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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]] | 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]]'') 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. ([[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]]'') | ||
Jamie and his father used to go [[grouse]] [[hunting]] in the Highlands. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'') He was trained in [[knife]]-fighting by the stern [[Fulton McKay]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|The Two Doctors]]'') | Jamie and his father used to go [[grouse]] [[hunting]] in the Highlands. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'') He was trained in [[knife]]-fighting by the stern [[Fulton McKay]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|The Two Doctors]]'') | ||
In [[1746]], Jamie fought in the [[Battle of Culloden]] fighting for [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] as part of the [[Jacobite Rising]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') Before the battle commenced, Jamie participated in a [[night march]] along with the other [[Highlander]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mouthless Dead (audio story)|The Mouthless Dead]]'') 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]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | |||
=== Travels === | === Travels === | ||
