The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)

 was the first time a new companion for the Fifth Doctor was introduced in an audio story. Erimem joined Evelyn Smythe, another Big Finish Productions audio-created companion.

Publisher's summary
1400 BC

Egypt is in mourning. Pharaoh, the great God-King, is dead. The future of the Two Kingdoms of Egypt is shrouded in uncertainty as the Council of Priests debates the claim to the throne of Pharaoh's only heir.

Out in the deserts around Thebes, Egypt's capital, a warlord chief is assembling an army of mercenaries, waiting for just the right moment to strike at Egypt's heart.

But not all of Egypt's enemies are outside the city. What is the secret of the strange box discovered in the desert?

When the TARDIS arrives nearby, it has apparently been hi-jacked... by the Doctor?

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
 * Erimem - Caroline Morris
 * Yanis - Harry Myers
 * Fayum - Jack Galagher
 * Antranak - Jonathan Owen
 * Kishik - Daniel Brennan
 * Horemshep - Stephen Perring
 * Slave - Mark Wright
 * Priest - Alistair Lock

Individuals

 * Peri refers to Lanzarote as where she went to school and how Americans choose their leaders through elections.
 * The Atlanteans built the Sphinx and stored a cache of technology underneath it, though this may have been a hoax on the Doctor's part to trick the mind parasite.
 * Peri's mother used to worship Paul McCartney.
 * The Doctor can name every Pharoah that Egypt ever had.
 * Peri mentions Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi, two prominent female leaders from her own time.

Continuity

 * The Doctor tells Peri that he "was at a bash they threw for Nero once." (DW: The Romans)

Timeline

 * The Eye of the Scorpion occurs after ST: A Life in the Day
 * The Eye of the Scorpion occurs before BFA: The Church and the Crown