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== Acting credits ==
== Acting credits ==
=== 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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* ''[[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]]
* ''[[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]]


=== Audio dramas ===
=== Audio ===
==== BBC Audio ====
==== BBC Audio ====
* ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]''
* ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]''
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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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* ''[[The Slots of Giza (audio story)|The Slots of Giza]]'' - [[Mabel (The Slots of Giza)|Mable]]
* ''[[The Slots of Giza (audio story)|The Slots of Giza]]'' - [[Mabel (The Slots of Giza)|Mable]]


=== Audiobooks readings ===
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
 
==== 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]]''


=== 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 ===
==== The Doctor Who Audio Annual ====
* ''[[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]]''

Revision as of 16:12, 30 April 2021

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Nicola 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. 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.

After appearing in Doctor Who she 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.

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 has 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.

In the DWU

Nicola Bryant played herself in The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN!, where she claims that she was put away due to marrying Brian Blessed.

Acting credits

Television

Doctor Who

Webcasts

The Collection Blu-Ray Trailers

Audio

BBC Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

Special Releases

The Lost Stories

The Sixth Doctor and Peri

Companion Chronicles

Destiny of the Doctor

Short Trips

Bernice Summerfield

Iris Wilthyme

Audiobook readings

Target Novelisations

BBC Audio

Out of the Darkness

The Doctor Who Audio Annual

Directing credits

Big Finish

Companion Chronicles

UNIT

External links

Footnotes