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{{Infobox Story
|name=A Victorian Interlude
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|series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
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|main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
|series=[[Brief Encounter]]
 
|doctor=Fifth Doctor
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|featuring = [[Fifth Doctor]]
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|setting = [[London]], [[1890]]
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|writer = [[Andy Lane]]
|setting=[[London]], [[1890]]
 
 
|illustrator = [[Lee Brimmicombe-Wood]]
|writer=[[Andy Lane]]
 
 
|publication = [[DWM 172]]
|illustrator=[[Lee Brimmicombe-Wood]]
 
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|release date = [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 172|172]]
 
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|cover date = [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|prev=Untitled (DWM 171)|Untitled (short story)
 
|next=Under Reykjavik (short story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 172|172]]. It featured [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] in their first appearance in any medium since their debut in the television story ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' in [[1977 (releases)|1977]].
 
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 172|172]]. It features [[Henry Gordon Jago|Henry Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] in their first appearance in any medium since they made their debut in the television story ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' in 1977.
 
   
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
With [[giant rat]]s still roaming the sewers of Victorian [[London]], [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] realise that someone must deal with the creatures and intend to do it themselves using their newly-acquired [[Gatling gun]]. They have only been told about the rats from the Doctor, and have not actually seen them. As the pair leave the public house where they have been discussing their forthcoming task, as well as wishing the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] was still around to help, Litefoot bumps into a [[Fifth Doctor|stranger dressed as a cricketer]], to whom he apologises before departing. While the stranger seems to recognize him, Litefoot feels a chill pass through him.
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With [[giant rat]]s still roaming the sewers of Victorian [[London]], [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] realise that someone must deal with the creatures and intend to do it themselves using their newly-acquired [[Gatling gun]]. They have only been told about the rats by the Doctor, and have not actually seen them. As the pair leave the public house where they have been discussing their forthcoming task, as well as wishing the [[Fourth Doctor]] was still around to help, Litefoot bumps into a [[Fifth Doctor|stranger dressed as a cricketer]], to whom he apologises before departing. While the stranger seems to recognise him, Litefoot feels a chill pass through him.
   
 
== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
 
 
* [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
 
* [[Henry Gordon Jago]]
 
* [[George Litefoot]]
 
* [[George Litefoot]]
 
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
* Jago and Litefoot have acquired a Gatling gun.
 
 
* The [[poison]] intended to kill the giant rats didn't work.
 
* The [[poison]] intended to kill the giant rats didn't work.
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
* [[Andy Lane]] would later write four Big Finish audio dramas featuring Jago and Litefoot: ''[[The Mahogany Murderers]]'', ''[[The Similarity Engine]]'', ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance]]'' and ''[[Chronoclasm]]''.
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* [[Andy Lane]]'s [[1994 (releases)|1994]] [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' would also be set in the [[Victorian era]]. He would also later write five [[Big Finish]] audio dramas featuring Jago and Litefoot: ''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murderers]]'', ''[[The Similarity Engine (audio story)|The Similarity Engine]]'', ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]'', ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'', and ''[[The Backwards Men (audio story)|The Backwards Men]]''.
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
* Jago and Litefoot talk about their recent adventure with the [[Fourth Doctor]] and discuss exterminating the [[giant rat]]s remaining in the [[sewer]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
 
* Jago and Litefoot talk about their recent adventure with the [[Fourth Doctor]] and discuss exterminating the [[giant rat]]s remaining in the [[sewer]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Jago and Litefoot would later travel with another future incarnation of the Doctor, the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]], [[Voyage to the New World (audio story)|Voyage to the New World]]'')
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* Jago and Litefoot would later travel with another future incarnation of the Doctor, the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'', ''[[Voyage to the New World (audio story)|Voyage to the New World]]'')
 
* Litefoot bumps into the [[Fifth Doctor]], but does not recognise him due to his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
 
* Litefoot bumps into the [[Fifth Doctor]], but does not recognise him due to his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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Revision as of 22:05, 2 March 2019

RealWorld

A Victorian Interlude was a Brief Encounter short story published in Doctor Who Magazine 172. It featured Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot in their first appearance in any medium since their debut in the television story The Talons of Weng-Chiang in 1977.

Summary

With giant rats still roaming the sewers of Victorian London, Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot realise that someone must deal with the creatures and intend to do it themselves using their newly-acquired Gatling gun. They have only been told about the rats by the Doctor, and have not actually seen them. As the pair leave the public house where they have been discussing their forthcoming task, as well as wishing the Fourth Doctor was still around to help, Litefoot bumps into a stranger dressed as a cricketer, to whom he apologises before departing. While the stranger seems to recognise him, Litefoot feels a chill pass through him.

Characters

References

  • The poison intended to kill the giant rats didn't work.

Notes

Continuity

External links