Information:
Nicola Bryant portrayed American college student Peri (Perpugilliam) Brown from the beginning
of Planet of Fire (1984) through the end of Mindwarp (1986).
"Nicola Bryant was born in Surrey. The daughter of a central heating engineer, she attended drama school at Webber Douglas
and her final production there was the musical No, No, Nanette in which she played the lead. She was spotted by an
agent and asked to audition for the part of Peri in Doctor Who, which she got. It was while at drama school that
she was married to American Broadway singer Scott Kennedy, although they later separated. After leaving Doctor Who,
she worked mainly in the theatre, appearing in productions of So Long on Lonely Street, Jeeves, Twelfth Night,
Killing Jessica and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She has also appeared on television in
Blackadder's Christmas Carol and in the 1993 Doctor Who skit, Dimensions in Time. In 1992
she lived in Los Angeles for several months before returning to the UK. In 1994 she toured with Thank You For Having Me,
and in 1994 she appeared as a regular character in the children's television series The Biz."
Taken from "Doctor Who - The Eighties" by David J Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker; p.60. Used with permission.
"'I suppose it was a terrific gamble for John Nathan-Turner to pick a drama student like me fresh out of drama
school (the Webber Douglas Academy) for such an important role. Particularly as I had competition from both American
and Canadian actresses who had flown over specially to audition. But I was a real fan of the series and had been
ever since I could remember.' - Nicola Bryant"
Taken from "Doctor Who - 25 Glorious Years" by Peter Haining; p.127.
BBC Character Outline:
Perpugilliam (Peri for short) Brown is a wealthy 18-year-old American student studying botany.
She has long blonde hair which complements her attractive looks. She does not suffer fools gladly and her most
charming attribute is an acute sense of humour. We meet Peri for the first time while she is on holiday in
whichever country we decide to film next season's foreign story. Peri's mother, Janine, has remarried a man
Peri dislikes - Howard. Peri still treasures the memory of her father, who died when Peri was 13, particularly
as her mother appears to care more for Howard's three children than for Peri herself. It is because of her
respect for her father that Peri thinks so highly of the Doctor - to some extent the Doctor replaces the gap
in Peri's life. When he died he was the same age as the Doctor appears now. This never develops further
than admiration and close friendship. Peri is the kind of girl who is popular - not just because of her looks,
but because her warmth and sense of fun make her appeal to people of all ages.
Taken from "Doctor Who - The Eighties" by David J Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker; p.62. Used with permission.
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Image Files:
- bryann01.jpg _ 24KK Lying on beach, unconscious, in bikini, screen capture from Planet of Fire. 21Apr2006
- bryann02.jpg _ 27KK Publicity portrait from early 1990s, profile, shoulder bared. 21Apr2006
- bryann03.jpg ___K Removed due to copyright reasons
- bryann04.jpg _ 50KK Waist-up, publicity still from The Twin Dilemma. Very nice picture. 21Apr2006
- bryann05.jpg _ 82KK B&W, casting call publicity shot, wearing dress, sitting on grass. 21Apr2006
- bryann06.jpg _ 35KK B&W, medium shot, publicity still from Planet of Fire. 21Apr2006
- bryann07.jpg _ 65KK Full-length, sitting down, publicity still from The Twin Dilemma. 21Apr2006
- bryann08.jpg _ 27KK High-angle, wearing bikini in Planet of Fire. Composite shot made from several screen captures. 21Apr2006
- bryann09.jpg _ 51KK B&W, publicity portrait. Great picture. 21Apr2006
- bryann10.jpg _ 76KK Waist-up, in leotard and shorts, wrapped in American flag, publicity shot. 21Apr2006
- bryann11.jpg ___K Removed due to copyright reasons
- bryann12.jpg _ 42KK B&W, medium long shot, profile, in black leather pants and white blouse, looking at camera, smiling. 21Apr2006
- bryann13.jpg _ 14KK Waist-up, sitting up in bed in TARDIS, in bikini top, screen capture from Planet of Fire. 21Apr2006
- bryann14.jpg _ 44KK Medium long shot, in colorful shirt and blue shorts, from The Two Doctors. 21Apr2006
- bryann15.jpg _ 52KK B&W, agency publicity portrait from around 1992. 21Apr2006
- bryann16.jpg _152KK Full-length, lying on floor in bikini. 21Apr2006
- bryann17.jpg _ 40KK Medium shot, in multicoloured blouse and headband, publicity portrait from The Two Doctors. 21Apr2006
- bryann18.jpg _ 18KK Waist-up, in yellow leotard, in car with Colin Baker for personal publicity appearance, screen capture from The Colin Baker Years. 21Apr2006
- bryann19.jpg _ 80KK Medium shot, in white with plunging neckline, hand in hair. 21Apr2006
- bryann20.jpg _ 43KK Medium close-up, in pink blouse and bald makeup for Mindwarp. 21Apr2006
- bryann21.jpg _ 83KK Medium shot in black see-through top, lying on side, resting head on hand, recent publicity portrait, autographed. 21Apr2006
- bryann22.jpg _ 62KK B&W, medium shot holding multicoloured umbrella. 21Apr2006
- bryann23.jpg _ 41KK Medium shot in blue, at the "Doctor In Distress" recording session. 21Apr2006
- bryann24.jpg _ 74KK Medium shot in white leotard, publicity portrait. 21Apr2006
- bryann25.jpg ___K Removed - duplicate
- bryann26.jpg _ 80KK Medium long shot in white leotard and blue shorts, publicity portrait. 21Apr2006
- bryann27.jpg _ 75KK Waist-up in yellow striped outfit from The Mysterious Planet. 21Apr2006
- bryann28.jpg _ 75KK Medium long shot in tied-off blouse and blue shorts, behind gate in The Two Doctors. 21Apr2006
- bryann29.jpg _ 41KK Same shot as #24, different scan. 21Apr2006
- bryann30.jpg _ 77KK Waist-up, wide shot, in pink leotard and shorts, in trouble with Cybermen inside the TARDIS, publicity still from Attack of the Cybermen. 21Apr2006
- bryann31.jpg _ 18KK B&W, recent publicity portrait, very nice. 21Apr2006
- bryann32.jpg _[an error occurred while processing this directive]K Waist-up in blue jeans, unzipped dark long-sleeve jacket, and black bra. [an error occurred while processing this directive]
- bryann33.jpg _ 91KK Medium close-up, in white, publicity portrait, autographed. 21Apr2006
- bryann34.jpg _107KK Medium shot, in red, with Cryons from Attack of the Cybermen. 21Apr2006
Selected Story Images
- st--6q01.jpg _ 31K Peri, Turlough in ocean-friendly clothes sc (Nicola Bryant, Mark Strickson) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:06 MDT
- st--6q03.jpg _ 24K Mark Mark Strickson, Nicola Nicola Bryant in outtake shot sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:07 MDT
- st--6q12.jpg _ 15K Howard Foster, Peri (Dallas Adams, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:10 MDT
- st--6q13.jpg _ 16K Peri swimming (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:11 MDT
- st--6q17.jpg _ 16K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:12 MDT
- st--6q19.jpg _ 17K Kamelion-Master, Peri in Master's TARDIS (Anthony Ainley, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:13 MDT
- st--6q25.jpg _ 44K B&W Peri, Doctor in front of TARDIS (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:16 MDT
- st--6q26.jpg _ 99K Peri, Doctor in front of TARDIS (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:20 MDT
- st--6q27.jpg _ 38K B&W Kamelion as the Master, Peri (Anthony Ainley, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:21 MDT
- st--6q28.jpg _ 73K Kamelion as the Master, Peri in front of TARDIS (Anthony Ainley, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:22 MDT
- st--6r05.jpg _ 30K The Doctor and Peri outside the TARDIS (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:31 MDT
- st--6r06.jpg _ 37K Peri, Doctor investigate the fused silica (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:31 MDT
- st--6r07.jpg _ 27K Doctor, Peri chatting (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:32 MDT
- st--6r08.jpg _ 36K Peri, Doctor holding hat (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:33 MDT
- st--6r09.jpg _ 24K Peri, Doctor testing spectrox with his hand (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:33 MDT
- st--6r15.jpg _ 29K Peri, Chellak, Doctor (Nicola Bryant, Martin Cochrane, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:37 MDT
- st--6r18.jpg _ 24K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:39 MDT
- st--6r22.jpg _ 30K Doctor, Peri in the Red Cloth, Chellak (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Martin Cochrane) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:41 MDT
- st--6r34.jpg _ 33K Sharaz-Jek, Doctor, Peri (Christopher Gable, Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:48 MDT
- st--6r35.jpg _ 28K Doctor, Peri, Salateen: "You're dying." (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Robert Glenister) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:49 MDT
- st--6r36.jpg _ 27K Doctor clutches Peri, Sharaz-Jek (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:50 MDT
- st--6r40.jpg _ 24K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:52 MDT
- st--6r44.jpg _ 25K Peri kidnapped by Sharaz-Jek (Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:54 MDT
- st--6r47.jpg _ 27K Sharaz-Jek caresses Peri (Christopher Gable, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:29:56 MDT
- st--6r59.jpg _ 22K Peri screams at the sight of Jek (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:27 MDT
- st--6r61.jpg _ 23K Peri reaches out to Jek (Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:28 MDT
- st--6r62.jpg _ 32K Doctor holds celery to Peri's nose as Sharaz-Jek watches (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:29 MDT
- st--6r66.jpg _ 26K Peri carried by Doctor toward TARDIS (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:31 MDT
- st--6r67.jpg _ 28K Doctor carrying Peri (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:33 MDT
- st--6r68.jpg _ 30K Doctor feeds Peri bat's milk inside TARDIS (Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant) sc [an error occurred while processing this directive]
- st--6r69.jpg _ 31K Peri attends the Doctor (Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:34 MDT
- st--6r73.jpg _ 29K Peri at a distance from the Doctor (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:37 MDT
- st--6r74.jpg _ 30K Peri, Doctor exchange first words (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:37 MDT
- st--6s01.jpg _140K Doctor, Peri in console room portrait (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:44 MDT
- st--6s03.jpg _ 56K Doctor, Peri in console room publicity still (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:47 MDT
- st--6t02.jpg _ 17K Doctor, Peri (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:52 MDT
- st--6t04.jpg _ 17K Peri, Doctor "...and Passion!" (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:52 MDT
- st--6t05.jpg _ 18K Peri next to TARDIS console (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:53 MDT
- st--6t07.jpg _ 19K Doctor, Peri at TARDIS console (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:54 MDT
- st--6t08.jpg _ 13K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:54 MDT
- st--6t16.jpg _ 27K Doctor and Peri at 76 Totters Lane sign (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:57 MDT
- st--6t17.jpg _ 18K Peri watches as the Doctor plays Bach on the TARDIS-as-pipe organ (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:30:58 MDT
- st--6t24.jpg _ 17K Cryons Threst and Rost with Peri (Esther Freud, Sarah Berger, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:00 MDT
- st--6t31.jpg _ 17K Peri "Earth is safe and so is the web of time." (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:03 MDT
- st--6t32.jpg _161K Doctor and Peri in junkyard, long shot (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:09 MDT
- st--6v05.jpg _ 18K Doctor under the TARDIS console, Peri standing near (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:12 MDT
- st--6v06.jpg _ 12K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:12 MDT
- st--6v10.jpg _ 17K Peri, Doctor (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:14 MDT
- st--6v24.jpg _ 15K Peri turns into a bird (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:19 MDT
- st--6v30.jpg _ 37K B&W Peri, Chief Officer (Nicola Bryant, Forbes Collins) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:24 MDT
- st--6x04.jpg _ 39K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:38 MDT
- st--6x05.jpg _ 38K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:38 MDT
- st--6x07.jpg _ 47K Rani, Doctor on bed, Peri (Kate O'Mara, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:40 MDT
- st--6x13.jpg _ 47K Peri, Doctor, Luke Ward (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker, Gary Cady) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:46 MDT
- st--6x14.jpg _ 46K George Stephenson, Doctor, Peri (Gawn Grainger, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:47 MDT
- st--6x25.jpg _ 34K Peri with incomplete costume (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:01 MDT
- st--6x28.jpg _ 65K Peri grabbed by a tree (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:04 MDT
- st--6x29.jpg _ 61K Rani, Peri, Doctor, Master walking through woods (Kate O'Mara, Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:07 MDT
- st--6x33.jpg _ 52K Doctor, Peri outside of mine (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:11 MDT
- st--6x35.jpg _ 43K Doctor, Peri ready to enter TARDIS (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:13 MDT
- st--6w01.jpg _ 61K Jamie, Peri (Hines, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:25 MDT
- st--6w03.jpg _120K Doctor, Peri in kitchen (Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:30 MDT
- st--6w04.jpg _104K Peri, Doctor (Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker) Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:31:32 MDT
- st--6y02.jpg _ 14K Peri (Nicola Bryant) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:16 MDT
- st--7c63.jpg _ 15K Queen Peri and King Yrcanos (Nicola Bryant, Brian Blessed) sc Friday, 21-Apr-2006 19:32:47 MDT
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