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|image = 2.4-The Ruthven Inheritance.jpg | |image = 2.4-The Ruthven Inheritance.jpg | ||
|range = Jago & Litefoot | |||
|series in range = Jago & Litefoot: Series Two | |||
|series number in range = 2 | |||
|number in series = 4 | |||
|series = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | |series = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | ||
|number = 2.4 | |number = 2.4 | ||
|main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] | |main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] | ||
|featuring = Ellie Higson | |featuring = Ellie Higson | ||
|featuring2 = Ormond | |featuring2 = Ormond Sacker | ||
|featuring3 = Leela | |featuring3 = Leela | ||
|enemy = [[Gabriel Sanders]], | |enemy = [[Gabriel Sanders]], [[Cornelius Ruthven]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], the [[1890s]] | |setting = [[London]], the [[1890s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Andy Lane | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|music = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | |music = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | ||
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|cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | |cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Two | ||
|release date = 7 January 2011 | |||
|production code = BFPJLCD02 | |production code = BFPJLCD02 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-512-9 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-512-9 | ||
|prev = The Theatre of Dreams (audio story) | |prev = The Theatre of Dreams (audio story) | ||
|next = Dead Men's Tales (audio story) | |next = Dead Men's Tales (audio story) | ||
}}{{audio stub}} | |producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount = 1 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Two]]'', 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 == | ||
The pathology skills of [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] and [[Ormond Sacker|Dr Sacker]] are called upon by [[Ruthven | The pathology skills of [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] and [[Ormond Sacker|Dr Sacker]] are called upon by [[Cornelius Ruthven|Lord Ruthven]], who asks them to catalogue a cache of bones beneath his country estate. And so begins the endgame... as a plan long laid come to its glorious fruition. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Ormond Sacker|Doctor Ormond Sacker]] - [[Duncan Wisbey]] | * [[Ormond Sacker|Doctor Ormond Sacker]] - [[Duncan Wisbey]] | ||
* [[Gabriel Sanders]] - [[David Collings]] | * [[Gabriel Sanders]] - [[David Collings]] | ||
* [[Ruthven | * [[Cornelius Ruthven|Lord Ruthven]] - [[Simon Williams]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]] erroneously believes that Litefoot can get tickets for the two of them to one of [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]]'s garden parties. | * [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]] erroneously believes that Litefoot can get tickets for the two of them to one of [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]]'s garden parties. | ||
* Jago owes 500 [[guinea]]s to the [[bank]]. | * Jago owes 500 [[guinea]]s to the [[bank]]. | ||
* Dr | * Dr Sacker used to play [[rugby]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This story marks the death of Professor Litefoot's fellow pathologist, Dr Ormond Sacker ([[Duncan Wisbey]]). | * This story marks the death of Professor Litefoot's fellow pathologist, Dr Ormond Sacker ([[Duncan Wisbey]]). | ||
* This story marks the first time that Jago and Litefoot have met Leela since the events of | * This story marks the first time that Jago and Litefoot have met Leela since the events of the television story ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 March (production)|25]], [[26 March (production)|26]], [[29 March (production)|29]] and [[30 March (production)|30 March]] 2010. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[25 March (production)|25]], [[26 March (production)|26]], [[29 March (production)|29]] and [[30 March (production)|30 March]] [[2010 (production)|2010]]. | ||
* [[Cornelius Ruthven|Lord Ruthven]] shares his surname with the vampiric villain of John William Polidori's 1819 short story [[The Vampyre]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* Litefoot and Leela once again discuss [[tea]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | * Litefoot and Leela once again discuss [[tea]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
== External links== | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-two-box-set-559}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|jago08.htm|The Ruthven Inheritance}} | {{dwrefguide|jago08.htm|The Ruthven Inheritance}} | ||
{{BFJL}} | {{BFJL}} | ||
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[[Category:Jago & Litefoot: Series Two audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:16, 17 November 2024
The Ruthven Inheritance was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series Two, 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]]
The pathology skills of Professor Litefoot and Dr Sacker are called upon by Lord Ruthven, who asks them to catalogue a cache of bones beneath his country estate. And so begins the endgame... as a plan long laid come to its glorious fruition.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
- George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
- Doctor Ormond Sacker - Duncan Wisbey
- Gabriel Sanders - David Collings
- Lord Ruthven - Simon Williams
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mrs Hudson erroneously believes that Litefoot can get tickets for the two of them to one of Queen Victoria's garden parties.
- Jago owes 500 guineas to the bank.
- Dr Sacker used to play rugby.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story marks the death of Professor Litefoot's fellow pathologist, Dr Ormond Sacker (Duncan Wisbey).
- This story marks the first time that Jago and Litefoot have met Leela since the events of the television story The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
- This audio drama was recorded on 25, 26, 29 and 30 March 2010.
- Lord Ruthven shares his surname with the vampiric villain of John William Polidori's 1819 short story The Vampyre.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jago refers to the fact that Ellie killed Sibelius Crow. (AUDIO: The Necropolis Express)
- Jago believes that Mrs Hudson has Litefoot in her sights. Litefoot himself previously expressed the same concern. (AUDIO: The Similarity Engine)
- Litefoot refers to his work as a forensic pathology lecturer at St Thomas' Hospital. (AUDIO: The Mahogany Murderers)
- Litefoot mentions his time in China. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- There are reports of lights underneath the River Thames and strange wet footprints on the docks. (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales)
- Litefoot and Leela once again discuss tea. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Ruthven Inheritance page at bigfinish.com
- The Ruthven Inheritance at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
