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== Synopsis ==
==Synopsis==
The time travellers arrive in Scotland in the aftermath of the battle of Culloden. The Doctor gains the trust of a small band of fleeing Highlanders by offering to tend their wounded Laird, Colin McLaren; but while Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, are away fetching water, he and the others are all captured by Redcoat troops under the command of Lieutenant Algernon ffinch.


Arriving in Scotland in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden, the Doctor and his companions are taken prisoner by a group of Scottish rebels. Offering medical help to the clan's injured Laird, the Doctor is able to win over their captors.
Grey, a crooked solicitor who sells prisoners for transportation to slavery in the West Indies, then secures the group into his custody. Polly and Kirsty blackmail ffinch into helping, and the Doctor eventually wins the day by smuggling arms to the Highlanders, who are being held on board a stolen ship, the Annabelle.


Their respite is short-lived, though. While Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, go to fetch water, the others are captured by a Redcoat troop under the command of Lieutenant Ffinch. Ffinch leaves his prisoners in the custody of Grey, a crooked solicitor who plans to sell them into slavery in the West Indies.
Grey and the ship's unscrupulous captain, Trask, are overpowered and the vessel returned to its rightful owner, MacKay, who agrees to take the Scots to safety in France.


To win his friends' freedom, the Doctor must stretch his powers of disguise to their limits...  
The Doctor, Polly and Ben return to the TARDIS, where they are joined on their travels by the young piper Jamie McCrimmon.


== References ==
==Plot==
 
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== Cast & Characters ==


==Cast==
* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Ben Jackson]] - [[Michael Craze]]
* [[Ben Jackson]] - [[Michael Craze]]
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*[[Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
*[[Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]


== More Info==
==References==
''to be added''
 
==Story Notes==
*This story had the working title '''Culloden'''.
 
===Ratings===
*Episode 1 - 6.7 million viewers
*Episode 2 - 6.8 million viewers
*Episode 3 - 7.4 million viewers
*Episode 4 - 7.3 million viewers
 
===Myths===
''to be added''
 
===Location Filming===
''to be added''
 
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
''to be added''


* [[The Highlanders Novelization | Story Novelization]]
==Continuity==
''to be added''


== External links ==
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
''to be added''


* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=ff Outpost Gallifrey '''The Highlanders''' page]
==Target Novelisations==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2f.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Highlanders''']
*[[The Highlanders (novelisation)]]
 
==See also==
''to be added''
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/highlanders/ BBC Episode Guide for '''The Highlanders''']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/highlanders/ BBC '''The Highlanders''' photonovel]
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=ff Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Highlanders''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2f.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Highlanders''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ff.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''The Highlanders''']
* [http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Scripts/Highlanders/intro.html '''The Highlanders''' transcripts]
* [http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Scripts/Highlanders/intro.html '''The Highlanders''' transcripts]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/highlanders/ BBC '''The Highlanders''' page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/highlanders/ BBC '''The Highlanders''' photonovel]
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ff.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Highlanders''']


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Synopsis

The time travellers arrive in Scotland in the aftermath of the battle of Culloden. The Doctor gains the trust of a small band of fleeing Highlanders by offering to tend their wounded Laird, Colin McLaren; but while Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, are away fetching water, he and the others are all captured by Redcoat troops under the command of Lieutenant Algernon ffinch.

Grey, a crooked solicitor who sells prisoners for transportation to slavery in the West Indies, then secures the group into his custody. Polly and Kirsty blackmail ffinch into helping, and the Doctor eventually wins the day by smuggling arms to the Highlanders, who are being held on board a stolen ship, the Annabelle.

Grey and the ship's unscrupulous captain, Trask, are overpowered and the vessel returned to its rightful owner, MacKay, who agrees to take the Scots to safety in France.

The Doctor, Polly and Ben return to the TARDIS, where they are joined on their travels by the young piper Jamie McCrimmon.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

to be added

Story Notes

  • This story had the working title Culloden.

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 6.7 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 6.8 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 7.4 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 7.3 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

to be added

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

See also

to be added

External Links

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