Reconstruction

Originally aired on

31 December 1966

Written by

Gerry Davis and Elwyn Jones

Directed by

Hugh David

Cast List

Patrick Troughton - Dr. Who
Anneke Wills - Polly
Michael Craze - Ben
Frazer Hines - Jamie
William Dysart - Alexander
Donald Bissit - The Laird
Hannah Gordon - Kirsty
Michael Elwyn - Lt. Algernon Ffinch
Peter Welch - Sergeant
David Garth - Solicitor Grey
Sydney Arnold - Perkins
Dallas Cavell - Trask
Andrew Downie - Willie Mackay

Synopsis

Arriving in Scotland in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden, the Doctor and his companions are taken prisoner by a group of Scottish rebels. Offering medical help to the clan's injured Laird, the Doctor is able to win over their captors. Their respite is short-lived, though. While Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, go to fetch water, the others are captured by a Redcoat troop under the command of Lieutenant Ffinch. Ffinch leaves his prisoners in the custody of Grey, a crooked solicitor who plans to sell them into slavery in the West Indies.
To win his friends' freedom, the Doctor must stretch his powers of disguise to their limits...