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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
James Robert McCrimmon, alternatively spelt Macrimon ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'') or Macrimmon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]]'') was born in [[1724]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of Death (audio story)|Shadow of Death]]'') in the village of | James Robert McCrimmon, alternatively spelt Macrimon ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'') or Macrimmon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]]'') was born in [[1724]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of Death (audio story)|Shadow of Death]]'') in the village of Tullich on the banks of Loch Ruthven ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') 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]]: ''[[Echoes of Grey (audio story)|Echoes of Grey]]'') | ||
Jamie learned to play the [[Bagpipes|chanter]] at his father's knee from an early age 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]]'') He grew up with his father and brothers, and they did some farming. He idolised Scottish heroes such as [[William Wallace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]'') | Jamie learned to play the [[Bagpipes|chanter]] at his father's knee from an early age 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]]'') He grew up with his father and brothers, and they did some farming. He idolised Scottish heroes such as [[William Wallace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]'') | ||