FF. The Highlanders

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

141. Episode 1                     17.12.66   5.50pm - 6.15pm   6.7M/67th/47%
142. Episode 2                     24.12.66   5.50pm - 6.15pm   6.8M/89th/46%
143. Episode 3                     31.12.66   5.50pm - 6.15pm   7.4M/68th/47%
144. Episode 4                     07.01.67   5.50pm - 6.15pm   7.3M/66th/47%

THE LAIRD (COLIN McLAREN): Donald Bissett; KIRSTY McCLAREN: Hannah Gordon; LT ALGERNON FFINCH: Michael Elwyn; SOLICITOR GREY: David Garth; CEDRIC PERKINS: Sydney Arnold; SERGEANT: Peter Welch (1,3,4); ALEXANDER McCLAREN: William Dysart (1); CAPTAIN JEBB TRASK: Dallas Cavell (2-4); SENTRY: Tom Bowman (2); MOLLIE: Barbara Bruce (2); WILLIE MacKAY: Andrew Downie (3-4); SAILOR: Peter Diamond (4); COLONEL ATTWOOD: Guy Middleton (4). UNCREDITED: DRUMMER: Ken McGarvie; WOUNDED HIGHLANDER: Eric Mills; WOMAN AT INN: Nancy Gabriel; ENGLISH HORSEMA N: Reg Dent; DOUBLE FOR KIRSTY: Andree Cameron; EXTRAS: 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

STORY:

The TARDIS materialises in Scotland, 1746 during the aftermath of the battle of Culloden. The Doctor attends to the wounds of the Highlanders Laird, Colin McLaren.

While the Laird's daughrt, Kirsty, and Polly go to fetch water the others are captured by the Redcoats under the command of Lieutennant Algernon Ffinch. Grey, a slave trader, takes the group into his custody.

The Doctor manages to escape, and begins to arm the Highlanders who are being held on board the stolen ship the Annabelle. The ship's captain Trask, along with Grey, are overpowered and the ship is returned to its rightful owner, MacKay.

MacKay agrees to take the Scots to safety in France. The TARDIS de-materialises with a new member, a young piper named Jamie.

STUDIOS: Riverside Studio 1, Ealing Televsion Film Studios

LOCATIONS: Frensham Ponds, Surrey

WORKING TITLE: Culloden

NOVELISATION: The Highlanders Gerry Davis