Cast & creator
Nicola Bryant
Best known for Doctor Who, Holby City, Holby City
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.
Also known as: Nicola Jane Bryant
47
film credits
18
television credits
65
1963–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Doctor Who
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
1963
Holby City
Reporter
1999Holby City
Catherine Sloman
1999
Casualty
Susan Harris
1986
Doctors
Jackie Fallon
2000Doctors
Sonia Heyward-Smith
2000
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
My Family
Janet
2000My Family
Anne
2000
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Tales of the Tardis
Peri Brown
2023
The Stranger
Miss Brown
1991
Myth Makers
Herself
2015Scoop
Anne Boleyn/PC's Wife
2009
New Blood
Sophie Baxter
2016
The Biz
Martine
1995
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Peri Brown
1986The 10 Percenters
Julia
1993
Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
Self
2025
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Peri Brown (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Peri Brown
1993
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Millicent
1988
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Peri Brown
1985
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / Peri Brown (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Peri Brown
1984
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Peri Brown
1985
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Peri Brown
1984
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self
2023
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Peri Brown
1986
The Ties That Bind Us
Peri Brown (archive footage)
2008
30 Years in the TARDIS
Herself
1993
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Peri Brown
1985
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Peri Brown
1985
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Peri Brown
1984
Parting Shots
Beverley
1999
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Peri Brown
1985
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(archival footage)
2008
Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter
Dr. Shaw
2016
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
TravelWise
Laura
2000
Doctor Who: The Eternal Mystery
Peri Brown
2022
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Self
2019
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Herself / Peri (archive footage)
2019
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2007
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Peri Brown (archive footage)
2010
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Miss Brown
1992
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Myth Runner
Herself
1987
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
Miss Brown
1991
The Airzone Solution
Elenya Brown
1993
Doctor Who: The Trial
Self
2019
Adventures in Time and Spain
(archive footage)
2003
Doctor Who: Timelash
Peri Brown
1985
The Wilds
Helen
2022
Strike! Strike! Strike!
2013
Looking for Dursley
Self
2024
Trials and Tribulations
2008
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
Miss Brown
1993
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Lust in Space
Self
1998