Nathan Head featured in Doctor Who Confidential: Sonic Screwdriver Uses

[mark347347]

It is actually a sonic probe

[4evaNnjaFitr360]

what episode was with the future sonic screwdriver?

[TheRydog100]

Doesn't do wood.

[ShairaDarkmoon]

I want the sonic screwdriver of 10th doctor XD

[argella1300]

@2:12 wasn't that dr. who in harry potter and the goblet of fire?

[melfisa]

@argella1300 I can't remember in which film but yes, the same actor played Barty Crouch Jr.

[terriblethomas101]

@argella1300 *facedesk* Yes....

[MissrenLau]

T.T I miss David Tennant ...

[pitabread12]

1:16 best moment ever! david's look of innocent nonchalance is perfect.

[ridicul8]

amy got drunk and then got nekkid at some guys door or at least the actor did

[rockerseven]

who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, "oh, this could be a little more sonic"

[stijnhommes]

Isn't that armytedd at 0:15?

[inyourfacesociety]

Disclaimer: Not to be used to screw in screws.

[kite3350]

im personally confused by the whole wood thing. it seems to only not work on wood. SOMETIMES.

[nakaharaindria]

"it can do anything... except anything really useful. if only it can turn off the Dalek." then Doctor's life would be waaay easier! LOL. :p

[zeroG131]

So...it's a plot hole, plot twist, and plot device rolled all into one?

[TorterraMan3000]

Idk if it has been conferm yet but I heard that reserchers are making a real-life working sonic screwdriver! Only one stage to go! Its true.

[Landisnicholas]

The Brits are making a concept for a working one!!

[rubikman22]

What episde is it were he gets the future one

[Weber1437]

@rubikman22 "Silence in the Library"-"Forest of the Dead", from season 4. Personally, I think they're ones of the best episodes in this season ;)

[Hotshot1900]

1:41 Look at Doc's face:D.

[RedwoodTheElf]

The sonic screwdriver started as just a screwdriver (see the Troughton episodes that make up the "War Games" storyline. Around the time of the Tom Baker episodes, it started to become more useful than Harry Potter's Magic Wand, so they eventually blew it up to stop it being such a Deux Ex Machina.

[Dragon900z]

Don't diss the sonic.

[araeshkigal]

"What...it doesn't DO wood?!?" -- I love it...absolutely brilliant!

[GsinghX555]

The secret that river tells the doctor is that im gona kill you and im sorry thats it its gotta be it, that's why in series 5 in 1 of the episodes a guy said to the doctor she killed a great man.

[01Blackhole]

i noticed something! alex kingston (rover song) was in this video! SPOILER FOR 2010!!!!

[Adephegia]

@01Blackhole no... it's the episode where she's first in it, silence in the library. THAT is why she's in the video xD

[01Blackhole]

@Adephegia

lol realized.

[chalzegro]

Russel was the best writer the show has ever had i think and i wish he was still writing episodes

[ytbigjim]

jolly good old boy

[GusF]

@CheeseMusket Time well spent!

[icepowerdduck]

saved her, *coat flaps like batman*

David Tennant is The face of doctor who.

[arictelian]

Vampire Weekend in the beginning...nice. The Doctor is very hip.

[knight7fox2]

" there you go, got life saving functions too " :D

[Lunargleam2]

The fourth Doctor had a really cool design for his sonic. I want that.

[balesy1974]

The sonic screwdriver is totally overused in NuWho, perhaps a flashback to the 1980s is what's needed, like when they got rid of it during Peter Davisons' reign.

[DutchLady81]

I just love that huge pile of papers and stuff behind Moffat

[bobobano]

lol, it can do anything at all but not anything really useful.

[TheFreebornFanatic]

That's wrong it does tons of stuff that is useful. If it didn't the Doctor wouldn't have it.

[hentaitrek]

I hate to go all fangirl on these sensible Youtube comments, but...there are other uses for such objects.

[SparkamusPryme]

@hentaitrek I know, it's sort of obvious what you would use a device with such powerful vibrations...

...you glue a toothbrush to it: instant electric toothbrush

[hentaitrek]

Indeed. In fact, I find the most obvious use for these vibrations would be upon the female form...

...as a portable foot massager.

[johnthekeane]

What is it with you girls and your feet!?

[MrVercettti]

That Also happened to me, DefinatelyNOTSeanC wierd huh but i did it in ireland, i went to forbidden planet (in dublin) and then went to the hardware shopt buy a screwdriver to open it for battery instalation LOL

[happyaznboy]

hmm i wonder ... is the actual sonic screwdriver that they use in the episodes, is the button on the bottom of the it

[cenobitehell]

I'm not sure what you meant by your question, but I can vouch 100% that the prop screwdriver they use in Doctor Who (From Tennan't first season to the 2009 xmas specials) IS the toy one with the sound-chip removed. they add the buzzing in post.

you can see it's the toy version in the clip from Voyage Of The Damned where you can see the screwholes. teehee

[CaptainAndyman]

@cenobitehell the prop is different to the toy, as it is slightly smaller and the button for the light is on the slidy switch bit, rather than the blue bit on the side, meaning it can be operated no matter how much it is extended (the toy has to be fully extended or not at all). Also, there aren't any screwholes visible on the toy unless you remove the cover for the slidy button.

[cenobitehell]

@CaptainAndyman yeah they did modify the toy for filming as a prop to make it easier, it doesnt make the buzzing sound and you can have the light on whether the button is held down or not. i'm not sure where they put the switch, whenever i've seen it switched on or off it's always been taken away by a production assistant to be done off-set, maybe that's what the new screw hole is for.

but it is the toy casing

[Kye2]

@cenobitehell It's not the toy version, it looks different in lots of noticable ways like the slider plate for example.

There's also the video of Freema Agyeman studio tour that shows the prop department working on the real deal.

[tom133991]

@cenobitehell

It's not the toy casing...

Not at all!

The prop was designed first, you can get prop replicas for a couple of grand.

The actual props are metal unlike the toy.

[TheRobloxfighter]

@cenobitehell the TV one is differant than the toy...its smaller...metal and has no sound chip what so ever.

[Timelord6661]

@TheRobloxfighter the reason it is smaller is because it only lights up, the sounds are added in editing...

[ROS3tYL3R]

@cenobitehell hehehe screwholes. Sorry but that just made my crappy day! xD

[trimi38]

@cenobitehell its actually not.

[airsoftbuddies50]

@happyaznboy it looks like it when hes pointing it up to computers and holding it with his thumb on the back bit

[antipax00]

The champagne scene is hilarious! Poor Titanic guest got drenched! What a sport!

[avelione]

Id like to have such a screwdriver!

[TheLegend1245]

What's the song from the beginning??

[definatelyNOTSeanC]

Bought one in Forbidden Planet... walked to the hardware store around the corner to buy an ACTUAL screwdriver to put the batteries in...

[arkhampatient76]

It slices,it dices, it julianes. Buy one get the second for half price

[shadowhexogram]

So the Sonic Screwdriver is kinda like a plot device similar to glitch from ReBoot.

[TheTalibanShow]

what about iff hmm some 1 made the sonic screw driver with like a heat tempreture so it melted looks and stuff then it would open stuff

[crazypicturelady]

Irony! a screwdriver that doesn't do wood. funny on a couple levels.

[J0hnnyH4ck3r]

sonic... it should be able to distort the atoms/molecules of the wood

[J0hnnyH4ck3r]

corection would is made of elastic fibres so sound would need to be at a very high pitch

[YorickMesch]

Perhaps it's very strong oak :P

[airsoftbuddies50]

@crazypicturelady regular screwdrivers dont do wood....they do screws...metal screws

[dspunky]

How can you NOT want one of these..oh wait...I got one...LOL (ok so it doesn't fix anything until I fix it myself...but it sure amazes the kiddies..LOL)

[Dunes]

Sonic screwdriver,ya gotta love that device.

[theuglyguy111]

i hope we see river song again.

[TheMikester307]

I call my multi-use pocket knife my Sonic Screwdriver...