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Erimem gets a pretty solid introduction here. I’m excited to see what her adventures might be like give her nature as a historical character. We don’t get enough companions like this and I haven’t listened to any of her other audios yet.
I found the story pretty weak, though. A very standard and straightforward villain that felt a little over the top to me. I didn’t really feel the Egypt setting as much as I would like either. The audio didn’t leave me with a strong impression of the setting.
Another one I have no memory of, but definitely one I need to relisten to! I really like Erimem but I guess I wasn’t paying enough attention because hardly any of her stories stick in my mind
Also on the list to relisten to this week is this story. I remember loving it, mostly for Erimem’s sake. She’s a favourite Big Finish companion of mine.
I actually really like it! A very fun historical, and definitely the best 5 story yet. Maybe I just liked this one because of Peri… Is this Sixie bias seeping into my 5th Doctor opinions?
i liked this one too! i didn’t know going in that Erimem was going to be a new companion; i think non-contemporary companions are pretty fun! i’m excited to hear more stories with her in.
i liked the story overall, it was well put together, mostly. it’s always nice to see companions taking charge.
only criticisms i have would be the stock wind, and later, cat noises, as well as some other foley sound design being a bit distracting. a lot of the time i find this sort of thing charming, but it was a bit much here.
Realized I never commented on this one! Eye of the Scorpion is an outstanding story. Erimem is underrated as a companion although I do wonder why they teamed her up with Five and Peri rather than Six and Peri or Five and Nyssa.
I like the sisters dynamic she has with Peri and I think it works well with 5. I don’t think it would have been as striking with Six and/or Nyssa. With Nyssa, she’d just be compared unfavourably to Tegan and Six, I think, would have been too overpowering at that point in his life (with Peri). He needed to have had Evelyn’s calming influence before having a two girl team which he gets with Constance and Flip.
They have the atmosphere of the Fifth Doctor’s era down so well.
Peri and Erimem are so great together, and I just love this story. @deltaandthebannermen is right in his assessment of the story and all of you calling it boring and giving it a 5/10 are wrong
Five not recognising Erimem as one of the Pharaohs because she never became one because she ended up a team TARDIS member is fantastic temporal storytelling
