James Robert McCrimmon, usually simply called Jamie, is a fictional character played by

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in the long-running British

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series ''

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''. A

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of the

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who lived in 18th-century Scotland, he was a companion of the

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and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1969. The spelling of his surname varies from one script to another; it is alternately rendered as Macrimmon and McCrimmond. Jamie appeared in 20 stories (112 episodes).

Character history

James Robert McCrimmon was the son of Donald McCrimmon—a piper, like his father and his father's father. Jamie first appears in '' The Highlanders'', encountering the Doctor,

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and

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in the aftermath of the

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in 1746. At the end of the story, Polly suggests that the Doctor take Jamie along with them. Jamie continues to travel with the Doctor even after Ben and Polly leave the

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at the end of ''

The Faceless Ones ''The Faceless Ones'' is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. In this serial, the Sec ...

''. He appears in all, but the very first

serial, ''

The Power of the Daleks ''The Power of the Daleks'' is the completely missing third serial of the fourth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It is ...

'', and in more episodes than any other companion, although

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served with the Doctor for the longest continuous period in terms of years on the series. Jamie shares a lively, bantering relationship with the Doctor, and during his time in the series sees the arrival and departure of first Victoria Waterfield and finally

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. Jamie, being a product of his time, is always solicitous and gentlemanly towards the women who travel with him. Jamie does not have the background to always understand the situations his adventures with the Doctor take him into, but is quick enough to translate high technology and concepts into equivalents he can understand and deal with. His relationship with the Doctor is not always smooth and in '' The Evil of the Daleks'' he comes close to leaving the Doctor whom he feels has been manipulating him and Victoria to discover the human factor for the Daleks, without thinking about the consequences. His

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', in

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, translates to "The Boar's Rock." It is similar to ', the

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of the

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Clan of Scotland. Together with the Doctor, Jamie encounters

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s, the

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, the

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s, and many other dangers. Jamie is particularly fond and protective of Victoria, due in part to her being an elegant Victorian lady. For example, in ''

The Ice Warriors ''The Ice Warriors'' is the partly missing third serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 11 November to 16 December 1967. In this serial, the ...

'' Jamie's first priority is to rescue Victoria despite being injured to the point where he can't walk. Jamie is heartbroken when Victoria decides to stay with the Harris family at the end of ''

Fury from the Deep ''Fury from the Deep'' is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968. In this serial, the Do ...

'', to the point of even being briefly angry with the Doctor for allowing her to leave ('' The Wheel in Space''). Jamie initially finds Zoe's more modern attitudes and bossy nature irritating, but eventually adopts the same protective attitude disguised by the same bantering he engages in with the Doctor. Often Jamie's simple common sense beats Zoe's strict logic, such as in ''

The Dominators ''The Dominators'' is the first serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in five weekly parts from 10 August to 7 September 1968. In the serial, the Second Doctor (Patric ...

'' where Jamie realises that the erupting volcano is going to threaten the TARDIS, while the Doctor and Zoe are still congratulating themselves on defeating their enemies. During the filming of ''

The Mind Robber ''The Mind Robber'' is the second serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from 14 September to 12 October 1968. The serial is set outside of time ...

'', Frazer Hines contracted

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and was replaced for part of the serial by Hamish Wilson. This was written in as part of the story when Jamie is turned into a cardboard cut-out and has his face removed by the Master of the Land of Fiction. The Doctor's first attempt to reconstruct his face is unsuccessful.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/TnZXgk8Kk47DB4CsWzZ9j8/the-fourth-dimension Eventually Jamie's real face is restored when Hines recovered. Jamie's travels with the Doctor come to an end on the battlefields of ''

The War Games ''The War Games'' is the seventh and final serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. In the serial, an unnamed alien r ...

'', when the

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s finally put the Doctor on trial for interfering with the universe. For his offences, the Doctor is forced to regenerate and exiled to

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. Jamie and Zoe are returned to their own times, their memories of the Doctor wiped, save for their first encounters with him. When last seen, Jamie is fighting an English redcoat back on the fields of Scotland. Frazer Hines returned to ''Doctor Who'' as an illusory image of Jamie in the 20th-anniversary special ''

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''. He also reprised the role in the 1985 serial ''

The Two Doctors ''The Two Doctors'' is the fourth serial of the 22nd season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 16 February to 2 March 1985. The serial is set on an alien ...

'' alongside

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and

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as the Second and Sixth Doctors, respectively, with the Sixth Doctor remembering that he was always rather fond of Jamie when they travelled together.

Other mentions

He is mentioned by the Fifth Doctor in '' Castrovalva'' when he calls

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''Jamie'', by the Sixth Doctor in ''

'' and ''

Attack of the Cybermen ''Attack of the Cybermen'' is the first serial of the 22nd season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 5 and 12 January 1985. It was credited to the pseudonymous autho ...

'', and by the Seventh Doctor in '' The Curse of Fenric''. A vision of Jamie is seen along with every other companion aside from Leela (who was omitted by mistake in post-production) on the scanner screen in ''

Resurrection of the Daleks ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' is the fourth serial of the 21st season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on BBC1 between 8 February and 15 February 1984. The serial ...

''. In '' Tooth and Claw'', the

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uses the alias Doctor James McCrimmon together with a Scottish accent (in reality

David Tennant David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show ''Doctor Who'', reprising the rol ...

's own).

Other appearances

Jamie's ultimate fate remains unclear within the generally accepted canonicity of the various ''Doctor Who'' spin-off media. In the comic strip story "The World Shapers" with the

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, published in ''

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'' #127–#129, an elderly Jamie remembers his time with the Doctor, explaining that the Doctor had taught him tricks to ensure the Time Lords would not really wipe his memories. In this story, written by

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, Jamie sacrifices himself to stop the titular world shaper machine which was evolving aliens into Cybermen. Jamie's death outside the television series was controversial due to his status as a prominent companion, and the fact that story offers an origin story for the cybermen than contradicts almost everything else about them to have been produced. In the

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novel '' Timewyrm: Revelation'', writer

Paul Cornell Paul Douglas Cornell (born 18 July 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as ''Doctor Who'' fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. As well as ''Docto ...

omitted Jamie from the group of deceased companions encountered by the

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. In "Planet of the Dead" (''DWM'' #141-#142), a race of

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s known as the Ganzalum impersonate the Doctor's dead companions, including Jamie.

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have reunited Jamie with the Sixth Doctor in a series of audio plays starting with '' City of Spires'', where he appears to have become a rebel leader known as 'the Black Donald'. However, in the final story, ''

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'', it is revealed that this Jamie is simply a fictional construct within the realm seen in ''The Mind Robber'', created by an older Zoe, based on her memories of the real Jamie, to protect the Doctor until he could come to her aid, making him older and creating his 'Black Donald' identity to give him a heroic backstory in the Doctor's absence. Jamie and Zoe also meet the Sixth Doctor in the later audio ''Last of the Cybermen'', when an unknown enemy causes the Sixth Doctor to swap places with the Second just after the Second Doctor discovered a Cybermen base and a plan to change the history of the Cyber-Wars to avert their final defeat, the Sixth Doctor and Jamie attempting to change history so that Jamie and Zoe can escape the Time Lords and retain their memories before the Sixth Doctor returns to his time and his companions lose all memory of these events. The ''Companion Chronicles'' audio "''The Glorious Revolution''" sees a Time Lord agent briefly restore the memory of an older Jamie to help resolve an incident where he nearly changed history while travelling with the Doctor, the Time Lord sending energy to Jamie's past self to keep him stabilized until the Doctor can avert the consequences of Jamie's actions, but in the end Jamie chooses to have his memory of the Doctor erased once again, reasoning that it would just make him sad to remember what he had with the Doctor despite his good life now. The ''

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'' comic strip gives the Tenth Doctor a companion from 21st century Scotland named Heather McCrimmon, who is a descendant of Jamie.

Influence

The character of Jamie McCrimmon inspired author

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to set her ''Outlander'' series in Jacobite Scotland, and to name its protagonist "

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". The story Gabaldon was watching was ''

''. (Gabaldon's character's surname is "Fraser"; however, Gabaldon has stated that she did not derive this name from Frazer Hines, since the PBS station on which she viewed ''Doctor Who'' habitually cut off the credits, and so she did not learn Frazer Hines's name until some years later.)

List of appearances

Television

;Season 4 *'' The Highlanders'' *''

The Underwater Menace ''The Underwater Menace'' is the half-missing fifth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 14 January to 4 February 1967. In this seria ...

'' *''

The Moonbase ''The Moonbase'' is the half-missing sixth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 February to 4 March 1967. In this serial, the Secon ...

'' *''

The Macra Terror ''The Macra Terror'' is the completely missing seventh serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 March to 1 April 1967. In this serial, ...

'' *''

'' *'' The Evil of the Daleks'' ;Season 5 *''

The Tomb of the Cybermen ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' is the first serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 September 1967. In the serial, the ...

'' *''

The Abominable Snowmen ''The Abominable Snowmen'' is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967. In this seri ...

'' *''

The Enemy of the World ''The Enemy of the World'' is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968. The serial is set in Aus ...

'' (episodes 1-3, 5 and 6) *''

The Web of Fear ''The Web of Fear'' is the partly missing fifth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 3 February to 9 March 1968. The serial is set on the ...

'' *''

'' *'' The Wheel in Space'' ;Season 6 *''

'' *''

'' *'' The Invasion'' *''

The Krotons ''The Krotons'' is the fourth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969. In the serial, the time travel ...

'' *''

The Seeds of Death ''The Seeds of Death'' is the fifth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Brian Hayles and an uncredited Terrance Dicks and directed by Michael Ferguson, it originally aired in ...

'' *'' The Space Pirates'' *''

'' ;20th anniversary special *''

'' (cameo) ;Season 22 *''

Audio drama

*''

Fear of the Daleks ''The Companion Chronicles'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It b ...

'' (adventure related by Zoe) *''Helicon Prime'' *''The Great Space Elevator'' (adventure related by

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) *'' Resistance'' (adventure related by

) *''The Three Companions'' (adventure related by Polly) *'' The Glorious Revolution'' *'' The Emperor of Eternity'' *''

Echoes of Grey ''The Companion Chronicles'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It b ...

'' (adventure related by Zoe) *'' Prison in Space'' *'' The Forbidden Time'' *'' Tales from the Vault'' (short adventure related by Zoe) *'' The Memory Cheats'' (adventure related by Zoe) *'' The Selachian Gambit'' *''

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'' *'' The Uncertainty Principle'' (adventure related by Zoe) *'' The Rosemariners'' *''

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'' *''Lords of the Red Planet'' *''The House of Cards'' *''The Mouthless Dead'' *''The Story of Extinction'' *''The Integral'' *''The Edge''

Sixth Doctor audio dramas

*'' City of Spires'' *''

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'' *'' Wreck of the Titan'' *''

Short Trips audios

*''Seven to One'' *''The Five Dimensional Man'' *''Penny Wise, Pound Foolish'' *'' Deleted Scenes'' *'' The Last Day at Work''

Novels

;

Virgin Missing Adventures The ''Virgin Missing Adventures'' were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which had been cancelled in 1989, featuring stories set between televised episodes of the pro ...

*'' The Menagerie'' by Martin Day *'' Twilight of the Gods'' by

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*'' The Dark Path'' by

David A. McIntee David A. McIntee (born 31 December 1968) is a British writer. Career McIntee has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', as well as one each based on ''Final Destination'' and '' Space: 19 ...

;

Past Doctor Adventures The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprint ...

*''

The Roundheads ''The Roundheads'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Second Doctor, Ben, Jamie, and Polly. Synopsis Landing in Decemb ...

'' by

Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss (; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the television series '' Doctor Who'', '' Sherlock'', and '' Dracula''. Together with ...

*'' Dreams of Empire'' by

Justin Richards Justin Richards (born 14 September 1961) is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day. He has written ...

*'' The Final Sanction'' by Steve Lyons *'' Heart of TARDIS'' by

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*''

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(brief appearance only) *''

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'' by Mick Lewis *''

The Colony of Lies ''The Colony of Lies'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Colin Brake and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Second Doctor, Zoe and Jamie. It also features appearances by the ...

'' by

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*'' The Indestructible Man'' by Simon Messingham ;

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*'' Foreign Devils'' by

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;

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*'' The Wheel of Ice'' by Stephen Baxter

Short stories

*"Fallen Angel" by

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('' Decalog'') *"Vortex of Fear" by Gareth Roberts ('' Decalog 2: Lost Property'') *"Aliens and Predators" by Colin Brake ('' Decalog 3: Consequences'') *"War Crimes" by

Simon Bucher-Jones Simon Bucher-Jones (born Simon Jones, 6 September 1964) is an author, poet, and amateur actor. He is best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series. Between 1988 and Dec 2018, he ...

('' Short Trips'') *"uPVC" by Paul Farnsworth (''

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'') *"Please Shut the Gate" by Stephen Lock ('' Short Trips and Sidesteps'') *"Twin Piques" by Tony Keetch ('' Short Trips: Zodiac'') *"Constant Companion" by

Simon A. Forward Simon A. Forward (born 1967 in Penzance) is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs. He lives and works in Penzance (with his two cats) as a full-time writer. Work Forward specialises in sci-fi ...

('' Short Trips: Zodiac'') *"Face-Painter" by

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('' Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors'') *"The Astronomer's Apprentice" by Simon A. Forward ('' Short Trips: The Muses'') *"One Small Step" by

Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dal ...

('' Short Trips: Past Tense'') *"That Time I Nearly Destroyed The World Whilst Looking For a Dress" by Joseph Lidster ('' Short Trips: Past Tense'') *"The Age of Ambition" by Andrew Campbell ('' Short Trips: Life Science'') *"The Farmer's Story" by Todd Green ('' Short Trips: Repercussions'') *"Screamager" by

Jacqueline Rayner Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Pau ...

('' Short Trips: Monsters'') *"The Last Emperor" by Jacqueline Rayner ('' Short Trips: 2040'') *"Goodwill Towards Men" by J. Shaun Lyon ('' Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury'') *"That Which Went Away" by Mark Wright ('' Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins'') *"Undercurrents" by Gary Merchant ('' Short Trips: A Day in the Life'') *"Visiting Hours" by

Eddie Robson Eddie Robson (born 20 December 1978) is a British writer and novelist best known for his sitcom '' Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully'' and his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who''. He has w ...

(''Short Trips: A Day in the Life'') *"Mercury" by Eddie Robson ('' Short Trips: The Solar System'') *"All of Beyond" by

Helen Raynor Helen Raynor (born March 1972) is a Welsh television screenwriter and script editor from Swansea. She is best known for her work on the relaunched BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. She previously worked as a theatre director. Besides te ...

('' Short Trips: Snapshots'') *"The Cutty Wren" by Ann Kelly ('' Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas'') *"The Christmas Presence" by Simon Barnard & Paul Morris (''Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas'') *"Lepidoptery for Beginners" by

John Dorney John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the National Theatre, the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ''My First Planet''; and his scripts for the Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' range. His script ''Solitaire'' was ...

('' Short Trips: Defining Patterns'') *"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" by Chris Thomas (''Short Trips: Defining Patterns'') *"Homework" by Michael Coen (''Short Trips: Defining Patterns'') *"The Slave War" by Una McCormack ('' Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership'') *"On a Pedestal" by Kathleen O. David (''Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership'') *"The Monster Factory" by Alec Daniels (''Shelf Life'') *"Relative Dimensions" by Andrew Cheverton (''Shelf Life'') *"The Nameless City" by Michael Scott

Comics

*"Invasion of the Quarks" by

John Canning John A. Canning Jr. is a private equity investor and sports executive. He is the founder and chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners, the large Chicago-based private equity firm. Career Canning was an early investor in private equity in the la ...

(''

TV Comic ''TV Comic'' was a British comic book magazine published weekly from 9 November 1951 until 29 June 1984. Featuring stories based on television series running at the time of publication, it was the first British comic to be based around TV pro ...

'' 872–876) *"The Killer Wasps" by John Canning (''TV Comic'' 877–880) *"Ice Cap Terror" by John Canning (''TV Comic'' 881–884) *"Jungle of Doom!" by John Canning (''TV Comic'' 885–889) *"Father Time" by John Canning (''TV Comic'' 890–893) *"Martha the Mechanical Housemaid" by John Canning (''TV Comic'' 894–898) *"Freedom by Fire" by

David Brian Brian James Davis (August 5, 1914 – July 15, 1993), better known as David Brian, was an American actor. He is best known for his role in ''Intruder in the Dust'' (1949), for which he received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination. ...

(''Doctor Who Annual 1969'') *"Atoms Infinite" by David Brian (''Doctor Who Annual 1969'') *"The Vampire Plants" by David Brian (''Doctor Who Annual 1970'') *"The Robot King" by David Brian (''Doctor Who Annual 1970'') *"The World Shapers" by

, John Ridgway and Tim Perkins (''

'' 127–129) *"Planet of the Dead" by

Lee Sullivan Lee Terrence Sullivan (born 6 March 1971) is the British drummer for the London-based alternative rock band Bôa. Lee is the son of Terence Sullivan, the drummer for the rock band Renaissance and his wife, Christine Sullivan. He plays drums, ...

and John Freeman (''Doctor Who Magazine'' 141–142), although technically that isn't Jamie, but someone pretending to be him. *"Bringer of Darkness" by Warwick Gray and

Martin Geraghty Martin Geraghty is a comic book artist who lives and works in the UK. Biography His first commission was for the Marvel UK comic Overkill but the comic folded before his story was published. He began drawing for Doctor Who Magazine in 1993 a ...

(''Doctor Who Magazine'' Summer Special 1993) *"Land of the Blind" by W. Scott Gray and Lee Sullivan (''Doctor Who Magazine'' 224–226)

References

External links

Jamie McCrimmon on the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website
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