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'''Erimemushinteperem''', or '''Erimem''' for short, was an [[coronation|uncrowned]] [[Pharaoh]] from ancient [[Egypt]] who, after travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]], stayed behind to rule the [[planet]] [[Peladon]] by becoming engaged to [[King]] [[Pelleas]]. | '''Erimemushinteperem''', or '''Erimem''' for short, was an [[coronation|uncrowned]] [[Pharaoh]] from ancient [[Egypt]] who, after travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]], stayed behind to rule the [[planet]] [[Peladon]] by becoming engaged to [[King]] [[Pelleas]]. | ||
She developed a deep bond with Peri that the two likened to sisterhood. In the relationship, Peri often played the role of the "older" sister, since Erimem was only 17 or younger when she started travelling with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') | She developed a deep bond with Peri that the two likened to sisterhood. In the relationship, Peri often played the role of the "older" sister, since Erimem was only 17 or younger when she started travelling with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') Peri often served as a kind of bridge between Erimem's ancient past and the more modern world inhabited by the Doctor. Nevertheless, Erimem was strong-willed and often showed a wisdom that belied her youth, and a grasp of universal truths that made up for her inexperience with technology. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
Erimem was intellectually curious and, oddly for a [[Pharaoh]] who was said to be a [[god]], mostly irreligious. | 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 [[Christianity|Christians]] 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|Christians]] 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. | 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]]'') | ||
Her marriage to [[Pelleas]] of [[Peladon]] had been presaged by several other instances in which she was poised to leave the Doctor and Peri. Her propensity to leave most often came as it did in [[Nicaea]], [[Ungro-Wallachia]] and Peladon — out of a desire to help others. However, once, following a disagreeable time in the [[Himalayas]] during the time of the [[British Raj]], Erimem wanted to stop travelling with her companions out of fear of the things she was learning about herself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'', ''[[Three's a Crowd (audio story)|Three's a Crowd]]'') | Her marriage to [[Pelleas]] of [[Peladon]] had been presaged by several other instances in which she was poised to leave the Doctor and Peri. Her propensity to leave most often came as it did in [[Nicaea]], [[Ungro-Wallachia]] and Peladon — out of a desire to help others. However, once, following a disagreeable time in the [[Himalayas]] during the time of the [[British Raj]], Erimem wanted to stop travelling with her companions out of fear of the things she was learning about herself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'', ''[[Three's a Crowd (audio story)|Three's a Crowd]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
[[File:Erimem Council.jpg|thumb|Caroline Morris on the cover of ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]''.]] | [[File:Erimem Council.jpg|thumb|Caroline Morris on the cover of ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]''.]] | ||
Erimem as pictured on [[Big Finish]] covers was modelled upon the face of her voice actor, [[Caroline Morris]], who is light-skinned. | Erimem as pictured on [[Big Finish]] covers was modelled upon the face of her voice actor, [[Caroline Morris]], who is light-skinned. However, in many — though not all — ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' illustrated previews she is drawn with darker skin, as her stories depict her. It is of narrative importance that Erimem is dark-skinned in a number of stories, including ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'', ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]'' and ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]''. | ||
[[File:FiveErimemChurchAndCrown.jpg|thumb|[[DWM 324]] illustration of ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]''.]] | [[File:FiveErimemChurchAndCrown.jpg|thumb|[[DWM 324]] illustration of ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]''.]] | ||
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