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|image          = DeadMensTales JAL cover.jpg
|name= Dead Men's Tales
|range          = Jago & Litefoot
|image= Cover-deadmenstales.jpg
|series in range = Jago & Litefoot: Series Three
|series=[[Jago and Litefoot]]
|series number in range = 3
|number= 3.1
|number in series = 1
|main character  =[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Leela]]
|series         = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]''
|featuring      =[[Ellie Higson]], [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]]
|number         = 3.1
|setting        =[[London]], the [[1890s]]
|main character  = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Leela]]
|writer = [[Justin Richards]]
|featuring      = Ellie Higson
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|featuring2      = Percival Quick
|producer=
|setting        = [[London]], the [[1890s]]
|publisher= Big Finish Productions
|writer         = Justin Richards
|release date= [[June (releases)|June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|director       = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|format= 1 CD
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|production code= BFPJLCD03
|sound          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|prev= The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|next= The Man at the End of the Garden (audio story)}}
|audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Three
'''''Dead Men's Tales''''' is the ninth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago and Litefoot]]'' series and the first episode of series 3.
|release date    = 1 June 2011
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories
|production code = BFPJLCD03
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-641-3 (digital)
|prev           = The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)
|next           = The Man at the End of the Garden (audio story)
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Three]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Justin Richards]] and featured [[Christopher Benjamin]] as [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[Trevor Baxter]] as [[George Litefoot]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
A friend from the past returns to warn Jago and Litefoot of a threat to the future. Time breaks are appearing in Victorian London, but first Leela must help solve the mystery of the Wet Men — terrifying creatures that are rising from the [[River Thames]]…
[[Leela|A friend from the past]] returns to warn [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] of a threat to the future. Time breaks are appearing in Victorian London, but first Leela must help solve the mystery of the [[Wet Men]] — terrifying creatures that are rising from the [[River Thames]]...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] - [[Conrad Asquith]]
* [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] - [[Conrad Asquith]]
* [[Johnny Skipton]] - [[Warren Brown]]
* [[Johnny Skipton]] - [[Warren Brown]]
* The Wet Men - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* The [[Wet Men]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that it was [[Romana II]], the [[Lord President|Lady President]] of the [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, who sent her on the mission to investigate the time breaks occurring in [[1890s]] [[London]].
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Writer & Script Editor - [[Justin Richards]]
* Theme Music - [[Jamie Robertson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that it was [[Romana II|Romana]] who sent her on the mission to investigate the time breaks.
* [[Latara]], the wise man of the [[Sevateem]], brewed [[ale]].
* The [[MTB Heroic|MTB ''Heroic'']] sank in the [[River Thames]] on [[20 April]] [[1958]] due to a storm.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Jago and Litefoot have never heard of Romana. They would later meet her on two occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Justice of Jalxar (audio story)|The Justice of Jalxar]]'', ''[[The Beast of Kravenos (audio story)|The Beast of Kravenos]]'')
* [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]] still has Leela's dress in the wardrobe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Leela claims that she lost her luggage "floating down the [[Amazon]] in a [[hat box]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Leela recalls that [[Li H'sen Chang]] shot at the [[Fourth Doctor]] in the [[Palace Theatre]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Leela once again refers to members of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] as "blue guards." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Renaissance Man (audio story)|The Renaissance Man]]'', ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'')
* Litefoot refers to his time in [[China]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Skipton refers to "[[Sixth Doctor|Professor Dark]]" and his advice about not trusting [[Elliot Payne|Payne]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'')
* [[Alice (Swan Song)|Alice]], [[Dan Hawkins]] and [[Steven (Swan Song)|Steven]] opened a portal to 1958 at the behest of Payne. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'')
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Dwrefguide|jago09.htm|Dead Men's Tales}}
{{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-three-box-set-555}}
* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-three-box-set-555|Dead Men's Tales - Series Three Box Set}}
{{dwrefguide|jago09.htm|Dead Men's Tales}}
 
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Dead Men's Tales was the first story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series Three, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Justin Richards and featured Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as George Litefoot.

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

A friend from the past returns to warn Jago and Litefoot of a threat to the future. Time breaks are appearing in Victorian London, but first Leela must help solve the mystery of the Wet Men — terrifying creatures that are rising from the River Thames...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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Big Finish Jago & Litefoot audio series
Pilot
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Specials
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Special
Series 8
Series 9
Series 10
Special
Series 11
Series 12
Special
Series 13
Jago & Litefoot
Forever
Series 14
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