For now, Outlander: Blood of My Blood is scheduled to premiere on Friday, August 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Starz, with episodes also streaming weekly on the Starz app and Starz streaming and on-demand ...

McTavish, who played Dougal MacKenzie in multiple seasons of the original series, stood up during the Q&A portion of Outlander: Blood of My Blood. McTavish asked Sam Retford, the actor who will play the younger version of his character, a question to close the event.

Technically, Blood of My Blood isn't rewriting Claire's history from Starz's Outlander or Diana Gabaldon's books. Fans may have believed that Claire's parents died in a car crash based on her narration,

“ Outlander: Blood of my Blood” comes to Starz on Aug. 8, along with a brand new opening title sequence. Showrunner and executive producer Matthew B. Roberts promises there’s a new energy to the “Outlander” prequel.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has sold Outlander: Blood of My Blood across major markets across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.

Blood of My Blood star Hermione Corfield speaks at the San Diego Comic-Con about what her character would say to Claire.

Slater noted that the scene's set-up reminded her of an iconic scene in Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, Romeo + Juliet. " The very first time in the barn, it reminded us all a bit of the scene in Romeo + Juliet with the fish tank. That was my first thought when I read it. It's such a beautiful scene."