Erimem

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Doctor Who universe character
Erimemushinteperem, modelled after Caroline Morris
Erimem
Affiliated with	Fifth Doctor
Race	Human
Home planet	Earth
Home era	1400 BC
First appearance	The Eye of the Scorpion
Last appearance	Ongoing
Portrayed by	Caroline Morris (voice)

Erimemushinteperem, or simply Erimem, is a fictional character played by Caroline Morris in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A princess of Ancient Egypt born in 1419 BC, she was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep II and a companion of the Fifth Doctor. The canonicity of the audio dramas, like other Doctor Who spin-off media, is unclear.

1 Character history
2 Other appearances
3 List of appearances
- 3.1 Audio dramas
- 3.2 Novellas

[edit] Character history

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Erimem first appeared in the play The Eye of the Scorpion, which took place in 1400 BC. She was supposed to take the throne upon her father's death, but there was controversy about the throne passing to a woman. It was in the midst of this intrigue that the Doctor and Peri arrived in Egypt in the TARDIS.

The Doctor realised that according to history, Amenhotep was succeeded by Thutmose IV, and feared that Erimem was going to die in a revolution to prevent her from becoming Pharaoh. Erimem did survive the events of Scorpion, however, and realising that she was not destined to rule Egypt, decided to leave for Greece. Peri persuaded the Doctor to take Erimem aboard the TARDIS, as Erimem was no longer required to play any further role in history.

Erimem was raised as a warrior princess of Ancient Egypt, and despite being just a young woman had both the royal charisma and the strength that entailed. She relied on Peri and the Doctor a great deal, as her knowledge of the world, let alone the universe, was limited and her travels in the TARDIS a constant source of amazement to her.

However, when called on, she was more than capable of taking care of herself. She led armies in Ancient Egypt, and when the TARDIS crew landed in Paris in 1626, becoming embroiled in a plot to kill Queen Anne, Erimem was able to inspire and lead a combined force of both King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu's guards against the English forces of the Duke of Buckingham (The Church and the Crown, 2002). In The Council of Nicaea she even stood against the Doctor on matters of principle that she felt were important.

The circumstances of Erimem's parting of ways with the Doctor and Peri are not known at the time of this writing, but by the time of The Caves of Androzani, the Doctor and Peri are travelling on their own.

[edit] Other appearances

As well as appearing in the Big Finish audio dramas, the character of Erimem featured in the Telos novella Blood and Hope by Iain McLaughlin. In that story, the Doctor, Peri and Erimem travelled to the time of the American Civil War where Erimem's dark skin caused problems in a nation where slavery still existed.

A novel featuring Erimem, The Coming of the Queen by Ian McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett and set before the events of The Eye of the Scorpion, was published by Big Finish in 2005.