James Robert "Jamie" McCrimmon is the deuteragonist of the Second Doctor Era and a supporting protagonist in Season 22 of Doctor Who. Meeting the Doctor in the Scottish Highlands from after the battle of Culloden, Jamie initially travelled with Ben and Polly, who were followed up with Victoria, and finally Zoe.
Jamie is played by Frazer Hines.
History[]
Backstory[]
Jamie McCrimmon was bon in the Scottish Highlands in 1724. He was raised by his father, Donald, to be a piper, like his father and grandfather. The McCrimmon family, like all of Scotland would become part of the Jacobmean Rebellion against the English in 1745.
Season 4[]
Jamie first met the Doctor, Ben and Polly in The Highlanders, after the Battle of Culloden, where the English had defeated the Jacobean Rebellion. Jamie and his fellow Highlanders faced being hanged, butchered by the Duke of Cumberland or sold into un-survivable seven-year servitude on the plantations in the West Indies. After escaping the gallows, an unsure Jamie was urged to follow the Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly into the mysterious TARDIS.
Travelling with Ben and Polly[]
Jamie would be whisked through time and space, the first destination being Atlantis, where he and Ben were put to work in the mines, but escaped with the help of fellow prisoners Sean and Jacko. Right after this, in The Moonbase, Jamie and the others visited the Moon in 2070, where Jamie gained concussion, where while in the Moonbase's sick bay, he encountered a Cyberman for the first time, initially believing it to be the legendary "Phantom Piper". To be added
The Daleks and Victoria[]
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Season 5[]
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Season 6[]
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Later appearances[]
At some point later in his life, Jamie found himself transported to a Memory TARDIS, where he regained his memories and reunited with Zoe. Together, they reminisced about their adventures with the Doctor and the lives they had lived since, expressing confidance that they would be able to retain their memories.
Trivia[]
- Jamie McCrimmon was the inspiration for Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series.
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