Peri Brown

Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An American college student (her passport lists her residence as Pasadena, California) majoring in botany, Peri was a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986. She was the first American to travel with the Doctor, although Bryant herself is actually British, a fact that was downplayed when she joined the series. A "Peri" is a fallen angel from Persian mythology.

Other appearances

The controversial epilogue to the Target Books novelisation of Mindwarp by Philip Martin stated that Peri returned to the 20th Century with Yrcanos where the latter became a professional wrestler. This tongue-in-cheek conclusion is not reflected in any televised story.

Related Topics:
Target Books - Professional wrestler

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In the Marvel Comics graphic novel The Age of Chaos, written by Colin Baker, Peri lived out her life on Krontep as Yrcanos's Queen and had at least three grandchildren, who are principal characters in the story.

Related Topics:
Marvel Comics - Graphic novel - Colin Baker

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The Virgin New Adventures novel Bad Therapy by Matthew Jones reveals that, although becoming Yrcanos's Queen, Peri blamed the Doctor for abandoning her. In the novel, the Seventh Doctor made peace with Peri and returned her to late-20th Century Earth.

Related Topics:
Virgin New Adventures - Matthew Jones - Seventh Doctor - Earth

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The Telos novella Shell Shock by Simon A. Forward revealed that Peri had been sexually abused by her stepfather. This fact was hinted at in the Past Doctor Adventures novel SynthespiansTM by Craig Hinton, which also revealed that her parents were Janine and Paul Brown, and that her father died in a boating accident when she was thirteen. She has two step-siblings from her mother's marriage to Foster.

Related Topics:
Telos novella - Simon A. Forward - Past Doctor Adventures - Craig Hinton

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Bryant played the role of "Miss Brown" in the BBV video series The Stranger, opposite Colin Baker as the Stranger. She has also voiced the character of Peri in several audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions, alongside both Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. The canonicity of these other appearances, like all Doctor Who spin-off media, is unclear.

Related Topics:
BBV - The Stranger - Big Finish Productions - Peter Davison - Canonicity - Spin-off

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