Post by senko on Aug 17, 2016 10:46:10 GMT
I just rewatched day of the moon and noticed something I'd missed previously.
So I'm wondering at some point did the Doctor alter his sonic screwdriver to a laser one? Even if its only get a stun settting that is definately an offensive use at that point.
There are 3 types of energy shot being thrown around in that scene River's red gun blasts, the blue/white electric shocks of the silence and the doctor's apparently useless green screwdriver as he waves it around. Only if you watch closely it doesn't seem that useless. On a number of occasions there's a green energy beam with rings around it coming out of it and on 2 it hits a member of silence and they just collapse. One specific point to look at is in the scene near the end where the doctor's waving his screwdriver around and River has her back to him as she say's "go build a cabinet". Immediately after that if you pause the show you can see clearly that he is shooting one of the silence. It isn't River she's facing, and pointing her gun in the complete opposite direction (with her eyes closed amusingly where I paused it). The doctor on the other hand is facing a silence with his screwdriver pointed at it and coming out the end is that green beam and the silence has crumpled to its knee's as it goes down. Then again shortly afterwards as she tells him to shut up and drive he pauses in the TARDIS doorway and aims the screwdriver (with sound effect) back at the fight. We then cut to a silence going argghh as it goes down under that same green beam." I didn't realize it last time because of that green light on her gun but her beam is red, his is green and at least 2 silence get shot by it.
So I'm wondering at some point did the Doctor alter his sonic screwdriver to a laser one? Even if its only get a stun settting that is definately an offensive use at that point.
