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Get your own Fifteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver at San Diego Comic-Con (www.doctorwho.tv)

submitted 10 months ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/doctorwho@startrek.website

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[–] askryan@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My kids are dying for this thing. If anyone is at SDCC and feels the desire to make some little girls happy, I will Venmo you to buy this and ship it to me so I can stop hearing about it 😂

As much as I love the new series, I haven't liked the new screwdriver, but I think I've realized it's just the colors I don't like. I do actually enjoy seeing it look and feel more like a tricorder, and having the little display that slides out does make it feel more like something the Doctor can actually interpret. For some reason, while I'm totally on board for tentacle aliens and killer candy robots and giant space eyeballs and moon eggs, the scenes where the Doctor uses the old style screwdriver and stares at the handle like he's reading it always felt a little silly to me.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve realized it’s just the colors I don’t like.

Yeah, I think it suffers from the same issue that I had with the New Paradigm Daleks - the colours make it look very plasticy.

If the blue bits had more of a brushed metal appearance, I think it would look a lot better.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

I have to admit, I don't envision this thing flying off the shelves.

The detailing is pretty cool, though - it's a shame that hasn't really come through on-screen yet.