What do you call the thing you use to change TV channels?

[ClashCityRocker]

I've just watched Tenable and the thing I thought it was called didn't make the top ten of names.

I'm honestly, genuinely shocked. I thought it was really common and would be the most obvious answer.

(Pinger)

Remote

The Doodar

Remote
Telly thing.

The zap. Not the zapper. I have no memory of it being the zapper in my house.

The button.

The first one we had as a child only had one button.

In our family a doofer is one of those flat wooden things a bit like a wooden spoon; called a doofer because it 'does for' all sorts of things.

The remote here. But mostly it's known by a hand gesture of pressing buttons on the remote. 'Where's the ?'

Also sometimes the thingy, and I do remember calling it the doofer years back.

Remote, and my 2 year old grandson uses the same word to mean change channel

The zapper of course!

Tele text controller pad!

It's called 'The Wand of Power' in our house, & the Amazon fire remote is called 'The Little Wand of Power'

In the office for our conference TV we call it the Remote - it's universal surely.

Doofer at my parents house.

DS couldn't say remote when he was little so it became the more, or on occasion is Monsieur Le Remote. Because it's a man toy obvs. (Although now I have sole custody and it doesn't feel right)

The remote

Or the mote

Depends how lazy im feeling

Remote
Gadget at my parents

Gizmo

Doots.

Why would pinger be an obvious word for it, given it does not ping?

The fucking. I've nearly always located it before I've got to the actual name of the thing

Telly box. It drives DH batty, so I started calling his controller and Xbox box too.

The changer

Flicker.

'The machine'

Remote.

Clicker

Remote control , or pass me the ' doo dah' which makes people go ' what?'
( this word gets used a lot when I can't think of the right word!)

'the channels'