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{{Wikipediainfo|Bride of Frankenstein (character)}} | {{Wikipediainfo|Bride of Frankenstein (character)}} | ||
{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
| | |job = Maid | ||
|job2 | |job2 =Circus {{!}} Circus performer | ||
|affiliation = Effie Jacobs | |||
|affiliation = Effie | |||
|affiliation2 =Reginald Tyler | |affiliation2 =Reginald Tyler | ||
|affiliation3 = | |affiliation3 = Beatrice Mapp | ||
|first | |first = The Boy That Time Forgot (audio story) | ||
| | |appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellowship of the Ink (novel)|Fellowship of the Ink]]''}} | ||
| | |voice actor = Claire Wyatt | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Brenda''' was a woman who was made up of various bits and pieces of [[human]] bodies stitched together. She had no surname. Brenda had a long life, but not a very good memory, meaning she had some trouble remembering much beyond her recent history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellowship of the Ink (novel)|Fellowship of the Ink]]'') | '''Brenda''' was a woman who was made up of various bits and pieces of [[human]] bodies stitched together. She had no surname. Brenda had a long life, but not a very good memory, meaning she had some trouble remembering much beyond her recent history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellowship of the Ink (novel)|Fellowship of the Ink]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In | In [[1868]], Brenda was working as a [[maid]] at [[Beatrice Mapp]]'s house at [[Tavistock Square]] in [[London]]. When the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] held a [[Block Transfer Computation]] [[seance]] there in an attempt to summon [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], Brenda sat between the Doctor and [[Quandry]] and repeated "1010". The seance resulted in the Doctor, Nyssa, Mapp, and [[Rupert Von Thal]] being transported to [[Adric]]'s kingdom in the [[distant past]], leaving Brenda alone to take care of the house. Brenda was overjoyed when Mapp returned six weeks later. As Brenda was bringing Adric [[tea]], she heard him using Block Transfer Computations to transport himself to [[Thomas Brewster]]. She informed the Doctor, Nyssa, and Mapp of Adric's disappearance in time for them to come to Adric's room and witness his death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Boy That Time Forgot (audio story)|The Boy That Time Forgot]]'') | ||
In the [[ | In the [[1890s]], Brenda performed in [[Diodati's Circus]] as "The Discombobulated Lady". Each night, she would pull herself to pieces in front of a live audience to the rhythm of a "sensuous dance". When the Circus visited [[Paris]], Brenda had an adventure involving hunchbacks, [[Phantom of the Opera|Phantom]]s, and undead in the [[catacomb]]s. She ran away form the circus with [[Joseph Merrick]] while they were touring in northern [[England]]. | ||
On [[May Day]] [[1972]], Brenda went to [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s party at [[Hobbe's End]] with [[Effie | In the [[1930s]], Brenda was [[Reginald Tyler]]'s maid in [[Darkholmes]]. She helped Tyler and [[Henry Cleavis]] during the hubbub that arose when the [[Very Fabric of Time and Space]] wore a bit thin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellowship of the Ink (novel)|Fellowship of the Ink]]'') | ||
On [[May Day]] [[1972]], Brenda went to [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s party at [[Hobbe's End]] with [[Effie Jacobs|Effie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'') | |||
== Other information == | == Other information == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Brenda | Brenda originates from [[Paul Magrs]]' 1998 short story "Never the Bride", written for [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''Afternoon Reading''. She features in the six book series ''Brenda and Effie''. Brenda is the bride of [[Frankenstein's monster]] who runs a [[bed and breakfast]] in [[Whitby]]. She is played by [[Anne Reid]] in [[Bafflegab Productions]]' ''Brenda and Effie'' audio series. | ||
[[ | Brenda's time as a [[maid]] in [[Beatrice Mapp]]'s household is expanded upon in the fifth ''Brenda and Effie'' novel, ''The Bride That Time Forgot''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
