About this episode

In this episode, Tim and guests explore the missing Doctor Who story 'The Highlanders' and its historical context.

Support us on Patreon 👉https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes 🙌 Tip us on https://ko-fi.com/missingeps Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/drwhopodcasters It’s episode 17 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! And it’s the last of the pure historical adventures, until this very day. The fourth story of season 4 also sees a very different portrayal, or series of portrayals, by Patrick Troughton. The Doctor is still very much an unknown quantity and is still acting under the watchful eyes of Ben and Polly, while one James Robert McCrimmon gets introduced to the crew. The Highlanders takes place in a setting of 18th Century atrocities following the last battle of British soil, Culloden, while The Doctor seems to take a carefree and comedic approach to affairs. So there’s plenty to unpick with this almost entirely missing story. Tim is joined by Doctor Who historian Rhys Williams, and 3D modeller, artist and co-creator of Dalek 63:88, and now historian Gav Rymill to take a look at this most curious of missing adventures, then it’s off on a world tour to work out whether one day we might get to see any more… So fire up the bagpipes, pick up your sword and scream “Creag an Tuirc!” as…

People in this episode

Host: Tim

Guests: Rhys Williams, Gav Rymill

Topics covered

• Doctor Who
• The Highlanders
• historical adventures
• Patrick Troughton
• Culloden

Keywords

• missing episodes
• 18th Century
• British history
• Doctor Who historian

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast, The Highlanders, The Missing Episodes Podcast, Doctor Who, Dalek 63:88, Creag an Tuirc, The Underwater Menace, I Claudius

Places: Culloden

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