City of Spires (audio story)

City of Spires was the first part of Big Finish Productions' wholly original season for the Sixth Doctor in 2010. It was notable for being the first performed Doctor Who story which featured any incarnation of the Doctor reuniting with Jamie after Jamie had his memories of the Doctor wiped by the Time Lords. As such, it was a sequel to The War Games.

Publisher's summary
Arriving in a hail of musket fire, the Sixth 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…

Cast

 * Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
 * Alice - Georgia Moffett
 * Victor - Richard Earl
 * Major Heyward - James Albrecht
 * Sergeant Rilke - Russell Floyd
 * Guthrie - Sam Graham
 * Rob - Charlie Ross
 * Red Cap - John Banks

Continuity

 * Jamie's memory of The Doctor, apart from their first adventure, was wiped by the Time Lords at the end of DW: The War Games.
 * The events of DW: The Highlanders and DW: The War Games are mentioned, as are companions Ben Jackson and Polly Wright.
 * The "Phantom Piper" that Jamie thought he saw in DW: The Moonbase is mentioned.
 * The Doctor states that the Battle of Culloden was in 1745. In actuality, it took place on 16 April 1746. The same mistake was made in The Highlanders forty-three years earlier.
 * The Doctor informs Jamie that "the assembled hoardes of Genghis Khan couldn't open the TARDIS", much as the Ninth Doctor told Rose Tyler in DW: Rose.
 * The Doctor says he thought Jamie was dead, possibly a reference to DWM: The World Shapers.

Timeline

 * City of Spires occurs after BFA: Blue Forgotten Planet
 * City of Spires occurs before CC: Night's Black Agents