The Spirit Trap (audio story)

The Spirit Trap was the third Big Finish Productions audio drama in the Jago and Litefoot series.

Publisher's summary
Ellie Higson believes that spiritualist Mrs Vanguard can hear the voices of the dead, but Henry Gordon Jago thinks it’s all superstition and theatrical trickery. But if Vanguard is a harmless fake, then why have some of those who have attended her sceances disappeared so mysteriously? Jago and Litefoot investigate... And find themselves facing a deadly foe from the afterlife.

Cast

 * Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
 * George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
 * Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
 * Mrs Vanguard - Janet Henfrey
 * Toby - Lex Shrapnel
 * The Landlord - John Ainsworth

Story notes

 * Sergeant Quick and Doctor Tulp do not appear in this story as producer, David Richardson, wanted to focus more on the character of Ellie. As a result this story is not directed by Lisa Bowerman but by John Ainsworth.
 * Janet Henfrey (Mrs Vanguard) previously played Miss Hardaker in DW: The Curse of Fenric.

Continuity

 * Numerous references are made to the events of JAL: The Bloodless Soldier.
 * Jago refers to Li H'sen Chang's act at the Palace Theatre. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
 * An attempt by time travelling humans from the far future to take over the bodies of their ancestors with the intention of altering their own history also occurred in Russia in the late 21st century. Their plan was defeated by the Fifth Doctor and his companion Turlough. (BFA: Singularity)
 * Mr Jago compares the possessed bodies to a Doppelgänger, a word used to describe the Fourth Doctor's double in  Meglos and the flesh-made doubles at St John's Monastery in  The Rebel Flesh/ The Almost People.

Timeline

 * The Spirit Trap occurs after JAL: The Bellova Devil
 * The Spirit Trap occurs before JAL: The Similarity Engine