Jago and Lightfoot Series 3
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Theatrical impresario Henry Gordon Jago and police surgeon Professor George Litefoot were created by Robert Holmes in one of everyone’s favourite classic Doctor Who stories, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, acting as sidekicks for Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor and his then current traveling companion Leela, played by Louise Jameson. The unlikely pairing of Jago’s working class theatre manager and Litefoot’s aristocratic scientist proved instantly popular with fans and after several decades the duo finally got their own adventure in The Mahogany Murderers, Andy Lane’s truly excellent two-hander made as part of Big Finish’s Companion Chronicles range of audio adventures. The success of that production has led to a spin-off series of full cast adventures, all released in beautifully designed box sets made up of four individual hour-long cases with a fifth disc containing an extended collection of interviews with the cast and crew. For me these are the cream of Big Finish’s current output – and now we reach series 3 (series 4, already recorded, is scheduled for release in January 2012).
Following on from the success and the story arcs from series one and two, the pair find themselves involved in the wrong doings of several questionable characters including the “ghosts of the New Regency Theatre, the secret of the wet men and the mysteries of the Naismith house” (any relation to Joshua ‘I like to steal immortality gates’ Naismith anyone wonder?).
Whilst trying to get their head round all of that, the pair are also reunited with Leela, who has been sent on a special mission by the Time Lords to stop a threat against the whole of time itself. Don’t think you’re going to be disappointed when listening to this set
3.1 DEAD MEN’S TALES
Writer: Justin Richards
Director: Lisa Bowerman
Music & Sound Design: Howard Carter
Cover Art: Alex Mallinson
Release date: June 2011
Main cast: Christopher Benjamin (Henry Gordon Jago), Trevor Baxter (Professor George Litefoot), Lisa Bowerman (Ellie Higson), Louise Jameson (Leela), Conrad Asquith (Sergeant Quick)
The plot: 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…
Juicy Jagoisms: “Ill-informed delusions of illiterate but imaginative inebriates”; “A good place to think, to devise a strategy for our investigation of this tantalising temporal trouble”.
Sorry, but could only find the art for 3.1 Big Finish is holding this one tightly to the vest. I found the shows, but the rest of the artwork and more detailed synopses of 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are quite elusive
3.1 Dead Men’s Tales by Justin Richards
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…
3.2 The Man at the End of the Garden by Matthew Sweet
Strange things are happening in the Naismith household. Eleanor Naismith has vanished, and her daughter Clara is found in odd circumstances… What is the link to Eleanor’s book, The Man At The End of the Garden?
3.3 Swan Song by John Dorney
The New Regency Theatre is haunted and Jago, Litefoot and Leela witness the spirit of someone in a silver wheelchair floating over the stalls. This is the story of Alice - a young woman who had Swan Lake so cruelly taken from her…
3.4 Chronoclasm by Andy Lane
When Litefoot’s home is invaded by giant metal spheres, it seems that the end of the world is nigh. The enemy has revealed itself, the end game is afoot - can two Henry Gordon Jagos save the day?
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Hi Rick
Thanks again for this wonderful series.
Ron
Thank You Thrice!
Ok, now i got them! :) Thanks, Rik!
Try Series 4, it is also excellent. It is not a problem, Ge.tt can be finicky, but persistence usually wins out. ----------------------------------- Rick
He downloaded it wrong then. D1 is perfect right to the ending music. Either his equipment is faulty or it is an ID10T error.
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I think we have alerted everyone to this members total lack of all social graces to the point that anything said from here on is redundant. In other words, since we have not received any feedback from this individual we have succeeded in making our point. I do not expect any thanks from him, in fact as much as I enjoy this I feel we are "beating a dead horse" and to continue wasting energy on this individuals proven lack of social graces in an open forum is not in keeping with the high standards of conduct we have set for ourselves and will be deleted in a couple of days. My thanks to all that have participated in this verbal flogging on my behalf.
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This is a gift horse, Francis. It's VERY uncouth to look in its mouth.
For someone who NEVER contributes anything but complaints and demands, you are certainly vociferous in your delivery of both.
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