Outlander (series)

Outlander was a series of historical fantasy novels by which were adapted into a drama TV series by Starz. The series followed Claire Randall, a World War II-era British nurse who found herself transported back in time to mid-18th century Scotland, where she fell in love with Jamie Fraser, a Highland warrior.

The character of Jamie Fraser was inspired by Jamie McCrimmon, a Second Doctor companion played by Frazer Hines from 1966 to 1969. Gabaldon first concieved of the novel after watching a re-run of The War Games on PBS in the late 1980s, particularly the scene of Jamie's "pig-headed gallantry" towards Jennifer Buckingham, a World War I-era British nurse. The resemblance of her character's last name to Hines's first name was a coincidence.

The first book was released in 1991 and followed by nine further novels in the Outlander series, as well as a number of short stories and novellas, a graphic novel and a spinoff novel series called Lord John.

The television adaptation of Outlander began airing on Starz in 2014, three years after Starz aired series 4 of Torchwood. The show shared a large number of cast and crew with Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, including Fraser Hines, who played Sir Fletcher Gordon in the first season.

Outlander also featured an adaption of The Skye Boat Song by, which featured lyrics adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone.