I am watching Assignment: Earth on Pluto tonight. I never made the connection before, but Gary Seven has an advanced version of a sonic screwdriver. His can immobilize people and hypnotize them, though. I am wondering if the writer took this idea from Doctor Who.
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Pretty unlikely considering the first appearance of the sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who was at most a week or two before Assignment: Earth aired.