Scotland

Ident for BBC Scotland repeat screening of Planet of the Daleks on BBC2 in 1993

SCOTLAND is part of the United Kingdom. As such, it receives BBC transmissions from London.

However, from time to time the network's regional output station BBC Scotland altered its TV schedules to make way for local and alternative programming, and Doctor Who was sometimes shown at times that were different to the rest of the network:

• 1982: Castrovalva 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot
• 1993: Planet of the Daleks 1-6 repeats were shown on BBC2 rather than BBC1
• 1998: During the BBC Choice repeats, BBC Scotland aired three additional episodes - Terror of the Zygons 1-3

BBC2 Scotland Idents and logos

Scotland in Doctor Who

• 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, 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
• Angus Lennie (Storr, The Ice Warriors; Angus, Terror of the Zygons) was born in Glasgow
• Colonel / later Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) was of Scottish descent
• Jamie sees a misty image of his homeland in The Mind Robber
• James Copeland (Selris, The Krotons) was born in Scotland
• Jamie is returned to his home in The War Games
• Jo phones and speaks with Mr Campbell, calling him a "dolly Scotsman" in Terror of the Autons
• The Highlands of Scotland are mentioned, and Grover says there were RAF early warning stations in Scotland (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
• Duncan Lamont (born in Portugal) grew up in Scotland (Galloway in Death to the Daleks)
• 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!
• 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! (Horror of Fang Rock)
• Iain Cuthbertson (Garron in The Ribos Operation) was born in Glasgow
• The absent portrait of Lady Morgana Montcalm was by the Scottish painter Ramsey (The Stones of Blood)
• The Doctor met HG Wells in the highlands of Scotland not far from Inverness; the Borad was sent through the Timelash to Loch Ness
• Sylvester McCoy was born (as Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith) in Dunoon
• The seventh Doctor wore a Paisley scarf
• David Tennant was born (as David McDonald) in Bathgate
• Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow

Links

• BBC Repeats