Doctor Who: Every Sonic Screwdriver Ranked Worst To Best

It’s no secret that The Day of the Doctor had a bit of a shaky development, due to Christopher Eccleston refusing to return as the Ninth Doctor. But in his place we got the wonderful War Doctor, a transitional incarnation who harked back to the senior Doctors of old while also looking forward to the future.

This sentiment was echoed by his sonic, which was essentially just the standard silver classic series model (again) with a light-up emitter (a feature which, canonically, wouldn’t be introduced until Rose).

Conceptually, the blend of classic and new series elements really works, and points must go to the production team for bothering to give the War Doctor his own sonic in the first place, when they could so easily have had him use an existing model.

On the whole, it’s a nice design, if a little simple (and by definition, not the most original sonic ever). It served its purpose, but it’s hardly an all-time great.