Doctor Who: 10 WEIRDEST Things That The Sonic Screwdriver Can Do

10. Scan Everything

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Before anyone says it, yes, we know. It's long been established as one of the sonic's primary uses, but can we all just take a moment to really think about how strange it really is?

Over the years, the Doctor's screwdriver has been used to determine the origin, age or composition of almost any given object, as well as mapping the distance something has travelled, or just generally learning any relevant (or irrelevant, come to think of it) information about whatever's being scanned.

While the gleaning of such information has proved invaluable to the Doctor over the years, the fact that the Time Lord's go-to move upon discovering anything new is to point a screwdriver at it is one of the strangest - and perfectly characteristic - things about the show.

Now that we've established what a weird function it is, let's just take a moment to appreciate the Doctor's years of scanning, and everything we've learned as a direct result of the screwdriver's infinite wisdom.