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A '''laser''' was, in a description posited by [[Leela]] and approved by the [[Fourth Doctor]], a very powerful light. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') Many lasers were harmless and used in some games, but others were used as deadly weapons. During their campaign to recruit warriors, the [[Uvodni]] utilised harmless laser weapons in their interactive laser-tag game [[Combat 3000]]. However, on board their ship, the [[Kudlak]] warriors carried deadly blaster rifles that fired a yellow laser burst. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'')

Some weapons, such as [[Sontaran laser]]s, were called "lasers" despite travelling slower than light. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')

Lasers could be used for a defensive purpose, as when the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Donna Noble|Donna]] and [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] came across a grid of heat rays in one of the tunnels underneath [[Messaline]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') Lasers were also employed for medical purposes, in surgery, such as in [[laser scalpel]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') and [[laser saw]]s. ([[TV]]:'' [[Children of Earth: Day One]]'')