Doctor Who: The Highlanders
1967, English. Directed by Hugh David.
The time travellers arrive in Scotland just after the Battle of Culloden. The Second Doctor gains the trust of a small band of fleeing Jacobites by offering to tend to their wounded Laird, Colin McLaren. While Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, are away fetching water, he and the others are all captured by Redcoat troops commanded by Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Hugh DavidDirector
- Patrick TroughtonThe Doctor
- Anneke WillsPolly
- Michael CrazeBen Jackson
- Frazer HinesJamie McCrimmon
- Donald BissetThe Laird
- William DysartAlexander
- Hannah GordonKristy
- Andrew DownieWillie Mackay
- David GarthSolicitor Grey
- Sydney ArnoldPerkins
- Dallas CavellCaptain Trask
- Michael ElwynLt. Algernon Ffinch
Details
- Released
- 7 January 1967
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Elwyn Jones, Gerry Davis
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Doctor Who: The Highlanders runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Doctor Who: The Highlanders isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 January 1967. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Highlanders?
Doctor Who: The Highlanders (1967) was directed by Hugh David and stars Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze.