Nicola Bryant

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NICOLA BRYANT is well known to Doctor Who fans for playing Perpugillium “Peri” Brown, companion to the Fifth and Sixth Doctors. She made her debut in the 1984 serial “Planet of Fire,” and went on to star in such Who classics as “The Two Doctors,” “Mark of the Rani,” “Revelation of the Daleks,” and of course “The Caves of Androzani,” often voted as the best Doctor Who story ever. She has continued her role as Peri in numerous Big Finish audio dramas, and has directed two Big Finish releases, UNIT: The Wasting (starring Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier and David Tennant as Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood) and Judge Dredd: 99 Code Red! She reunited with Colin Baker for a series of Doctor Who-esque movies called The Stranger, in which she played Miss Brown. She appeared as Elenya Brown alongside numerous Who co-stars in 1993’s ecologically-minded The Airzone Solution (which also featured Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Nicholas Briggs, Michael Wisher and Gary Russell). Her first agent, who suggested she audition for the role of Peri, was Terry Carney, son-in-law of William Hartnell. After Doctor Who, she gave a memorable performance as Millicent in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. Her film work includes the 1999 comedy Parting Shots, which starred John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Diana Rigg, Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley. She has guest-starred in numerous British television series, like Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, The Biz, The 10 Percenters, and in 2010 played Anne Boleyn in the children’s comedic series Scoop. In addition to her television and audio work, she has numerous stage credits to her name, including Killing Jessica (co-starring Patrick Macnee of Avengers fame), Taboos by Carl Djerassi, Rock ‘n’ Roll by Tom Stoppard, and Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier.