Has Big Finish gone mad? Have they split up one of the finest double acts in Doctor Who history. Has Henry Gordon Jago being replaced with Gabriel Sanders? Of course not, thankfully this is Big Finish’s way of bringing Jago and Litefoot back for a second series after their wonderful debut last year. Written by Justin Richards who previously wrote The Bloodless Soldier which in my mind was one of the best from the first series has written another story that has drama yet doesn’t get bogged down in science and complexities of science. Litefoot and Sanders sees a mysterious guy called Gabriel Sanders join Professor Litefoot in solving a series of grizzly deaths.
The story moves along at a steady pace and never gets boring. This is largely due to Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter who show what fun they are having all the time. In particular Benjamin who I think is a wonderful character and a fine actor. Of the other cast, Chloe Howman puts in a lovely performance as Mags. To be honest I thought it was Lisa Bowerman doing another voice but either way it’s a performance which seems quite minor to begin with but turns out to be important in the final scene and also the moment where Jago kills Mags was quite moving. David Collings was very good as Sanders. I thought the character of Sanders was quite sinister and it’s almost a shame that he got killed because I think the character could have been quite a good villain.
I quite like the twist when Litefoot reveals he knew from the beginning that Sanders was a murderer. It did seem odd that Litefoot being the intelligent guy that he is would be so stupid. There were several instances where there were pretty big clues yet Litefoot didn’t seem to be putting two and two together. The revelation of Litefoot’s plan was well played and led to a fun scene at the end between Jago, Litefoot and Sanders. I was genuinely shocked at the end by the news that Ellie had been killed. I thought that it ruined a otherwise fine story but its clear that its part of a story arc so that particular judgement will have to be put on hold.
Litefoot and Sanders is a wonderful story that shows the first series wasn’t a fluke. The thing I like about this story is the same thing that I like about the first series and hopefully this series is how the stories are quite straight forward and more importantly the characters are well written and well acted. From Baxter and Benjamin to Lisa Bowerman and Conrad Asquith, all the casting decisions appear to be spot on. Everyone on the production should be praised for a superb story that set the series off nicely
The story moves along at a steady pace and never gets boring. This is largely due to Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter who show what fun they are having all the time. In particular Benjamin who I think is a wonderful character and a fine actor. Of the other cast, Chloe Howman puts in a lovely performance as Mags. To be honest I thought it was Lisa Bowerman doing another voice but either way it’s a performance which seems quite minor to begin with but turns out to be important in the final scene and also the moment where Jago kills Mags was quite moving. David Collings was very good as Sanders. I thought the character of Sanders was quite sinister and it’s almost a shame that he got killed because I think the character could have been quite a good villain.
I quite like the twist when Litefoot reveals he knew from the beginning that Sanders was a murderer. It did seem odd that Litefoot being the intelligent guy that he is would be so stupid. There were several instances where there were pretty big clues yet Litefoot didn’t seem to be putting two and two together. The revelation of Litefoot’s plan was well played and led to a fun scene at the end between Jago, Litefoot and Sanders. I was genuinely shocked at the end by the news that Ellie had been killed. I thought that it ruined a otherwise fine story but its clear that its part of a story arc so that particular judgement will have to be put on hold.
Litefoot and Sanders is a wonderful story that shows the first series wasn’t a fluke. The thing I like about this story is the same thing that I like about the first series and hopefully this series is how the stories are quite straight forward and more importantly the characters are well written and well acted. From Baxter and Benjamin to Lisa Bowerman and Conrad Asquith, all the casting decisions appear to be spot on. Everyone on the production should be praised for a superb story that set the series off nicely
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