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The Highlanders (Doctor Who)
The Highlanders is the completely missing fourth serial of the fourth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 17 December 1966 to 7 January 1967.
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.
Following the Battle of Culloden, government forces have triumphed over the Jacobite Army of Charles Edward Stewart. When the TARDIS arrives, the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly encounter fleeing Jacobite troops and are taken prisoner by them. They hide in a deserted cottage with the badly wounded Laird Colin McLaren, along with his daughter Kirsty, his piper Jamie McCrimmon and his son Alexander, who dies defending them from a patrol of government soldiers. The patrol's leader, Lieutenant Algernon ffinch, is ineffectual, but a sergeant takes the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and the Laird to be hanged. Polly and Kirsty manage to slip away.
The duo hide from ffinch, who believes Stewart to be one of them following the rumour that he fled the battlefield. Eventually ffinch finds them, but they trick him and steal his money. Later in Inverness, they run into him again and use his previous foolishness to blackmail him.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Grey, the Royal Commissioner of Prisons, plans to ship Jacobite prisoners of war to the American colonies and sell them into indentured servitude. He contacts sea captain Trask, who agrees to use his ship Annabelle for this purpose. Amongst the prisoners he identifies for sale are the Doctor, Jamie, Ben, and the Laird. They are taken to the prison in Inverness but the Doctor overpowers Grey to escape. Trask reports to Grey that the transportation plan has begun and arranges for a number of prisoners, including Jamie, Ben and the Laird, to be transferred to Annabelle. The prisoners learn that they are being sold into indentured servitude in the West Indies but most accept their fate. Only Ben, Jamie, the Laird and one of his friends, Willie Mackay, refuse to sign. When Ben attacks Grey, Trask has him thrown into the sea while tied to the end of a rope.
The Doctor adopts disguises to move about freely, before reuniting with Polly, Kirsty and Ben, who has swum to safety. The Doctor returns to Grey with a concocted story about Stewart, identifying him as Jamie. The ruse works, distracting Grey and Trask while Polly and Kirsty free the Jacobite prisoners and supply them with weapons for an uprising. When Grey and Trask check on Jamie, they are captured by the freed prisoners and a revolt begins. Trask is wounded and thrown overboard. Willie Mackay takes control of Annabelle and plans to sail to France, taking Kirsty and Colin.
The Doctor, Ben and Polly return to the town, using Grey as a hostage to ensure their freedom of movement, and are joined by Jamie, who has decided to help them find the TARDIS. The party loses Grey but finds ffinch, whom they force to help them return to Culloden. Grey reaches the cottage where he first met the Doctor. ffinch arrests Grey for the transportation scheme, as he has lost the paperwork thanks to the Doctor and is unable to prove the legality of his plans. Thanked by a kiss from Polly, ffinch departs. The Doctor, Ben and Polly return to the TARDIS and invite their new friend, Jamie McCrimmon, on board.
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The Highlanders (Doctor Who)
The Highlanders is the completely missing fourth serial of the fourth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 17 December 1966 to 7 January 1967.
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.
Following the Battle of Culloden, government forces have triumphed over the Jacobite Army of Charles Edward Stewart. When the TARDIS arrives, the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly encounter fleeing Jacobite troops and are taken prisoner by them. They hide in a deserted cottage with the badly wounded Laird Colin McLaren, along with his daughter Kirsty, his piper Jamie McCrimmon and his son Alexander, who dies defending them from a patrol of government soldiers. The patrol's leader, Lieutenant Algernon ffinch, is ineffectual, but a sergeant takes the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and the Laird to be hanged. Polly and Kirsty manage to slip away.
The duo hide from ffinch, who believes Stewart to be one of them following the rumour that he fled the battlefield. Eventually ffinch finds them, but they trick him and steal his money. Later in Inverness, they run into him again and use his previous foolishness to blackmail him.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Grey, the Royal Commissioner of Prisons, plans to ship Jacobite prisoners of war to the American colonies and sell them into indentured servitude. He contacts sea captain Trask, who agrees to use his ship Annabelle for this purpose. Amongst the prisoners he identifies for sale are the Doctor, Jamie, Ben, and the Laird. They are taken to the prison in Inverness but the Doctor overpowers Grey to escape. Trask reports to Grey that the transportation plan has begun and arranges for a number of prisoners, including Jamie, Ben and the Laird, to be transferred to Annabelle. The prisoners learn that they are being sold into indentured servitude in the West Indies but most accept their fate. Only Ben, Jamie, the Laird and one of his friends, Willie Mackay, refuse to sign. When Ben attacks Grey, Trask has him thrown into the sea while tied to the end of a rope.
The Doctor adopts disguises to move about freely, before reuniting with Polly, Kirsty and Ben, who has swum to safety. The Doctor returns to Grey with a concocted story about Stewart, identifying him as Jamie. The ruse works, distracting Grey and Trask while Polly and Kirsty free the Jacobite prisoners and supply them with weapons for an uprising. When Grey and Trask check on Jamie, they are captured by the freed prisoners and a revolt begins. Trask is wounded and thrown overboard. Willie Mackay takes control of Annabelle and plans to sail to France, taking Kirsty and Colin.
The Doctor, Ben and Polly return to the town, using Grey as a hostage to ensure their freedom of movement, and are joined by Jamie, who has decided to help them find the TARDIS. The party loses Grey but finds ffinch, whom they force to help them return to Culloden. Grey reaches the cottage where he first met the Doctor. ffinch arrests Grey for the transportation scheme, as he has lost the paperwork thanks to the Doctor and is unable to prove the legality of his plans. Thanked by a kiss from Polly, ffinch departs. The Doctor, Ben and Polly return to the TARDIS and invite their new friend, Jamie McCrimmon, on board.