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[[File:Normal_Tooth_and_Claw_556.jpg|thumb|right|The perfected Koh-i-Noor. ([[ | [[File:Normal_Tooth_and_Claw_556.jpg|thumb|right|The perfected Koh-i-Noor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')]] | ||
The '''Koh-i-Noor''' was a [[diamond]] owned by [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], among others. There was a myth that whoever owned the diamond must surely die. [[Albert]], the Queen's husband, constantly had it cut down for it to meet the exact specifications he needed for the [[light chamber]]. | The '''Koh-i-Noor''' was a [[diamond]] owned by [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], among others. There was a myth that whoever owned the diamond must surely die. [[Albert]], the Queen's husband, constantly had it cut down for it to meet the exact specifications he needed for the [[light chamber]]. | ||
In [[1879]], while being taken to a jeweller to have the stone recut, it was used in combination with the light chamber to kill a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]]. ([[ | In [[1879]], while being taken to a jeweller to have the stone recut, it was used in combination with the light chamber to kill a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | ||
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