Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160808004056/@comment-24674051-20160811173158

I think I would more say that Lydgate knew nothing of magic or other realms until after meeting Alice, Jafar, and the White Rabbit. I think that whatever happened after Jafar's visit could have driven Lydgate towards madness (He was already fighting some madness in "Who's Alice?"), and it is still possible that things happened since the visit that allowed or motivated Lydgate to accept the existence of other realms, and possibly even seek them out. (None of that is certain, just possible).

Now, if Jekyll is from VE (which would actually make sense, since the original tale of Jekyll and Hyde is set in the Victorean era), I could see the 2 scientists, both with a penchant for psychological matters, working together, or at least consulting on those matters. That is not that farfetched at all.