Peri (mythology)

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A peri was a kind of fairy in Persian mythology which started off evil before turning good. (TV: The Twin Dilemma) In the myths, the peri were the savage descendants of King Solomon's djinn and their human wives. They were inspired by the Mal'akh. (PROSE: The Book of the War) The newly-regenerated and temporarily-deranged Sixth Doctor took this as sufficient reason to attempt to kill his companion Peri. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)

Behind the scenes

• Before strangling Peri in The Twin Dilemma, the Sixth Doctor quoted from the poem "Paradise and the Peri" by Thomas Moore.