Dead Men's Tales (audio story)

Dead Men's Tales
Main character(s):	Jago, Litefoot, Leela
Featuring:	Ellie, Quick
Main setting:	London, the 1890s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Justin Richards
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Release number:	3.1
Part of:	Jago & Litefoot: Series Three
Release date:	1 June 2011
Format:	1 Episode on 1 CD (1st of 4 stories)
Production code:	BFPJLCD03
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7
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Dead Men's Tales was the first story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series Three, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Justin Richards and featured Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as George Litefoot.

Publisher's summary

A friend from the past returns to warn Jago and Litefoot of a threat to the future. Time breaks are appearing in Victorian London, but first Leela must help solve the mystery of the Wet Men — terrifying creatures that are rising from the River Thames...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
• George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
• Leela - Louise Jameson
• Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
• Sergeant Quick - Conrad Asquith
• Johnny Skipton - Warren Brown
• The Wet Men - Alex Mallinson

References

• Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that it was Romana who sent her on the mission to investigate the time breaks.
• Latara, the wise man of the Sevateem, brewed ale.
• The MTB Heroic sank in the River Thames on 20 April 1958 due to a storm.

Story notes

to be added

Continuity

• Jago and Litefoot have never heard of Romana. They would later meet her on two occasions. (AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar, The Beast of Kravenos)
• Mrs Hudson still has Leela's dress in the wardrobe. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Leela claims that she lost her luggage "floating down the Amazon in a hat box". (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Leela recalls that Li H'sen Chang shot at the Fourth Doctor in the Palace Theatre. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Leela once again refers to members of the Metropolitan Police Service as "blue guards." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang; AUDIO: The Renaissance Man, Energy of the Daleks, The Foe from the Future)
• Litefoot refers to his time in China. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Skipton refers to "Professor Dark" and his advice about not trusting Payne. (AUDIO: Chronoclasm)
• Alice, Dan Hawkins and Steven opened a portal to 1958 at the behest of Payne. (AUDIO: Swan Song)

External links

• Official Dead Men's Tales page at bigfinish.com
• Dead Men's Tales at the Doctor Who Reference Guide