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Sonic screwdriver

The sonic screwdriver is a fictional multifunctional tool in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its spin-offs, used by the Doctor. Like the TARDIS, it has become one of the icons of the programme, and spin-off media such as The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood have replicated its functions in devices such as the sonic…

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Genre
Science fiction
Publisher
BBC
Affiliation
The Doctor
Created by
Sydney Newman · C. E. Webber · Donald Wilson
First appearance
Fury from the Deep · 16 March 1968
Function
Various, see Functions

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Sonic screwdriver

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Edges206
Triples315
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009662
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related to Doctor Who · 87
Sonic screwdriver → Adipose, After, Again, Amy Pond, Attack, Blue Peter, Christmas, City, Commander Strax, Count Scarlioni's, Crime, Cyberman, Cybermen, Dalek Crucible, Dead, Death, Doctor, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Confidential, Doctor's
related to Torchwood · 22
Sonic screwdriver → Captain Jack Harkness, CCTV, Day One, Days, Defence, Doctor Who, Earth, End, Fragments, Gizmo, Gwen Cooper, In, In Children, Its, Jack Harkness, Ministry, Sato, The, Torchwood, Toshiko
related to 2005–2010 · 16
Sonic screwdriver → BBC, Crime, For, In, Jones, Nick Robatto, Over, Partners, Screwdriver, Screwdriver's, Series, Smith, Sonic, The Eleventh Hour, These, This
related to 2015–2017 · 16
Sonic screwdriver → Class, Daleks, Doctor, Fifth Doctor's, He, Hell Bent, In, Nardole, River Song, Shadow Kin, TARDIS, TARDIS-blue, The, The Doctor, The Husbands, The Pilot
related to 2023–present · 16
Sonic screwdriver → According, Davies, Doctor, Fifteenth Doctor, Fourteenth Doctor, Gallifreyan, Gatwa, In December, Kesteren, Michael, Phil Sims, Rwandan, Sims, TARDIS, The, USB
related to 2010–2015 · 15
Sonic screwdriver → Afterwards, Also, Atraxi, Christmas Carol, Doctor, In, It, Kazran, Kazran Sardick, Sonic, TARDIS, The, The Doctor, The Eleventh Doctor's, The Eleventh Hour
related to Red Nose Day · 15
Sonic screwdriver → After, Catherine Tate's, David Tennant, Doctor, English, Fatal Death, In, Joanna Lumley, Lauren, Lauren Cooper, Red Nose Day, Rose Tyler, The Catherine Tate Show, The Curse, Vibrator
related to 1968–1982 and 1996 · 14
Sonic screwdriver → Deep, During, Episode Five, Fury, In, It, Its, Michael Briant, Second Doctor, Second Doctor's, The, The Dominators, The Sea Devils, Victor Pemberton
related to Functions · 14
Sonic screwdriver → Christmas Carol, Dalek, Doctor, Eleventh's, It, Sonics, Tenth, Tenth Doctor's, The, The Day, The War Doctor, There, These, War Doctor
related to 2018–2022 · 13
Sonic screwdriver → Dalek, Daleks, Doctor Who Magazine, Earth, Fourteenth Doctor's, In, It, Liberation, She, Sheffield, The Woman Who Fell, Thirteenth Doctor, This

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sonic screwdriverAffiliationThe Doctor1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverCreated bySydney Newman1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverCreated byC. E. Webber1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverCreated byDonald Wilson1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverFirst appearanceFury from the Deep1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverFirst appearance16 March 19681.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverFunctionVarious, see Functions1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverPublisherBBC1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriverTypeHand tool1.00infobox
Sonic screwdriveris afictional multifunctional tool in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its spin-offs0.90text
the sonic lipstickinstance ofand spin-off media such as The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood have replicated its functions in devices0.80text

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