
Acting
Nicola Bryant
Born 1960-10-11 · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Nicola Jane Bryant (born 11 October 1960) is an English actress known for her roles as Peri Brown, a companion to both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986 and as Martine Johnson the dance teacher in the school drama series The Biz from 1995 to 1997. She also played Miss Brown in The Stranger film series and Lana in Star Trek Continues.
Acting credits
7.4After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
5.5Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he decides that since he is dying anyway, he will kill or destroy all the people that ever crossed or hurt him during his life - after all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry hires an assassin to finish himself off in style, and even has time to fall in love with Jill. However, there's just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen wanting to talk to him about some murders...
Parting Shots
1999
7.7As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him.
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
6.5Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
10.0A spoof of Blade Runner, built around bloopers and outtakes from the Myth Makers series of videos, featuring interviews with actors from the Doctor Who TV series.
Myth Runner
1987
7.9A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
4.7Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
NRCelebrating 50 years of Space: 1999. This documentary examines the inception, characters, cultural impact, and music of the iconic series. Featuring interviews with John Logan, J.Michael Straczynski, Richard Taylor, plus many more.
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025
8.7At the Tranquil Repose mortuary, the Doctor and Peri uncover a sinister plot to create a new breed of Daleks under the supervision of the mysterious Great Healer.
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
9.8Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the heart of the conflict is a substance called Spectrox - both valuable and deadly! The Doctor & Peri wind up being poisoned by the material, which is killing them slowly and painfully unless they can find a cure. As the conflict heats up and the situation gets more desperate, the Doctor realises time is running out - both for Peri and himself...
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984
NRA look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
NRA documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike Smith in the 1988 Doctor Who serial Remembrance of the Daleks), who sadly died of AIDS in 1995 aged just 30.
Looking for Dursley
2024
5.3The Airzone Solution takes place in a future Britain where pollution has reached a point where the populace must often wear filtration masks when they venture outside. AirZone, a powerful corporation, signs a lucrative deal with the government to deal with the problem. The public is told that AirZone plans to build giant filtration plants to clean the atmosphere, but environmentalists are skeptical, especially when people begin dying and disappearing around AirZone facilities.
The Airzone Solution
1993
10.0A 4-Part Educational drama for Essex County Council Road Safety Department, this video is aimed at Key stage 2 and 3 pupils. This soap-style drama raises the various and complex issues surrounding transport in the 21st century, dealing with issue like personal and road safety, pollution, costs, traffic, cycling, health, and the environment through two family's struggles and dilemmas.
TravelWise
2000
6.2The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with the motive of framing him as a villainous renegade.
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
4.8All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
3.2A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984
6.7While sleeping over, the TARDIS decides to play a prank on Clara, much to her displeasure.
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
6.0On Krontep, a guard Rex questions a hooded figure praying in front of a statue of Yrcanos, who reveals herself as the Warrior Queen, Peri Brown.
Doctor Who: The Eternal Mystery
2022
4.5In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter
2016
NRA new 25-minute documentary looking at the making of Timelash. Featuring contributions from Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, David Chandler, Robert Ashby, script editor Eric Saward, writer Glen McCoy and Paul Lang from Doctor Who Adventures magazine.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2007
8.1Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What exactly is a companion's role, how do you actually become a companion, what do they have in common and how have the companions changed over the years?
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
NRProducer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission of 'The Five Doctors', the media interest and the BBC Enterprises' event at Longleat House. Featuring actors Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Carole Ann Ford, John Leeson, Richard Franklin and Caroline John, writer Terrance Dicks, director Peter Moffatt, visual effects designer Mike Kelt, new series writers Paul Cornell and Gareth Roberts, prominent fans Andrew Beech, Ian Levine, Richard Molesworth and James Goss. Presented by Colin Baker.
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
9.0Doctor Who travelled with the most gorgeous girls in the Cosmos. But was there any Lust in Space? Doctor Who is on trial - and the charge is sexism! The scene is set, the witnesses called. We expose Doctor Who’s final taboo! It’s everything you wanted to know about sex (in Doctor Who) but were afraid to ask!
Lust in Space
1998