Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Spinoffs
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Also the original Flintstones series and its spinoffs would make use of various talking birds for some of its Stone Age devices (such as office intercoms).
Source: Polly Wants a Microphone - A few episodes/spinoffs show some devices (such as a microwave oven in 90s TV-movie "Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby" and a medical device in an episode of the original series) were powered by electric eels, which might handwave some devices such as their television sets.
Source: Schizo Tech / Western Animation - The revival and its spinoffs have introduced a variety of other sonic devices used by the Doctor and/or others as well, such as Sarah Jane Smith's sonic lipstick and Captain Jack Harkness's sonic blaster.
Source: Analysis / Doctor Who
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