Jago & Litefoot: The Bellova Devil

Jago & Litefoot #1.2

by Alan Barnes

A body is found on the Circle Line, wearing full dress uniform. It as identified as Reginald Colevile – a man who was certified dead some six weeks ago! In an attempt to solve the mystery Jago and Litefoot become unwilling bodysnatchers... And thus begins a chain of events that will pit them against killer Bulgars and the mysterious machinations of The Far-Off Travellers Club...

Genres: Doctor Who

Audio CD

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, particularly noted for work in the field of cult film and television. Barnes served as the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine from 2001 until December 2005, during which time the title saw a considerable increase in the number of new strip pages. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned The Simping Detective. He also wrote a handful of Judge Dredd stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd.

He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine. Barnes has also written or co-written a number of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions.

He has written a number of books on cult films (including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes) and his book The Hammer Story, co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was grand, developing into an astonishingly twisty plot for the small time allotted. As such it was occasionally a little difficult to follow precisely especially in the beginning but created vivid pictures, aided of course by Jago's wonderful language which reminds me of Leonard Sachs in The Good Old Days music hall. Once Jago (in disguise) and Litefoot arrive at The Far Travelled Club, a mysterious members only gentleman's club, the whole thing takes off deliciously.

[morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

some sort of fiendish plot involving grave robbers and a suicide euthanasia club which turns out to be a scam (?) villains must be time travelers from the future since they reference a Capone from Chicago inventing cement shoes (?) not the clearest storytelling at times, Litefoot explains the suicide cult whatever scam at the end, but I couldn't really follow what he was saying. overall, it is funny. Jago and Litefoot are good characters. the bit where Jago wears a disguise and pretends to be german or whatever is quite amusing.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Might be better than 3 stars. Had an odd listening experience. Many interruptions in the first half of the disc so perhaps I was not all that tuned in as well as I could have been. Didn't seem to click as well as disc one of the collection which I quite loved.

Mentioned Al Capone. Thought this was Victorian or Edwardian set. Not 20th century Depression era. Confused.

[Jadetyger Sevea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful. I'm really enjoying this series. I love the humor and the wonderful atmosphere. I would recommend it to anyone, not just fans of Doctor Who.