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| image = Nicola Bryant.jpg
|image         = Nicola Bryant.jpg
| birth date = [[11 October (people)|11 October]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]
|birth date   = [[11 October (people)|11 October]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]
| role = [[Peri Brown]]
|role         = [[Peri Brown]]
| job =  
|job title    = [[Actor]]
| time =1984-1986, 1993, 1998-present  
|story        = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
| non dwu = ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'', ''Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''My Family'', ''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'', ''The Night of the Triffids''
|time         = 1984-86, 1993, 1998-2016, 2018-20, 2022-present
| imdb = 0117197
|non dwu       = ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'', ''Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''My Family'', ''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'', ''The Night of the Triffids''
| official site = www.nicolabryant.net
|imdb         = 0117197
| twitter = thenicolabryant
|official site = www.nicolabryant.net
|job title = Actor|story=[[#Credits|See Credits Section]]}}
|twitter       = thenicolabryant
{{You may|Nicola Bryant (The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!)|n1=her DWU counterpart}}
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'''Nicola Bryant''' (born [[11 October (people)|11 October]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) played [[companion]] [[Peri Brown|Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown]] from ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' to ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''. She later reprised the role for ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' and has since appeared in many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' video and audio spin-offs.
'''Nicola Jane Bryant''' (born [[11 October (people)|11 October]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) played [[companion]] [[Peri Brown|Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown]] from ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' to ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''. She later reprised the role for ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' and has since appeared in many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' video and audio spin-offs.


She played the part from 1984 to 1986, first with [[Peter Davison]] and then with [[Colin Baker]] as [[the Doctor]]. Bryant's tenure on the show was met with raised eyebrows in some quarters. Series producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] admitted that his intention was to pump up the sex appeal of the ageing series. The young actress was often seen wearing revealing outfits. Her character was [[American]] and for a while a publicity-driven fiction was maintained suggesting Bryant was also American. During her final season on ''Doctor Who'', the actress was allowed to dress more conservatively on the show.
She played the part from 1984 to 1986, first with [[Peter Davison]] and then with [[Colin Baker]] as [[the Doctor]]. Bryant's tenure on the show was met with raised eyebrows in some quarters, as the young actress was often seen wearing revealing outfits. Series producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] admitted that his intention was to pump up the sex appeal of the ageing series. During her final season on ''Doctor Who'', Bryant was allowed to dress more conservatively on the show.


After appearing in Doctor Who she has had other television roles, including the role of [https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Millicent Millicent] in [https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Blackadder%27s_Christmas_Carol ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'']. In the early-mid 1990s, she also co-starred with Baker in a series of made-for-video science fiction films entitled ''The Stranger'' for [[BBV Productions]]. The first few films in the series were little more than ''Doctor Who'' episodes in disguise. She also appeared alongside Baker, Davison, [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Jon Pertwee]] in another BBV production, ''The Airzone Solution'', which is notable for a love scene between Baker and Bryant.
Her character was [[American]], and for a while, a publicity-driven fiction was maintained suggesting Bryant was also American.


== Career ==
As well as ''Doctor Who,'' Bryant has had other television roles, including the role of [https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Millicent Millicent] in [https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Blackadder%27s_Christmas_Carol ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'']. In the early-mid 1990s, she also co-starred with Baker in a series of made-for-video science fiction films entitled ''The Stranger'' for [[BBV Productions]]. The first few films in the series were little more than ''Doctor Who'' episodes in disguise. She also appeared alongside Baker, Davison, [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Jon Pertwee]] in another BBV production, ''The Airzone Solution'', which is notable for a love scene between Baker and Bryant.
== Return to ''Doctor Who'' ==
Bryant has reprised the role of Peri in several of the [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio drama]]. She has appeared with both [[Peter Davison]] and [[Colin Baker]] in these. She has also directed several audio dramas for Big Finish.
Bryant has reprised the role of Peri in several of the [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio drama]]. She has appeared with both [[Peter Davison]] and [[Colin Baker]] in these. She has also directed several audio dramas for Big Finish.


According to her official website, Bryant's acting in recent years has been limited by a back injury suffered during a fall on stage in the early 2000s but she has continued to work on Big Finish audio productions during her recuperation. In February 2006, she returned to live performances, appearing in a {{w|New End Theatre}} production of ''Taboos'', a play by {{w|Carl Djerassi}}. She has also appeared in DVD interviews for ''Doctor Who'' stories in which she was involved, and has recorded commentary tracks, usually alongside Colin Baker.
According to her official website, Bryant's acting in recent years has been limited by a back injury suffered during a fall on stage in the early 2000s, but she continued to work on Big Finish audio productions during her recuperation. In February 2006, she returned to live performances, appearing in a {{w|New End Theatre}} production of ''Taboos'', a play by {{w|Carl Djerassi}}. She has also appeared in DVD interviews for ''Doctor Who'' stories in which she was involved, and has recorded commentary tracks, usually alongside Colin Baker.


A mock interview with comic strip character [[Frobisher]] appeared in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It mentions Frobisher had an unwelcome interest in Nicola. It was reprinted in [[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|''The World Shapers'' graphic novel]].
A mock interview with comic strip character [[Frobisher]] appeared in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It mentions Frobisher had an unwelcome interest in Nicola. It was reprinted in [[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|''The World Shapers'' graphic novel]].


In 2013, Nicola appeared on a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' edition of the TV game show ''Pointless Celebrities'' and partnered up with [[Andrew Hayden-Smith]]. She also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
In 2013, Nicola appeared on a ''Doctor Who'' edition of the TV game show ''Pointless Celebrities'' and partnered up with [[Andrew Hayden-Smith]]. She also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
 
== Personal life ==
She is in a relationship with ''Doctor Who'' writer [[Nev Fountain]].


== In the DWU ==
== In the DWU ==
Nicola Bryant [[Nicola Bryant (The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!)|played herself]] in ''[[The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN! (webcast)|The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!]]'', where she claims that she was put away due to marrying [[Brian Blessed]].
Nicola Bryant [[Nicola Bryant (in-universe)|played herself]] in ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'', where she claims that she was incarcerated due to marrying [[Brian Blessed (in-universe)|Brian Blessed]].
== Acting credits ==
 
== Acting Credits ==
As [[Peri Brown]]
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''
* ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''
* ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''
* ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''
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=== Webcasts ===
=== Webcasts ===
==== The Collection Blu-Ray Trailers ====
==== Tales of the TARDIS ====
* ''[[The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN! (webcast)|The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!]]'' - [[Nicola Bryant (The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!)|Nicola Bryant]]
* ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]''


=== Audio dramas ===
==== The Collection ====
==== BBC Audio ====
* ''[[The Eternal Mystery (webcast)|The Eternal Mystery]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== BBC Radio ====
* ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]''
* ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]''


==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Whispers of Terror (audio story)|Whispers of Terrors]]''
* ''[[Whispers of Terror (audio story)|Whispers of Terror]]''
* ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]''
* ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]''
* ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]''
* ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]''
* ''[[...ish (audio story)|...ish]]''
* ''[[...ish (audio story)|...ish]]''
* ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]] ''- also as Queen [[Anne (Queen of France)|Anne]]
* ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]''
* ''[[Nekromanteia (audio story)|Nekromanteia]]''
* ''[[Nekromanteia (audio story)|Nekromanteia]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]] ''- as Doctor [[Stone (Zagreus)|Stone]] & [[Ouida]]
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''
* ''[[The Axis of Insanity (audio story)|The Axis of Insanity]]''
* ''[[The Axis of Insanity (audio story)|The Axis of Insanity]]''
* ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]''
* ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]''
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* ''[[Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)|Plight of the Pimpernel]]''
* ''[[Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)|Plight of the Pimpernel]]''


==== Doctor Who Special Releases ====
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Her Final Flight (audio story)|Her Final Flight]]''
* ''[[Her Final Flight (audio story)|Her Final Flight]]''
* ''[[Cryptobiosis (audio story)|Cryptobiosis]]''
* ''[[Cryptobiosis (audio story)|Cryptobiosis]]''
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* ''[[Power Play (audio story)|Power Play]]''
* ''[[Power Play (audio story)|Power Play]]''
* ''[[The First Sontarans (audio story)|The First Sontarans]]''
* ''[[The First Sontarans (audio story)|The First Sontarans]]''
* ''[[The Ultimate Evil (audio story)|The Ultimate Evil]] ''(also as Mariana)
* ''[[The Ultimate Evil (audio story)|The Ultimate Evil]]''


==== The Sixth Doctor and Peri ====
==== The Fifth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Headless Ones (audio story)|The Headless Ones]]''
* ''[[The Auton Infinity (audio story)|The Auton Infinity]]'' (Uncredited)
* ''[[Like (audio story)|Like]]''
* ''[[The Vanity Trap (audio story)|The Vanity Trap]]''
* ''[[Conflict Theory (audio story)|Conflict Theory]]''


==== Companion Chronicles ====
==== The Sixth Doctor adventures ====
* ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]''
** ''[[The Headless Ones (audio story)|The Headless Ones]]''
** ''[[Like (audio story)|Like]]''
** ''[[The Vanity Trap (audio story)|The Vanity Trap]]''
** ''[[Conflict Theory (audio story)|Conflict Theory]]''
 
* ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]''
** ''[[Escape from Holy Island (audio story)|Escape From Holy Island]]''
** ''[[The Thousand Year Thaw (audio story)|The Thousand Year Thaw]]''
** ''[[The Firstborn (audio story)|The Firstborn]]''
* ''[[The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story)|The Trials of a Time Lord]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]''
* ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]''


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* ''[[The Meaning of Red (audio story)|The Meaning of Red]]''
* ''[[The Meaning of Red (audio story)|The Meaning of Red]]''


==== Bernice Summerfield ====
==== Doctor Who Unbound ====
* ''[[The Revolution (audio story)|The Revolution]]'' - Professor [[Ameilia Geller|Geller]]
* ''[[Dust Devil (audio story)|Dust Devil]]''


==== Iris Wilthyme ====
=== Audiobook Readings ===
* ''[[Comeback of the Scorchies (audio story)|Comeback of the Scorchies]]'' - [[Maggie (Comeback of the Scorchies)|Maggie]]
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Slots of Giza (audio story)|The Slots of Giza]]'' - [[Mabel (The Slots of Giza)|Mable]]
* ''[[The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)|The Mark of the Rani]]''


=== Audiobooks readings ===
==== BBC Audio ====
* ''[[The Lost Planet (audio story)|The Lost Planet]]''
* ''[[The Lost Planet (audio story)|The Lost Planet]]''
* ''[[Death Among the Stars (audio story)|Death Among the Stars]]''
* ''[[Death Among the Stars (audio story)|Death Among the Stars]]''
* ''[[The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
* ''[[The Flight of the Sun God (audio story)|The Flight of the Sun God]]''
* ''[[The Flight of the Sun God (audio story)|The Flight of the Sun God]]''
* ''[[River of Death (audio story)|River of Death]]''


=== Out of the Darkness ===
==== Out of the Darkness ====
* [[Moon Graffiti (short story)|''Moon Graffiti'']]
* ''[[Moon Graffiti (short story)|Moon Graffiti]]''
* [[Wish You Were Here (ST short story)|''Wish You Were Here'']]
* ''[[Wish You Were Here (ST short story)|Wish You Were Here]]''
* [[Vigil (audio story)|''Vigil'']]
* ''[[Vigil (audio story)|Vigil]]''


=== The Doctor Who Audio Annual ===
==== Doctor Who Audio Annuals ====
* ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]''
* ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]''
* ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
* ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (short story)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (short story)|Beauty and the Beast]]''


== Directing credits ==
Other Roles
=== Big Finish ===
=== Television ===
==== Companion Chronicles ====
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'' - [[Kiv|Lord Kiv]] (uncredited)
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== The Collection ====
* ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'' - [[Nicola Bryant (in-universe)|Nicola Bryant]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]'' - [[Anne (Queen of France)|Queen Anne]]
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' - Doctor [[Stone (Zagreus)|Stone]] / [[Ouida]]
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[The Ultimate Evil (audio story)|The Ultimate Evil]]'' - [[Mariana (The Ultimate Evil)|Mariana]]
 
==== Doctor Who Unbound ====
* ''[[Dust Devil (audio story)|Dust Devil]]'' - [[Miss Brown]]
 
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[The Revolution (audio story)|The Revolution]]'' - [[Amelia Geller|Professor Geller]]
 
==== Iris Wildthyme ====
* ''[[Comeback of the Scorchies (audio story)|Comeback of the Scorchies]]'' - [[Maggie (Comeback of the Scorchies)|Maggie]]
* ''[[The Slots of Giza (audio story)|The Slots of Giza]]'' - [[Mabel (The Slots of Giza)|Mabel]]
 
== Directing Credits ==
=== Audio ===
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]''
* ''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]''


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{{official website|www.nicolabryant.net/}}
{{official website|www.nicolabryant.net/}}
{{twitter|thenicolabryant}}
{{twitter|thenicolabryant}}
*[https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Nicola_Bryant Nicola Bryant] at Blackadder wiki
* [https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Nicola_Bryant Nicola Bryant] at Blackadder wiki


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:BBV Productions actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who audio directors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who audio directors]]
[[Category:Big Finish UNIT directors]]
[[Category:The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield voice actors]]
[[Category:The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Iris Wildthyme voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Iris Wildthyme voice actors]]
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[[Category:Doctor Who actors that exist in the DWU]]
[[Category:Doctor Who actors that exist in the DWU]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Adelphi]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed people from the real world]]
[[Category:The Sixth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound voice actors]]
[[Category:The Fifth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]

Latest revision as of 20:25, 3 November 2024

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Nicola Jane Bryant (born 11 October 1960[1]) played companion Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown from Planet of Fire to Mindwarp. She later reprised the role for Dimensions in Time and has since appeared in many Doctor Who video and audio spin-offs.

She played the part from 1984 to 1986, first with Peter Davison and then with Colin Baker as the Doctor. Bryant's tenure on the show was met with raised eyebrows in some quarters, as the young actress was often seen wearing revealing outfits. Series producer John Nathan-Turner admitted that his intention was to pump up the sex appeal of the ageing series. During her final season on Doctor Who, Bryant was allowed to dress more conservatively on the show.

Her character was American, and for a while, a publicity-driven fiction was maintained suggesting Bryant was also American.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

As well as Doctor Who, Bryant has had other television roles, including the role of Millicent in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. In the early-mid 1990s, she also co-starred with Baker in a series of made-for-video science fiction films entitled The Stranger for BBV Productions. The first few films in the series were little more than Doctor Who episodes in disguise. She also appeared alongside Baker, Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Jon Pertwee in another BBV production, The Airzone Solution, which is notable for a love scene between Baker and Bryant.

Return to Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bryant has reprised the role of Peri in several of the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who spin-off audio drama. She has appeared with both Peter Davison and Colin Baker in these. She has also directed several audio dramas for Big Finish.

According to her official website, Bryant's acting in recent years has been limited by a back injury suffered during a fall on stage in the early 2000s, but she continued to work on Big Finish audio productions during her recuperation. In February 2006, she returned to live performances, appearing in a New End Theatre production of Taboos, a play by Carl Djerassi. She has also appeared in DVD interviews for Doctor Who stories in which she was involved, and has recorded commentary tracks, usually alongside Colin Baker.

A mock interview with comic strip character Frobisher appeared in Doctor Who Magazine. It mentions Frobisher had an unwelcome interest in Nicola. It was reprinted in The World Shapers graphic novel.

In 2013, Nicola appeared on a Doctor Who edition of the TV game show Pointless Celebrities and partnered up with Andrew Hayden-Smith. She also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

She is in a relationship with Doctor Who writer Nev Fountain.

In the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nicola Bryant played herself in The Trial, where she claims that she was incarcerated due to marrying Brian Blessed.

Acting Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Peri Brown

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of the TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Collection[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Radio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Unbound[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Out of the Darkness[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Audio Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Collection[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Unbound[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Directing Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

UNIT[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
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