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Erimem was intellectually curious and, oddly for a [[Pharaoh]] who was said to be a [[god]], mostly irreligious. She generally professed that she did not believe in Egyptian gods, and instead favoured scientific investigation. She was inclined to believe, for instance, some of the very earliest scholarship which asserted that the world was round. Indeed, when she gave up her claim on the Egyptian throne to travel with the Doctor, the original plan was that he would take her to a university of some kind. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'') | Erimem was intellectually curious and, oddly for a [[Pharaoh]] who was said to be a [[god]], mostly irreligious. She generally professed that she did not believe in Egyptian gods, and instead favoured scientific investigation. She was inclined to believe, for instance, some of the very earliest scholarship which asserted that the world was round. Indeed, when she gave up her claim on the Egyptian throne to travel with the Doctor, the original plan was that he would take her to a university of some kind. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'') | ||
Despite her generally irreligious stance, she did claim to believe in the Egyptian gods in [[15th century]] [[Wallachia]], though this was likely to prove her neutrality in an ongoing war between [[Christian]]s and [[Muslim]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') Although she wore [[Erimem's signet ring|a signet ring]] with religious symbology, her only known act of voluntary religious devotion was when she prayed to [[Osiris]] on [[Peladon]] when she thought the Doctor was near death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') | Despite her generally irreligious stance, she did claim to believe in the Egyptian gods in [[15th century]] [[Wallachia]], though this was likely to prove her neutrality in an ongoing war between [[Christianity|Christian]]s and [[Muslim]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') Although she wore [[Erimem's signet ring|a signet ring]] with religious symbology, her only known act of voluntary religious devotion was when she prayed to [[Osiris]] on [[Peladon]] when she thought the Doctor was near death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') | ||
She was a natural leader, and quickly found herself in command wherever [[the TARDIS]] took her. On her very first journey, she spurred the forces of both [[Louis XIII]] and [[Cardinal]] [[Richelieu]] against [[George Villiers]]' [[English]] troops in [[1626]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'') She seemed to truly desire to rule or be close to a ruler over a group of people. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon]]'') Even her subconscious asserted her desire to command, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mind's Eye (audio story)|The Mind's Eye]]'') although she had a very strong sense of honour and a resistance against tyrannical rule. She believed that a leader had a sacred trust to hear and defend her people. So strongly was she committed to the idea of fairness in public discourse that she was prepared to stop travelling with the Doctor in order to ensure that all sides of an important politico-religious argument were heard at the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Council of Nicaea]] – even though she herself did not believe in that, or any, religion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]'') Her desire to help others by being a good leader was the cause of her departure from the Doctor, when ultimately she assented to marry a king of [[Peladon]] to help him rule. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') | She was a natural leader, and quickly found herself in command wherever [[the TARDIS]] took her. On her very first journey, she spurred the forces of both [[Louis XIII]] and [[Cardinal]] [[Richelieu]] against [[George Villiers]]' [[English]] troops in [[1626]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'') She seemed to truly desire to rule or be close to a ruler over a group of people. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon]]'') Even her subconscious asserted her desire to command, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mind's Eye (audio story)|The Mind's Eye]]'') although she had a very strong sense of honour and a resistance against tyrannical rule. She believed that a leader had a sacred trust to hear and defend her people. So strongly was she committed to the idea of fairness in public discourse that she was prepared to stop travelling with the Doctor in order to ensure that all sides of an important politico-religious argument were heard at the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Council of Nicaea]] – even though she herself did not believe in that, or any, religion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]'') Her desire to help others by being a good leader was the cause of her departure from the Doctor, when ultimately she assented to marry a king of [[Peladon]] to help him rule. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') | ||