BTW, "The Pirate Planet" is one of the few stories in which the sonic screw-
driver fails to open a door. Before you argue, let me remind you that while
the door did open, it was not from a result of the sonic screwdriver unlocking
it. From the Doctor's (#4) reaction, we are lead to believe that he did not
cause it to open, he just wants to take credit for it.
Can anyone name the other shows where the Doctor's little helper didn't?
Rick Greene
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It didn't work in "The Keeper of Traken". Nyssa opened the door with
the key.
Allen England
The sonic screwdriver failed in "Carnival of Monsters" because the lock
was an old-fashioned mechanical type. Jo Grant had to use a skeleton key.
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How about in "The Keeper of Traken"? Didn't Nyssa (sp?) have to
come up with the actual electronic key?
Also wasn't there a show set in the middle ages (plague days)
when the Doctor tried to open a purely *mechanical* lock with
the ol' sonic screwdriver?
Stuart Ericson
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In the ARC OF INFINITY, the Doctor couldn't get the doors open in the
security area on Gallifrey when his TARDIS was recalled.
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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.
The reason for this is the lock in the security area was much too complex to
be taken care of in a few moments with something such as the sonic
screwdriver. The Doctor did explain to Nyssa that he couldn't have opened
the lock that fast because of it's complexity.
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They used Romana to get a picture of the outside. Time Lords aren't as
sensative as Tharils, but they still are time sensative.
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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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