Jago & Litefoot

Jago and Litefoot
Jago and Litefoot
	Album cover Jago and Litefoot as depicted on the cover for The Mahogany Murders
Big Finish Productions audio drama
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Featuring	Henry Gordon Jago; Professor George Litefoot;
Directed by	Lisa Bowerman
Produced by	Nicholas Briggs; Jason Haigh-Ellery
Release date	June 2010
Preceded by	The Mahogany Murderers

Jago & Litefoot is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter as Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot, their characters from the 1977 TV story The Talons of Weng-Chiang.^[1] The Mahogany Murderers was an entry in the Companion Chronicles range of audio plays and acted as a pilot for this series.^[2] Justin Richards is the script editor.

To date, twelve series have been released with a thirteenth scheduled for release in 2017. Each series consists of a box set of 4 hour-long plays.^[2] Between the fourth and fifth series the duo travelled with Colin Baker as the 6th incarnation of the Doctor for a pair of adventures, Voyage to Venus and Voyage to the New World, as single-disc releases.

Main Cast list

Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
Professor George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
Sergeant Quick - Conrad Asquith

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

Series 1 comprised 4 episodes and was released in 2010. It featured return of Sgt Quick (previously PC Quick), who appeared in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and the debut of Lisa Bowerman's Ellie Higson, a barmaid acquaintance of the pair. The series' main antagonist was the mysterious Dr. Tulp, who was previously mentioned in The Mahogany Murderers.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Bloodless Soldier"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	June 2010 (2010-06)	BFPJLCD01
2	"The Bellova Devil"	Lisa Bowerman	Alan Barnes	June 2010 (2010-06)	BFPJLCD01
3	"The Spirit Trap"	John Ainsworth	Jonathan Morris	June 2010 (2010-06)	BFPJLCD01
4	"The Similarity Engine"	Lisa Bowerman	Andy Lane	June 2010 (2010-06)	BFPJLCD01

Series 2 (2011)

Series 2 comprised 4 episodes and was released in January 2011. The series' main antagonist was the vampiric Gabriel Sanders (David Collings).

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Litefoot and Sanders"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	January 2011 (2011-Jan)	BFPJLCD02
2	"The Necropolis Express"	Lisa Bowerman	Mark Morris	January 2011 (2011-Jan)	BFPJLCD02
3	"The Theatre of Dreams"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	January 2011 (2011-Jan)	BFPJLCD02
4	"The Ruthven Inheritance"	Lisa Bowerman	Andy Lane	January 2011 (2011-Jan)	BFPJLCD02

Series 3 (2011)

Series 3 was released in June 2011, and featured the return of Louise Jameson's Leela. The season was described by director Lisa Bowerman as resembling a Victorian version of Sapphire and Steel.^[3] The series' main antagonist was the mysterious Professor Payne, whose "time breaks" were wreaking havoc all over the country.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Dead Men's Tales"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	June 2011 (2011-06)	BFPJLCD03
2	"The Man at the End of the Garden"	Lisa Bowerman	Matthew Sweet	June 2011 (2011-06)	BFPJLCD03
3	"Swan Song"	Lisa Bowerman	John Dorney	June 2011 (2011-06)	BFPJLCD03
4	"Chronoclasm"	Lisa Bowerman	Andy Lane	June 2011 (2011-06)	BFPJLCD03

Series 4 (2012)

Series 4 was released in March 2012, and guest starred Louise Jameson as Leela and Colin Baker as "Professor Claudius Dark". Its main villains were Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick, who were pursuing Dark.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Jago in Love"	Lisa Bowerman	Nigel Fairs	March 2012 (2012-03)	BFPJLCD04
2	"Beautiful Things"	Lisa Bowerman	John Dorney	March 2012 (2012-03)	BFPJLCD04
3	"The Lonely Clock"	Lisa Bowerman	Matthew Sweet	March 2012 (2012-03)	BFPJLCD04
4	"The Hourglass Killers"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	March 2012 (2012-03)	BFPJLCD04

The Voyages of Jago & Litefoot (2012)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Voyage to Venus"	Ken Bentley	Jonathan Morris	October 2012 (2012-10)	BFPJLVCD01
2	"Voyage to the New World"	Ken Bentley	Matthew Sweet	December 2012 (2012-12)	BFPJLVCD02

Series 5 (2013)

Series 5 was released in March 2013. Following Voyage to the New World, it was set in the 1960s. It also featured return of Magnus Greel and Mr Sin, main villain of The Talons of Weng-Chiang, who were resurrected by the series' main antagonist, Guinevere Godiva.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Age of Revolution"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	March 2013 (2013-03)	BFPJLCD05
2	"The Case of the Gluttonous Guru"	Lisa Bowerman	Marc Platt	March 2013 (2013-03)	BFPJLCD05
3	"The Bloodchild Codex"	Lisa Bowerman	Colin Brake	March 2013 (2013-03)	BFPJLCD05
4	"The Final Act"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	March 2013 (2013-03)	BFPJLCD05

Series 6 (2013)

Series 6 was released in September 2013 and set back in the 1890s. Its primary antagonist was the Colonel, portrayed by Geoffrey Whitehead.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Skeleton Quay"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	September 2013 (2013-09)	BFPJLCD06
2	"Return of the Repressed"	Lisa Bowerman	Matthew Sweet	September 2013 (2013-09)	BFPJLCD06
3	"Military Intelligence"	Lisa Bowerman	George Mann	September 2013 (2013-09)	BFPJLCD06
4	"The Trial of George Litefoot"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	September 2013 (2013-09)	BFPJLCD06

Series 7 (2014)

Series 7 was released in April 2014. It followed Jago and Litefoot's lives as fugitives from the law.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Monstrous Menagerie"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	April 2014 (2014-04)	BFPJLCD07
2	"The Night of 1000 Stars"	Lisa Bowerman	James Goss	April 2014 (2014-04)	BFPJLCD07
3	"Murder At Moorsey Manor"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	April 2014 (2014-04)	BFPJLCD07
4	"The Wax Princess"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	April 2014 (2014-04)	BFPJLCD07

Series 8 (2014)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Encore of the Scorchies"	Lisa Bowerman	James Goss	October 2014 (2014-10)	BFPJLCD08
2	"The Backwards Men"	Lisa Bowerman	Andy Lane	October 2014 (2014-10)	BFPJLCD08
3	"Jago & Litefoot & Patsy"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	October 2014 (2014-10)	BFPJLCD08
4	"Higson & Quick"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	October 2014 (2014-10)	BFPJLCD08

Series 9 (2015)

It featured Jago & Litefoot's travel on a cruise. An actor Jamie Newall, who played Aubrey in series 5, played another version of Aubrey in series 8.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Flying Frenchmen"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	April 2015 (2015-04)	BFPJLCD09
2	"The Devil's Dicemen"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	April 2015 (2015-04)	BFPJLCD09
3	"Island of Death"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	April 2015 (2015-04)	BFPJLCD09
4	"Return of the Nightmare"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	April 2015 (2015-04)	BFPJLCD09

Series 10 (2015)

Series 10 was released in 2015, and featured Jago & Litefoot back in London after their cruise. The series' main antagonist was the obsessive Carruthers Summerton.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"The Case of the Missing Gasogene"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	October 2015 (2015-10)	BFPJLCD10
2	"The Year of the Bat"	Lisa Bowerman	Jonathan Morris	October 2015 (2015-10)	BFPJLCD10
3	"The Mourning After"	Lisa Bowerman	James Goss	October 2015 (2015-10)	BFPJLCD10
4	"The Museum of Curiosities"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	October 2015 (2015-10)	BFPJLCD10

Jago & Litefoot & Strax (2015)

This was a one off special featuring the revived series character, Strax, the Sontaran. It features the usual cast and Dan Starkey as Strax, reprising his role from the TV series. It follows series 10 and was released in November 2015.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
–	"The Haunting"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	November 2015 (2015-11)	BFPJLSTRAX01

Series 11 (2016)

Big Finish released an eleventh series of Jago & Litefoot in April 2016, featuring Geoffrey Beevers as the Master.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Jago & Son"	Lisa Bowerman	Nigel Fairs	April 2016 (2016-04)	BFPJLCD11
2	"Maurice"	Lisa Bowerman	Matthew Sweet	April 2016 (2016-04)	BFPJLCD11
3	"The Woman in White"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	April 2016 (2016-04)	BFPJLCD11
4	"Masterpiece"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	April 2016 (2016-04)	BFPJLCD11

Series 12 (2016)

Big Finish announced that there would be a twelfth series of Jago & Litefoot, it was released in October 2016.^[4]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date	Prod. code
1	"Picture This"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	October 2016 (2016-10)	BFPJLCD12
2	"The Flickermen"	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	October 2016 (2016-10)	BFPJLCD12
3	"School of Blood"	Lisa Bowerman	Paul Morris	October 2016 (2016-10)	BFPJLCD12
4	"Warm Blood"	Lisa Bowerman	Justin Richards	October 2016 (2016-10)	BFPJLCD12

References

^ "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide". BBC.
^ ^a ^b "Range: Jago & Litefoot". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) Cite error: The named reference "BF_JagoLfAll" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "Jago and Litefoot Season 3". SciFi Bulletin. Retrieved May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/jago-litefoot-series-11-12

External links

Big Finish Productions - Jago and Litefoot Series One

[1] "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide". BBC.

[BF_JagoLfAll-2] "Range: Jago & Litefoot". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) Cite error: The named reference "BF_JagoLfAll" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[3] "Jago and Litefoot Season 3". SciFi Bulletin. Retrieved May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[4] ttps://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/jago-litefoot-series-11-12

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