Erimem (series)

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 ==
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. , 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.
==Releases==
===Novels ===
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
The Three Faces of Helena 	Iain McLaughlin 	26 August 2017
Return of the QueenA novelisation of Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett's script for the Kerides the Thinker audio story of the same name.	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 	30 December 2019
Absolution 	Rachel Blake 	29 March 2020
The Jewels of Cleopatra 	Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett 	22 December 2020
===Anthologies===
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===
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 	Iain McLaughlin	15 March 2016
Arrrr... 	Claire Bartlett	20 August 2016
Moments of Passing 	Jim Mortimore 	12 December 2016
The 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 ===
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 ===
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 	Iain McLaughlin	25 November 2021
Churchill's Castle 	Iain McLaughlin	25 November 2021
=== Webcasts ===
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==
== Footnotes ==
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