A Victorian Interlude (short story)

A Victorian Interlude
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Main character(s):	Jago & Litefoot
Main setting:	London, 1890
Key crew
Writer:	Andy Lane
Illustrator:	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Magazine 172
Release date:	14 March 1991
Cover date:	17 April 1991
Brief Encounter
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A Victorian Interlude is a Brief Encounter short story published in Doctor Who Magazine 172. It features Henry Jago and George Litefoot in their first appearance in any medium since they made their debut in the television story The Talons of Weng-Chiang in 1977.

Summary

With giant rats still roaming the sewers of Victorian London, Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot realise that someone must deal with the creatures and intend to do it themselves using their newly-acquired Gatling gun. They have only been told about the rats by the Doctor, and have not actually seen them. As the pair leave the public house where they have been discussing their forthcoming task, as well as wishing the Doctor was still around to help, Litefoot bumps into a stranger dressed as a cricketer, to whom he apologises before departing. While the stranger seems to recognise him, Litefoot feels a chill pass through him.

Plot

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Characters

• Henry Gordon Jago
• George Litefoot
• Fifth Doctor

References

• Jago and Litefoot have acquired a Gatling gun.
• The poison intended to kill the giant rats didn't work.

Notes

• Andy Lane would later write four Big Finish audio dramas featuring Jago and Litefoot: The Mahogany Murderers, The Similarity Engine, The Ruthven Inheritance and Chronoclasm.

Continuity

• Jago and Litefoot talk about their recent adventure with the Fourth Doctor and discuss exterminating the giant rats remaining in the sewers. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Jago and Litefoot would later travel with another future incarnation of the Doctor, the Sixth Doctor. (AUDIO: Voyage to Venus, Voyage to the New World)
• Litefoot bumps into the Fifth Doctor, but does not recognise him due to his regeneration. (TV: Logopolis)

External links

• A Victorian Interlude at the Doctor Who Reference Guide