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* IdenticalGrandson: In Series 5, Jago and Litefoot meet Seargeant David Sacker who is the grandson of Dr. Ormand Sacker from Series 2, both voiced by the same actor. A possible example is with Series 9, which features a character named Audrey, who Jago and Litefoot find familiar. The actor portrayed another character named Audrey in Series 5, suggesting the two are related.
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* TheGayNineties: The series is ambiguously set in this decade, making a point of avoiding any references to dates.
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* SherlockHomage: Much like in ''Weng-Chiang'' the setting and tone of the audios bring to mind Literature/SherlockHolmes though with a more supernatural angle. It's heavily implied that Jango and Litefoot, along with their friends, are the basis for the characters as they have met Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, with Litefoot likely serving as the primary inspiration for Holmes while Jago is John Watson.

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* SherlockHomage: Much like in ''Weng-Chiang'' the setting and tone of the audios bring to mind Literature/SherlockHolmes though with a more supernatural angle. It's heavily implied Jago at one point insists that Jango Holmes and Watson are based on himself and Litefoot, along with their friends, are though when they later meet Creator/ArthurConanDoyle this isn't brought up. Hilariously in the basis for the characters as story when they meet Doyle, they have met Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, with Litefoot likely serving to disguise themselves as the primary inspiration for Holmes while Jago is John Watson.and Watson, getting into a brief argument over who would fit the role of Holmes best.
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* GoodAllWays: "The Age of Revolution" is about a society wishing to brainwash Britain into having what they consider to be traditional Victorian values, even dressing in Victorian clothing when at their meetings, in reaction to the moral and society changes of TheSixties. Jago and Litefoot, being FishOutOfTemporalWater in this story, are quick to point out how the society and their leader Colonel Mandrake have a romanticised view of that era, ignoring everything that was bad about it while dismissing everything that's good about 1968. Even Jago, who does agree with Mandrake a little and isn't as comfortable in 1968 as Litefooot, agrees that things like the NHS and better education make the current era better than the Victorian era.

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* GoodAllWays: GoodOldWays: "The Age of Revolution" is about a society wishing to brainwash Britain into having what they consider to be traditional Victorian values, even dressing in Victorian clothing when at their meetings, in reaction to the moral and society changes of TheSixties. Jago and Litefoot, being FishOutOfTemporalWater in this story, are quick to point out how the society and their leader Colonel Mandrake have a romanticised view of that era, ignoring everything that was bad about it while dismissing everything that's good about 1968. Even Jago, who does agree with Mandrake a little and isn't as comfortable in 1968 as Litefooot, agrees that things like the NHS and better education make the current era better than the Victorian era.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Series 5 moves the setting to [[TheSixties 1968]], due to the Sixth Doctor mistakenly bringing Jago and Litefoot to this era after some adventures in the TARDIS. While Ellie, who as TheAgeless is still alive, is able to help them find gainful employment, both Jago and Litefoot adapt to the decade differently. While Jago longs for his own time and feels more out of place in this decade, Litefoot is far more appreciative of all the advances in society and technology, though he does agree that he would prefer to be in his own time.
* GoodAllWays: "The Age of Revolution" is about a society wishing to brainwash Britain into having what they consider to be traditional Victorian values, even dressing in Victorian clothing when at their meetings, in reaction to the moral and society changes of TheSixties. Jago and Litefoot, being FishOutOfTemporalWater in this story, are quick to point out how the society and their leader Colonel Mandrake have a romanticised view of that era, ignoring everything that was bad about it while dismissing everything that's good about 1968. Even Jago, who does agree with Mandrake a little and isn't as comfortable in 1968 as Litefooot, agrees that things like the NHS and better education make the current era better than the Victorian era.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The series acknowledges the many flaws of the 19th century, with characters often using certain phrases that would be considered offensive by modern audiences or having certain beliefs that would be patronising at best. Both Jago and Litefoot occasionally enter PoliticallyIncorrectHero territory, though not to the same extent as in their debut episode and even when they do it's made clear that they are exceptionally brave men that are pretty progressive for their era.



* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ended on a cliffhanger. It was addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', but obviously not in the originally-intended fashion. They also announceed the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode, to wrap up the series properly.

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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ended on a cliffhanger. It was addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', but obviously not in the originally-intended fashion. They also announceed announced the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode, to wrap up the series properly.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: The BackdoorPilot is set a few years after ''Talons'' with both Jago and Litefoot having already developed a reputation for dealing with the things ordinary people can't handle.
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* AnachronicOrder: Their own series proceeds in chronological order, but some of their guest appearances happen out of sync with the main series. Their last two chronological appearances, for instance, are the Fourth Doctor adventures "The Justice of Jalxar" and "The Beast of Kravenos", taking place in the early 1900s (and released years apart).
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* NameAndName: Not just the series itself, but many of the individual episodes - "Litefoot & Sanders", "Jago & Litefoot & Patsy", "Higson & Quick", "Jago & Litefoot & Strax", "Jago & Son" and finally "Benjamin & Baxter", a behind-the-scenes documentary on the two stars.
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* SherlockHomage: Much like in ''Weng-Chiang'' the setting and tone of the audios bring to mind Literature/SherlockHolmes though with a more supernatural angle. It's heavily implied that Jango and Litefoot, along with their friends, are the basis for the characters as they have met Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, with Litefoot likely serving as the primary inspiration for Holmes while Jago is John Watson.


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* TheWatson: Out of the two, Jago serves as this though whenever they interact with the Doctor both are in this role like in ''Weng-Chiang''
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* {{Mundanger}}: Despite initial appearances, ''The Bellova Devil'' features no science fiction or fantasy elements whatsoever and it's actually a ScoobyDooHoax. [[TheEndOrIsIt Until the final moments strongly imply that the hoaxer's father really is undead.[[/spoiler]]

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* {{Mundanger}}: Despite initial appearances, ''The Bellova Devil'' features no science fiction or fantasy elements whatsoever and it's actually a ScoobyDooHoax. [[spoiler: [[TheEndOrIsIt Until the final moments strongly imply that the hoaxer's father really is undead.[[/spoiler]]undead]].]]
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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death endedon a cliffhanger. It was addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', but obviously not in the originally-intended fashion. They also announceed the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode, to wrap up the series properly.
* {{Mundanger}}: Despite initial appearances, ''The Bellova Devil'' features no science fiction or fantasy elements whatsoever.

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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death endedon ended on a cliffhanger. It was addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', but obviously not in the originally-intended fashion. They also announceed the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode, to wrap up the series properly.
* {{Mundanger}}: Despite initial appearances, ''The Bellova Devil'' features no science fiction or fantasy elements whatsoever.whatsoever and it's actually a ScoobyDooHoax. [[TheEndOrIsIt Until the final moments strongly imply that the hoaxer's father really is undead.[[/spoiler]]
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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ends on a cliffhanger. Although it will be addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', it will not be resolved in the originally intended manner and it is unlikely we will ever find out what was planned for Series 14. {{Averted}} with the announcement of the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode.

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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ends on endedon a cliffhanger. Although it will be It was addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', it will Forever'', but obviously not be resolved in the originally intended manner and it is unlikely we will ever find out what was planned for Series 14. {{Averted}} with the announcement of originally-intended fashion. They also announceed the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode.episode, to wrap up the series properly.
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With the announcement of the Series 14 Audiobook, we will no longer be left hanging!


* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ends on a cliffhanger. Although it will be addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', it will not be resolved in the originally intended manner and it is unlikely we will ever find out what was planned for Series 14.

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* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ends on a cliffhanger. Although it will be addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', it will not be resolved in the originally intended manner and it is unlikely we will ever find out what was planned for Series 14. {{Averted}} with the announcement of the Series 14 Audiobook, which adapts the scripts finished for Series 14 into audiobooks read by one actor per episode.
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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a BackdoorPilot one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', served as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.

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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a BackdoorPilot one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', served as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.
Baxter. The scripts for the fourteenth series, which had been completed before Baxter passed away, were later adapted as single-reader audiobooks.
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* PainfulRhyme: In ''Encore of the Scorchies'', those under the Scorchies’ influence begin to speak in these.
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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a BackdoorPilot one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', is scheduled for May 2018 and will serve as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.

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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a BackdoorPilot one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', is scheduled for May 2018 and will serve served as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.

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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', is scheduled for May 2018 and will serve as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.

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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a BackdoorPilot one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', is scheduled for May 2018 and will serve as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.







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* {{Crossover}}: Leela appears in Series 3 & 4 (as well as a cameo in Series 7 and ''Forever''), and the Sixth Doctor also appears in Series 4, setting up the special ''Voyages of Jago & Litefoot'' releases. Additionally, a special release paired Jago & Litefoot with Strax the Sontaran, and Series 11 featured [[spoiler:The Master]] as the BigBad. Jago & Litefoot also appear in two Fourth Doctor Adventures and ''The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure'', all of which are set chronologically after the end of their own series.

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* {{Crossover}}: Leela appears in Series 3 & 4 (as well as a cameo in Series 7 and ''Forever''), and the Sixth Doctor also appears in Series 4, setting up the special ''Voyages of Jago & Litefoot'' releases. Additionally, a special release paired Jago & Litefoot with Strax the Sontaran, and Series 11 featured [[spoiler:The Master]] as the BigBad. Jago & Litefoot also appear in two Fourth Doctor Adventures and ''The ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialTheLastAdventure The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure'', Adventure]]'', all of which are set chronologically after the end of their own series.



* VacationEpisode: Series 9 involves Jago & Litefoot going on a cruise.

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* VacationEpisode: Series 9 involves Jago & Litefoot going on a cruise.cruise.
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* {{Crossover}}: Leela appears in Series 3 & 4 (as well as a cameo in Series 7 and ''Forever''), and the Sixth Doctor also appears in Series 4, setting up the special ''Voyages of Jago & Litefoot'' releases. Additionally, a special release paired Jago & Litefoot with Strax the Sontaran, and Series 11 featured [[spoiler:The Master]] as the BigBad.

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* {{Crossover}}: Leela appears in Series 3 & 4 (as well as a cameo in Series 7 and ''Forever''), and the Sixth Doctor also appears in Series 4, setting up the special ''Voyages of Jago & Litefoot'' releases. Additionally, a special release paired Jago & Litefoot with Strax the Sontaran, and Series 11 featured [[spoiler:The Master]] as the BigBad. Jago & Litefoot also appear in two Fourth Doctor Adventures and ''The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure'', all of which are set chronologically after the end of their own series.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. Tulp]] in Series 1, [[spoiler:Gabriel Sanders]] in Series 2, [[spoiler:Professor Payne]] in Series 3, [[spoiler:Kempston and Hardwick]] in Series 4, [[spoiler:Guinevere Godiva]] in Series 5, [[spoiler:The Colonel]] in Series 6, [[spoiler:Carruthers Summerton]] in Series 10, [[spoiler:The Master]] in Series 11 and [[spoiler:The Old One]] in Series 12.


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* {{Crossover}}: Leela appears in Series 3 & 4 (as well as a cameo in Series 7 and ''Forever''), and the Sixth Doctor also appears in Series 4, setting up the special ''Voyages of Jago & Litefoot'' releases. Additionally, a special release paired Jago & Litefoot with Strax the Sontaran, and Series 11 featured [[spoiler:The Master]] as the BigBad.
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* {{Retraux}}: The CD cases are meant to look like old, leather-bound books.
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* SequelEpisode: Series 5 is a sequel to the characters' original television appearance, and the events of ''Talons'' also play a part in Series 13.

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* SequelEpisode: Series 5 is a sequel to the characters' original television appearance, and the events of ''Talons'' also play a part in Series 13.13.
* VacationEpisode: Series 9 involves Jago & Litefoot going on a cruise.
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* {{Mundanger}}: Despite initial appearances, ''The Bellova Devil'' features no science fiction or fantasy elements whatsoever.
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* {{Pilot}}: ''The Mahogany Murderers'' is retroactively considered this.

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* {{Pilot}}: ''The Mahogany Murderers'' is retroactively considered this. (Though given that it contained a blatant SequelHook it's obvious they planned at least a follow-up story.)
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Arthur Conan Doyle in ''The Monstrous Menagerie''.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Arthur Conan Doyle in ''The Monstrous Menagerie''.Menagerie'', and Frederick Abberline (the Chief Inspector of the London Met during the Jack the Ripper investigation) in ''The Wax Princess''.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Arthur Conan Doyle in ''The Monstrous Menagerie''.
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Part of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' AudioPlay series, ''Jago & Litefoot'' is a spin-off featuring the hugely popular duo from the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. The series started life as a one-off release in the Companion Chronicles range, ''The Mahogany Murderers'', which spawned a fully-dramatised range which lasted for 13 series (each consisting of a boxset of four hour-long episodes) and several special releases (including two stories in which they become the Sixth Doctor's travelling companions) before being sadly curtailed by Trevor Baxter's (Professor Litefoot) death in 2017. A final release, ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', is scheduled for May 2018 and will serve as a GrandFinale, with Litefoot being represented by previously unused recordings of Trevor Baxter.

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!!!Tropes used in this series include:
* CanonForeigner: Ellie Higson, the only regular character who didn't appear in ''Talons'' and was created specifically for the audio series.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: With the exception of Series 12, every series ends on a cliffhanger leading into the next one.
* LeftHanging: The final series recorded before Trevor Baxter's death ends on a cliffhanger. Although it will be addressed in ''Jago & Litefoot Forever'', it will not be resolved in the originally intended manner and it is unlikely we will ever find out what was planned for Series 14.
* {{Pilot}}: ''The Mahogany Murderers'' is retroactively considered this.
* SequelEpisode: Series 5 is a sequel to the characters' original television appearance, and the events of ''Talons'' also play a part in Series 13.

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