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History books don't always tell the whole story. Certainly there is no record of an episode that occured when the Scots, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, were defeated by the English at the Battle of Culloden in 1746...
==Publisher's summary==


And the presence at the time of a blue police box on the Scottish moors seems to have escaped the notice of most eye-witnesses...
History books don't always tell the whole story. Certainly there is no record of an episode that occured when the [[Scots]], led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, were defeated by the English at the [[Battle of Culloden]] in [[1746]]...
 
THE HIGHLANDERS sets the record straight. And while the incidents described may not be of great interest to historians, for Jamie McCrimmon they mark the beginning of a series of extraordinary adventures.
 
''- taken from the jacket synopsis''


And the presence at the time of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] on the Scottish moors seems to have escaped the notice of most eye-witnesses...


THE HIGHLANDERS sets the record straight. And while the incidents described may not be of great interest to historians, for [[Jamie McCrimmon]] they mark the beginning of a series of extraordinary adventures.


== Book Chapters ==
== Book Chapters ==

Revision as of 15:51, 2 March 2007

The Highlanders
The Highlanders
File:The highlanders novel.jpg
Series Target Novelisation
Number 90
Doctor Second Doctor
Companions Ben Jackson

Polly Jamie

Author Gerry Davis
Publisher W.H Allen & Co
Publication Date 1984
ISBN ISBN 0-426-19676-7

Publisher's summary

History books don't always tell the whole story. Certainly there is no record of an episode that occured when the Scots, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, were defeated by the English at the Battle of Culloden in 1746...

And the presence at the time of a blue police box on the Scottish moors seems to have escaped the notice of most eye-witnesses...

THE HIGHLANDERS sets the record straight. And while the incidents described may not be of great interest to historians, for Jamie McCrimmon they mark the beginning of a series of extraordinary adventures.

Book Chapters

01 - Where are we?
02 - The Cottage
03 - The Captives
04 - The Handsome Lieutenant
05 - Polly and Kirsty
06 - Polly's Prisoner
07 - The Water Dungeon
08 - Blackmail!
09 - The Doctor's New Clothes
10 - Aboard the Annabelle
11 - At the Sea Eagle
12 - The Little Auld Lady
13 - A Ducking for Ben
14 - Where is the Prince?
15 - The Fight for the Brig
16 - Algernon Again
17 - A Return to the Cottage

Deviations from the Televised Story