InfluenceHIGH
Doctor Who influenced Outlander
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The evidence
Diana Gabaldon has said she created Jamie Fraser after watching a Doctor Who serial with Jamie McCrimmon, the Doctor's young Highland companion from 1745. She decided on Scotland and the eighteenth century from that episode.
Discussion
Support it, question it, or add a source. Everything here is public and stays with the connection.