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{{About||the English football player and manager|Gordon Jago}} |
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{{Infobox character |
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| name = Henry Gordon Jago |
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| series = [[Doctor Who]] |
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| portrayer = [[Christopher Benjamin (actor)|Christopher Benjamin]] |
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| species = [[Human]] |
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| affiliation = [[Professor George Litefoot]] |
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| home = [[Earth]] |
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'''Henry Gordon Jago''' is a character who appeared in the 1977 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television serial, ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. He was played by [[Christopher Benjamin (actor)|Christopher Benjamin]]. He worked so well with [[Trevor Baxter|Trevor Baxter's]] character, [[Professor George Litefoot]], the production team briefly considered giving them their own spin-off series.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/talonswengchiang/detail.shtml Official Page]</ref> In 2009 they reprised their roles for the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama, ''[[The Mahogany Murderers]]''. This led to their own audio series, ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]''. |
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==Character history== |
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In [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]], Henry Gordon Jago was the owner and [[Master of Ceremonies]] at The Palace Theatre, a position he held for over thirty years. Jago was a charismatic character, comically cowardly, categorically crowing, constantly cash crunched and always adept at ample amounts of aureate [[alliteration]]. In 1889, Jago employed a [[China|Chinese]] [[Magic (illusion)|illusionist]] named [[List of Doctor Who henchmen#Li H.27sen Chang|Li H'sen Chang]], who often used a [[ventriloquist]] dummy called [[List of Doctor Who henchmen#Mr Sin|Mr. Sin]]. Chang was actually serving a fugitive tyrant from the 51st Century named [[List of Doctor Who villains#Magnus Greel|Magnus Greel]] and Mr. Sin was a psychopathic pig cyborg. With Sino assassins on the streets and women whisked away at whim, the theatre attracted the astute attention of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and his assistant [[Leela (Doctor Who)|Leela]]. It was while defeating these dastardly deliverers of deviltry, that Jago met upper class [[pathologist]], [[Professor George Litefoot]]. The two remained close friends ever since, occasionally solving mysteries, including an adventure involving an anteater and an aluminum violin. |
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After a few years, Jago was forced to close his theatre and MC at a far less reputable establishment, The New Regency Theatre. He also spent a lot of time at a pub called the Red Tavern, befriending many of its denizens, including the barmaid, Ellie Higson. In 1892, Jago and Litefoot embarked in a spate of strange investigations of infernal incidents in the paranormal. Together, they saved the Empire from bloodsucking beasts, creeping cadavers, villainous vampires, sordid specters, psychotic scientists and ambulatory automatons. Often, Jago employed his knowledge of stage illusions and contacts with London's lower classes to solve their cases. Eventually, Jago came into the ownership of The New Regency Theatre, but his investigations with Professor Litefoot continued. In 1895, Leela joins Jago and Litefoot in several adventures. Leela had been sent by the [[Time Lords]] to discover the cause of fractures in time. Shortly before she returns to [[Gallifrey]], the three of them are reunited with the Doctor, this time in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. He and his [[TARDIS]] were being stalked by temporal aliens, so the Doctor went into hiding, wearing dark Victorian garb and calling himself Claudius Dark. After learning his true identity, Jago and Litefoot were invited by the Doctor to take a few trips in the TARDIS, starting with a visit to the planet [[Venus]]. |
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==Appearances== |
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===Television=== |
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* ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' (with the Fourth Doctor) |
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===Audio=== |
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* ''[[The Mahogany Murderers]]'' |
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* ''[[The Bloodless Soldier]]'' |
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* ''[[The Bellova Devil]]'' |
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* ''[[The Spirit Trap]]'' |
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* ''[[The Similarity Engine]]'' |
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* ''[[Litefoot and Sanders]]'' |
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* ''[[The Necropolis Express]]'' |
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* ''[[The Theatre of Dreams]]'' |
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* ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance]]'' |
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* ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio drama)|Dead Men's Tales]]'' |
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* ''[[The Man at the End of the Garden]]'' |
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* ''[[Swan Song (audio drama)|Swan Song]]'' |
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* ''[[Chronoclasm (audio drama)|Chronoclasm]]'' |
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* ''[[Jago in Love]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[Beautiful Things (audio drama)|Beautiful Things]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[The Lonely Clock]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[The Hourglass Killers]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[Voyage to Venus (Doctor Who audio)|Voyage to Venus]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[Voyage to the New World]]'' (with the Sixth Doctor) |
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* ''[[The Age of Revolution]]'' |
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* ''[[The Case of the Gluttonus Guru]]'' |
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* ''[[The Bloodchild Codex]]'' |
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* ''[[The Final Act]]'' |
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* ''[[The Justice of Jalxar]]'' (with the Fourth Doctor) |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.bigfinish.com/Jago-and-Litefoot Jago and Litefoot Audio Adventures] |
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[[Category:Recurring characters in Doctor Who]] |
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[[Category:Doctor Who audio characters]] |
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[[Category:Fictional people from London]] |
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[[Category:Television characters introduced in 1977]] |
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[[Category:Male characters in television]] |
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