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Jago & Litefoot
Jago & Litefoot: Series 6
6.1 The Skeleton Quay by Jonathan Morris
6.2 Return of the Repressed by Matthew Sweet
6.3 Military Intelligence by George Mann
6.4 The Trial of George Litefoot by Justin Richards
After returning to Victorian London, Jago and Litefoot are approached by the enigmatic Colonel and offered a role they cannot refuse – investigators by Royal Appointment to Queen Victoria!
Their missions include a mystery on the Suffolk coast where strange things lurk in the sea mist, an encounter with Freud and a threat to the realm itself… But who can save Professor Litefoot when he is accused of murder, and no one can be convinced of his innocence?
6.2 Return of the Repressed by Matthew Sweet
6.3 Military Intelligence by George Mann
6.4 The Trial of George Litefoot by Justin Richards
After returning to Victorian London, Jago and Litefoot are approached by the enigmatic Colonel and offered a role they cannot refuse – investigators by Royal Appointment to Queen Victoria!
Their missions include a mystery on the Suffolk coast where strange things lurk in the sea mist, an encounter with Freud and a threat to the realm itself… But who can save Professor Litefoot when he is accused of murder, and no one can be convinced of his innocence?
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First published September 18, 2013
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Jonathan Morris
212 books71 followersJonathan Morris is one of the most prolific and popular writers of Doctor Who books, including the highly-regarded novels 'Festival of Death' and 'Touched by an Angel' and the recent guide to monsters, 'The Monster Vault'. He has also written numerous comic strips, most of which were collected in 'The Child of Time', and audios for BBC Audio and Big Finish, including the highly-regarded comedies 'Max Warp' and 'The Auntie Matter', as well as the adaptation of Russell T Davies’ 'Damaged Goods'.
Recently he has started his own audio production company, Average Romp. Releases include a full-cast adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Chimes', an original play, 'When Michael Met Benny', and three episodes of a SF sitcom, 'Dick Dixon in the 21st Century'.
For details visit www.averageromp.com
He also originated his own series, Vienna and script-edited the Nigel Planer series 'Jeremiah Bourne in Time'. He’s also written documentaries and for TV sketch shows.
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Recently he has started his own audio production company, Average Romp. Releases include a full-cast adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Chimes', an original play, 'When Michael Met Benny', and three episodes of a SF sitcom, 'Dick Dixon in the 21st Century'.
For details visit www.averageromp.com
He also originated his own series, Vienna and script-edited the Nigel Planer series 'Jeremiah Bourne in Time'. He’s also written documentaries and for TV sketch shows.
Librarian note:
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
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March 4, 2018
The series returns to its proper home of the Victorian era in this sixth season of adventures. The episodes are more linked than usual, with the last two in particular forming a single story with a cliffhanger at the mid-way point.
The Skeleton Quay – Jago and Litefoot travel to Suffolk to investigate reports of ghost sightings around the ruins of a village that collapsed into the sea thirty years before. There is a decent sense of mystery around this, although the actual ghost story is less important than the roles of the two locals that our heroes encounter at the site. Both are clearly hiding something, but what it is remains quite opaque until a fair way through the story. The final explanation for what’s happening is, if not entirely waterproof (mainly in that it’s not obvious why nobody has worked it out before now) at least good enough to pass muster. It’s slightly disappointing that, after six episodes away, we aren’t straight back into the bustle of Victorian London, but the foggy and deserted coastline is at least a good setting for a ghost story. 4 stars.
Return of the Repressed – This, on the other hand, is just damn peculiar. It’s a surreal tale, parts of which are dreams, and parts of which seem to be dreams, even when they aren’t. It’s sufficiently odd, in fact, that it’s hard to figure out what’s going on, and the dream-like elements confuse rather than intrigue. Sigmund Freud is called into analyse Jago’s recurring nightmares, and Freudian themes are appropriately strong – our heroes’ relationships with their mothers turn out to be highly relevant, for example. And, yes, there is an explanation at the end, and one that ties into the wider plot arc for the season, rather than the whole story being weird just for the sake of it. For these reasons, and the insights into the main characters’ backgrounds, I can’t write the story off, but I also can’t say that it worked for me. 3 stars.
Military Intelligence/The Trial of George Litefoot - the closing two-parter brings the plot arc to a conclusion as the villain's motives are revealed. It's a dramatic tale, making good use of the Victorian setting and with strong steampunk elements rather than anything more supernatural. Events flow quite naturally from the set-up, more the result of the villain's hand being forced prematurely than of any direct investigation by the main characters. Much fun is had at Jago's expense, while Litefoot is put through the wringer, especially in the second half, giving a good mix of humour and drama. Ellie and Sergeant Quick, absent in the first two episodes, have a much larger role to play here as well, making this feel a particularly well-crafted piece. 5 stars.
As always, the season ends on a cliffhanger, although, for once, it's a direct consequence of what has gone before, rather than an extra scene tacked on at the end. Counting the four episodes individually, the average comes out at 4.25 stars.
The Skeleton Quay – Jago and Litefoot travel to Suffolk to investigate reports of ghost sightings around the ruins of a village that collapsed into the sea thirty years before. There is a decent sense of mystery around this, although the actual ghost story is less important than the roles of the two locals that our heroes encounter at the site. Both are clearly hiding something, but what it is remains quite opaque until a fair way through the story. The final explanation for what’s happening is, if not entirely waterproof (mainly in that it’s not obvious why nobody has worked it out before now) at least good enough to pass muster. It’s slightly disappointing that, after six episodes away, we aren’t straight back into the bustle of Victorian London, but the foggy and deserted coastline is at least a good setting for a ghost story. 4 stars.
Return of the Repressed – This, on the other hand, is just damn peculiar. It’s a surreal tale, parts of which are dreams, and parts of which seem to be dreams, even when they aren’t. It’s sufficiently odd, in fact, that it’s hard to figure out what’s going on, and the dream-like elements confuse rather than intrigue. Sigmund Freud is called into analyse Jago’s recurring nightmares, and Freudian themes are appropriately strong – our heroes’ relationships with their mothers turn out to be highly relevant, for example. And, yes, there is an explanation at the end, and one that ties into the wider plot arc for the season, rather than the whole story being weird just for the sake of it. For these reasons, and the insights into the main characters’ backgrounds, I can’t write the story off, but I also can’t say that it worked for me. 3 stars.
Military Intelligence/The Trial of George Litefoot - the closing two-parter brings the plot arc to a conclusion as the villain's motives are revealed. It's a dramatic tale, making good use of the Victorian setting and with strong steampunk elements rather than anything more supernatural. Events flow quite naturally from the set-up, more the result of the villain's hand being forced prematurely than of any direct investigation by the main characters. Much fun is had at Jago's expense, while Litefoot is put through the wringer, especially in the second half, giving a good mix of humour and drama. Ellie and Sergeant Quick, absent in the first two episodes, have a much larger role to play here as well, making this feel a particularly well-crafted piece. 5 stars.
As always, the season ends on a cliffhanger, although, for once, it's a direct consequence of what has gone before, rather than an extra scene tacked on at the end. Counting the four episodes individually, the average comes out at 4.25 stars.
March 18, 2021
Back home in the 1890s, Jago and Litefoot become investigators for the crown, dealing with a ghostly village, Sigmund Freud and a weird monkey, and primitive but dangerous robots. Then one of them finds himself in the klink and put on trial for murder! Howard Carter's sound design creates a real sense of them travelling to the different locations. There's a touching moment in the extras where the two leads wonder which of them will make as far as series ten; glad they both did. After listening to so many of these in a row "Corks!" has entered my own vocabulary. I wish the title of each story was stated at its beginning; probably not necessary with the CDs, but on Audible it would help the listener to keep things straight. In my first draft, I accidentally wrote "after watching so many" above, instead of listening. I can understand why I made that mistake: this series conjured up mental images so well that I really do feel like I've seen Jago pacing around the courtroom, or stumbling around on the foggy clifftop.
February 5, 2014
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2234093.html[return][return]The Skeleton Quay, by Jonathan Morris, is a jolly good ghost story set in an isolated coastal village, with a striking guest performance by Francesca Hunt, who sounded so much like India Fisher that I had to check the credits to see who it was (and it turns out they are sisters). Return of the Repressed, by Matthew Sweet, is i some ways even better; the plot is a bit incoherent, but bringing Adrian Lukis's Sigmund Freud (quite ahistorically) to London to analyse Jago and deal with peculiar bestial manifestations is a brilliant idea, and great fun to listen to.[return][return]Then we step down a gear, I'm afraid. It's no great secret that George Mann isn't my favourite writer, and his Military Intelligence didn't change my view; what is actually a rather promising set-up id then let down by an incoherent ending. I listened to it three times and still wasn't sure what was supposed to have happened. I can't blame Mann entirely; he was presumably given a brief to write to, and the implausibilities of our heroes' travails are therefore not to be laid at his door. The final story, The Trial of George Litefoot by Justin Richards, spends most of its time digging its way out of the plot hole that the previous story left our characters in, but does have a gloriously steampunk climactic scene.[return][return]Not to worry. It's very nearly worth it for the first two plays alone, and the good bits of the second half (which very much include the core team's performances) almost make up for the deficiencies. But I wish they had finessed the narrative hook between the third and fourth stories better, and perhaps thought out the details of an admittedly improbable situation with more care.
November 6, 2015
I really enjoyed this series. Nice mix of women characters, a great spooky story to start things off, mysterious goings on with the queens, a hint of steampunk (which thankfully was long enough ago it hadn't been over done), great character moments. I will admit my attention wandered a little in the third story but overall I really enjoyed it. Definitely one I will listen to again.
May 1, 2016
This season seemed a bit odd. at the end of 5, it seemed like more wrong time wrong place would have been the driving plot. But even still, there was an interesting plot thread that set up season 7 quite well!
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