TEXT: THE HIGHLANDERS by ELWYN JONES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 7th January 1967 running time - 24mins 19secs [SCENE_BREAK] 1. SHIP (BEN is dropped into the sea. After a few moments, TRASK signals for the rope to be hauled up. However, there is nothing on the other end.) GREY: He's not escaped? (BEN surfaces on the other side of the ship. He pauses for a moment before swimming off.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. QUAY (After a while he reaches the quay, and, paying no attention to the covered rowing boat, drags himself back onto dry land, only to be confronted by a patrolling Redcoat.) BEN: Oh no, not after all that. I give up. (The strangely silent soldier reaches for his moustache and silently peels half of it off to reveal a familiar face.) BEN: It's you, Doctor. DOCTOR: (In a gruff London accent.) Who else would be walking around the jetty at this time of night dressed like a soldier who'd been wounded in battle? BEN: Yeah, you've got a point there. But why? DOCTOR: (In his normal voice.) Why? Because I like it here. Besides, it keeps the other soldiers away. BEN: Oh, I'm cold and hungry. DOCTOR: I know just the place. Hold that. I'll just get these things aboard the boat. (He passes BEN a musket and shows him the stash of weapons hidden in the rowing boat.) BEN: The boat? DOCTOR: Just a few wee gifties for our friends aboard the Annabelle. Come on. (He leads BEN away.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (PERKINS puts the signed contracts in front of GREY.) PERKINS: There you are, sir, all signed and attested. It but wants your signature. GREY: Not before time. TRASK: (Offering GRE
SUMMARY:
Ben manages to join up with the Doctor, Polly and Kirsty and together they work to free the Highlanders from Trask's ship before Grey sells them into slavery.