The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)

The Mahogany Murderers
Main character(s):	Jago, Litefoot
Featuring:	Ellie Higson
Main enemy:	Heinrich Tulp
Main setting:	London, 1890s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Andy Lane
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	David Darlington
Sound:	David Darlington
Cover by:	Simon Holub
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	3.11
Release date:	May 2009
Format:	1 CD Download
Production code:	BFPDWCC19
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-380-4 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78178-502-7 (digital)
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The Mahogany Murderers was the eleventh story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Andy Lane, narrated by Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter and featured Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot and introduced Lisa Bowerman as Ellie Higson.

It served as a pilot for the Jago & Litefoot series. After a favourable reception, the series was commissioned.

Publisher's summary

Professor George Litefoot: the eminent pathologist who advises the police in some of their grisliest cases. Henry Gordon Jago: the master of ceremonies at the Alhambra Theatre. These are two very different men from contrasting strata in society who became firm friends and collaborators after their adventure with the Doctor and Leela battling the evil Weng-Chiang.

Some years later, Jago and Litefoot have defeated dangerous denizens of the daemonic darkness together. They have stood side by side against threats to the British Empire. But when a body is found on the banks of the River Thames and Litefoot's post mortum reveals that it is actually a highly detailed wooden mannequin, their most dangerous adventure begins.

Dr Tulp has masterminded a deadly scheme, Jack Yeovil and his murderous gang plan to live forever, and only Jago and Litefoot can stop them...

Plot

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Cast

• Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
• Professor George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
• Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman

Crew

• Cover Art - Simon Holub
• Director - Lisa Bowerman
• Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Music and Sound Design - David Darlington
• Producer - David Richardson
• Script Editor - Jacqueline Rayner
• Writer - Andy Lane
• Jago and Litefoot created by Robert Holmes

Worldbuilding

Jago & Litefoot

• Litefoot knows several languages.
• Litefoot describes Jago as "more of a comrade-in-arms than a friend". Jago in contrast considers them to be "the very closest of friends".
• Litefoot imports his cologne from Paris.
• Litefoot served in Afghanistan.
• Litefoot lectures in forensic pathology.
• Litefoot has arthritis in his fingers and lumbago in his back.
• Litefoot's cane has a "rapier sharp blade" hidden within.
• Jago witnessed Michael Faraday demonstrate electricity at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in 1851.

Foods and beverages

• Both Jago and Litefoot each drink a pale ale.

Notes

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Promotional poster to the story from Vortex magazine

• This is the first and only Companion Chronicles release not to feature the Doctor.
• Despite being part of The Companion Chronicles, this story focuses on two characters who have never been "official" companions of the Doctor. This status was changed retroactively, when they travelled with the Sixth Doctor on two adventures. (AUDIO: Voyage to Venus ^[+]Loading...["Voyage to Venus (audio story)"], Voyage to the New World ^[+]Loading...["Voyage to the New World (audio story)"])
• This story served as a pilot episode for the Jago & Litefoot series which was confirmed after this title's success. It ran for thirteen series from 2010 to 2017.
• This is the second time that Andy Lane has written a story featuring Jago and Litefoot, the first being the short story A Victorian Interlude in 1991.
• This audio drama was recorded on 22 September 2008 at the Moat Studios.
• This story was told from Jago and Litefoot's perspective. A similar format was later used on The Jago & Litefoot Revival almost a decade later.

Continuity

• Jago recalls the "Weng-Chiang incident", referring to Jago & Litefoot's debut appearance in TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang ^[+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"].
• Jago is the master of ceremonies at the Alhambra Theatre, where he previously worked as a cleaner in 1866. This would later be elaborated upon in AUDIO: The Year of the Bat ^[+]Loading...["The Year of the Bat (audio story)"].
• Jago visited the Great Exhibition in 1851. The Doctor likewise visited the exhibition during both his eighth and eleventh incarnations, in AUDIO: Other Lives ^[+]Loading...["Other Lives (audio story)"] and COMIC: Hypothetical Gentleman ^[+]Loading...["Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)"], respectively.
• Jago and Litefoot would fight Dr Tulp on two subsequent occasions, in AUDIO: The Bellova Devil ^[+]Loading...["The Bellova Devil (audio story)"] and The Similarity Engine ^[+]Loading...["The Similarity Engine (audio story)"].

External links

• Official The Mahogany Murderers page at bigfinish.com
• The Mahogany Murderers at the Doctor Who Reference Guide