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 is a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986. She was the first American character to travel with the Doctor, although Brya...
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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 is a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986. She was the first American character to travel with the Doctor, although Bryant herself is actually British, a fact that was downplayed when she joined the series (her marital status was similarly downplayed). Bryant's assumed accent slips a bit on occasion (and the "American" "wanders" from one side of the U.S. to the other in various serials) and she sometimes uses words of British usage rather than American, such as "lift" instead of "elevator" (she discusses this on the commentary for Attack of the Cybermen, stating that she was told using American words would confuse the audience). A "Peri" is a fallen angel from...
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