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Captain David Ross

"The Sheriff is a youngish man at a crisis point in his career, who has not had the trajectory of success that he felt he should have had. He's been a soldier in the 1715 rebellion on the government side, but not particularly distinguished himself. He's been put in a backwater, and he's got a lot of chips on his shoulder. There's also sexual tension, because she's quite hot, Janet. This is part of what gets her condemned. I think that supernatural element adds to the sexiness, makes it more exciting. We all have a vested interest in preserving the romance of that, but the flipside is you can say, 'It wasn't me, she or he made me do it.'" - Rona Munro, playwright

"He's not very likable at all and I find that quite an interesting challenge... He's quite a solo creature, he doesn't have many friends. He kind of uses people." - David Rankine, Ross at Pitlochry Festival

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