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Travellers' Screwdriver

A utilitarian tool retrieved from the alien travellers' wreckage, its metallic body worn from long use and alien manufacture. The Doctor snatches it from Calib's incorrect offering, handling it with familiar ease as he identifies it as the precise instrument needed for examining the relics. The object’s unfamiliar design and origin underscore the Sevateem's tenuous connection to the long-dead surveyors.
3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Doctor arms Tomas and warriors

The Doctor’s alien screwdriver is actively used to examine and authenticate the relics before being momentarily seized by Calib, who offers an incorrect tool. Its precise functionality remains subtle until the Doctor reclaims it to identify the Travellers' Screwdriver as the correct relic for analysis.

Before: In the Doctor’s hand, as his primary tool for examining the tribe’s relics.
After: Still in the Doctor’s possession, now reassociated with its practical purpose after Calib’s failed attempt to disrupt the process.
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S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Sevateem origins revealed in relic examination

The Doctor snatches the Traveller’s Screwdriver from Calib’s incorrect offering, handling it with familiar precision and identifying it as the correct tool for examining the relics. This small object becomes a symbol of alien wisdom intruding on tribal ignorance.

Before: Offered incorrectly by Calib as a trial relic
After: Taken confidently by the Doctor, legitimizing its role in the analysis
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S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Calib asserts authority over Leela and the Doctor

The Doctor snatches the Travellers' Screwdriver from Calib's incorrect offering and uses it to sort through the relics, immediately identifying the correct tool. He then hands it aside to give Tomas a small gun-like weapon, demonstrating its dual purpose as both a precision tool and an improvised weapon.

Before: Initially offered to the Doctor by Calib, but recognized as incorrect; then retrieved by the Doctor to assist in analyzing the tribal relics.
After: Held by the Doctor briefly before being set aside to hand Tomas thegun-like weapon; still functional but functionally secondary to the energy-based tool.
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