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Main Characters
Professor Litefoot
George Litefoot
Voiced by: Trevor Baxter
The pathologist from "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", who following the adventure maintained a close friendship with Henry Gordon Jago.
- Ambiguously Gay: Very gently hinted that he might be gay, in addition to him being a strong advocate for equal social rights in regards to the love that dare not speak its name.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: He and Jago become this in series 5, when the Sixth Doctor accidentally leaves them in 1968. While Litefoot adapts far more easily to the 20th century than Jago since he's better able to point out how society has improved after seven decades, he still misses his home era and desires to return.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Jago, although Litefoot gets a brief and very sweet hint of being Ambiguously Gay.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: Litefoot is a polite, upper-middle-class professional gentleman, contrasted with Jago's slightly disreputable membership of the theatrical demi-monde.
- Military Brat: His father was a military attaché in China in the 1860s, so George grew up in Beijing.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm blue to Jago's boisterous and fearful red.
- Science Hero: A man of science from the Victorian era. He's not bad with the supernatural either, such as the time that Ellie became a vampire.
- Sherlock Homage: Between him and Jago, Litefoot is very clearly the Holmes equivalent being Quintessential British Gentleman and Science Hero who prefers using deductive reasoning and is a friend to the police force. However when with the Doctor he falls back into his original role in "Talons" as The Watson.
Henry Gordon Jago
Henry Gordon Jago
Voiced by: Christopher Benjamin
The impresario from "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", who following this adventure maintained a close friendship with Professor Litefoot.
- Cowardly Lion: He acts the Stout English Yeoman, but actually scares easily. Nonetheless he's capable of great bravery when roused, such as when his friends are in danger.
- Drowning My Sorrows: There's nothing like a steak and kidney pie and a few pints of ale down the pub when he's feeling down, as he often does, being the kind to feel sorry for himself when life turns against him.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: He and Litefoot become this in series 5, when the Sixth Doctor accidentally leaves them in 1968. While he will reluctantly admit that the 20th century has several advantages over the 19th, he misses his original era greatly and often complains about the many changes.
- Large Ham: One does not work in the theatre without being bombastic as can be.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Litefoot (although as mentioned, in Litefoot's case, the "heterosexual" is open to interpretation).
- Manly Tears: Unlike Litefoot, who sees death every day, Jago does not cope well with people dying during their adventures, and often cries. Though it may be less "manly tears" than "inelegant blubbing".
- Quintessential British Gentleman: Like Litefoot, Jago can be quite the gentleman, although perhaps a bit more brusque. Socially, though, he'd be considered somewhat less of a gentleman, being a theatre impresario of a slightly disreputable establishment. (He'd prefer if you didn't say "burlesque".)
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The expansive, boisterous red to George's calm blue.
- The Scully: Usually he's the Mulder to the more sceptical and scientific Litefoot, but when they go up against a sinister spiritual medium, he becomes the sceptic, since he's used to working with magicians and knows how all the tricks work. (Of course, he's wrong, and she really is talking to "spirits".)
- Stable Time Loop: While travelling with the Doctor, he ends up teaching the Venusians the tune of "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", which explains how the Third Doctor would later call the tune a "Venusian lullaby".
- These Hands Have Killed: After the first time he has to murder a sapient monster, he feels guilt-ridden.
- The Watson: Between him and Litefoot, Jago fulfils this role since he often questions Litefoot about what is going on. However in his audios his more closely resembles the Watson from the books, as opposed to the films like in "Talons", since after several adventures he develops a more competent understanding of what he's dealing with.
Ellie Higson
Ellie Higson
Voiced by: Lisa Bowerman
A barmaid at the Red Tavern, Ellie becomes a close friend and ally to Litefoot and Jago who are regulars.- The Ageless: Series 5 reveals that while cured of the vampirism she was infected with in series 2, she no longer ages and looks exactly the same by 1968. She is however seemingly cured of this by the end according to Litefoot.
- Breakout Character: Was just a minor character in "The Mahogany Murderers", but returns in the main series and eventually becomes one of the main characters.
- Really 700 Years Old: In series 5, which is set in 1968, she has live for over a century since she was born somewhere around 1865.
- Took a Level in Badass: After living for decades by series 5, she has become a more experienced fighter and more strong willed.
Sergeant Quick
Percival Quick
Voiced by: Conrad Asquith
Another character returning from "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", Quick has been promoted to sergeant and is a close friend of the infernal investigators.
- Expy: Serves as an equivalent to Inspector Lestrade.
- Friend on the Force: Fulfils this role for Litefoot and Jago, though since Litefoot is a pathologist Quick often asks the professor for help.
Allies
Dr. Sacker
Ormond Sacker
Voiced by: Duncan Wisbey
A Scottish pathologist introduced in in the second series, starting out as an unfortunate acquittance of Litefoot's who grows to become a close friend to the professor and Jago.
- Identical Grandson: Series 5 introduces his grandson David, who is noted to bear a remarkable resemblance to his grandfather.
- Noodle Incident: His diaries reveal that he had several other adventures with Litefoot and Jago that were not seen.
- Shout-Out: His name was one that Arthur Conan Doyle had considered for the narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories before settling on Dr. John Watson.
Seargeant Sacker
David "Dave" Sacker
Voiced by: Duncan Wisbey
A police detective in 1968 and the grandson of pathologist Ormond Sacker who had been friends with Litefoot and Jago.
- Identical Grandson: He's voiced by the same actor who portrayed his grandfather, with everyone noting how much he resembles Ormond.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: With the infernal investigators stuck in 1968, he acts as a replacement for Sergeant Quick.
