Scotland - Revision history

Jon Preddle at 18:31, 9 August 2025

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 *1982: [[Castrovalva]] 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot (at 3.30pm, three and a half hours ''before'' the regular BBC transmission. Imagine if the Internet had existed back then!)
-*1993: [[Planet of the Daleks]] 1-6 repeats were shown on BBC2 rather than BBC1 and in an earlier timeslot
+*1993: [[Planet of the Daleks]] 1-6 repeats were shown on BBC2 rather than BBC1 in the earlier timeslot of 5.30pm
 *1998: During the [[BBC Choice]] repeats, BBC Scotland aired three additional episodes - [[Terror of the Zygons]] 1-3
 *1999: [[BBC Choice]] rescreened [[Terror of the Zygons]] 1-3 only in Scotland

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 *[[Terror of the Zygons]] is set in and around Loch Ness and the (fictional) village of Tullock, with characters such as the Duke of Forgill, the Caber, Sister Lamont, Angus McRanald - and Nessie! Inverness is mentioned.
 *The Doctor dropped off Sarah Jane Smith in what he thought was South Croydon; it was actually Aberdeen ([[The Hand of Fear]])
 *The Doctor tells Leela he has been to Aberdeen, aka the Granite City - see above! ([[Underworld]])
 *The absent portrait of Lady Morgana Montcalm was by the Scottish painter Ramsey ([[The Stones of Blood]])
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 *John Fraser (the Monitor in [[Logopolis]]) was born in Glasgow
 *Fiona Cumming (director of [[Castrovalva]], [[Snakedance]], [[Enlightenment]], [[Planet of Fire]]) was from Glasgow
 *Colette O'Neil (Tanha in [[Snakedance]]) was from Glasgow
 *Ian McCulloch (Nilson, [[Warriors of the Deep]]) was born in Glasgow

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 ==Scotland in Doctor Who==
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 *Andrew McCulloch (co-writer of [[Meglos]]) was from Ayr
 *Andrew Smith, who penned [[Full Circle]], was from Rutherglen, Glasgow
 *John Fraser (the Monitor in [[Logopolis]]) was born in Glasgow
 *Fiona Cumming (director of [[Castrovalva]], [[Snakedance]], [[Enlightenment]], [[Planet of Fire]]) was from Glasgow

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 *The Inspector at the Liverpool police station asks the Doctor if he is Scottish ([[The Daleks' Master Plan]])
 *Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, is mentioned in [[The War Machines]], [[The Faceless Ones]], [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] and [[Ghost Light]].
 *[[The Highlanders]] is set in and around Culloden Moor and Inverness, and features many Scottish characters, such as Alexander, Jamie, MacKay, Colin McLaren, and his daughter Kirsty
 *The Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon (played by the English-born Frazer Hines) was a Highlander; the Doctor wanted to be taught how to play the bagpipes

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 '''General References'''
 *The Inspector at the Liverpool police station asks the Doctor if he is Scottish ([[The Daleks' Master Plan]])
 *[[The Highlanders]] is set in and around Culloden Moor and Inverness, and features many Scottish characters, such as Alexander, Jamie, MacKay, Colin McLaren, and his daughter Kirsty
 *The Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon (played by the English-born Frazer Hines) was a Highlander; the Doctor wanted to be taught how to play the bagpipes

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 *Lillias Walker (Sister Lamont / Zygon in [[Terror of the Zygons]]) was from Kinross
 *Russell Hunter (Uvanov in [[The Robots of Death]]) was born Adam Russell Hunter in Glasgow
 *Iain Cuthbertson (Garron in [[The Ribos Operation]]) was born in Glasgow
 *Ken Grieve, the director of [[Destiny of the Daleks]], was from Edinburgh

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 *James Copeland (Selris, [[The Krotons]]) was born in Scotland
 *Prentis Hancock ([[Spearhead from Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]], [[Planet of Evil]], [[The Ribos Operation]]) was born in Glasgow
 *Duncan Lamont (born in [[Portugal]]) grew up in Scotland (Galloway in [[Death to the Daleks]])
 *Donald Douglas (Vural in [[The Sontaran Experiment]]) was from Falkirk

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 '''Cast / Crew'''
 *Donald Wilson (BBC's Head of Drama Serials) grew up in Dunblane
 *Hannah Gordon (Kirsty in [[The Highlanders]]) was from Edinburgh
 *William Dysart (Alexander in [[The Highlanders]] / Reegan in [[The Ambassadors of Death]]) was from Glasgow

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 *The Doctor met HG Wells in the highlands of Scotland not far from Inverness; the Borad was sent through the [[Timelash]] to Loch Ness
 *The seventh Doctor wore a Paisley scarf
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