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|role          = [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
|role          = [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
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|story          = [[#Credits|See credits section]]
|time          = 2008-present
|time          = 1970, 1977, 2008-2020, 2022
|non dwu        = ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', ''The Prisoner'', ''[[The Avengers]]'', ''Crown Court'', ''Poldark'', ''Gangsters'', ''Dick Turpin'', ''Holding the Fort'', ''The Return of [[Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''Foyle's War'', ''Judge John Deed'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', ''The Avengers''
|non dwu        = ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', ''The Prisoner'', ''[[The Avengers]]'', ''Crown Court'', ''Poldark'', ''Gangsters'', ''Dick Turpin'', ''Holding the Fort'', ''The Return of [[Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''Foyle's War'', ''Judge John Deed'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', ''The Avengers''
|imdb          = 0071290
|imdb          = 0071290
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'''Christopher Benjamin''' (born [[27 December (people)|27 December]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]<ref>[https://kodiapps.com/actor-94021 Kodiapp]</ref>) appeared in several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories: as Sir [[Keith Gold]] in ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', [[Henry Gordon Jago]] in ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', and [[Hugh Curbishley|Colonel Hugh]] in ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''. He also voiced [[Claudio Tardelli|Tardelli]] in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[Grand Theft Cosmos (audio story)|Grand Theft Cosmos]]''.
'''Christopher Benjamin''' (born [[27 December (people)|27 December]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]<ref>[https://kodiapps.com/actor-94021 Kodiapp]</ref>) appeared in several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories, both on TV and [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s audio adventures - notably as [[Henry Gordon Jago]].


Benjamin's other credits include ''[[Danger Man]]'', {{wi|The Prisoner}}, ''[[The Saint]]'', {{wi|Poldark (1975 TV series)|Poldark}} and {{wi|Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice}}. He also appeared in the 2016 film {{wi|The Legend of Tarzan (film)|The Legend of Tarzan}}.
He had earlier been considered for the role of [[Toby (The Evil of the Daleks)|Toby]] in ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' ([[DWM 200]]) and later for [[Marcus Scarman]] in ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]''. ([[TCH 24]])
 
In 2009, Benjamin returned to the role of Henry Gordon Jago in ''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murders]]'', an installment of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', and continued to play him in ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]''.
 
After the death of [[Trevor Baxter]] the ''Jago & Litefoot'' series was discontinued but Benjamin returned to the role again in 2019 in ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' audio story ''[[The Talents of Greel (audio story)|The Talents of Greel]]'' and 2020 in ''[[The Paternoster Gang (audio series)|The Paternoster Gang]]'' audio story ''[[Merry Christmas, Mr Jago (audio story)|Merry Christmas, Mr Jago]]''.


He had earlier been considered for the role of [[Toby (The Evil of the Daleks)|Toby]] in ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' ([[DWM 200]]) and later for [[Marcus Scarman]] in ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]''. ([[TCH 24]])
== Career ==
Benjamin's other credits include ''[[Danger Man]]'', {{wi|The Prisoner}}, ''[[The Saint (series)|The Saint]]'', {{wi|Poldark (1975 TV series)|Poldark}} and {{wi|Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice}}. He also appeared in the 2016 film {{wi|The Legend of Tarzan (film)|The Legend of Tarzan}}.


== Credits ==
== Credits ==
As [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' - Sir [[Keith Gold]]
* ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
* ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' - [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
* ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' - [[Hugh Curbishley|Colonel Hugh]]


=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
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* ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The World of Doctor Who]]''
* ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The World of Doctor Who]]''
** ''[[Mind Games (audio story)|Mind Games]]''
** ''[[Mind Games (audio story)|Mind Games]]''
** ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''


==== Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Justice of Jalxar (audio story)|The Justice of Jalxar]]''
* ''[[The Justice of Jalxar (audio story)|The Justice of Jalxar]]''
* ''[[The Beast of Kravenos (audio story)|The Beast of Kravenos]]''
* ''[[The Beast of Kravenos (audio story)|The Beast of Kravenos]]''


==== Sixth Doctor Adventures ====
==== The Sixth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure]]''
* ''[[Stage Fright (audio story)|Stage Fright]]''
** ''[[Stage Fright (audio story)|Stage Fright]]''
 
==== Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Grand Theft Cosmos (audio story)|Grand Theft Cosmos]]'' - [[Claudio Tardelli|Tardelli]]


==== Companion Chronicles ====
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murderers]]''
* ''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murderers]]''


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==== Jago & Litefoot ====
==== Jago & Litefoot ====
As [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series One|Series One]]''
* ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]''
** ''[[The Bloodless Soldier (audio story)|The Bloodless Soldier]]''
* ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]''
** ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]''
* ''[[The Spirit Trap (audio story)|The Spirit Trap]]''
** ''[[The Spirit Trap (audio story)|The Spirit Trap]]''
* ''[[The Similarity Engine (audio story)|The Similarity Engine]]''
** ''[[The Similarity Engine (audio story)|The Similarity Engine]]''
* ''[[Litefoot and Sanders (audio story)|Litefoot and Sanders]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Two|Series Two]]''
* ''[[The Necropolis Express (audio story)|The Necropolis Express]]''
** ''[[Litefoot and Sanders (audio story)|Litefoot and Sanders]]''
* ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]''
** ''[[The Necropolis Express (audio story)|The Necropolis Express]]''
* ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]''
** ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]''
* ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]''
** ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]''
* ''[[The Man at the End of the Garden (audio story)|The Man at the End of the Garden]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Three|Series Three]]''
* ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]''
** ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]''
* ''[[Beautiful Things (audio story)|Beautiful Things]]''
** ''[[The Man at the End of the Garden (audio story)|The Man at the End of the Garden]]''
* ''[[The Lonely Clock (audio story)|The Lonely Clock]]''
** ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]''
* ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]''
** ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]''
* ''[[The Age of Revolution (audio story)|The Age of Revolution]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Four|Series Four]]''
* ''[[The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (audio story)|The Case of the Gluttonous Guru]]''
** ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]''
* ''[[The Bloodchild Codex (audio story)|The Bloodchild Codex]]''
** ''[[Beautiful Things (audio story)|Beautiful Things]]''
* ''[[The Final Act (audio story)|The Final Act]]''
** ''[[The Lonely Clock (audio story)|The Lonely Clock]]''
* ''[[The Skeleton Quay (audio story)|The Skeleton Quay]]''
** ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]''
* ''[[Return of the Repressed (audio story)|Return of the Repressed]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Five|Series Five]]''
* ''[[Military Intelligence (audio story)|Military Intelligence]]''
** ''[[The Age of Revolution (audio story)|The Age of Revolution]]''
* ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]''
** ''[[The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (audio story)|The Case of the Gluttonous Guru]]''
* ''[[The Monstrous Menagerie (audio story)|The Monstrous Menagerie]]''
** ''[[The Bloodchild Codex (audio story)|The Bloodchild Codex]]''
* ''[[The Night of 1000 Stars (audio story)|The Night of 1000 Stars]]''
** ''[[The Final Act (audio story)|The Final Act]]''
* ''[[The Wax Princess (audio story)|The Wax Princess]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Six|Series Six]]''
* ''[[Encore of the Scorchies (audio story)|Encore of the Scorchies]]''
** ''[[The Skeleton Quay (audio story)|The Skeleton Quay]]''
* ''[[The Backwards Men (audio story)|The Backwards Men]]''
** ''[[Return of the Repressed (audio story)|Return of the Repressed]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot & Patsy (audio story)|Jago & Litefoot & Patsy]]''
** ''[[Military Intelligence (audio story)|Military Intelligence]]''
* ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]''
** ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]''
* ''[[The Flying Frenchmen (audio story)|The Flying Frenchmen]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Seven|Series Seven]]''
* ''[[Return of the Nightmare (audio story)|Return of the Nightmare]]''
** ''[[The Monstrous Menagerie (audio story)|The Monstrous Menagerie]]''
* ''[[The Case of the Missing Gasogene (audio story)|The Case of the Missing Gasogene]]''
** ''[[The Night of 1000 Stars (audio story)|The Night of 1000 Stars]]''
* ''[[The Year of the Bat (audio story)|The Year of the Bat]]''
** ''[[Murder at Moorsey Manor (audio story)|Murder at Moorsey Manor]]''
* ''[[The Mourning After (audio story)|The Mourning After]]''
** ''[[The Wax Princess (audio story)|The Wax Princess]]''
* ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Eight|Series Eight]]''
** ''[[Encore of the Scorchies (audio story)|Encore of the Scorchies]]''
** ''[[The Backwards Men (audio story)|The Backwards Men]]''
** ''[[Jago & Litefoot & Patsy (audio story)|Jago & Litefoot & Patsy]]''
** ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Nine|Series Nine]]''
** ''[[The Flying Frenchmen (audio story)|The Flying Frenchmen]]''
** ''[[The Devil's Dicemen (audio story)|The Devil's Dicemen]]''
** ''[[Island of Death (audio story)|Island of Death]]''
** ''[[Return of the Nightmare (audio story)|Return of the Nightmare]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Ten|Series Ten]]''
** ''[[The Case of the Missing Gasogene (audio story)|The Case of the Missing Gasogene]]''
** ''[[The Year of the Bat (audio story)|The Year of the Bat]]''
** ''[[The Mourning After (audio story)|The Mourning After]]''
** ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]''
* ''[[The Haunting (audio story)|The Haunting]]''
* ''[[The Haunting (audio story)|The Haunting]]''
* ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Eleven|Series Eleven]]''
* ''[[Maurice (audio story)|Maurice]]''
** ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]''
* ''[[The Woman in White (audio story)|The Woman in White]]''
** ''[[Maurice (audio story)|Maurice]]''
* ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]''
** ''[[The Woman in White (audio story)|The Woman in White]]''
* ''[[Picture This (audio story)|Picture This]]''
** ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]''
* ''[[The Flickermen (audio story)|The Flickermen]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Twelve|Series Twelve]]''
* ''[[School of Blood (audio story)|School of Blood]]''
** ''[[Picture This (audio story)|Picture This]]''
* ''[[Warm Blood (audio story)|Warm Blood]]''
** ''[[The Flickermen (audio story)|The Flickermen]]''
* ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (JL audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]''
** ''[[School of Blood (audio story)|School of Blood]]''
* ''[[Chapel of Night (audio story)|Chapel of Night]]''
** ''[[Warm Blood (audio story)|Warm Blood]]''
* ''[[Too Much Reality (audio story)|Too Much Reality]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Thirteen|Series Thirteen]]''
** ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (JL audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]''
** ''[[Chapel of Night (audio story)|Chapel of Night]]''
** ''[[How The Other Half Lives (audio story)|How the Other Half Lives]]''
** ''[[Too Much Reality (audio story)|Too Much Reality]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio story)|Jago & Litefoot Forever]]''
* ''[[Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio story)|Jago & Litefoot Forever]]''
* ''[[The Corridors of Power (audio story)|The Corridors of Power]]'' - Narrator


==== The Paternoster Gang ====
==== The Paternoster Gang ====
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==== The Diary of River Song ====
==== The Diary of River Song ====
* ''[[The Talents of Greel (audio story)|The Talents of Greel]]''
* ''[[The Talents of Greel (audio story)|The Talents of Greel]]''
Other Roles
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' - Sir [[Keith Gold]]
* ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' - [[Hugh Curbishley|Colonel Hugh]]
=== Audio ===
==== The Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Grand Theft Cosmos (audio story)|Grand Theft Cosmos]]'' - [[Claudio Tardelli|Tardelli]]
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
==== Jago & Litefoot ====
* ''[[A Command Performance (audio story)|A Command Performance]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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{{reflist}}
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[[Category:The Sixth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
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[[Category:The Diary of River Song voice actors]]
[[Category:The Paternoster Gang voice actors]]
[[Category:The Paternoster Gang voice actors]]

Latest revision as of 12:44, 22 April 2024

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Christopher Benjamin (born 27 December 1934[1]) appeared in several Doctor Who stories, both on TV and Big Finish's audio adventures - notably as Henry Gordon Jago.

He had earlier been considered for the role of Toby in The Evil of the Daleks (DWM 200) and later for Marcus Scarman in Pyramids of Mars. (TCH 24)

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Benjamin's other credits include Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Saint, Poldark and Pride and Prejudice. He also appeared in the 2016 film The Legend of Tarzan.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Henry Gordon Jago

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jago & Litefoot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Paternoster Gang[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jago & Litefoot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Kodiapp
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