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|range = Jago & Litefoot | |range = Jago & Litefoot | ||
|number in range = [[Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio anthology)|#14]] | |number in range = [[Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio anthology)|#14]] | ||
|series = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | |series = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio anthology) | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] | |main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] | ||
|featuring = [[Ellie Higson|Ellie]], | |featuring = [[Ellie Higson|Ellie]], [[Percival Quick|Quick]], [[Leela]], [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[1890s]] | |setting = [[London]], [[1890s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Morris | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 24 May 2018 | ||
|format = | |format =1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 2 stories | ||
|production code = BFPJLCD14 | |production code = BFPJLCD14 | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-547-8 | ||
|prev = Too Much Reality (audio story) | |prev = Too Much Reality (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Red Hand (audio story) | ||
|sample = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/jago-and-litefoot-forever-curtain-call-theme | |sample = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/jago-and-litefoot-forever-curtain-call-theme | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]]}}{{audio stub}} | |producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount=1 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the final ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the final ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' audio drama, released by ''[[Big Finish Productions]]'' after the death of [[Trevor Baxter]], who played Professor [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | * [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] - [[Rowena Cooper]] | * [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] / [[Jean Bazemore]] / Bag lady - [[Rowena Cooper]] | ||
* [[Luke Betterman|Dr Luke Betterman]] - [[David Warner]] | * [[Luke Betterman|Dr Luke Betterman]] - [[David Warner]] | ||
* [[Aubrey (The Flying Frenchmen)|Aubrey]] - [[Jamie Newall]] | * [[Aubrey (The Flying Frenchmen)|Aubrey]] - [[Jamie Newall]] | ||
* [[Sir Humphrey Eagleton]] / [[Charlie Lucas]] - [[Stephen Critchlow]] | * [[Sir Humphrey Eagleton]] / [[Charlie Lucas]] - [[Stephen Critchlow]] | ||
== | === Uncredited cast === | ||
''to be | * [[O'Leary]] / [[Policeman (Jago & Litefoot Forever)|Policeman]] / [[Cabby (Jago & Litefoot Forever)|Cabby]] - [[Stephen Critchlow]] ([[BFX]]: ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'') | ||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" is performed by customers of the [[Red Tavern]]. | |||
* Jago orders [[champagne]] on the occasion of his and Litefoot's knighting. | |||
* Inspector Quick was informed he's going to be promoted to [[Chief Inspector]]. | |||
* Quick mentions his wife. | |||
* Jago mentions two famous pairings - [[Don Quixote]] and [[Sancho Panza]], as well as [[pie and mash]]. | |||
* Litefoot spent [[Christmas]] together with [[Jean Bazemore]]. | |||
* Leela believes that Jago and Litefoot are about to be "made [[Lord]]s, albeit not [[Time Lord|of time]]". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * This story was accompanied by the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' audio story ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]''. | ||
* Following his death some months earlier, [[Trevor Baxter]]'s appearance was represented by archive recordings. | |||
* This story was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5 September]] and [[12 December (production)|12 December]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[The Moat Studios]] and [[Audio Sorcery]]. | |||
* This was the final audio drama of the ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' series. [[Jago & Litefoot: Series Fourteen|The next series]] would be audiobook adaptations of the planned scripts to work around Trevor Baxter's death, with each narrated by a cast member from the ''Jago & Litefoot'' range. It was also the final performance of Conrad Asquith as Percival Quick before his death in 2020. | |||
* Flashback scenes feature clips from audio stories ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]'', ''[[Return of the Repressed (audio story)|Return of the Repressed]]'', ''[[The Devil's Dicemen (audio story)|The Devil's Dicemen]]'' and ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* When attending Jago and Litefoot's knighthood ceremony, the Doctor again uses the alias of Professor Claudius | * Jago and Litefoot have just returned from a parallel world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Much Reality (audio story)|Too Much Reality]]'') | ||
* Jago mistakenly calls his current employee [[Casey (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Casey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | |||
* [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]] is Litefoot's housekeeper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | |||
* Jago says that he and Litefoot saved Queen Victoria's life two times. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wax Princess (audio story)|The Wax Princess]]'') | |||
* Jago recalls Quick's promotion from [[Constable]] to [[Sergeant]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]'') and from Sergeant to [[Inspector]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wax Princess (audio story)|The Wax Princess]]'') | |||
* It's been some time since Ellie and Quick were on a case together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]'') | |||
* Trying to hold onto his memories, Jago recalls his first meeting with Luke Betterman ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil's Dicemen (audio story)|The Devil's Dicemen]]''), as well as an incident with a [[baboon]] and [[Sigmund Freud]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Repressed (audio story)|Return of the Repressed]]''), him killing [[Jim Higson]] as he transformed into a [[werewolf]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]'') and Litefoot's lecture about his encounter with the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]'') | |||
* Jago tells Betterman about an adventure on the Island of Death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Island of Death (audio story)|Island of Death]]'') | |||
* [[Carruthers Summerton]]'s Museum of Curiosities appears as a manifestation of Jago's memories inside the [[snowglobe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]'') | |||
* In Museum's collection Jago finds objects from his encounters with the [[Scorchie]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Encore of the Scorchies (audio story)|Encore of the Scorchies]]''), the [[skeleton]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Skeleton Quay (audio story)|The Skeleton Quay]]'') and [[the Old One]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Picture This (audio story)|Picture This]]'') | |||
* [[Sosostris|Madame Sosostris]] helped Jago and Litefoot to break away from the alien [[hypnosis]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Red Hand (audio story)|The Red Hand]]'') | |||
* Quick being under the influence of [[Decayed Master|the Master]] in mentioned ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]'', ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]''), as well as Ellie falling under the influence of the Old One. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[School of Blood (audio story)|School of Blood]]'', ''[[Warm Blood (audio story)|Warm Blood]]'') | |||
* Aubrey recalls adventures during a cruise with Jago and Litefoot. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flying Frenchmen (audio story)|The Flying Frenchmen]]'', ''[[Return of the Nightmare (audio story)|Return of the Nightmare]]'') | |||
* Jago and Litefoot encountered parallel counterparts of Aubrey and Betterman, who worked together as investigators. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[How The Other Half Lives (audio story)|How The Other Half Lives]]'') | |||
* Leela reunites with Jago and Litefoot. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]'', ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]'') | |||
* When attending Jago and Litefoot's knighthood ceremony, the Doctor again uses the alias of Professor Claudius Dark. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'', ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'') | |||
* The Doctor is aware that Queen Victoria is not a fan of his, which he attributes to the actions of some unknown future self. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth & Claw]]'') | |||
* Jago fearfully expects to find [[Patsy (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Patsy]] among the knighthood ceremony guests, after spending several adventures together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago & Litefoot & Patsy (audio story)|Jago & Litefoot & Patsy]]'', ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]'') | |||
* Jago mentions meeting an [[Eleventh Doctor|incarnation of the Doctor]] "with a [[bow tie]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | ||
[[Category:Stories that use Jamie Robertson's Jago & Litefoot theme]] | [[Category:Stories that use Jamie Robertson's Jago & Litefoot theme]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set at New Year]] | |||
[[Category:Tenth Doctor audio stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:12, 19 August 2024
Jago & Litefoot Forever was the final Jago & Litefoot audio drama, released by Big Finish Productions after the death of Trevor Baxter, who played Professor Litefoot.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Henry Gordon Jago finds himself celebrating New Years' Eve without his best friend. Where has Litefoot gone? Together with his friends Ellie, Quick, and Dr Luke Betterman, Jago is on the trail of the missing professor and dear friend - and it will lead to one of the strangest cases in their infernal investigations...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
- Professor George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
- Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
- Inspector Percival Quick - Conrad Asquith
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Queen Victoria / Jean Bazemore / Bag lady - Rowena Cooper
- Dr Luke Betterman - David Warner
- Aubrey - Jamie Newall
- Sir Humphrey Eagleton / Charlie Lucas - Stephen Critchlow
Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- O'Leary / Policeman / Cabby - Stephen Critchlow (BFX: Jago & Litefoot Forever)
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- "Auld Lang Syne" is performed by customers of the Red Tavern.
- Jago orders champagne on the occasion of his and Litefoot's knighting.
- Inspector Quick was informed he's going to be promoted to Chief Inspector.
- Quick mentions his wife.
- Jago mentions two famous pairings - Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, as well as pie and mash.
- Litefoot spent Christmas together with Jean Bazemore.
- Leela believes that Jago and Litefoot are about to be "made Lords, albeit not of time".
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was accompanied by the Short Trips audio story The Jago & Litefoot Revival.
- Following his death some months earlier, Trevor Baxter's appearance was represented by archive recordings.
- This story was recorded on 5 September and 12 December 2017 at The Moat Studios and Audio Sorcery.
- This was the final audio drama of the Jago & Litefoot series. The next series would be audiobook adaptations of the planned scripts to work around Trevor Baxter's death, with each narrated by a cast member from the Jago & Litefoot range. It was also the final performance of Conrad Asquith as Percival Quick before his death in 2020.
- Flashback scenes feature clips from audio stories The Bloodless Soldier, Return of the Repressed, The Devil's Dicemen and The Jago & Litefoot Revival.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jago and Litefoot have just returned from a parallel world. (AUDIO: Too Much Reality)
- Jago mistakenly calls his current employee Casey. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Mrs Hudson is Litefoot's housekeeper. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Jago says that he and Litefoot saved Queen Victoria's life two times. (AUDIO: The Wax Princess)
- Jago recalls Quick's promotion from Constable to Sergeant (AUDIO: The Bloodless Soldier) and from Sergeant to Inspector. (AUDIO: The Wax Princess)
- It's been some time since Ellie and Quick were on a case together. (AUDIO: Higson & Quick)
- Trying to hold onto his memories, Jago recalls his first meeting with Luke Betterman (AUDIO: The Devil's Dicemen), as well as an incident with a baboon and Sigmund Freud (AUDIO: Return of the Repressed), him killing Jim Higson as he transformed into a werewolf (AUDIO: The Bloodless Soldier) and Litefoot's lecture about his encounter with the Tenth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival)
- Jago tells Betterman about an adventure on the Island of Death. (AUDIO: Island of Death)
- Carruthers Summerton's Museum of Curiosities appears as a manifestation of Jago's memories inside the snowglobe. (AUDIO: The Museum of Curiosities)
- In Museum's collection Jago finds objects from his encounters with the Scorchies (AUDIO: Encore of the Scorchies), the skeletons (AUDIO: The Skeleton Quay) and the Old One. (AUDIO: Picture This)
- Madame Sosostris helped Jago and Litefoot to break away from the alien hypnosis. (AUDIO: The Red Hand)
- Quick being under the influence of the Master in mentioned (AUDIO: The Museum of Curiosities, Masterpiece), as well as Ellie falling under the influence of the Old One. (AUDIO: School of Blood, Warm Blood)
- Aubrey recalls adventures during a cruise with Jago and Litefoot. (AUDIO: The Flying Frenchmen, Return of the Nightmare)
- Jago and Litefoot encountered parallel counterparts of Aubrey and Betterman, who worked together as investigators. (AUDIO: How The Other Half Lives)
- Leela reunites with Jago and Litefoot. (AUDIO: The Ruthven Inheritance, Dead Men's Tales)
- When attending Jago and Litefoot's knighthood ceremony, the Doctor again uses the alias of Professor Claudius Dark. (AUDIO: Chronoclasm, The Hourglass Killers)
- The Doctor is aware that Queen Victoria is not a fan of his, which he attributes to the actions of some unknown future self. (TV: Tooth & Claw)
- Jago fearfully expects to find Patsy among the knighthood ceremony guests, after spending several adventures together. (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy, Higson & Quick)
- Jago mentions meeting an incarnation of the Doctor "with a bow tie". (AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Jago & Litefoot Forever page at bigfinish.com
