City of Spires was the one hundred and thirty-third story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Simon Bovey and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Frazer Hines as "Jamie".

It was the first part of Big Finish's season for the Sixth Doctor in 2010. In isolation, this story can be seen as the first performed Doctor Who story which featured any incarnation of the Doctor reuniting with Jamie after he had his memories of the Doctor wiped by the Time Lords in The War Games. However, as is made clear in the final story of this trilogy, Legend of the Cybermen, this was not the case; rather it is a sequel to The Mind Robber.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Arriving in a hail of musket fire, the Doctor unexpectedly finds himself in the highlands of Scotland, where the ruthless Black Donald and his band of rebels are fighting the Redcoats. But the highland warriors no longer fight for the Jacobite cause and the English officers answer only to the mysterious Overlord. What has happened to Scotland and why are its moors littered with advanced, oil-pumping technology?

Reunited with his faithful companion Jamie McCrimmon, the Doctor must venture into the sinister City of Spires to find the answers. But standing in his way is the deadly Red Cap...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Simon Holub
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music and Sound Design - Andy Hardwick
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Writer - Simon Bovey

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

To be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story was recorded on 12 and 13 October 2009 at the Moat Studios.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original CD cover art.
Textless cover art.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jamie's memory of the Doctor, apart from their first adventure, was wiped by the Time Lords at the end of TV: The War Games.
The Doctor refers to the events of TV: The Highlanders and TV: The War Games, as well as his companions Ben Jackson and Polly Wright.
The "Phantom Piper" that Jamie thought he saw in TV: The Moonbase is mentioned.
The Doctor informs Jamie that "the assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn't open the TARDIS", much as the Ninth Doctor told Rose Tyler after she first entered the TARDIS. (TV: Rose)
The Doctor says that he thought Jamie was dead. (COMIC: The World Shapers)
Guthrie tells the Doctor of a "sorcerer" and his crooked headed maidservant at Lammermoor. He and Jamie met Reverend Merodach at Ravenwood Castle several days later. (AUDIO: Night's Black Agents)
Hirudin asks if she sent him. The Doctor later discovers who she is. (AUDIO: Legend of the Cybermen)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official City of Spires page at bigfinish.com
City of Spires at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for City of Spires at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Star Men • The Contingency Club • Zaltys • Kingdom of Lies • Ghost Walk • Serpent in the Silver Mask

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	Amy	The Judgement of Isskar • The Destroyer of Delights • The Chaos Pool

	Vicki, Steven	The Secret History

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Omega • The Gathering • The Four Doctors • The Burning Prince • The Secret History • And You Will Obey Me • The Helliax Rift • Time Apart (Ghost Station • The Bridge Master • What Lurks Down Under • The Dancing Plague) • Thin Time • Shadow of the Daleks 1 (Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude) • Shadow of the Daleks 2 (Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause)

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	Peri	Whispers of Terror • ...ish • Cryptobiosis • The Reaping • Year of the Pig • Recorded Time and Other Stories (Recorded Time • A Most Excellent Match • Question Marks • Paradoxicide) • 1963: The Space Race • Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (Breaking Bubbles • Of Chaos Time The • An Eye For Murder • The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time) • The Widow's Assassin • Masters of Earth • The Rani Elite • Memories of a Tyrant • Emissary of the Daleks • Harry Houdini's War • Plight of the Pimpernel

	Evelyn	The Marian Conspiracy • The Spectre of Lanyon Moor • The Apocalypse Element • Bloodtide • Project: Twilight • The Sandman • Jubilee • Doctor Who and the Pirates • Project: Lazarus • Arrangements for War • Medicinal Purposes • Pier Pressure • The Nowhere Place • 100 (100 BC • My Own Private Wolfgang • Bedtime Story • The 100 Days of the Doctor) • Assassin in the Limelight

	Evelyn, Brewster	The Crimes of Thomas Brewster • The Feast of Axos • Industrial Evolution

	Frobisher	The Holy Terror • The Maltese Penguin

	Charley	The Condemned • The Doomwood Curse • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Return of the Krotons • The Raincloud Man • Patient Zero • Paper Cuts • Blue Forgotten Planet

	"Jamie"	City of Spires • The Wreck of the Titan • Legend of the Cybermen

	Flip	The Curse of Davros • The Fourth Wall • Wirrn Isle • Antidote to Oblivion • The Brood of Erys • Scavenger • Vortex Ice • Cortex Fire

	Constance	Criss-Cross • Planet of the Rani • Shield of the Jötunn • Order of the Daleks • Absolute Power • Colony of Fear • The End of the Beginning

	Constance, Flip	Quicksilver • The Behemoth • The Middle • Static • Cry of the Vultriss • Scorched Earth • The Lovecraft Invasion

	Mel	The One Doctor • The Juggernauts • Catch-1782 • Thicker Than Water • The Wishing Beast • The Vanity Box • The Wrong Doctors • Spaceport Fear • The Seeds of War

	Jamie, Zoe	Last of the Cybermen

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Davros • The Wormery • Her Final Flight • I.D. • Urgent Calls • The Four Doctors • The Acheron Pulse • Trial of the Valeyard • Last of the Cybermen • Vampire of the Mind • The Lure of the Nomad • Iron Bright • Hour of the Cybermen • The Hunting Ground

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	Mel	The Fires of Vulcan • Bang-Bang-a-Boom! • Flip-Flop • Unregenerate! • Red • We Are The Daleks • The Warehouse • Terror of the Sontarans

	Ace	The Fearmonger • The Genocide Machine • Dust Breeding • Colditz • The Rapture • 1963: The Assassination Games • You Are the Doctor and Other Stories (You Are the Doctor • Come Die With Me • The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel • Dead to the World) • The Grey Man of the Mountain

	Ace, Hex	The Harvest • Dreamtime • LIVE 34 • Night Thoughts • The Settling • No Man's Land • Nocturne • The Dark Husband • Forty-Five (False Gods • Order of Simplicity • Casualties of War • The Word Lord) • The Magic Mousetrap • Enemy of the Daleks • The Angel of Scutari • Project: Destiny • A Death in the Family • Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge • Protect and Survive • Revenge of the Swarm • Mask of Tragedy • Shadow Planet • World Apart • Muse of Fire • The Flying Dutchman • Displaced

	Ace, Benny	The Shadow of the Scourge • The Dark Flame

	Sally	House of Blue Fire

	Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally	Black and White • Gods and Monsters

	Ace, Hex, Sally	Afterlife • Signs and Wonders

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	Mags	The Monsters of Gokroth • The Moons of Vulpana • An Alien Werewolf in London

	Klein	A Thousand Tiny Wings • Klein's Story • Survival of the Fittest • The Architects of History • Warlock's Cross

	Klein, Will	Persuasion • Starlight Robbery • Daleks Among Us

	Jo	The Defectors

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	Charley	Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was • The End of the Beginning

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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and thirty-third story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Simon Bovey]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frazer Hines]] as [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]].
+It was the first part of Big Finish's season for the Sixth Doctor in 2010. In isolation, this story can be seen as the first performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story which featured any incarnation of the Doctor reuniting with Jamie after he had his memories of the Doctor wiped by the [[Time Lord]]s in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. However, as is made clear in the final story of this trilogy, ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]'', this was not the case; rather it is a sequel to ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-Arriving in a hail of musket fire, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] unexpectedly finds himself in the highlands of Scotland, where the ruthless Black Donald and his band of rebels are fighting the Redcoats. But the highland warriors no longer fight for the Jacobite cause and the English officers answer only to the mysterious Overlord. What has happened to Scotland and why are its moors littered with advanced, oil-pumping technology?
+Arriving in a hail of musket fire, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] unexpectedly finds himself in the highlands of [[Scotland]], where the ruthless Black Donald and his band of rebels are fighting the Redcoats. But the highland warriors no longer fight for the [[Jacobite]] cause and the English officers answer only to the mysterious Overlord. What has happened to Scotland and why are its moors littered with advanced, oil-pumping technology?
+Reunited with his faithful companion [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie McCrimmon]], the Doctor must venture into the sinister City of Spires to find the answers. But standing in his way is the deadly Red Cap...
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
-Reunited with his faithful companion [[Jamie McCrimmon]], the Doctor must venture into the sinister ''City of Spires'' to find the answers. But standing in his way is the deadly Red Cap…
+== Cast ==
+* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
+* [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
+* [[Alice Ciprion|Alice]] - [[Georgia Moffett]]
+* [[Victor Ciprion|Victor]] - [[Richard Earl]]
+* [[Heyward|Major Heyward]] - [[James Albrecht]]
+* [[Rilke|Sergeant Rilke]] - [[Russell Floyd]]
+* [[Guthrie (City of Spires)|Guthrie]] - [[Sam Graham]]
+* [[Rob Roy MacGregor|Rob]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
+* [[Red Cap]] - [[John Banks]]
-==Cast==
+== Crew ==
-*[[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
-*[[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
-*[[Alice Ciprion|Alice]] - [[Georgia Moffett]]
-*[[Victor Ciprion|Victor]] - [[Richard Earl]]
-*[[Heyward|Major Heyward]] - [[James Albrecht]]
-*[[Rilke|Sergeant Rilke]] - [[Russell Floyd]]
-*[[Guthrie (City of Spires)|Guthrie]] - [[Sam Graham]]
-*[[Rob (City of Spires)|Rob]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
-*[[Red Cap]] - [[John Banks]]
-== References ==
+* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
-''to be added''
+* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
+* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
+* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
+* Writer - [[Simon Bovey]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
+''To be added''
+== Notes ==
+* This story was recorded on [[12 October (production)|12]] and [[13 October (production)|13 October]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
-==Notes ==
+== Gallery ==
-* This story was recorded on [[12th October|12th]] and [[13th October]] [[2009]]
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
-* Being the first in a trilogy, some of the story threads introduced are left unresolved at this stage.
+City of Spires cover.jpg|Original CD cover art.
-* The Red Caps undergo a conversion process similar to that of the Cybermen. The end result, however, is not the same.
+City of Spires.jpg|Textless cover art.
+</gallery>
 == Continuity ==
-*Jamie's memory of The Doctor, apart from their first adventure, was wiped by the [[Time Lord]]s at the end of [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]''.
+* Jamie's memory of the Doctor, apart from their first adventure, was wiped by the [[Time Lord]]s at the end of [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.
-*The events of ''[[The Highlanders]]'' and ''[[The War Games]]'' are mentioned, as are [[companion]]s [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly]].
+* The Doctor refers to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', as well as his [[companion]]s [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]].
-*The "Phantom Piper" Jamie thought he saw in ''[[The Moonbase]]'' is mentioned.
+* The "Phantom Piper" that Jamie thought he saw in [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' is mentioned.
-*The Doctor states that the [[Battle of Culloden]] was in [[1745]]. In actuality, it took place on [[16th April]] [[1746]]. The same mistake was made in ''The Highlanders'' 43 years earlier.
+* The Doctor informs Jamie that "the assembled hordes of [[Genghis Khan]] couldn't open [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]", much as the [[Ninth Doctor]] told [[Rose Tyler]] after she first entered the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
-*The Doctor informs Jamie that "the assembled hoardes of [[Genghis|Genghis Khan]] couldn't open [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]", much as the the [[Ninth Doctor]] told [[Rose Tyler]] in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
+* The Doctor says that he thought Jamie was dead. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'')
-*The Doctor says he thought Jamie was dead, possibly a reference to [[DWM]]: [[The World Shapers]].
+* Guthrie tells the Doctor of a "sorcerer" and his crooked headed maidservant at [[Lammermoor]]. He and Jamie met [[Reverend]] [[Merodach]] at [[Ravenwood Castle]] several days later. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night's Black Agents (audio story)|Night's Black Agents]]'')
+* [[Hirudin]] asks if [[Zoe Heriot|she]] sent him. The Doctor later discovers who she is. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]'')
-==[[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
+== External links ==
-*''City of Spires'' occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'' for Jamie, and [[BFA]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]'' for the Doctor.
+{{bigfinish|releases/v/city-of-spires-299|City of Spires}}
-*''City of Spires'' occurs before [[CC]]: ''[[Night's Black Agents]]''
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-[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio plays]]
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