th has that textured handle, where is the 9th does not), or the 11th more. I feel like the simplicity of 9th/10th makes it more convincing of an actual tool to be used, but the 11th just looks really cool. My number 3 spot is the 4th’s. However, this video is the first time I got a good look at the 14th’s. May be my favorite now. it looks like a combination between the 10th and 11th. I ended up getting the 10th for my daughter for Christmas. I was leaning towards the 11th, but there’s a variation of 10th toy that has an invisible ink pen on the black end of it. I figured she would have more fun with that. I don’t hate the 13th’s design, but I feel like it looks like something a villain would have, like the Master.
I think the idea was kinda like 9/10’s the closed mode would be used more directionally (point and use) whereas open would be used in a more general manner, like when 10 blows up the doors to let the rescue team into the void ship room, or when 11 threatens the Ice Warrior with blowing up the ship.
So closed is single targets, open is AOE.
The sonic lance actually looks similar to the 15th Doctor's Sonic ~TV remote~ Screwdriver Also, and this is purely my opinion, I really wish that the 12th doctor used Rivers Screwdriver as his main device for a while, before giving it to her. As in the silence in the library 2 parter she repeatedly tells 10 that she is using the future doctor's screwdriver that he gifted to her because he loves her and I think it would've had a bit more weight to it if 12 had actually used the sonic he gifts river in the end, instead of just pulling it out his ass at the end of the Christmas special to maintain continuity.
River’s screwdriver was the first toy version I ever had, It had so many different settings- I loved using it! Seeing this video again reminded me how cool it was. Definitely my favourite.
I always thought the 12th doctor was self conscience about the eye brows and made the sonic glasses to seem friendlier
Ten and Eleven held the screwdriver the same way Thirteen did. But, suddenly, because it's Thirteen doing it, it's bad?!!!
The fifth doctor and the fourth doctor's Sonic are technically different The fifth doctor had a singular white band
nice vid tharries maybe you could do a vid baed off the 14th doctor sonic screwdriver made by people online if that makes any sense
Sonics are like lightsabers Blue and green are lighter characters Red means darker character Yellow/gold means the fanboys want to throw the guy in charge out a window
At 5:13 and I just got that you're using Sonic The Hedgehog music. How appropriate. 😂
I personally like 13s sonic but I do belive that the main reason why others aren't a huge fan of it is because the master in series 3 technically built a cooler looking lazer screwdriver with human and alien bits compared to 13 and her sonic despite 13 not having access to the tardis at the time like the master did
I like the sonic sunglasses, although I wish they were a bit more alien
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"Oh, and you're going to need a new toaster..."
13:20 I like how it represents a bit of Matt Smith’s sonic mixed in with David Tennant’s it’s a cool fusion.
I took the eleventh doctor seemingly looking at the side of his screwdriver to be more about looking at the emitter. I think the emitter was somehow uploading information directly to his brain. Because yeah, there is no sort of diaplay on that thing whatsoever.
That game your playing looks cool!!! Can you play as David Tennant? What game is it
It looks like his playing ‘Doctor who The eternity clock’
Idk if its just my head cannon or a fact but i always liked the idea that rivers sonic is the 9th/10th sonic the one that broke in the first episode of the 11th doctor i thought of 11 getting the screwdriver later fixing it and rembering he gives river one so he adds all the things she said it has plus of course the thing that saves her
Technically 10 did use the laser screwdriver but it didn’t work as it was locked to the master’s biologics
sad you didn't include the masters sonic lazer.. loved that one sm tbh.
The red button on the bottom of 11s sonic was the only way activate the prop initially, you can see him using it in time of angles / flesh and stone (the first episodes he filmed). However Matt Smith didn’t like it so they moved the button to the shaft.
The war doctors screwdriver is great almost a modern version of the 2nd doctors pen light and I love it for that.
I wish we got to see the red setting in the twelfth doctors screwdriver
What are your thoughts on Romana's Sonic Screwdriver? The Doctor used it at the beginning of Horns of the Nimon
Y’all are out here making lists saying which Sonic looks better and I love the designs on each of them because they’re all quite unique among the doctors
i personally really liked the sonic sunglasses peter capaldi is my favorite doctor and i absolutely love his screwdriver but the sunglasses were awesome
I agreed with everything even what you said about 12s sonic Except my favourite is 12s I literally watched this with it on my desk
i wanted to see that door get disintegrated man
What is the game in background?
The Eternity Clock
You can thank Thunderbirds for the screwdriver.
Do gotta find it funny 14s is 9,10,11 and 12s combined but not 13, Russell said “eww no fuck that ugly garbage”
honestly, we need more sonic devices that aren't a screwdriver we need more like the glassess
I wish I could agree but I really hated the sonic sunglasses as it felt like a cop out for something actually cool 😂
Those bloody shades were so cringeworthy
A sonic watch?
I'd love to see the Laser Spanner in action. Why did Emmeline Pankhurst nick it? I MUST KNOW, BIG FINISH.
The 5th Doctor's Sonic also sometimes has a red tip rather than a black one like the 4th..... But besides that it does look the same as the 4th's. Or at the very least the toy versions differentiate 4th and 5th that way.
He did an ending like the doctor who Channel lol
Nice Sonic Unleashed background music 👀
Lost world and generations
The t v movie sonic is telescopic Part of it collapses and springs out like the eleventh doctors
Are we not gonna talk about how he predicted the sonic showing a display for the specials
😮bro what about the first sonic tool one that give doctor the idea of keeping a sonic tools
The recent sonics are too big and keep getting. Would love to see them back to the size of Nine/Ten’s
David and Matt’s sonics are the best ones and that’s it
I want a doctor with a cybernetic arm and a sonic finger
I like the Sonic Shades.
Wasn’t tens screwdriver able to extend a little bit at least as well tho
you gotta make an update to this list now that we saw 14th's sonic screwdriver in action, the upgraded functions in the special absolutely suprised me 😊👍
My favourite is 11, closely followed by 13. I just really like it.
What’s with the random gameplay of Matt smith lol so confused
I'd have to agree with most of these placements. As much as I like the 4th and War Doctors, their sonics are admittedly a bit naff. I just hope when the time comes for 15th's new sonic, it at least builds on the design of 14th's rather than essentially starting from scratch yet again.
I hate how it started being used less and less after David Tennant's and Matt Smith's Doctor, Eleventh's screwdriver is peak to me. The design and such.
I really hated the 12th Doctors sonic screwdriver because in my opinion it didn't look like a device or instrument. To me it just looked like a part of something else. I think it was because of the cluttered design and personally I like the head of the screwdriver to be more distinct from the bottom and capaldis didn't make that distinction strong enough. It all just blended into a bunch of random parts for me.
I like Capaldi's mostly due to the Tardis-looking emitter and the rotating lights, but yeah it definitely looks too cluttered. I also think it looks the most like a toy rather than an actual tool.
@LexVanguard2004 I can totally see the appeal its just not my cup of tea.
The emitter with its rotation lights was fine, the rest looked, and IS, difficult to hold.
What do you think of Ncuti's lol
Im gonna be honest I agree with your placement for threes sonic but I think it would be higher on your list if it was fours. I always thought fours screwdriver suited three better and threes suited four better
Capaldi's screwdriver being blue felt wrong for some reason. I always thought it should have been purple.
“It’s a scientific instrument not water pistols!”
12's screwdriver should have been given a more premium look cos it looks like a toy to me. I also disagree with the view that he shouldn't have used 11's sonic and that every doctor has to have their own. 11's sonic suited him just fine and I'd rather they continued with that rather than going a series without it. I also like that it adds continuity between doctors. 9 and 10 have the same screwdriver/tardis, 12 already has a modified version of 11's second tardis so why not keep the screwdriver too?
It's literally got gold on it And they literally are all Istill basically just modified pin lights Just with more elaborate handles
The post Visitation 5th Doctor one is best.
I yes when they get rid of the plot device. Because they were too fucking dumb to Use the plot device
The Husbands of River Song isnt Series 10.
9/10s was my first and my only, I think
Dang this video was hard to watch, I wanted to see the rankings, but nobody has timestamps thus finding my favs is hard :(
The 11th was my fave
Honestly id of liked 12ths sonic to be the one river got. It feels mucu more personal that his giving her his screwdriver.
He upgraded 10s sonic the first face to actually see river.
The newest Sonic has a great feature
Oh man I really like Capaldis. I’m surprised to hear people didn’t like it. Looks very cool! 9 and 10s are just a little too boring looking for me. Give me some fiddle bits please hah.
What? Lmao
Could just rank 9 and 10 as different and not need the honourable mention, they hold them soo different they may as well me different props
Lazer, why would anyone go sonic?
The sonic sunglasses sucked in my opinion. And it seemed to give Character Options license to release a cheaply made and over priced pair of sunglasses that didn’t really do much. I really like the new sonic screwdriver from an aesthetic point of view. From a practica point of view though, I think there’s too much going on which makes it seem cluttered and overly-fussy. I felt the same about Matt Smiths sonic. A lovely piece of design that was pleasing to the eye, but was more than was needed. I like a simple sonic screwdriver to be honest. The War Doctor’s screwdriver did it for me, and wasn’t a million miles off from the original one used by Troughton. I also like the sonic screwdriver to be a sonic screwdriver. Ever since it was used to re-grow some broken barbed wire in 2005 it’s increasingly become more and more like a cross between a battery charger, magic wand and Star-Trek tricorder. I feel like it’s become quite a convenient and (sorry in advance) lazy way to progress a story. Classic Who got like that too, which is why they decided to drop it altogether in the end. I miss the days when it simply used sonic waves to undo screws, open locks and occasionally blow up land mines using sonic vibrations. These days it’s not really a screwdriver, and doesn’t seem to rely simply on anything exclusively sonic either. It’s many functions these days are stretching my ability to suspend disbelief. Like the TARDIS interior, the sonic screwdriver has been given a status almost like a character in its own right. When the Doctor regenerates it now pretty much expected that we’ll get a new sonic and new TARDIS interior too, which generates almost as much excitement. For my taste it’s got a bit too much. That all being said, there have been some aesthetically pleasing designs since 2005. There’s been something I liked in each of them. Except the last one because it just looked, to me at least, like an expensive sex toy. Although I did like the Amber-coloured light.
To (Mis?) quote the show "Well, i cant call it my magic wand!"
Never a fan of the sonic sunglasses, but let's face it: the sonic does pretty much everything a situation needs EXCEPT unscrew screws. And it doesn't work on wood! Cheers....
The sonic sunglasses where the dumbest idea in who and that’s saying a lot Google glass in sci fi dig the jacket though
No they were made Because Is anyone can get a pair of sunglasses to pretend to be doctor who Instead of shilling out for the fancy ass flashlight
my favourite is 11 - he used it way too much but at least it was great to look at
Sonic lance > sonic screwdriver
Tenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver is the best. ❤️
The 13th Doctor's screwdriver makes me think of a dog turd every time i see it.
if k-9 could poop it would like 13s screwdriver
Personally, nothing beats the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver. Full stop.
I feel that way about the 12lths 😂
How dare you not like sonic sunglasses (jk)
You forgot the sonic lipstick that the doctor gave as a present to Sarah Jane
For me 11Th would be 1st I kinda grew up with 11th
Classic sonic is the best Modern is also good