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Jago and Lifefoot 7.1



Once again its about remembering where things were left at the end of the last set. Litefoot was in court accused of murder and he and Jago went on the run.


Luckily they have some help from an old friend (Professor Dark aka The Doctor) and they set themselves up in a house on Baker Street where the meet Arthur Conan Doyle and things get a little meta…


One of the main jokes/reoccurring themes is everyone asking when Arthur is going to bing back Sherlock Holmes. Because… well there wasn’t any evidence that he actually died in the 

Reichenbach Falls. Also with characters called Laura Lyons and Baskerville that are straight out of the Sherlock novels it does help to have some knowledge of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, I’m not the most clued up but know enough to get the references in this. 


Not only the Sherlock stuff but references to past J&L audios, and other Conan Doyle works - The Lost World. It perhaps isn’t the best jumping on place.


Things go up a gear in the second half, as Laura Lyons and Rodger Baskerville enter the story, there’s a sci-fi element that involves both past and future. 



I listened to the first half in one go and quite enjoyed it. The second ended up being heard in bits and pieces, its not the best way and the momentum is lost.


Buts is not a bad audio.


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