Doctor Who review: Jago & Litefoot: The Necropolis Express
By James Aggas
In the second episode of Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot: Series 2, the titular duo face a mad scientist and the living dead onboard The Necropolis Express…
After spending some time apart in Litefoot & Sanders, Jago and Litefoot are back to working together again in the second episode of Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot: Series 2. However, this time, the case they’re investigating is a little more personal. Following the murder of someone very close to both of them, Litefoot wants to ensure that their friend is at peace. To be absolutely certain, he and Jago have to board “the Necropolis Express”…
What stands out about this story, especially during the first half, is how much it focuses on just Jago and Litefoot working together. After being apart for most of the last episode, it’s fantastic to have this story focus on them so much.
The dialogue is especially fantastic. There’s so much shared between them that it constantly reminds the listener why these two ended up getting their own spin-off series in the first place. Jago being cowardly while Litefoot acting as the voice of reason is in some ways a basic trope, but with Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter performing such great dialogue, it’s a trope that works marvelously well.
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Simple but classic
Mark Morris’s story is a bit of a basic one, with a heavy focus on a “mad scientist” and some very classic monsters. But in this case, basic isn’t exactly a bad thing. The quiet familiarity of the story works rather well, overall.
Vernon Dobtcheff also has a lot of fun playing the mad scientist in this story. Especially when he’s performing opposite Benjamin and Baxter. He portrays a clearly dangerous villain for Jago and Litefoot to face, which is exactly what you need in a series like this.
Overall, The Necropolis Express might be a rather basic and perhaps even predictable story at times. But it’s far from a bad one, suiting our leading characters well while giving them plenty of evil men and monsters to face.
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