Jago & Litefoot

Jago & Litefoot was an audio series from Big Finish Productions. The stories involved Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot, characters first introduced in the Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. In the series, they solved mysteries involving paranormal or alien phenomena in 1890s London. Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter and Conrad Asquith reprised their roles as Jago, Litefoot and PC Quick (promoted to Sergeant Quick, and subsequently to Inspector). They were joined in the regular cast by Lisa Bowerman as barmaid Ellie Higson.

The titular duo in their only televised appearance, The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

A Companion Chronicles release entitled The Mahogany Murderers was released as a standalone story, but served as a backdoor pilot for a potential series. After favourable reception, a season of four stories were announced for release as a boxed CD set as well as digitally on 30 June 2010.^[1]^[2] Weeks before the release of the first series, a second series was confirmed for release in January 2011,^[3] and continual popularity saw a third series begin recording in August 2010 for a June 2011 release.^[4] The series subsequently adopted a bi-annual release pattern, with fourteen series having been released until 2018.^[5]^[6]

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series One

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
1.1	The Bloodless Soldier	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Tulp	30 June 2010
1.2	The Bellova Devil	Alan Barnes	Ellie, Quick, Sacker, Tulp
1.3	The Spirit Trap	Jonathan Morris	Ellie
1.4	The Similarity Engine	Andy Lane	Ellie, Quick, Tulp

Series Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Two

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
2.1	Litefoot and Sanders	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Sanders	January 2011
2.2	The Necropolis Express	Mark Morris	Ellie, Sanders
2.3	The Theatre of Dreams	Jonathan Morris	Ellie, Quick, Sacker, Sanders
2.4	The Ruthven Inheritance	Andy Lane	Ellie, Sacker, Sanders, Leela

Series Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Three

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
3.1	Dead Men's Tales	Justin Richards	Leela, Ellie, Quick	June 2011
3.2	The Man at the End of the Garden	Matthew Sweet	Leela, Ellie, Quick
3.3	Swan Song	John Dorney	Leela, Payne
3.4	Chronoclasm	Andy Lane	Leela, Ellie, Quick, Payne, Sixth Doctor

Series Four[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Four

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
4.1	Jago in Love	Nigel Fairs	Leela, Ellie, Quick, Abigail, Sixth Doctor, Kempston, Hardwick	March 2012
4.2	Beautiful Things	John Dorney	Leela, Ellie, Quick, Sixth Doctor, Kempston, Hardwick
4.3	The Lonely Clock	Matthew Sweet	Leela, Ellie, Sixth Doctor, Kempston, Hardwick
4.4	The Hourglass Killers	Justin Richards	Leela, Sixth Doctor, Ellie, Quick, Abigail, Kempston, Hardwick

Series Five[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Five

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
5.1	The Age of Revolution	Jonathan Morris	Ellie, Dave, Godiva, Aubrey	6 March 2013
5.2	The Case of the Gluttonous Guru	Marc Platt	Ellie, Dave, Godiva, Aubrey
5.3	The Bloodchild Codex	Colin Brake	Ellie, Dave, Godiva
5.4	The Final Act	Justin Richards	Ellie, Dave, Magnus Greel, Mr Sin, Godiva, Aubrey

Series Six[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Six

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
6.1	The Skeleton Quay	Jonathan Morris	The Colonel	18 September 2013
6.2	Return of the Repressed	Matthew Sweet
6.3	Military Intelligence	George Mann	Ellie, Quick, the Colonel, Agatha
6.4	The Trial of George Litefoot	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, the Colonel, Agatha

Series Seven[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Seven

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
7.1	The Monstrous Menagerie	Jonathan Morris	Ellie, Quick, Abberline, Patsy	3 April 2014
7.2	The Night of 1000 Stars	James Goss	Ellie, "Leela"
7.3	Murder at Moorsey Manor	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris	Abberline
7.4	The Wax Princess	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Abberline, Patsy

Series Eight[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Eight

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
8.1	Encore of the Scorchies	James Goss	Ellie, Scorchies	16 October 2014
8.2	The Backwards Men	Andy Lane	Ellie, Quick
8.3	Jago & Litefoot & Patsy	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris	Ellie, Quick, Patsy, Darkling Façade
8.4	Higson & Quick	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Patsy, Darkling Façade

Series Nine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Nine

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
9.1	The Flying Frenchmen	Jonathan Morris	Ellie, Quick, Aubrey, Fowler, Mercer, Isobelle	28 April 2015
9.2	The Devil's Dicemen	Justin Richards	Aubrey, Betterman, Tibbs
9.3	Island of Death	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris	Isobelle, Aubrey, Tibbs
9.4	Return of the Nightmare	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Aubrey, Fowler, Mercer, Isobelle

Series Ten[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Ten

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
10.1	The Case of the Missing Gasogene	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris	Ellie, Quick, Summerton	21 October 2015
10.2	The Year of the Bat	Jonathan Morris	Ellie, Quick
10.3	The Mourning After	James Goss	Ellie, Quick, Betterman, Summerton
10.4	The Museum of Curiosities	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Betterman, Summerton

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

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Haunting	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Strax	11 November 2015

Series Eleven[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Eleven

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
11.1	Jago & Son	Nigel Fairs	Ellie, Quick, the Decayed Master	28 April 2016
11.2	Maurice	Matthew Sweet
11.3	The Woman in White	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris
11.4	Masterpiece	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, the Decayed Master, Sixth Doctor

Series Twelve[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Twelve

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
12.1	Picture This	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, the Old One, Ravener	26 October 2016
12.2	The Flickermen	Paul Morris, Simon Barnard	Ellie, Quick, the Old One, Ravener, Paul
12.3	School of Blood	Paul Morris	Ellie, Quick, the Old One, Ravener, Paul
12.4	Warm Blood	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, the Old One, Ravener

Series Thirteen[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Thirteen

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
13.1	The Stuff of Nightmares	Paul Morris	Ellie, Quick	24 April 2017
13.2	Chapel of Night	Jonathan Barnes	Ellie, Quick, Angelica
13.3	How The Other Half Lives	Matthew Sweet	Ellie, Quick, Betterman, Aubrey
13.4	Too Much Reality	Justin Richards	Ellie, Quick, Betterman, Aubrey, Angelica

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

Main article: Jago & Litefoot Forever (audio anthology)

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Jago & Litefoot Forever	Paul Morris	Ellie, Quick, Leela, Sixth Doctor, Queen Victoria	24 May 2018
The Jago & Litefoot Revival^[7]	Jonathan Barnes	Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Ellie	24 May 2018

Series Fourteen[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Jago & Litefoot: Series Fourteen

#	Title	Author	Performer	Featuring	Released
14.1	The Red Hand	Simon Barnard and Paul Morris (adapted by Paul Morris)	Jamie Newall	Ellie, Quick	29 June 2021
14.2	The Laughing Policeman	Jonathan Barnes (adapted by Julian Richards)	Duncan Wisbey	Ellie
14.3	The Corridors of Power	Paul Morris (adapted by Paul Morris)	Lisa Bowerman	Ellie, The Eminence
14.4	A Command Performance	Justin Richards and Julian Richards (adapted by Julian Richards)	Christopher Benjamin	Ellie, Quick, The Eminence

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

The Mahogany Murderers from Companion Chronicles: It was released as a standalone story, but served as a backdoor pilot for the series.

Voyage to Venus and Voyage to the New World: These stories take place between series 4 and 5 of Jago & Litefoot. The CDs were released with reversible covers depicting the discs as either special Doctor Who releases numbered 1 & 2, or as Jago & Litefoot releases numbered 4.5 & 4.6.

The Worlds of Doctor Who: This special release was a crossover of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off ranges. Jago and Litefoot were featured in Mind Games.

The Justice of Jalxar from The Fourth Doctor Adventures: with the Fourth Doctor and Romana I, featuring Jago and Litefoot.
The Beast of Kravenos from The Fourth Doctor Adventures: with the Fourth Doctor and Romana II, featuring Jago and Litefoot.

Stage Fright, one of the stories in The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure: featuring Jago and Litefoot meeting the Sixth Doctor and Flip Jackson.

The Jago & Litefoot Revival: featuring the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, was produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Talons of Weng-Chiang. It was later collected in the boxset Jago & Litefoot Forever.

Benjamin & Baxter: An audio documentary featuring interviews with Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor, Jago, Litefoot, Leela, Percival Quick, Magnus Greel, Mr Sin, Patsy and the Decayed Master are the only characters from the classic series to appear in Jago and Litefoot. With the exception of the Master, all these characters featured in the television story The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and the Decayed Master was originally supposed to appear in it before being replaced by Magnus Greel.