Outlander: Blood Of My Blood's Harriet Slater opens up on filming in Scotland dubbing it 'the most beautiful' place

Outlander fans are eager for the return of the beloved time-travelling drama.

Despite the end of the long-running season looming, the devoted fanbase needn't worry about the series ending, thanks to the upcoming prequel show, Blood of My Blood.

The prequel will explore the parallel love stories of both Jamie and Claire's parents, and according to Harriet Slater who will portray Jamie's mother Ellen MacKenzie: "Going on set is like travelling back in time."

The actress explained: "I love period dramas – I was a huge fan of Downton Abbey growing up and loved filming Belgravia – and here it’s like two period dramas at once" reports RadioTimes.com.

She added: "Going on set each day is like travelling back in time. You’re on location and everyone just looks like an 18th-century highlander – it’s amazing."

Meanwhile, although the Scottish weather is "wild up here", she has loved filming in Scotland in some of "the most beautiful places imaginable".

"I’m a huge castle nerd, so looking around some of the places we’ve been to has been a treat," she continued. "We’re battered by the elements, but it’s very good at making you feel very immersed in the world that you’re in."

Speaking of the attention since her casting in the prequel was confirmed, Slater said: "The fans have been incredible already. I’ve not really experienced such an outpouring like that before. It’s really cool going into something like this, that has a really established fanbase."

And she added that while it was nice to "have the solid foundation of Outlander", the new show "feels very much like its own thing".

"We have the same team as Outlander and we film in the same building, but aside from that, our paths don’t really cross much at all," she said.

She also revealed that the cast had a visit from none other than Claire Fraser star Caitríona Balfe, who came to set to "say hello to everyone" and "seemed excited by the whole thing".

Production began on Outlander: Blood of My Blood earlier this year, with the main cast also including Jamie Roy (Condor’s Nest) as Jamie's father Brian Fraser, and Hermione Corfield (We Hunt Together) and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as Claire's parents Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp.

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