Nearly 40 years ago, Diana Gabaldon was inspired by an episode of Doctor Who featuring a young man in a kilt. “I said, Well, that’s kind of fetching . And I found myself still thinking about this the next day... in church,” she’d later recall to Visit Scotland.

The research professor said she used the idea as “practice” for writing a book — a little creative exercise that would lead to the global phenomenon that is Outlander , spanning a series of best-selling books and a smash-hit TV adaptation to match.

Now, with Starz’s new prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood , Gabaldon’s world travels even further back in time — specifically, to the love stories between Jamie and Claire’s respective parents (which, you’ll find, also include their share of century-hopping). But i

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