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Peri Brown
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
An American botany major from Fell's Point in Baltimore, Maryland, Peri is a companion of the Fifth (Peter Davison) and Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986, appearing in a total of 11 stories (33 episodes).
Peri begins travelling with the Fifth Doctor in Planet of Fire. Following the Doctor's regeneration into the Sixth Doctor in The Caves of Androzani, she continues to travel with him.
English drama student Nicola Bryant had been spotted by an agent in a production of the musical comedy No, No Nanette at her drama school, the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, which was the last show she did before leaving the school. She had performed with an American accent during the show, and having mistaken her for a real American, the agent took note of "one American...". In less than a week after leaving the school, he phoned her up and secured her an audition for Doctor Who.
John Nathan-Turner was only auditioning Americans, and the British actress had to feign an American accent during the process. The agent had promised to tell the production that Bryant was British if she was successful, but this was ultimately unfulfilled. Bryant therefore had to use her American accent in all public places, barring the pop to the local supermarket; this included BBC canteens and rehearsal rooms. The young actress simply "got on with it" throughout her entire run on the show and later described it as the "longest role [she] ever played". Bryant described the audition process as "extraordinary" and "surreal".
Bryant revealed her British accent to Colin Baker at a dinner party; after his departure, Baker revealed her non-American origins to the newspapers, which he described as "doing [her] a favour". Decades later, Bryant finds that her American accent can still subconsciously slip into conversation and notes that fans are often still surprised to discover that she is not American.
Announcing the new companion, Nathan-Turner said of Peri, "She'll often be wearing leotards and bikinis. A lot of Dads watch Doctor Who and I'm sure they will like Nicola." Peri's outfit for the first Sixth Doctor serial, The Twin Dilemma, was originally a blue trouser suit; however, Nathan-Turner opposed this as he felt she should wear something more revealing. Despite Nathan-Turner's intentions, some critics felt that Bryant's costumes were too revealing.
Bryant disliked the costume that she wore on Doctor Who. She remembered consistently having her buttocks tapped while walking through the BBC lot and that she would have to laugh and say "thank you" in response and then walk a little faster or duck into the bathroom. She recalled a four- to five-hour makeup process for Mindwarp (1986) being artificially sped up by the makeup department, leading to the prosthetic being ripped from her face; while shooting in the sun the following days, her face was unbearably sore. The skimpy outfit she wore in her first story, Planet of Fire (1984), while appropriate for the Mediterranean weather of its setting, was inappropriate for British winter and caused her to get frostbite and pneumonia.
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Peri Brown
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
An American botany major from Fell's Point in Baltimore, Maryland, Peri is a companion of the Fifth (Peter Davison) and Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986, appearing in a total of 11 stories (33 episodes).
Peri begins travelling with the Fifth Doctor in Planet of Fire. Following the Doctor's regeneration into the Sixth Doctor in The Caves of Androzani, she continues to travel with him.
English drama student Nicola Bryant had been spotted by an agent in a production of the musical comedy No, No Nanette at her drama school, the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, which was the last show she did before leaving the school. She had performed with an American accent during the show, and having mistaken her for a real American, the agent took note of "one American...". In less than a week after leaving the school, he phoned her up and secured her an audition for Doctor Who.
John Nathan-Turner was only auditioning Americans, and the British actress had to feign an American accent during the process. The agent had promised to tell the production that Bryant was British if she was successful, but this was ultimately unfulfilled. Bryant therefore had to use her American accent in all public places, barring the pop to the local supermarket; this included BBC canteens and rehearsal rooms. The young actress simply "got on with it" throughout her entire run on the show and later described it as the "longest role [she] ever played". Bryant described the audition process as "extraordinary" and "surreal".
Bryant revealed her British accent to Colin Baker at a dinner party; after his departure, Baker revealed her non-American origins to the newspapers, which he described as "doing [her] a favour". Decades later, Bryant finds that her American accent can still subconsciously slip into conversation and notes that fans are often still surprised to discover that she is not American.
Announcing the new companion, Nathan-Turner said of Peri, "She'll often be wearing leotards and bikinis. A lot of Dads watch Doctor Who and I'm sure they will like Nicola." Peri's outfit for the first Sixth Doctor serial, The Twin Dilemma, was originally a blue trouser suit; however, Nathan-Turner opposed this as he felt she should wear something more revealing. Despite Nathan-Turner's intentions, some critics felt that Bryant's costumes were too revealing.
Bryant disliked the costume that she wore on Doctor Who. She remembered consistently having her buttocks tapped while walking through the BBC lot and that she would have to laugh and say "thank you" in response and then walk a little faster or duck into the bathroom. She recalled a four- to five-hour makeup process for Mindwarp (1986) being artificially sped up by the makeup department, leading to the prosthetic being ripped from her face; while shooting in the sun the following days, her face was unbearably sore. The skimpy outfit she wore in her first story, Planet of Fire (1984), while appropriate for the Mediterranean weather of its setting, was inappropriate for British winter and caused her to get frostbite and pneumonia.