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'''''Erimem''''' was a series of stories published by [[Thebes Publishing]]. They starred the character [[Erimem]], who was previously a recurring [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]] in stories released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. [[Iain McLaughlin]], the creator and copyright holder of Erimem, was the series editor.
'''''Erimem''''' was a series of stories published by [[Thebes Publishing]]. Its stories feature [[Erimem]], a recurring [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[Big Finish Productions]]'s ''[[The Monthly Adventures]]''. [[Iain McLaughlin]], the creator and copyright holder of Erimem, was the series editor.


The series had Erimem living in [[2010s|modern day]] [[London]] with a group of close friends, sometimes travelling to other times and places using a [[time machine]] called the [[Habitat]].
== Overview ==
[[Iain McLaughlin]] created the character of [[Erimem]] for [[2001 (releases)|2001]]'s ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'', a [[Fifth Doctor]] audio story in [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[The Monthly Adventures]]'' range. She became a prominent Fifth Doctor [[companion]], recurring in his ''Monthly Adventures'' stories every year until her departure in [[2008 (releases)|2008]]'s ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]''.


''Erimem'' was largely divorced from Erimem's period in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', with Erimem forgetting all of her life from around the beginning of ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'' to the moment just before she appears in the first ''Erimem'' novel, ''[[The Last Pharaoh (novel)|The Last Pharaoh]]''. {{As of|January 2018}}, ''The Eye of the Scorpion'' is the only ''Doctor Who'' story from which ''Erimem'' has derived elements; however, elements from the non-''Doctor Who'' stories ''[[The Coming of the Queen (novel)|The Coming of the Queen]]'' and ''[[Return of the Queen (audio story)|Return of the Queen]]'' have been included (such as [[Carra Wilton]], [[Kerides]], and [[Adrea]]).
Simultaneously, McLaughlin further explored the character outside the context of ''Doctor Who'' audio: his [[2004 (releases)|2004]] [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos novella]] ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]''; his [[2005 (releases)|2005]] ''[[New Worlds]]'' novel ''[[The Coming of the Queen (novel)|The Coming of the Queen]]'', cowritten with frequent collaborator [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]; the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] ''[[Kerides the Thinker]]'' story ''[[Return of the Queen (audio story)|Return of the Queen]]'', also cowritten with Bartlett; and a number of ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' short stories. These stories established that Erimem as a character had potential separate from ''Doctor Who''.
== Novels & novellas ==
 
The ''Erimem'' series began with ''[[The Last Pharaoh (novel)|The Last Pharaoh]]'' in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. It places Erimem in [[2010s|modern day]] [[London]] with a group of close friends, sometimes travelling to other times and places using a [[time machine]] called the [[Habitat]].
 
To divorce itself from Erimem's period in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Erimem in the series had forgotten all of her life from around the beginning of ''The Eye of the Scorpion'' to the moment just before ''The Last Pharaoh'' began. {{as of|2021|March}}, ''The Eye of the Scorpion'' is the only ''Doctor Who'' story from which ''Erimem'' has derived elements; however, elements from non-''Doctor Who'' stories ''[[The Coming of the Queen (novel)|The Coming of the Queen]]'' and ''[[Return of the Queen (audio story)|Return of the Queen]]'' have been included (such as [[Carra Wilton]], [[Kerides]], and [[Adrea]]).
 
Harkening back to Erimem's Big Finish days, [[BBV Productions]] obtained the rights to create new ''Erimem'' audio content, including audio adaptations of previously released Thebes novellas.
 
Erimem and characters from the series also appeared in the charity publication anthology ''[[Master Pieces (anthology)|Master Pieces]]'' in the short story ''[[Splinter of Eternity (short story)|Splinter of Eternity]]''.
 
==Releases==
===Novels ===
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Type || Writer(s) || Release date
!Title||Writer(s)||Release date
|-
|-
|''[[The Last Pharaoh (novel)|The Last Pharaoh]]''  
|''[[The Last Pharaoh (novel)|The Last Pharaoh]]''
|Novel
|[[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
|[[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]  
|[[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Beast of Stalingrad (novel)|The Beast of Stalingrad]]''  
|''[[The Beast of Stalingrad (novel)|The Beast of Stalingrad]]''
|rowspan=5|Novella
| Iain McLaughlin
|Iain McLaughlin  
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 2015
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 2015
|-
|-
|''[[Angel of Mercy (novel)|Angel of Mercy]]''  
|''[[Angel of Mercy (novel)|Angel of Mercy]]''
|[[Julianne Todd]], Claire Bartlett, Iain McLaughlin
| Claire Bartlett, Iain McLaughlin, [[Julianne Todd]]
|[[15 November (releases)|15 November]] 2015
|[[15 November (releases)|15 November]] 2015
|-
|-
|''[[Prime Imperative (novel)|Prime Imperative]]''  
|''[[Prime Imperative (novel)|Prime Imperative]]''
|Julianne Todd  
|Julianne Todd
|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] 2016
|-
|-
|''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]''  
|''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]''
|Iain McLaughlin  
|Iain McLaughlin
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 2016
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 2016
|-
|-
|''[[Churchill's Castle (novel)|Churchill's Castle]]''
|''[[Churchill's Castle (novel)|Churchill's Castle]]''
|[[Beth Jones]]
|[[Beth Jones]]
|[[8 February (releases)|8 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|[[8 February (releases)|8 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Three Faces of Helena (novel)|The Three Faces of Helena]]''  
|''[[Three Faces of Helena (novel)|Three Faces of Helena]]''
|Novel
|Iain McLaughlin
|Iain McLaughlin  
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 2017
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 2017
|-
|-
|''[[Return of the Queen (novel)|Return of the Queen]]''
|''[[Return of the Queen (novelisation)|Return of the Queen]]''<ref>A novelisation of [[Iain McLaughlin]] and [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]'s script for the ''[[Kerides the Thinker]]'' [[Return of the Queen (audio story)|audio story of the same name]].</ref>
|rowspan=6|Novella
|Claire Bartlett
|Claire Bartlett
|[[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|[[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
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|''[[The Way of the Bry'Hunee (novel)|The Way of the Bry'Hunee]]''
|''[[The Way of the Bry'Hunee (novel)|The Way of the Bry'Hunee]]''
|[[Tim Gambrell (writer)|Tim Gambrell]]
|[[Tim Gambrell (writer)|Tim Gambrell]]
|rowspan=2|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
| rowspan="2" |[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|-
|-
|''[[Death on the Waves (novel)|Death on the Waves]]''
|''[[Death on the Waves (novel)|Death on the Waves]]''
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|[[Rachel Blake]]
|[[Rachel Blake]]
|[[29 March (releases)|29 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|[[29 March (releases)|29 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|-
|''[[The Jewels of Cleopatra (novel)|The Jewels of Cleopatra]]''
| Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett
|[[22 December (releases)|22 December]] 2020
|-
|''[[Never Die Twice (novel)|Never Die Twice]]''
|Iain McLaughlin
|[[27 May (releases)|27 May]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|}
|}


== Anthologies ==
===Anthologies===
In [[2016 (releases)|2016]], two anthologies of ''Erimem'' short stories were published.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Writer(s) || Release date
!Title ||Release date
|-
|-
|''[[Into the Unknown (anthology)|Into the Unknown]]''
|''[[Into the Unknown (anthology)|Into the Unknown]]''
| [[Beth Jones]], [[Chloe McLaughlin]], [[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Kaitlin Moore]], [[Rachel Blake]], [[Jim Mortimore]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]], [[Ian Farrington]], [[James Maddox]], [[Julianne Todd]]
|[[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|  [[January (releases)|January]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|-
|-
|''[[All I Want for Christmas (anthology)|All I Want for Christmas]]''
|''[[All I Want for Christmas (anthology)|All I Want for Christmas]]''
| Beth Jones, Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett, [[Daniel McGachey]]
|[[14 December (releases)|14 December]] 2016
| [[December (releases)|December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|}
|}


 
===Short stories===
== Short stories ==
''Thebes'' short stories were often printed alongside novellas or published online. Some of these were later collected in ''Erimem'' anthologies.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title|| Writer(s) || Release date
!Title||Author||Release Date
|-
|-
|''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]''  
|''[[The One Place (short story)|The One Place]]''
| [[Beth Jones]]  
|[[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
| [[December (releases)|December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 2015
|-
|-
|''[[Life on Mars on Mars (short story)|Life on Mars on Mars]]''  
|''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]''
| [[Iain McLaughlin]]  
|[[Beth Jones]]
| [[March (releases)|March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[10 December (releases)|10 December]] 2015
|-
|-
|''[[Moments of Passing (short story)|Moments of Passing]]''
|''[[Home (Erimem short story)|Home]]''
| [[Jim Mortimore]]  
| rowspan="2" |[[Iain McLaughlin]]
| [[December (releases)|December]] 2016
|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] 2016
|-
|''[[Life on Mars on Mars (short story)|Life on Mars on Mars]]''
|[[15 March (releases)|15 March]] 2016
|-
|''[[Arrrr... (short story)|Arrrr...]]''
|Claire Bartlett
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] 2016
|-
|''[[Moments of Passing (short story)|Moments of Passing]]''
|[[Jim Mortimore]]
|[[12 December (releases)|12 December]] 2016
|-
|''[[Three Faces of Helena prelude (short story)|Three Faces of Helena prelude]]''
|Iain McLaughlin
|[[8 February (releases)|8 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|-
|''[[Message in the Cards (short story)|Message in the Cards]]''
|''[[Message in the Cards (short story)|Message in the Cards]]''
| [[Louise Blaine]]  
|[[Louise Blaine]]
| [[December (releases)|December]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|[[18 December (releases)|18 December]] 2017
|-
|-
|''[[Auld Acquaintance (short story)|Auld Acquaintance]]''
|''[[Auld Acquaintance (short story)|Auld Acquaintance]]''
| Iain McLaughlin  
|Iain McLaughlin
| [[December (releases)|December]] 2017
|[[29 December (releases)|29 December]] 2017
|-
|''[[Out Among the Stars (short story)|Out Among the Stars]]''
|Claire Bartlett
|[[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|-
|''[[That's What Friends Do (short story)|That's What Friends Do]]''
|[[Rachel Blake]]
|[[16 December (releases)|16 December]] 2018
|}
|}


== Compilations ==
=== Compilations ===
Beginning in [[2017 (releases)|2017]], Thebes Publishing released compilations of all ''Erimem'' novellas, short stories, and anthologies published in specific years.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Type || Writer(s) || Release date
! Title || Release date
|-
|-
|''[[The Collected Adventures 2015]]''
|[[The Collected Adventures 2015]]
|rowspan=2|Novel / novella / short story compilation
|[[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
| [[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Barlett]], [[Beth Jones]], [[Julianne Todd]]  
| [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Collected Adventures 2016]]''
|[[The Collected Adventures 2016]]
| Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett, Beth Jones, Julianne Todd, [[Chloe McLaughlin]], [[Kaitlin Moore]], [[Rachel Blake]], [[Jim Mortimore]], [[Ian Farrington]], [[James Maddox]], [[Daniel McGachey]]
|[[17 December (releases)|17 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
| [[17 December (releases)|17 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|}
|}


== External links ==
=== Audios ===
As part of a new series within [[BBV Productions|BBV's]] ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'', ''[[Erimem: The Audio Adventures]]'' began with an audio adaptation of ''[[The Beast of Stalingrad (novel)|The Beast of Stalingrad]]'' under the [[The Beast of Stalingrad (audio story)|same name]], told entirely through [[Andy Hansen|Andy]]'s perspective.
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Release date
|-
|''[[The Beast of Stalingrad (audio story)|The Beast of Stalingrad]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Iain McLaughlin]]
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|''[[Prime Imperative (audio story)|Prime Imperative]]''
|rowspan=2|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|''[[Churchill's Castle (audio story)|Churchill's Castle]]''
|}
 
=== Webcasts ===
BBV put out a webcast on their YouTube channel alongside the first ''Erimem'' audio.
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Release date
|-
|''[[My mate, Erimem (webcast)|My mate, Erimem]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]]
|[[20 August (releases)|20 August]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|}
 
==External links==
{{elx|page url=http://www.thebespublishing.com/erimem|page name='''Erimem'''|website url=http://www.thebespublishing.com/|website name=Thebes Publishing}}
{{elx|page url=http://www.thebespublishing.com/erimem|page name='''Erimem'''|website url=http://www.thebespublishing.com/|website name=Thebes Publishing}}
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}


{{Erimem}}
{{Erimem}}
{{Spin-offs}}
[[fr:Erimem (série)]]
[[fr:Erimem (série)]]
[[Category:Erimem series| *]]
[[Category:Prose fiction overviews]]
[[Category:Prose fiction overviews]]
[[Category:Erimem series| ]]
[[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]]
[[Category:Tie-in book series]]
[[Category:Tie-in book series]]

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You may be looking for the titular character.

Erimem was a series of stories published by Thebes Publishing. Its stories feature Erimem, a recurring companion of the Fifth Doctor in Big Finish Productions's The Monthly Adventures. Iain McLaughlin, the creator and copyright holder of Erimem, was the series editor.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iain McLaughlin created the character of Erimem for 2001's The Eye of the Scorpion, a Fifth Doctor audio story in Big Finish's The Monthly Adventures range. She became a prominent Fifth Doctor companion, recurring in his Monthly Adventures stories every year until her departure in 2008's The Bride of Peladon.

Simultaneously, McLaughlin further explored the character outside the context of Doctor Who audio: his 2004 Telos novella Blood and Hope; his 2005 New Worlds novel The Coming of the Queen, cowritten with frequent collaborator Claire Bartlett; the 2012 Kerides the Thinker story Return of the Queen, also cowritten with Bartlett; and a number of Short Trips short stories. These stories established that Erimem as a character had potential separate from Doctor Who.

The Erimem series began with The Last Pharaoh in 2015. It places Erimem in modern day London with a group of close friends, sometimes travelling to other times and places using a time machine called the Habitat.

To divorce itself from Erimem's period in Doctor Who, Erimem in the series had forgotten all of her life from around the beginning of The Eye of the Scorpion to the moment just before The Last Pharaoh began. As of March 2021, The Eye of the Scorpion is the only Doctor Who story from which Erimem has derived elements; however, elements from non-Doctor Who stories The Coming of the Queen and Return of the Queen have been included (such as Carra Wilton, Kerides, and Adrea).

Harkening back to Erimem's Big Finish days, BBV Productions obtained the rights to create new Erimem audio content, including audio adaptations of previously released Thebes novellas.

Erimem and characters from the series also appeared in the charity publication anthology Master Pieces in the short story Splinter of Eternity.

Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Writer(s) Release date
The Last Pharaoh Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett 9 June 2015
The Beast of Stalingrad Iain McLaughlin 1 September 2015
Angel of Mercy Claire Bartlett, Iain McLaughlin, Julianne Todd 15 November 2015
Prime Imperative Julianne Todd 14 March 2016
Buccaneer Iain McLaughlin 20 August 2016
Churchill's Castle Beth Jones 8 February 2017
Three Faces of Helena Iain McLaughlin 26 August 2017
Return of the Queen[1] Claire Bartlett 4 January 2018
The Egyptian Falcon Iain McLaughlin 13 October 2018
The Death of Empire Beth Jones 16 December 2018
The Way of the Bry'Hunee Tim Gambrell 30 December 2019
Death on the Waves Iain McLaughlin
Absolution Rachel Blake 29 March 2020
The Jewels of Cleopatra Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett 22 December 2020
Never Die Twice Iain McLaughlin 27 May 2024

Anthologies[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2016, two anthologies of Erimem short stories were published.

Title Release date
Into the Unknown 18 January 2016
All I Want for Christmas 14 December 2016

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thebes short stories were often printed alongside novellas or published online. Some of these were later collected in Erimem anthologies.

Title Author Release Date
The One Place Claire Bartlett 1 September 2015
In Search of Doctor X Beth Jones 10 December 2015
Home Iain McLaughlin 14 March 2016
Life on Mars on Mars 15 March 2016
Arrrr... Claire Bartlett 20 August 2016
Moments of Passing Jim Mortimore 12 December 2016
Three Faces of Helena prelude Iain McLaughlin 8 February 2017
Message in the Cards Louise Blaine 18 December 2017
Auld Acquaintance Iain McLaughlin 29 December 2017
Out Among the Stars Claire Bartlett 4 January 2018
That's What Friends Do Rachel Blake 16 December 2018

Compilations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Beginning in 2017, Thebes Publishing released compilations of all Erimem novellas, short stories, and anthologies published in specific years.

Title Release date
The Collected Adventures 2015 29 September 2017
The Collected Adventures 2016 17 December 2018

Audios[[edit] | [edit source]]

As part of a new series within BBV's Audio Adventures in Time & Space, Erimem: The Audio Adventures began with an audio adaptation of The Beast of Stalingrad under the same name, told entirely through Andy's perspective.

Title Author Release date
The Beast of Stalingrad Iain McLaughlin 19 August 2021
Prime Imperative 25 November 2021
Churchill's Castle

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBV put out a webcast on their YouTube channel alongside the first Erimem audio.

Title Author Release date
My mate, Erimem Iain McLaughlin 20 August 2021

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ A novelisation of Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett's script for the Kerides the Thinker audio story of the same name.
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