'Doctor Who' star's airport troubles

Yahoo ^ | 03/31/10

[Borges]

Matt Smith, the actor playing the new Doctor, was stopped at Heathrow airport because he was carrying a sonic screwdriver.

Officials took the 'Doctor Who' gadget for a weapon when a security scanner revealed what was in Smith's luggage, according to The Sun.

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"But going through the X-ray scanner, it probably looks like a weapon, albeit something you'd see in ‘Star Wars.’

[camle]

[Reaganesque]

Oh sure, security pulls the Doctor out of line for a check but lets the Daleks board without incident! Typical!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Ever try to get a Dalek through security? No wonder they have such anger-management issues.

[FreeManWhoCan]

They post it really fast on youtube. You just have to dig around for it. But I will wait for the BBC to show it here to see it with the kids..

[09Patriot]

damn I will never get my light sabre,tricorder and phazer thru airport security.

[Borges]

I hate the presentation on BBC America. It seems like there’s an ad every 45 seconds or so.

[zeugma]

Oh sure, security pulls the Doctor out of line for a check but lets the Daleks board without incident! Typical!

Good one. Made me laugh.

(says Zeugma, who has seen every Dr. Who ever made that hasn't been completely lost due to shoddy storage by the BBC)

[Knitebane]

Made with that delightful new Sonic Vodka?

Does a waitress on roller skates bring it to your car?

[Waverunner]

Watch out - The original weapons of mass destruction.

EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE

[Reaganesque]

Speaking of shoddy storage at the BBC, did you know that we almost lost all of the Monty Python episodes because the BBC wanted to reuse the tapes they were recorded on? Unbelievable.

[camle]

someone had a pic of a dalek alarm clock...

[KarlInOhio]

The TSA folks in the U.K. must only watch Big Brother if they don’t know what Dr. Who is.

Or else they are big Tom Baker fans and don't put up with any false Doctors.

[sockmonkey]

A recent favorite recent was David Tennant

David Tennant..I will miss him as the Doctor. He was just so naturally quirky (and cute).

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sonic Screwdriver......Vodka, Orange Juice and Pop Rocks?

[GraceG]

>> Or else they are big Tom Baker fans and don’t put up with any false Doctors. <<

What!!??? No love for Hartnell, Troughton or Pertwee?

I am a Pertwee fan here.

[Billthedrill]

What are they talking about? A sonic screwdriver is a weapon. In the wrong hands that thing could have taken the entire airliner apart from the inside.

Ex

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[Borges]

11 actors have played the part on TV alone. None of them are false. Nor was Baker necessarily the best.

[Borges]

Interestingly enough, both Troughton and Pertww died in the U.S. while on holiday. Troughton died during a DW Convention.

[Borges]

‘Pertwee’

[GraceG]

>> Interestingly enough, both Troughton and Pertww died in the U.S. while on holiday. Troughton died during a DW Convention. <<

See, see, if they were in the U.K. they wouldn’t have died because the NHS is superior. /S