[net.tv.drwho] Sonic Screwdriver Fails

alle@ihlpl.UUCP (Allen England) (03/10/86)

> Can anyone name the other shows where the Doctor's little helper didn't?

It didn't work in "The Keeper of Traken".  Nyssa opened the door with
the key.

Allen England

fung@daemen.uucp (Kenneth Worzel Fung) (03/15/86)

In article <678@ihlpl.UUCP>, alle@ihlpl.UUCP (Allen England) writes:
 > Can anyone name the other shows where the Doctor's little helper didn't?

	What about in Jon Pertwee episode 1 of "Carnival of Monsters".
	The good Doctor and Jo Grant materialized in a ship's hold and
	discovered that the lock on ship's hold was a cast-iron lock.
	Try as he might, the sonic screwdriver could no move anything
	of the lock. "Ha, I knew I would finally come in handy(or words
	to that effect) Jo exclaims, producing bobby-pin, and picks the
	lock without a problem.

ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman) (03/18/86)

In article <182@daemen.uucp> fung@daemen.uucp (Kenneth Worzel Fung) writes:
>	What about in Jon Pertwee episode 1 of "Carnival of Monsters".
>	The good Doctor and Jo Grant materialized in a ship's hold and
>	discovered that the lock on ship's hold was a cast-iron lock.
>	Try as he might, the sonic screwdriver could no move anything
>	of the lock. "Ha, I knew I would finally come in handy(or words
>	to that effect) Jo exclaims, producing bobby-pin, and picks the
>	lock without a problem.

It was a skeleton key, not a bobby pin, and she had to use it several times,
probably in at least 3 of the 4 episodes, because they were stuck in a
time loop.
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