>>7063453Nah, most have looked like either an off-the-shelf prop(think McCoy's medical tools in TOS Trek being unmodified salt shakers) or a cobbled bit of junk on the $3 that the BBC spared to the budget. The new ones are fancier but still looked like mini lightsabers.
I think the original, the second Doctor's screwdriver, was just a small flashlight- and it was literally just a sonic screwdriver. It was later on the damn thing became a magic tool that does everything. It's part of why the destroyed it in the 5th era and 7th didn't get one until the movie, it became too much of a magic wand for the Doctor to solve problems with.
This could very well be some alien tech, since Gallifrey stuff looks like it was built on a budget. It's unique.
