For the uninitiated, Jago and Litefoot are Doctor Who’s quintessential odd couple.

Thrown together by the events of  ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’, Tom Baker’s 1977 Victorian era classic, the pair sprang fully formed from Robert Holmes’ tremendous story and left you wanting to see what happened next.

Some thirty-two years later Big Finish tested the waters with a Companion Chronicle, and the pair has not looked back since, this latest release being the seventh box-set of four hour-long adventures.

The pair are unlikely bedfellows; Henry Gordon Jago is a theatre impresario, full of bluster with a penchant for alliteration and drink. Litefoot on the other hand is a medical professor who as a forensic pathologist for the police.

This series opens with ‘The Monstrous Menagerie’ and our heroes on the run, framed for an attempt on Queen Victoria’s life. Taking refuge in a house on Baker Street, owned by a certain Time Lord, adventure beckons when Arthur Conan Doyle knocks on the door. Frustrated with the continuing public interest in Sherlock Holmes, Doyle seeks the aid of Jago & Litefoot to impersonate his creations and assist a damsel in distress; she is Laura Lyons and she claims persecution by a man called Baskerville.

Glowing hounds, dinosaurs and a boat load of knowing references ensue as writer Jonathan Morris deals with Doyle’s frustration surrounding his most famous creation who people won’t let die.

‘The Night of 1000 Stars’ is markedly different in tone as former Doctor Who companion Leela (Louise Jameson) and the ever-reliable barmaid Ellie Higson (director Lisa Bowerman) join the pair for a story which takes place in one room. With terrific performances all around, writer James Goss takes the opportunity to dig a little deeper into the past of the characters.

More Holmes inspired shenanigans dominate ‘Murder at Moorsley Manor’ as our heroes go in search of an army private who might clear their names. With a clever script from The Scarifyers writers Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, there are big characters and a confounding mystery within a house of horrors which knocks off its guests on the hour.

Finally in ‘The Wax Princess’, from script editor Justin Richards, the pair have the prospect of a Royal pardon dangled in front of them and just the small matter of catching Jack the Ripper first. It seems the notorious killer has returned and struck very close to home, with girls missing from the chorus line at Jago’s own New Regency Theatre.

Full of charming comic banter and warm characterisations, alongside the drama and gentle sci-fi tones, these four adventures provide an entertaining slice of Victoriana. Powered by Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter’s commanding central performances, Jago & Litefoot show no signs of slowing down and it is a good thing too, with a further series scheduled for October and two more in 2015!

Extras: The boxset comes with a fifth disc containing over an hour of interviews from cast and crew on the making of the series.

Released in April 2014 by Big Finish Productions Ltd.

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