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| - It was also fatal to Time Lords. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead) Though there was no naturally occurring cure, an anti-toxin was created by the Fourth Doctor using a bioanalyser in combination with a medikit. He successfully used this cure on Leela, against whom Calib had used a thorn. (TV: The Face of Evil) Although the Doctor told her "No more Janis thorns... ever", (TV: The Face of Evil) 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) 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)
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