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From: stuart@ihlpf.UUCP (Ericson)
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Subject: Re: "re: jelly babies"
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Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 22:10:27 EST
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> BTW, "The Pirate Planet" is one of the few stories in which the sonic screw-
> driver fails to open a door.  Before you argue, let me remind you that while
> the door did open, it was not from a result of the sonic screwdriver unlocking
> it.  From the Doctor's (#4) reaction, we are lead to believe that he did not
> cause it to open, he just wants to take credit for it.  
> Can anyone name the other shows where the Doctor's little helper didn't?
> 
> Rick Greene
>       ...!ihnp4!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!excalibur!188622462

How about in "The Keeper of Traken"?  Didn't Nyssa (sp?) have to
come up with the actual electronic key?

Also wasn't there a show set in the middle ages (plague days)
when the Doctor tried to open a purely *mechanical* lock with
the ol' sonic screwdriver?

Stuart Ericson
!ihnp4!ihlpf!stuart

"Sure I'd come and explain it all, but my de-materialization circuit
 is blown."