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My newly detailed 3rd Doctors Sonic screwdriver is NOT the toy, this is actually metal. It started life as an RB Replicas 3rd Doctor FX sonic replica and then I took it to the next level. First I replaced the emitter halo with a slightly smaller one that has been powder coated in bright red. Thanks to a friend's recommendation I placed a stainless steel finishing washer in the center of the emitter bullet on the flat side to dress it up. You can't see the screw in the emitter because I have carefully capped it. The grip was then pinstriped to match the Character Options toy and the replica Pertwee sonic that is in the Doctor Who Experience exhibit. I also restriped the red band at the top of the neck of the sonic and put a 1/16th inch tape over the black spiral that was already on the yellow part to make it more crisp.

The Tardis key is a Mooncrest Models key replica of the key seen in 1974, Jon's last year as the Doctor. I placed a steel jump ring on the key to keep the pewter from getting damaged and then strung the key on a 3mm silver toned rolo chain that matched close enough to the original props chain. I didn't use a clasp on the chain, instead opting to open a link and connecting it to the other end of the chain and soldering it closed again.

Probably one of the more amusing aspects of this picture is that the way the sonic appears here was only seen in 1972 and after about five stores the yellow tape and spiral the red band and black and white tape on the grip were removed and the emitter was reworked into what it looked like during Tom Bakers era and the key here was never used until 1974 so these two props as they appear here never appeared together like this. XD I find that rather amusing really because the two most iconic versions of these props that Jon is most associated with were never together.

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My newly detailed 3rd Doctors Sonic screwdriver is NOT the toy, this is actually metal. It started life as an RB Replicas 3rd Doctor FX sonic replica and then I took it to the next level. First I replaced the emitter halo with a slightly smaller one that has been powder coated in bright red. Thanks to a friend's recommendation I placed a stainless steel finishing washer in the center of the emitter bullet on the flat side to dress it up. You can't see the screw in the emitter because I have carefully capped it. The grip was then pinstriped to match the Character Options toy and the replica Pertwee sonic that is in the Doctor Who Experience exhibit. I also restriped the red band at the top of the neck of the sonic and put a 1/16th inch tape over the black spiral that was already on the yellow part to make it more crisp.

The Tardis key is a Mooncrest Models key replica of the key seen in 1974, Jon's last year as the Doctor. I placed a steel jump ring on the key to keep the pewter from getting damaged and then strung the key on a 3mm silver toned rolo chain that matched close enough to the original props chain. I didn't use a clasp on the chain, instead opting to open a link and connecting it to the other end of the chain and soldering it closed again.

Probably one of the more amusing aspects of this picture is that the way the sonic appears here was only seen in 1972 and after about five stores the yellow tape and spiral the red band and black and white tape on the grip were removed and the emitter was reworked into what it looked like during Tom Bakers era and the key here was never used until 1974 so these two props as they appear here never appeared together like this. XD I find that rather amusing really because the two most iconic versions of these props that Jon is most associated with were never together.