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The Highlanders (Doctor Who)

The Highlanders is the completely missing fourth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 17 December 1966 to 7 January 1967.

031 – The Highlanders

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FF

4 episodes, 25 minutes each

All episodes

17 December 1966 (1966-12-17)

7 January 1967 (1967-01-07)

In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) arrive in the Scottish Highlands in 1746, just after the Battle of Culloden. They gain the trust of the Jacobites, but their friendliness gets them into serious trouble with government troops led by Lieutenant Algernon ffinch (Michael Elwyn). This serial is the first appearance of Frazer Hines as companion-to-be Jamie McCrimmon.


Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived.

Author

Nick Spender

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15 November 1984

Writers , Gerry Davis, Director Hugh David, Producer Innes Lloyd (17 December 1966 – 7 January 1967). The Highlanders. Doctor Who. London. BBC. BBC1.

Elwyn Jones

& Walker, Stephen James (2003). The Television Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to DOCTOR WHO (2nd ed.). Surrey, UK: Telos Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903889-51-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Howe, David J

at BBC Online

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Photonovel of The Highlanders on the BBC website

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