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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
James Robert McCrimmon, alternatively spelt Macrimon ([[PROSE]]: | James Robert McCrimmon, alternatively spelt Macrimon ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)}}) or Macrimmon, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Indestructible Man (novel)}}) was born in [[1724]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shadow of Death (audio story)}}) in the village of [[Tulloch]] on the banks of [[Loch Ruthven]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)}}) as the son of [[Donald McCrimmon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') By the [[18th century]], Jamie's family had been making [[haggis]] for hundreds of years. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Echoes of Grey (audio story)|Echoes of Grey}}) | ||
Jamie learned to play the [[Bagpipes|chanter]] at his father's knee from an early age ([[PROSE]]: ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]'') and became a talented piper like his father and grandfather before him. Both served as pipers for the [[Clan McLaren]] in their time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | Jamie learned to play the [[Bagpipes|chanter]] at his father's knee from an early age ([[PROSE]]: ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]'') and became a talented piper like his father and grandfather before him. Both served as pipers for the [[Clan McLaren]] in their time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') In his youth, Jamie and his friends would listen to stories told by the widely-travelled [[Old Robbie]] in a candlelit croft. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)}}) | ||
Jamie and his father used to go [[grouse]] [[hunting]] in the Highlands. ([[PROSE]]: | He grew up with his father and [[Jamie McCrimmon's brothers|brothers]], and they farmed together. He idolised Scottish heroes such as [[William Wallace]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|On a Pedestal (short story)}}) Jamie and his father used to go [[grouse]] [[hunting]] in the Highlands. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nameless City (short story)}}) He was trained in [[knife]]-fighting by the stern [[Fulton McKay]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (novelisation)}}) | ||
In [[1746]], Jamie fought in the [[Battle of Culloden]] fighting for [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] as part of the [[Jacobite Rising]]. ([[TV]]: | In [[1746]], Jamie fought in the [[Battle of Culloden]] fighting for [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] as part of the [[Jacobite Rising]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}}) Before the battle commenced, Jamie participated in a [[night march]] along with the other [[Highlander]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mouthless Dead (audio story)}}) The battle was a resounding defeat for the Scots, but Jamie survived along with his his injured [[Laird]] [[Colin McLaren]] and Colin's children [[Alexander McLaren|Alexander]] and [[Kirsty McLaren|Kirsty]] and fled the battlefield. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}}) | ||
=== Travels === | === Travels === | ||