A reissue of that piece of trash? Great.

I don't think it'll last. Given how much of a big seller the toy is over here and that this is supposedly coming out in the next month or so, I reckon this is just a placeholder to get a "new" toy on shelves and a proper one may come later.

Well, either that or they simply don't care about toy sales as much anymore. Which would suit me fine if this wasn't the design they settled on :lol

Just strikes me as odd is all. Almost immediately (by the end of his first episode) 11 had a brand new Sonic all built and ready to go for him from the Tardis. I don't think it's too much to ask for that they have a new sonic prepared for 12.

Eleven came in with a new showrunner, though. Nine and Ten used the same sonic just fine. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a new one at some point, but I wouldn't count on it, at least not this series. There were rumors we were getting a new TARDIS exterior, too, and that didn't seem to pan out. I'm not saying I wouldn't like him to get a new one, I definitely would. Matt's mannerisms with the sonic sort of seal the design to him, at least without having seen Capaldi at it.

I think ten eded getting a new one that was slightly different that included the slide up feature

I think Nine had the slide feature

I don't buy that. Moffat saw fit to introduce a new one for War/Other Doctor. Despite the fact that at the end when he regenerated he was becoming 9 and therefor would have had the 9/10 Sonic. So he had a different Sonic before becoming 10 basically just to differentiate that Doctor from 10 & 11 since they were present alongside him in the movie. I don't see why he couldn't introduce an actually new one or something at least partially different to give Capaldi one unique to his 12.

In the context of the story, it makes sense for Eccleston to have gotten a new Sonic to disassociate himself from the War Doctor, considering the Doctor's feelings for that iteration.

All of that is really academic when it boils down to the fact that apparently Moffat didn't want to give Capaldi's Doctor a new Sonic Screwdriver for some reason. It's always possible that he'll get one down the road, but I don't think he needs one at this point. Considering all the weeping and gnashing of teeth about Capaldi from the crowd who came on board during Tennant's era, I wouldn't be surprised if they're deliberately keeping some things the same to subtly reinforce continuity on the naysayers (and Not Us types)

I... actually have nothing against eleven's screwdriver. It's my favorite, in fact.

While I do love Eleventh's sonic, my main issue is that it doesn't translate too well into toy form.