July 2nd, 2024
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The 14th Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver Gold Edition
Available to order from www.forbiddenplanet.com
Exclusive Gold variant of The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver announced by Character Options
This special rendition will be available exclusively at Forbidden Planet in July 2024
Character Options in partnership with Pop Culture retailer Forbidden Planet is delighted to announce a brand-new exclusive for its iconic Doctor Who Collection, a gold version of the Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver available for presale now.
The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver has proven to be hugely popular ever since its debut at San Diego Comic-Con on 19th July 2023, and this the limited-edition version will surely become a must-have addition amongst Doctor Who fans.
The exclusive device features a gold effect ‘electro plated’ finish, light and sound FXs, and an extending and opening emitter. Slide the control button to open and close or press and hold for sounds.
Available for presell now, this extra special Sonic Screwdriver will cost just £29.99 and will be available for delivery and in store from early June.
Craig Anderson from Forbidden Planet comments – “Doctor Who remains one of our most popular brands and has without doubt one of the most loyal fan followings. It is therefore with great pleasure that we are partnering with Character Options to bring this unique piece to our store for our customers to enjoy.”
This toy version of this iteration of the sonic screwdriver features an all-gold finish, with multiple light and sound FXs, plus an extending and opening emitter. Slide the control button upwards along the main body to open and close and press and hold for light and sounds.
This sonic comes beautifully presented in anniversary style packaging and is the perfect addition to any fans collection.
Age: 5+ Battery Requirements: Requires 3 x 1.5V A76/AG13/LR44 Button Cell Batteries.
(Demonstration Batteries Included).
Categorised under: General toys, Toys
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pupbenny
July 5th, 2024 - 9:11pmGot mine today. 🙂 The ‘gold’ is a bit scratched on one section unfortunately.
Matt
July 5th, 2024 - 11:17amArrived this morning, seems good but doesn’t appear to open any doors. Also the red mode is loud as hell
Young j
July 5th, 2024 - 9:11ammy order of the 14th doctor gold sonic screwdriver is coming to me today by royal mail
Cully’s Pal
July 4th, 2024 - 11:37amOh dear I’m no long up on my sonics I thought this was Peter Capaldi’s 😀 Still prefer Jon’s Carnival of Monsters version and the one Tom deactivates Styre’s robot with – now THEY’RE sonics !
pupbenny
July 3rd, 2024 - 12:27amI got an email earlier today saying my order has been dispatched. 🙂
Newstuff
May 13th, 2024 - 12:56pmAny sign of new merch from 15th era ?
Instead of 14th era for the third time,
booboo
May 13th, 2024 - 1:00pmits coming but looks like much later in the year
Daniel O’Brien
May 13th, 2024 - 1:56pmOctober seems to be the month for Doctor and Ruby action figures and the new sonic screwdriver.
Troughton’s Trousers
May 10th, 2024 - 9:16am@booboo – are the fakes on ebay the ones that promise multiple LED colours (e.g. the 12th Doctor sonic)? I’m seeing a lot of people complaining they just got standard editions. Wondered why the sudden flood of them on sale.
booboo
May 10th, 2024 - 9:27amThere are 100’s if not 1000’s of counterfeit 10th, 12th and 14th Doctor sonics on online market places, its been going on for weeks and to be honest i’m astonished no one seems to be able to do anything about them.
There was a “real” 12th doctor sonic (not done by Character) and a factory has copied it along with a chrome version (like the 14th).
Its a mine field as to what genuine and whats not. (although the 1 second delay thing is an obvious one
anon
May 11th, 2024 - 12:13amThe way around getting a counterfeit is to ask for the Character Options box it was shipped in to be sent with any ebay order. Not exactly guaranteed but a pretty good bet?
Mac
May 9th, 2024 - 6:15pmCool looking gun
Loobop
May 9th, 2024 - 7:56amthe website was acting weird for me for 30 seconds but sorted itself out all pre ordered for now as part of me thinks he never had a gold version why do i need this?.
Theodore
May 13th, 2024 - 9:06amBecause it’s bedazzled. Plus, we’re all geeks here, we bought the Sonic Spork back in the day (and I don’t regret it in the slightest, still have it), and we’ll buy anything even remotely cool
Gallifrey Falls No More
May 9th, 2024 - 7:45amI can’t really tell on the photos but will this have the chrome effect like the online exclusive or be matt like the standard?
Mrs Croot
May 9th, 2024 - 11:46amIt’s electroplated, so don’t worry, it’ll be as shiny as the online exclusive variant 🙂
pb
May 9th, 2024 - 12:22pmI could be wrong (and I hope I am), but I think it’ll be more like the standard matte colour, unfortunately. It says it’s electroplated but specifies that it’s ‘gold electroplated’ whereas the chrome sonic specifies that it’s ‘chrome electroplated’, which would indicate ‘electroplated’ doesn’t necessarily mean it’s that shiny. This combined with the images suggests it’ll be at least more matte than the chrome one to me. (Maybe it’ll be somewhere inbetween.)
Tom Williams
May 9th, 2024 - 3:53amOrdered this as not brought anything dr who merch wise apart from the DVDs recent and loving the gold affect too it reminds me off a cross over of the master and the 10th drs sonic lol
Young j
May 9th, 2024 - 1:32amI have ordered the gold 14th doctor sonic screwdriver from Forbidden Planet aswell
Torchwood 5
May 9th, 2024 - 12:31amDoes this one have color changing LED’s?
pupbenny
May 8th, 2024 - 10:04pmOut of curiosity booboo, do you have any thoughts about why this exclusive has been done? It seems really random for FP to suddenly come out with turning a Sonic Screwdriver gold. Especially on the same day the Chrome one came back in stock. Why gold I wonder.
booboo
May 9th, 2024 - 8:12amPerhaps to test the waters for more exclusives, its a bold move and FP should be commended for that, lets face it they were the only ones doing stuff for the 60th.
Maybe it will appear in a comic who know’s.
personally i think its a shame so many fakes have hit online market places which no one seems to be able to do anything about which dilutes sales both for this and the CO chrome version.
Ty
May 8th, 2024 - 6:13pmDoes anyone know when FP take payment? Will it be 5th July?
booboo
May 8th, 2024 - 6:26pmdates can be a bit “fluid” PR press release says June.
Anita
May 8th, 2024 - 7:13pmI ordered this today and they didn’t take out the money yet so I’m assuming I’ll be charged when they’re ready to ship
WhoCollector
May 8th, 2024 - 6:12pmIs this limited edition?
booboo
May 8th, 2024 - 6:27pmNot listed as one but these tend to be a one off order.
Tin & Sonic
May 8th, 2024 - 6:12pmAs nice as it is. I think i’ll pass as I prefer my sonics to look as they do on screen. That’s not to say i’m against this kind of thing though.
Also FP picking up an exclusive DW toys after so many years is great news! Hopefully more to follow. I’d love to see a chrome finish of the other sonics. It really sets it’s apart. Imagine 11s with a beautiful shiny bronze and silver chrome finish!
pupbenny
May 8th, 2024 - 6:33pmWhat was the last exclusive they did? I can’t remember it was so long ago lol.
booboo
May 8th, 2024 - 6:36pmFP international had all the last exclusives when tied in with UT toys, FP.com haven’t had an exclusive for years
Judooning
May 8th, 2024 - 6:44pmThink it would have been one of the Brigadier sets? The Daemons one or the Axos one. Not sure if they had the Silver Nemesis Ace
Cymon
May 8th, 2024 - 5:54pmManaged to get one eventually, website was slow. Already 1 up on eBay for £200.00
Mrs Croot
May 8th, 2024 - 5:46pmI don’t want to want it, yet here I am. Personally I think character are at their absolute best with sonics when they take their own creative liberties like this, the gold is stunning here and the silver sonic from their personalise your sonic set from 2012 remains one of my favourite designs.
Some won’t like this because it isn’t on tv but if the 60’s had such bizarre merch that didn’t come from tv I don’t see why the trend can’t continue today.
daz
May 8th, 2024 - 5:41pmI’m still surprised they haven’t managed to get at least Ncuti’s sonic out in time for the show being broadcast.
Definitely good that Forbidden Planet is on board though with a new exclusive.
Doctor who
May 8th, 2024 - 5:25pmMaybe it’s just me,but I’m not feeling /getting this at all.It just seems a bit cashing in/gimmicky.
Clay
May 8th, 2024 - 5:05pmIt’s pretty – and I can’t shake the nagging feeling that Tennant will pop up again with this new gold version at some point this season. Pre-ordered anyway as I am an easy mark…
Drwhofan08
May 8th, 2024 - 4:19pmI don’t know if I want this or not
pupbenny
May 8th, 2024 - 4:14pmOh this is FREAKIN’ COOL!!!! I saw a fan concept recently saying how the 15th Doctor should’ve kept the 14th’s Sonic and just changed it slightly and posted an image of a gold version (with a purple light though) and I thought it looked amazing!!!! I’m astonished they’ve actually done that!!!! This LOOKS ace. Very unexpected!!!!
pupbenny
May 8th, 2024 - 4:19pmAnd of course the website goes down right after I try to sign in to FP loooool.
booboo
May 8th, 2024 - 4:21pmours is struggling as well
pupbenny
May 8th, 2024 - 4:38pmManaged to get through now and made my order, the site seems to be okay now (at least for me).
booboo
May 8th, 2024 - 4:40pmits OK now probably the social media scramble
Master
May 8th, 2024 - 4:13pmHopefully this is the first of more exclusives to get things back on track
Lets do Knitting
May 8th, 2024 - 4:12pmOrdered this instead of the Chrome one
Judooning
May 8th, 2024 - 3:39pmWell it looks pretty nice. I’ve ordered one to keep boxed. Don’t really need it loose. Have a feeling it might go for crazy money in a few years like that 50th Anniversary exclusive 10th Dr Sonic that Forbidden Planet had. That fetches over £100 on Ebay now
Darren
May 8th, 2024 - 3:29pmGold? What a bizarre variant.
Jamie
May 8th, 2024 - 3:28pmLooks very nice. And Forbidden Planet taking on an exclusive is a good sign!
Anonymous
May 8th, 2024 - 3:26pmEven though this is not at all featured in the episodes, I still really dig that gold. Maybe we will get an announcement for the 15th sonic soon, what with these other drops happening.