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Although the Doctor told her "No more Janis thorns, ever", [[Leela]] continued to use them on her travels with the Doctor, sometimes firing them through a blowpipe. In [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]], she used one to kill a [[China|Chinese]] assassin threatening the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | Although the Doctor told her "No more Janis thorns, ever", [[Leela]] continued to use them on her travels with the Doctor, sometimes firing them through a blowpipe. In [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]], she used one to kill a [[China|Chinese]] assassin threatening the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
Leela threatened a [[Death-dealing|death-dealer]] named [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] with a janis thorn. ([[ | Leela threatened a [[Death-dealing|death-dealer]] named [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] with a janis thorn. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death-Dealer (audio story)|Death-Dealer]]'') | ||
Leela still kept her janis thorns when she was living on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') | Leela still kept her janis thorns when she was living on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
Revision as of 03:05, 19 September 2012
Janis thorns were small, poisonous thorns used by the Sevateem as weaponry. Their poison caused first paralysis and then death in humans. Though there was no naturally occurring cure, an anti-toxin was created by the Fourth Doctor using a bioanalyser. (TV: The Face of Evil)
Although the Doctor told her "No more Janis thorns, ever", Leela continued to use them on her travels with the Doctor, sometimes firing them through a blowpipe. In Victorian London, she used one to kill a Chinese assassin threatening the Doctor. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Leela threatened a death-dealer named Jason with a janis thorn. (AUDIO: Death-Dealer)
Leela still kept her janis thorns when she was living on Gallifrey. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)
When knocked unconscious, the Fourth Doctor mumbled, "No more janis thorns", even though Leela no longer travelled with him. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
Behind the scenes
In early rehearsals for The Face of Evil, the word "Janis" was pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with "can". However, Tom Baker pointed out that "Janice Thorn" sounded like the name of an out-of-work soap actress, so the pronunciation was changed, rhyming the first syllable with "cane". (DCOM: The Face of Evil
