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Seguindo os rastros de uma tecnologia alienígena, 10 anos depois dos eventos de "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" o Doutor retorna a Londres vitoriana e reencontra seus velhos amigos "Jago & Litefoot" que estão em meio a uma investigação envolvendo misteriosos desaparecimentos de criminosos. A cidade está sendo atormentada por uma série de assassinatos sob o pretexto de um estranho misterioso vigilante que busca justiça, ele se autodenomina com "O Pugilista".
John Dorney abordar muito bem seu conceito de um justiceiro super-herói urbano apoiando em um malabarismo tonal entre a comédia e leve matanças trazendo um ar sombrio bem sutil a história. É um áudio bem divertido de se ouvir, cheio de ação com muitos diálogos engenhosos, a dinâmica entre os personagens (ainda mais com o acrescento de Jago & Litefoot) é de uma fluidez incrível, Mary Tamm rouba a cena com seus momentos engraçados entregando um humor formal inteligente bem hilário. A conclusão é bem agitada (no bom sentido) finalizando de forma bem triste - Em resumo, sem sombra de dúvidas "The Justice Of Jalxar" está entre os melhores da linha Fourth Doctor Adventures, dito por muitos o melhor da 2° Temporada.

Following the traces of an alien technology, 10 years after the events of "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the Doctor returns to Victorian London and reunites with his old friends "Jago & Litefoot" who are embroiled in an investigation involving mysterious disappearances of criminals. The city is being tormented by a series of murders under the pretext of a strange vigilante seeking justice, who calls himself "The Boxer".
John Dorney explores his concept of an urban superhero vigilante very well, supporting it with a tonal juggling between comedy and light killings, bringing a subtly dark air to the story. It is a very entertaining audio to listen to, full of action with a lot of ingenious dialogues, the dynamics between the characters (even more so with the addition of Jago & Litefoot) is incredibly fluid, Mary Tamm steals the show with her funny moments delivering an intelligently hilarious formal humour. The conclusion is quite eventful (in a good way) ending in a rather sad manner - In summary, without a doubt "The Justice Of Jalxar" is among the best of the Fourth Doctor Adventures line, said by many to be the best of the 2nd Season.

(Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible).


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This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

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The return of Jago and Litefoot, two side characters so good that they got their own spinoff. That was a joy to listen to, a fun little romp and easily my favourite story in this series. I enjoyed the plot, the vigilante character was basically Batman and the robot serving justice was quite funny. Tom Baker and Mary Tamm have excellent chemistry on audio, it's such a shame she only got one series with him. Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter's double act of Jago and Litefoot is easily the highlight of this story.

The plot isn't anything distinctly special, but it's not meant to be. Above all it's meant to be a fun reunion between the Fourth Doctor and Jago & Litefoot, and in that regard, it's absolutely brilliant.

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