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story name= The Highlanders | | story name= The Highlanders | | ||
image=[[Image:The_Highlanders.jpg|250px]] | | image=[[Image:The_Highlanders.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] | | ||
number= 31 | | number= [[Season 4]] | | ||
story number= 31| | |||
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Second Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Ben Jackson]]<br/>[[Polly]]<br/>[[Jamie McCrimmon]] (Introduction)| | companions= [[Ben Jackson]]<br/>[[Polly]]<br/>[[Jamie McCrimmon]] (Introduction)| | ||
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==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
*This story had the working title '''Culloden'''. | *This story had the working title of; '''Culloden'''. | ||
===Ratings=== | ===Ratings=== | ||
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=== | ===Filming Locations=== | ||
*Frensham Ponds, Frensham, Surrey | |||
*[[Ealing Television Film Studios]] | |||
*[[Riverside Studio 1]], [[Hammersmith]], [[London]] | |||
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
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==DVD, Video and Other Releases== | ==DVD, Video and Other Releases== | ||
===Audio release=== | |||
*Released by the BBC Radio Collection in August [[2000]], narrated by [[Frazer Hines]]. | |||
*Re-released as part of the the ''[[Adventures in History]]'' box set released in August [[2003]] (with same content). | |||
==Target Novelisations== | ==Target Novelisations== | ||
*[[The Highlanders (novelisation)]] | *Novelised as ''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]'' by [[Gerry Davis]] in [[1984]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/highlanders/ BBC Episode Guide for '''The Highlanders'''] | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/highlanders/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Highlanders'''] | ||
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/highlanders/ BBC '''The Highlanders''' photonovel] | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/highlanders/ Official BBC '''The Highlanders''' photonovel] | ||
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=ff Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Highlanders'''] | *[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.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://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.doctorwholocations.net/stories/highlanders The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Highlanders'''] | |||
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Revision as of 13:42, 26 March 2008
The Highlanders was the fourth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who. The story was the last of the 'pure historical' genre of Doctor Who television stories which had been a regular feature of the show since its inception. It also marked the first appearance of Frazer Hines as companion Jamie McCrimmon.
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
- The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
- Ben Jackson - Michael Craze
- Polly - Anneke Wills
- Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
- Alexander McLaren - William Dysart
- The Laird - Donald Bisset
- Kirsty McLaren - Hannah Gordon
- Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch - Michael Elwyn
- Sergeant - Peter Welch
- Solicitor Grey - David Garth
- Perkins - Sydney Arnold
- Sentry - Tom Bowman
- Trask - Dallas Cavell
- Mollie - Barbara Bruce
- Willie Mackay - Andrew Downie
- Sailor - Peter Diamond
- Colonel Attwood - Guy Middleton
Crew
- Assistant Floor Manager - Nicholas John
- Costumes - Sandra Reid
- Designer - Geoffrey Kirkland
- Fight Arranger - Peter Diamond
- Make-Up - Gillian James
- Producer - Innes Lloyd
- Production Assistant - Fiona Cumming
- Script Editor - Gerry Davis
- Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
- Studio Lighting - George Summers, Ken McGregor
- Studio Sound - Larry Goodson
- Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
- Title Music - Ron Grainer
References
to be added
Story Notes
- This story had the working title of; 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
Filming Locations
- Frensham Ponds, Frensham, Surrey
- Ealing Television Film Studios
- Riverside Studio 1, Hammersmith, London
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
to be added
Continuity
to be added
DVD, Video and Other Releases
Audio release
- Released by the BBC Radio Collection in August 2000, narrated by Frazer Hines.
- Re-released as part of the the Adventures in History box set released in August 2003 (with same content).
Target Novelisations
- Novelised as The Highlanders by Gerry Davis in 1984.
See also
to be added
External Links
- Official BBC Episode Guide for The Highlanders
- Official BBC The Highlanders photonovel
- Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: The Highlanders
- Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - The Highlanders
- A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for The Highlanders
- The Highlanders transcripts
- The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - The Highlanders
