UK, 17 December 1966-7 January 1967
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Next Serial: The Underwater Menace (1967)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 4, episodes 15-18
A British television science fiction serial directed by Hugh David. As well as introducing new companion Jamie McCrimmon, it was the last purely historical story (i.e. one that involves no science fiction elements other than the TARDIS being used to deposit the main cast at the heart of the story and The Doctor’s alien origins) until Black Orchid in 1982. No episodes are thought to have survived.
Premise
The TARDIS lands in the Highlands of Scotland in the aftermath of the battle of Culloden and The Doctor wins the trust of a group of fleeing Highlanders. But a platoon of Redcoats capture The Doctor, Ben and the Scots and pass them on to a crooked solicitor who plans to sell them into slavery in the West Indies. It’s up to Polly and the Laird’s daughter Kirsty to try to save them while The Doctor tries to smuggle arms to the Highglanders and effect his own escape.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Hugh David
BBC
Producer: Innes Lloyd
Script: Elwyn Jones, Gerry Davis
Story Editor: Gerry Davis
Studio Lighting: George Summers, Ken McGregor *
Title Music by: Ron Grainer, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Studio Sound: Larry Goodson
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson
Costumes: Sandra Reid
Make-up: Gillian James
Designer: Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Assistant: Fiona Cumming
Assistant Floor Manager: Nicholas John
Fight Arranger: Peter Diamond
Cast
Episode 1
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
William Dysart (Alexander McClaren)
Donald Bissett (The Laird)
Hannah Gordon (Kirsty McClaren)
Michael Elwyn (Lt Algernon Ffinch)
Peter Welch (Sergeant)
David Garth (Solicitor Grey)
Sydney Arnold (Cedric Perkins)
Episode 2
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Donald Bissett (The Laird)
Hannah Gordon (Kirsty McClaren)
Michael Elwyn (Lt Algernon Ffinch)
Peter Welch (Sergeant)
David Garth (Solicitor Grey)
Sydney Arnold (Cedric Perkins)
Tom Bowman (sentry)
Dallas Cavell (Captain Jebb Trask)
Barbara Bruce (Mollie)
Episode 3
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Donald Bissett (The Laird)
Hannah Gordon (Kirsty McClaren)
Michael Elwyn (Lt Algernon Ffinch)
Peter Welch (Sergeant)
David Garth (Solicitor Grey)
Sydney Arnold (Cedric Perkins)
Dallas Cavell (Captain Jebb Trask)
Andrew Downie (Willie MacKay)
Episode 4
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Donald Bissett (The Laird)
Hannah Gordon (Kirsty McClaren)
Michael Elwyn (Lt Algernon Ffinch)
Peter Welch (Sergeant)
David Garth (Solicitor Grey)
Sydney Arnold (Cedric Perkins)
Dallas Cavell (Captain Jebb Trask)
Andrew Downie (Willie MacKay)
Peter Diamond (sailor)
Guy Middleton (Colonel Attwood)
Uncredited
Ken McGarvie [drummer]
Eric Mills [wounded Highlander]
Nancy Gabriel [woman at inn]
Reg Dent [English horseman]
Andree Cameron [double for Kirsty]
Gerry Alexander, Barry Ashton, Dennis Balcombe, Leslie Bates, Bill Beesley, Mike Britton, Derek Calder, Anthony Case, Gordon Craig, Jim Delaney, Pat Donohue, John Doye, Jack Duggan, Barry Du Pre, Jim Fitzgerald, Eden Fox, Keith Goodman, Pat Gorman, Dennis Haywood, Emmett Hennessy, Walter Henry, James Holbrook, Ernest Jennings, John Knott, Gordon Lang, Tony Lang, Jimmy Mack, Arthur Maguire, Derek Martin, Leon Maybank, Michael Mulcaster, Michael Owen, Paul Phillips, Dennis Plenty, Peter Roy, Patrick Scott, Donald Sinclair, Dennis Stanley, Harry Swift, Vic Taylor, Alan Troy, Hein Viljoen, James Walsh, David Waterman, Bob Wilyman [extras]
Alternative Titles
Culloden – working title
References
Periodicals
- Doctor Who Magazine no.292 (28 June 2000) pp.32-39 – illustrated credits, production notes (Archive: The Highlanders by Andrew Pixley)
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.19 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Handbook: The Second Doctor by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker pp.46-52 – credits, synopsis, review
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.111-114 – credits, synopsis, review
