It's getting harder and harder for me to keep quiet about the entries. They're all imaginative, fantastic and they just keep coming! Keep it up gang! WOW!!!
It's getting harder and harder for me to keep quiet about the entries. They're all imaginative, fantastic and they just keep coming! Keep it up gang! WOW!!!
I thought I would have some fun, so I whipped this up over a couple of hours this evening.
This is a more simple less ostentatious design for the 11th Dr. In keeping with his desire to have a lower profile. The emitter crystal is buried deep inside the body of the screwdriver, with the beam passing through resonance and harmonic modification coils in the emitter head. power and focus are controlled by the slider mounted in the hand-grip.
It's main feature however is a chameleon circuit that allows it to assume the appearance of everyday objects from the world and time period that it is in.
The dimensions do not show up well so I will enter them here.
Total length 190.00mm
Handle length 82.00mm
Emitter head below taper 9.00mm diameter
Maximum diameter 27.00mm
Listen, I know that banging rocks together can be fun... But at least some of us have moved on from thinking that digital watches are cool..
Last edited by tailgunner30uk; Jul 5, 2012 at 3:12 PM. Reason: Speeling!
Subtle and sleek. I like it.
Why thank you sir. I like your design also. A nice blend of steam punk and classic, markedly outpacing my modest effort.
I think this, my design, might form the basis of the next project.
OK, I know the button says don't press me, but I mean, what is the point of a button if not to be pushed?
Last edited by tailgunner30uk; Jul 5, 2012 at 3:24 PM. Reason: clarification
All these great submissions and we've only been up for a week. I don't envy the judge's job at the end of the month!
Thanks man. I'm particularly fond of your design as well. Very original, but still obviously a Sonic Screwdriver.Force Commander said:
Working in a secret lab in deepest, darkest Scarberia. The stranded Time lord endeavors to recreated his Sonic Screwdriver with only the primitive technology of this time.....
Here is just a small sample of what is to come.......
Last edited by NTBBCPD; Jul 31, 2012 at 7:02 AM.
All of these are really, very good. Hard to decide which one I like best so far because they're all so different. Nice work everyone!
--Brian
[FONT=Arial]Digging through his travel bag, which seems to be bigger on the inside, the traveler finds a capsule containing three Metabelis crystals within a fluon radiation shield.
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[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The perfect resonance chamber, and like the earth mineral Quartz they can be used to create and control sonic energy.
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[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The added bonus is that crystals will give him a telepathic link to the screwdriver, quite handy when scanning.[/FONT]
Looking around the lab, there is plenty of electronics for him to choose from, and for some reason a box of old toys.....
I'm sure he can find a way to adapt this USB key....
And even a few pieces of plumbing pipe and this broken toy, with the string and ball missing may be of some use....
Let's give him the weekend and see what he comes up with....
Last edited by NTBBCPD; Jul 8, 2012 at 9:16 PM.
I'm in. Just need to wait until it's perfect!
Well, take you time...NakedMoleRat said:
...but hurry up about it already!
I'm in! I'll start to work on that now because that contest is too awesome
Alright here is mine! I don't have any fancy CG or autocad skills, so please accept my humble paint program entry!
The classic Whovians such as myself should be able to pick up on the points of inspiration.
On to the sonic itself. It belongs to the 13th incarnation of the Doctor. In his last life he has gotten a bit sentimental and wanted to explore more of his younger, 'classic' self!
The sonic has channes cut on three sides, which allows the slider to have the metal bars attached, so that, when pulled down, they open up the scherical head to expose the green 'crystal'.
The switch would be located at the base of the slider so that when the switch is pulled all the way back, it would ligt up the green srystal.
The end cap is threaded so that batery placement could be made.
The main metals are aluminum and copper, with brass greebles inside the clear plexi rod that serves as a neck.
I think the diagram explains everything else. Here it is closed and opened.
Very cool concept!Another great entry.
Here is my entry.
When the button is press the emitter and emitter focal points light up.
Also the shielding (where focal points are located) retracts AND the emitter and gyro rotate.
The majority of the sonic is metal, with a wooden collar and clouded glass emitter.
I spoke too soon. Come August 1st I'm going to have a hell of a time picking just one from these awesome entries. Keep it coming!greatwazoo42 said:
Shoot man, no worries, you have to pick three, right? XDgreatwazoo42 said:
Remember that scene in Bruce Almighty where Bruce just gives up and grants everyone's prayers? Yeah, I'm worried I'm going to hit that point during the voting process.
Beautiful summer's day? Naturally I should spend it inside designing a Mark VIII sonic screwdriver...
I wanted to evoke a sense that Gallifreyan and TARDIS design and technology went into the making of my sonic, as well as incorporate aspects of previous screwdrivers.
Beginning with the handle, which is hexagonal, based on the TARDIS console itself, since the old girl produced Eleven's Mark VII and possibly the previous models as well. It has the impression of the hex-circle walls of Ten and Eleven's TARDIS, as well as the station dividers of the Fourth Doctor's console. This leads to the acrylic tube within a tube, basically a miniature of the TARDIS console core from Ten's ship.
The collar, rings and upper shaft are a throwback to the Mark II-IV design, with the addition of rotating rings with finely engraved Gallifreyan numbers on them, for manually adjusting the sonic setting, though naturally this can also be done psychically, thanks to the Metebelis Crystal emitter (see below). Letter settings change dependent on whether the sonic is extended or not, and other spacey-wacy stuff.
Extending up through the collar and rings, and along the upper shaft are three, flat, metallic prongs which hold the emitter, which is a throwback to the Mark II-IV emitters, only turned horizontally. These prongs can extend an additional 20mm (approx), allowing the emitter a wider dispersion field, as well as a fun, "clacking" noise.
In the center of the emitter is a perfect, blue, sphere-cut, Metebelis Crystal, acquired by the Third Doctor on Metebelis III. It helps to power the sonic via fluon radiation and through it's natural ability to amplify the psychic power of it's holder. This also allows for neural interface with the sonic for those properly attuned with the device.
Practical Design Details:
I imagine either a laser diode or very powerful LED in the base of the sonic, which shines through the length of the entire hollow center structure and hits the Crystal in the emitter, which hopefully can be made of some translucent, refracting material so that the laser causes it to shine. It would be ideal if this light also illuminated the lower, clear "TARDIS CONSOLE" shaft. And if there's room for a speaker and sound chip for the accompanying sound effect, even better.
Around the electronics in the base/handle sits a spring-loaded mechanism, which should both move the "TARDIS Central Core" innards up through the clear tube of the lower shaft, and simultaneously extend the prongs, which should be attached to the top of the "TARDIS Central Core" inside the collar and rings section.
When retracted, the crystal should nest flush against what could be a rubber ring at the tip of the upper shaft.
Reference Material:
I've included a photo collage of various parts of the TARDIS, previous screwdrivers and other Doctor Who technology that served as source material for the design elements.
EDIT: Obviously, the overall length should read 250mm and 230mm for extended and retracted measurements respectively. As I think a 2.5 meter long screwdriver would be difficult to slide into one's pocket
Last edited by Shyaporn; Jul 18, 2012 at 2:14 PM.
I have nowhere near enough creativity to even begin about entering this but I do have to chip in and say all of the entries so far are FANTASTIC!
I love the mix of original designs and those recalling previous Sonics. Can't wait to see the rest of the designs and the three winners. Though regardless of who wins, I feel everyone who enters should feel some pride for their creations.
Have a go, you will be suprised at the outcome. Start with something simple, graph paper helps with dimensioning.
A good starting point is a cylinder, 30mm diameter and approx 250mm in length, then let your imagination run wild. Draw lots, keep all of your ideas, no matter how bad you think they are. Do you like retro, steampunk, futuristic. I watched a show about American concept cars and it occurs to me that maybe fins with leds at the tip, a maltese cross style emitter and put a clear tube at the base containing everyones favourite psychic amplifier, Metabelis crystal shards inside.
I hope this helps and look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Shyaporn, I like how your mind works.
Great design!
There are a lot of fantastic designs here. I do a little machining and some of them seem like they would be very hard to make. A couple of them seem that they could only be made with a rapid prototyper and then maybe molded.
Any way, there are a lot of really clever, innovative ideas here. It's a great contest!!
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