The Hourglass Killers (audio story)

The Hourglass Killers is the sixteenth Big Finish Productions audio drama in the Jago and Litefoot series and the final episode of Series Four.

Publisher's summary
The sands of time are running… and they are in pursuit of Jago, Litefoot, Leela and Ellie. As the final battle gets underway, the infernal investigators make the decision of their lives…

Cast
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 * Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
 * George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
 * Sergeant Quick - Conrad Asquith
 * Lord Ampthill - Terry Molloy
 * Abigail Woburn - Elizabeth Counsell
 * Mr Kempston - Christopher Beeny
 * Mr Hardwick - Mike Grady
 * Professor Claudius Dark - Colin Baker

Story notes

 * Terry Molloy (Lord Ampthill) is best known for playing Davros, the creator of the Daleks, in DW: Resurrection of the Daleks, DW: Revelation of the Daleks and DW: Remembrance of the Daleks as well as numerous other Big Finish audio dramas. Furthermore, he played Russell in DW: Attack of the Cybermen as well as Magus Riga in BFA: Kingdom of Silver, Examiner 2 in BFA: Keepsake and Dr. Christopher Wallace and the Rat King in BFA: Rat Trap.

Continuity

 * This is Jago and Litefoot's first encounter with the Doctor since the Weng-Chiang Incident in 1889. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
 * In her personal timeline, Leela's last encounter with the Doctor occurred in the Dark Tower in the Death Zone on Gallifrey during his eighth incarnation. (BFA: Zagreus) In the interim, however, she encountered an alternative version of the Sixth Doctor known as the Burner Doctor on the Gallifrey of an alternative timeline. (BFG: Disassembled)
 * Litefoot tells the Doctor that he and Jago previously destroyed a Sandman. (JAL: Jago in Love)
 * The Doctor congratulates Sergeant Quick on his promotion. (JAL: The Bloodless Soldier)
 * Jago refers to the metal spheres from the future which damaged Litefoot's house. (JAL: Chronoclasm) Litefoot complains that it is still undergoing repairs. (JAL: Jago in Love, JAL: Beautiful Things)
 * The Doctor makes use of a Stattenheim remote control. (DW: The Mark of the Rani, DW: The Two Doctors, PDA: World Game)
 * Litefoot refers to Winnie O'Connor's time cracker. (JAL: The Lonely Clock)
 * Like the Temperon vessel, the TARDIS was dragged to the 1890s as a result of Payne's temporal experiments. His experiments also prevented Leela's Time Ring from functioning. (JAL: Chronoclasm)

Timeline

 * The Hourglass Killers occurs immediately after JAL: The Lonely Clock