A STARZ Original Series From Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore: Outlander

[Your Obedient Servant]

To call “Outlander” a romance novel or a novel for women is verra misleading. As Gavin McNett wrote in his 1999 review of Diana Gabaldon’s first novel for Salon.com: "The Outlander series represents the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting 'Scrooge McDuck' comics.” source: http://www.salon.com/1999/08/12/outlander/

It is very important to Ms. Gabaldon's readers that the historical aspects of the Starz series be as accurate as possible. Nevertheless, the demands of producing a television story in the 21st century about events in the 18th may create some anomalies that may need forgiveness from those with profound knowledge of the subject matter.