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Although the Doctor told her "No more Janis thorns... ever", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') [[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", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') [[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]]'') | ||
When [[The Master]] temporarily brainwashed Leela to believe that she was his assassin, she attacked the Doctor with a Janis thorn, but the Doctor was able to get to the TARDIS laboratory and retrieve his previously-prepared antidote, although he was so weakened by the poison that he had to convince Leela to inject him with the antidote because he couldn't do it himself ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Evil One (audio story)|The Evil One]]''). | |||
Leela threatened a [[Death-dealing|death-dealer]] named [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] with a janis thorn. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death-Dealer (audio story)|Death-Dealer]]'') | Leela threatened a [[Death-dealing|death-dealer]] named [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] with a janis thorn. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death-Dealer (audio story)|Death-Dealer]]'') | ||
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When knocked unconscious, the [[Fourth Doctor]] mumbled, "No more janis thorns", even though Leela no longer travelled with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | When knocked unconscious, the [[Fourth Doctor]] mumbled, "No more janis thorns", even though Leela no longer travelled with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] would later face the same issues of a companion carrying a dangerous item he disapproved of when [[Ace]] frequently created and smuggled [[Nitro-9]] under his nose, which he obviously knew about. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | The [[Seventh Doctor]] would later face the same issues of a companion carrying a dangerous item he disapproved of when [[Ace]] frequently created and smuggled [[Nitro-9]] under his nose, which he obviously knew about. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') However, in this case the Doctor was more willing to be lax about his disapproval, as the nitro-9 could be used for demolition purposes where Janis thorns could only be used to threaten human life. | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In early rehearsals for ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|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 (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') | In early rehearsals for ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|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 (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') | ||
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