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{{Infobox Story

|name= Jago in Love

|image= JL_-_4x01_-_Jago_in_Love.jpg

|series=[[Jago and Litefoot]]

|number= 4.1

|main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago]]<br />[[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]]<br />[[Leela]]

|featuring = [[Ellie Higson]]<br />[[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]]<br />[[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]]

|enemy = [[Kempston|Mr Kempston]]<br />[[Hardwick|Mr Hardwick]]

|setting =[[London]] and [[Brighton]], the [[1890s]]

|writer = [[Nigel Fairs]]

|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]

|producer=

|publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]

|release date= [[March]] [[2012]]

|format= 1 CD

|production code= BFPJLCD04

|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-562-4

|prev= Chronoclasm (audio story)

|next= Beautiful Things (audio story)}}

'''''Jago in Love''''' is the thirteenth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago and Litefoot]]'' series and the first episode of Series Four.

Escaping the shadowy presence of the mysterious Professor Claudius Dark, Jago, Litefoot and Leela take a holiday in [[Brighton]]. There, Jago meets and falls for music hall singer Abigail Woburn, a relationship that threatens to split the infernal investigators apart, as dark forces gather on the beach…

== References ==

* Sgt. Quick tells Leela that while he has faced some dangerous criminals in his time, "none of them hold a candle to [his] missus in a temper."

* Although [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]] claims to know Jago and Litefoot, Jago comments that he has never seen him before "sober, anyway" whereas Litefoot likewise states that they never had met "sobriety notwithstanding".

* Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that she is "obliged" to stay in the [[1890s]].

* Jago first met Gypsy Nancy Lee while he was the proprietor of the [[Palace Theatre]] in the [[1880s]]. He attempted to engage her for a season in the theatre but she preferred to stay in Brighton.

* Litefoot tells Leela that [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] apparently hated staying in the [[Royal Pavilion]] in Brighton as she felt exposed to the public gaze. She therefore decided to sell the royal residence to Brighton for £53,000.

* Abigail Woburn wears a "theatrical" wig as she suffers from {{wi|alopecia areata}}.

* Jago refers to the serialised adventures of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson|Dr. John Watson]] by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] featured in ''[[The Strand (magazine)|The Strand]]'' magazine. He believes that he and Litefoot are the inspiration for the characters.

* Both of Jago's parents are dead. His mother claimed that he "had all the grace of a bull in a china shop."

* Both George Nevil and his fiancée Mary Elizabeth Reilly were killed in a freak snowstorm in Brighton on [[14 August]] [[1887]], which was predicted by Gypsy Nancy Lee. Mary's spirit was trapped in a mirror in the fairground whereas George's ghost, who did not realise that he was dead, wandered around Brighton looking for her.

* Abigail Woburn was engaged by Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick to try and separate Jago from Litefoot and Leela.

* The first scene is a reprise of the final scene of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]''.

* The music hall song "Poor Little Dolly" was originally featured in the ''{{w|Sapphire & Steel}}'' audio drama ''Water Like a Stone'', likewise written by [[Nigel Fairs]].

* Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] spoke of holidaying in [[Brighton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') He and [[Romana II|Romana]] were more successful in their attempt to reach Brighton but arrived during the winter rather than the summer. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], he attempted to travel to Brighton in [[1880]] but instead arrived in [[Hove]] in [[2008]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cuddlesome (audio story)|Cuddlesome]]'') The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] would later visit Brighton in [[1936]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]'')

* Jago told Abigail that Leela has slaughtered "[[dragon|monstrous dragons]] and [[China]]men." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')

* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-four-box-set-558|Jago in Love - Series Four Box Set}}

 

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