Jago in Love (audio story)
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Jago in Love is the thirteenth Big Finish Productions audio drama in the Jago and Litefoot series and the first episode of Series Four.
Publisher's summary
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…
Cast
- Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
- George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
- Sgt. Quick - Conrad Asquith
- Abigail Woburn - Elizabeth Counsell
- George Nevil - Matt Addis
- Mr Kempston - Christopher Beeny
- Mr Hardwick - Mike Grady
and
References
- Sgt. Quick tells Leela that while he has faced some dangerous criminals in his time, "none of them hold a candle to [his] misses in a temper."
- Although 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. He attempted to engage her for a season in the theatre but she preferred to stay in Brighton.
- Litefoot tells Leela that 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 alopecia areata.
Story notes
- Matt Addis (George Nevil) previously played Faisal Jensen in BFA: An Earthly Child, Teddy and John in BFA: The Wreck of the Titan and Tal Karas and SV10 in BFA: Robophobia.
- The first scene is a reprise of the final scene of JAL: Chronoclasm.
Continuity
- Leela tells Jago and Litefoot that the Doctor spoke of holidaying in Brighton. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock) He and Romana were more successful in their attempt to reach Brighton but arrived during the winter. (DW: The Leisure Hive) During his fifth incarnation, he attempted to travel to Brighton in 1880 but instead arrived in Hove in 2008. (BFA: Cuddlesome) The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe would later visit Brighton in 1936. (BFA: Pier Pressure)
- Litefoot mentions that his house is still in a site of disarray. (JAL: Chronoclasm)
Timeline
- Jago in Love occurs after JAL: Chronoclasm
- Jago in Love occurs before JAL: Beautiful Things
External links
- Official Jago in Love - Series Four Box Set page at bigfinish.com
