The sonic screwdriver has been a part of Physician Who lore since 1968, and whereas its significance within the Basic period different relying on who was enjoying The Physician, it’s change into an integral facet of the present’s trendy run. From having the ability to unlock practically each lock (deadbolts are a no-go) to having the ability to research unusual power readings, that is an integral device within the adventuring Time Lord’s arsenal, and its look ceaselessly modifications with every regeneration. This would be the case with David Tennant’s Fourteenth Physician, whom we met when Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Physician regenerated final 12 months, and the sonic screwdriver he’ll be utilizing appears to be like, because the Tenth Physician would typically say, sensible for Physician Who’s sixtieth anniversary.
We nonetheless have 4 months to go till the three episodes celebrating Physician Who’s 60 years on Earth are celebrated, however a particular video has been launched exhibiting off the sonic screwdriver this new Tennant-played incarnation of The Physician will wield. Have a look:
It is a fairly elaborate design, even by Physician Who requirements, although it seems to be for good cause. This newest sonic screwdriver appears to be like prefer it’s a morphing of all of the sonic screwdrivers used within the present’s trendy period. The underside half appears to be like primarily influenced by the sonic screwdriver the Ninth and Tenth Medical doctors used, whereas the highest half appears to be like like a mixing of components from the Eleventh and Twelfth Physician years, and the gold end Is paying homage to the yellow mild the Thirteenth Physician’s model of the device emitted. As a result of the Fourteenth Physician is main the sixtieth anniversary specials, it’s solely becoming that he use a sonic screwdriver that pays tribute to the present’s revival period, which launched in 2005.
Now that this new sonic screwdriver has been revealed, there’s a particular query that’s popped up in my head: how a lot will we see of it? Sure, the Fourteenth Physician will virtually definitely have it for the whole lot of the sixtieth anniversary specials, however will that be all we see of it, or Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Physician hold utilizing it? Keep in mind, in Peter Capaldi’s first season because the Twelfth Physician, he continued utilizing the sonic screwdriver that Matt Smith’s Eleventh Physician had, and it wasn’t till the tip of the next season that he lastly obtained considered one of his personal from the TARDIS, as he’d been counting on sonic sun shades for some time. That is fairly an intricate piece of expertise to solely be proven off in for less than three episodes, so my cash’s on it staying within the Fifteenth Physician’s fingers, not less than for his first season.
Though particular airdates for Physician Who’s sixtieth anniversary episodes haven’t been introduced but, we’ll get to see the Fourteenth Physician’s sonic screwdriver in motion this November. Whereas Man subscribers nonetheless have accessed to the launched Physician Who seasons of the fashionable period, keep in mind that except you’re in the UK or Eire, you’ll want a Disney+ subscription to look at new episodes going ahead. Together with David Tennant, the Physician Who sixtieth anniversary solid contains Catherine Tate, Neil Patrick Harris and Yasmin Finney, to call just a few.
