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|image          = Jago04.jpg
|image          = Jago04.jpg
|range          = Jago & Litefoot
|range          = Jago & Litefoot
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|featuring      = Ellie Higson
|featuring      = Ellie Higson
|featuring2      = Percival Quick
|featuring2      = Percival Quick
|enemy          = [[Heinrich Tulp|Dr Heinrich Tulp]]
|enemy          = [[Heinrich Tulp]]
|setting        = [[London]], the [[1890s]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[1890s]]
|writer          = [[Andy Lane]]
|writer          = Andy Lane
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[30 June (releases)|30 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series One
|format          =
|release date    = 30 June 2010
|format          =1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|production code = BFPJLCD01
|production code = BFPJLCD01
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-494-8
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-494-8
|prev            = The Spirit Trap (audio story)
|prev            = The Spirit Trap (audio story)
|next            = Litefoot and Sanders (audio story)
|next            = Litefoot and Sanders (audio story)
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'''''The Similarity Engine''''' was the fourth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' series, and the finale of series 1.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Andy Lane]] and featured [[Christopher Benjamin]] as [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[Trevor Baxter]] as [[George Litefoot]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
When [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] takes a tumble on an unseasonably icy road, he ends up in hospital. But this is no ordinary medical establishment, and the patients are suffering from no ordinary illnesses. At last, the fiendish scheme of [[Heinrich Tulp|Dr Tulp]] is drawing to its cataclysmic climax. The Similarity Engine is operational. And a new, improved model of mahogany murderers have been unleashed...
When [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] takes a tumble on an unseasonably icy road, he ends up in [[hospital]]. But this is no ordinary medical establishment, and the patients are suffering from no ordinary illnesses. At last, the fiendish scheme of [[Heinrich Tulp|Dr Tulp]] is drawing to its cataclysmic climax. The [[Similarity Engine]] is operational. And a new, improved model of mahogany murderers have been unleashed...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Gabriel Sanders]] - [[David Collings]]
* [[Gabriel Sanders]] - [[David Collings]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jago describes Litefoot as his "closest companion and bosom friend".
* Dr Tulp tells Jago and Litefoot that there will be [[war]]s which will span the entire world in the [[20th century]].
* Dr Tulp tells Jago and Litefoot that there will be wars which will span the entire world in the [[20th century]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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* Jago realises that Dr. Tulp is the other medium of whom [[Toby (The Spirit Trap)|Toby Barker]] spoke at [[Vanguard (The Spirit Trap)|Mrs Vanguard]]'s house. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spirit Trap (audio story)|The Spirit Trap]]'')
* Jago realises that Dr. Tulp is the other medium of whom [[Toby (The Spirit Trap)|Toby Barker]] spoke at [[Vanguard (The Spirit Trap)|Mrs Vanguard]]'s house. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spirit Trap (audio story)|The Spirit Trap]]'')
* The Similarity Engine was funded by the late members of [[The Far-Off Travellers]] Club. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]'')
* The Similarity Engine was funded by the late members of [[The Far-Off Travellers]] Club. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]'')
* Private [[Michaels (The Bloodless Soldier)|Michaels]] previously noted it was strange for Tulp to examine [[Hertford|a patient]] whilst still wearing his gloves. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]'')
* Private [[Michaels (The Bloodless Soldier)|Michaels]] previously noted it was strange for Tulp to examine [[Hertford (The Bloodless Soldier)|a patient]] whilst still wearing his gloves. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-one-box-set-557|The Similarity Engine - Series One Box Set}}
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The Similarity Engine was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Andy Lane and featured Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as George Litefoot.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When Jago takes a tumble on an unseasonably icy road, he ends up in hospital. But this is no ordinary medical establishment, and the patients are suffering from no ordinary illnesses. At last, the fiendish scheme of Dr Tulp is drawing to its cataclysmic climax. The Similarity Engine is operational. And a new, improved model of mahogany murderers have been unleashed...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Dr Tulp tells Jago and Litefoot that there will be wars which will span the entire world in the 20th century.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story ends on a cliffhanger, leading into the next season's first story, Litefoot and Sanders — in fact, the last words spoken are "Litefoot and Sanders."

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]