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|image          = Cover-chronoclasm1.jpg
|image          = Cover-chronoclasm1.jpg
|range          = Jago & Litefoot
|range          = Jago & Litefoot
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|featuring      = Ellie Higson
|featuring      = Ellie Higson
|featuring2      = Percival Quick
|featuring2      = Percival Quick
|featuring3      = Claudius Dark
|featuring3      = Nikola Tesla
|featuring4      = Sixth Doctor{{!}}Dark
|enemy          = [[Elliot Payne]]
|enemy          = [[Elliot Payne]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[1890s]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[1890s]]
|writer          = [[Andy Lane]]
|writer          = Andy Lane
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
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|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Three
|format          = 1 CD
|release date    = 1 June 2011
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|production code = BFPJLCD03  
|production code = BFPJLCD03  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-641-3 (digital)
|prev            = Swan Song (audio story)
|prev            = Swan Song (audio story)
|next            = Jago in Love (audio story)
|next            = Jago in Love (audio story)
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|producer = [[David Richardson]]
'''''Chronoclasm''''' is the twelfth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' series and the finale of series 3.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Three]]'', 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 ==
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* [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]] - [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]] - [[Colin Baker]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* According to Payne, the time period is "[[1890]], give or take a few years."
 
* 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]]
* Script Editor - [[Justin Richards]]
* Writer - [[Andy Lane]]
* Theme Music - [[Jamie Robertson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* According to Payne, the time period is "[[1890]], give or take a few years." He is from 2000 years in the future.
* 2011 is a stable point in time.
* Payne uses time bombs, accelerating centuries in seconds.
* The Time Eaters were like crabs existing in the event horizon of a black star or sun, feeding off fluctuations in the [[time gradient]]s, converting time to energy. They want to use a time break to leave the black star and feed on all time.
* Payne lost his love Cenya during a gravity spike. The Time Eaters later assume her form.
* Sergeant Quick tells Professor Litefoot that the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] is issuing the cover story that the metal spheres are a stunt by a group of Bohemian sculptors.
* Sergeant Quick tells Professor Litefoot that the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] is issuing the cover story that the metal spheres are a stunt by a group of Bohemian sculptors.
* According to Quick, the police have interviewed the Irish author and playwright, [[Oscar Wilde]].
* According to Quick, the police have interviewed the Irish author and playwright, [[Oscar Wilde]].
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* Payne has brought a [[sabre-toothed tiger]] to London in the 1890s.
* Payne has brought a [[sabre-toothed tiger]] to London in the 1890s.
* The version of Jago from several hours in the future, which is eventually rendered an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], is killed by one of Payne's traps.
* The version of Jago from several hours in the future, which is eventually rendered an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], is killed by one of Payne's traps.
* Friendship is rare among the [[Sevateem]].
* Friendship is rare among the [[Sevateem]]. They believe spirits walk the world until a sacrifice is made in their name.
* [[Morse code]] is mentioned.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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* Jago and Litefoot recall learning that the [[New Regency Theatre]] will ultimately be destroyed at 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]] in "[[World War II|a future war]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'')
* Jago and Litefoot recall learning that the [[New Regency Theatre]] will ultimately be destroyed at 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]] in "[[World War II|a future war]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'')
* Ellie refers to the fact that Litefoot allowed her to stay at his house when she was "[[Vampire|ill]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]'', ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]'')
* Ellie refers to the fact that Litefoot allowed her to stay at his house when she was "[[Vampire|ill]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]'', ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]'')
* It would later be revealed that Leela was unable to return to [[Gallifrey]] using her [[Time Ring]] as the interference from Payne's temporal experiments had prevented it from functioning. Furthermore, the experiments dragged both the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and a [[Temparon]] vessel to the [[1890s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'')
* It would later be revealed that Leela was unable to return to [[Gallifrey]] using her [[Leela's Time Ring|Time Ring]] as the interference from Payne's temporal experiments had prevented it from functioning. Furthermore, the experiments dragged both the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and a [[Temparon]] vessel to the [[1890s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-three-box-set-555|Chronoclasm - Series Three Box Set}}
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Chronoclasm was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series Three, 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.

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When Litefoot's home is invaded by giant metal spheres, it seems that the end of the world is nigh. The enemy has revealed itself, the end game is afoot — can two Henry Gordon Jagos save the day?

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  • According to Payne, the time period is "1890, give or take a few years." He is from 2000 years in the future.
  • 2011 is a stable point in time.
  • Payne uses time bombs, accelerating centuries in seconds.
  • The Time Eaters were like crabs existing in the event horizon of a black star or sun, feeding off fluctuations in the time gradients, converting time to energy. They want to use a time break to leave the black star and feed on all time.
  • Payne lost his love Cenya during a gravity spike. The Time Eaters later assume her form.
  • Sergeant Quick tells Professor Litefoot that the Metropolitan Police Service is issuing the cover story that the metal spheres are a stunt by a group of Bohemian sculptors.
  • According to Quick, the police have interviewed the Irish author and playwright, Oscar Wilde.
  • As a result of the time breaks, Leela and Jago find a 20th century radio playing a BBC shipping broadcast. They later see a British Spitfire and a German Messerschmitt fighting each other in the sky over 1890s London which had come from the Blitz in the early 1940s.
  • Payne has brought a sabre-toothed tiger to London in the 1890s.
  • The version of Jago from several hours in the future, which is eventually rendered an alternative timeline, is killed by one of Payne's traps.
  • Friendship is rare among the Sevateem. They believe spirits walk the world until a sacrifice is made in their name.
  • Morse code is mentioned.

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

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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