Peri Brown
Encyclopedia
Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant
Nicola Bryant
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 in the long-running British
Great Britain
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 science fiction television
Science fiction on television
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 series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

.

An America
United States
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n college student (her passport lists her residence as Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
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) majoring in botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

, Peri is a companion
Companion (Doctor Who)
In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, the term "companion" refers to a character who travels with, and shares the adventures of the Doctor. In most Doctor Who stories, the primary companion acts as both deuteragonist and audience surrogate...

 of the Fifth
Fifth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison....

 and Sixth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker...

s and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986.

Character history

She first appears in the Fifth Doctor serial Planet of Fire
Planet of Fire
Planet of Fire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 23 February to 2 March 1984...

, in which she encounters the Doctor and Turlough
Vislor Turlough
Vislor Turlough is a fictional character played by Mark Strickson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was a companion of the Fifth Doctor, being a regular in the programme from 1983 to 1984.-Character history:...

 on the island of Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Lanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...

. After an encounter with the Master
Master (Doctor Who)
The Master is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a renegade Time Lord and the archenemy of the Doctor....

 and the shapechanging android Kamelion
Kamelion
Kamelion is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A shape-changing android voiced by Gerald Flood in its default form, it is a companion of the Fifth Doctor and appears in the television series in two serials between 1983 and...

 (who disguises himself as her stepfather, Professor Howard Foster), Peri asks to join the Fifth Doctor on his travels, while Turlough departs to return to his home planet of Trion. (The identity of Peri's mother is not revealed in the televised series, but see below.)

Peri is present when the Fifth Doctor regenerates
Regeneration (Doctor Who)
Regeneration, in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a biological ability exhibited by Time Lords, a race of fictional humanoids originating on the planet Gallifrey. This process allows a Time Lord who is old or mortally wounded to undergo a transformation into a new...

 into the Sixth at the end of The Caves of Androzani
The Caves of Androzani
The Caves of Androzani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 8–16 March 1984. It was Peter Davison's last regular appearance as the Doctor, and marks the first appearance of Colin Baker in the role...

and continues to travel with him, despite the fact that one of the first things the temporarily unstable Sixth Doctor does is try to strangle her (The Twin Dilemma
The Twin Dilemma
The Twin Dilemma is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 22 March to 30 March 1984, the first to star Colin Baker in the title role.-Synopsis:...

).

Peri is a bright, spirited young woman in her early twenties, who travels with the Doctor because, like many of his companions, she wants to see the universe. Although she shares a more abrasive relationship with the Sixth Doctor, there is an undercurrent of affection in their verbal sparring.

Peri travels with the Doctor for an undisclosed period of time; some sources say she travels with him for mere months, while others say years. Between the events of Revelation of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 23 March and 30 March 1985...

and the season-long story The Trial of a Time Lord
The Trial of a Time Lord
The Trial of a Time Lord is a fourteen-part British science fiction serial of the long running BBC series Doctor Who. The serial, produced as the twenty-third season of the Doctor Who television series, aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986...

, the character is shown to have matured somewhat (coinciding with an 18-month production break between the two stories) and her relationship with the Doctor is less combative.

In the second segment of the Trial story arc, Mindwarp
Mindwarp
Mindwarp is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 4 October to 25 October 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole of the 23rd season...

, Peri is abducted by a arthropod-like creature named Kiv, who apparently transplants his brain into her body. Soon after, the Doctor is led to believe that Peri is dead, and is severely distressed by this. It is later revealed at the end of The Ultimate Foe
The Ultimate Foe
The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 29 November to 6 December 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole...

(the fourth segment of the arc) that the evidence of Peri's death was faked by the Valeyard
Valeyard
The Valeyard is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. He is described as an aspect of the Doctor from between his twelfth and final incarnations as depicted in the TV show or regenerations in the novelization of the story...

. Peri has, in fact, survived, presumably recovered from Kiv's transplant (if it ever actually occurred), and married King Yrcanos of Thoros Alpha, a warrior king who had assisted the Doctor and Peri during the Mindwarp incident. It is not known what happens to Peri after she marries Yrcanos.

Peri was one of the more controversial companions, with some critics complaining about the motivation for adding a character who spent much of her time on screen wearing revealing outfits. Series producer John Nathan-Turner
John Nathan-Turner
John Nathan-Turner was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, from 1980 until it was effectively cancelled in 1989...

 admitted that Peri was created in order to add sex appeal to the series. Similar criticisms had been levelled against the character of Leela
Leela (Doctor Who)
Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Leela was a companion of the Fourth Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1977 to 1978...

 nearly a decade earlier. Beginning with the story Timelash
Timelash
Timelash is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 9–16 March 1985.-Synopsis:...

, and continuing through the Trial season, Peri's mode of dress became more conservative.

Nationality

Though Peri Brown was the first American character to travel with the Doctor
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....

, she was played by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 actress Nicola Bryant
Nicola Bryant
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. Bryant's assumed accent slips slightly on occasion (and "wanders" from one side of the U.S.
New England English
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 to the other
California English
California English is a dialect of the English language spoken in California. California is home to a highly diverse population, which is reflected in the historical and continuing development of California English.-History:English was first spoken on a wide scale in the area now known as...

 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
Attack of the Cybermen
Attack of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 5 January to 12 January 1985. It opened Season 22 of the series...

, stating that she was told that using American words would confuse the audience). According to the Planet of Fire
Planet of Fire
Planet of Fire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 23 February to 2 March 1984...

DVD commentary, actress Nicola Bryant was told to continue using her American accent between takes and during public appearances to cover up the fact that she was not actually American.

Other appearances

Peri Brown has the distinction of being the first humanoid television companion to appear in the Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 (previously the strip, which began in 1979, depicted the Doctor either travelling alone or with companions created for the strip, while the robotic television companion K9 was featured in several DWM comic strips featuring the Fourth Doctor
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who....

). Her first appearance is in "Funhouse Part 1" (DWM #102) in which she appears in two panels as a scantily clad apparition
Ghost
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 manifested by a villain. Two issues later, in "Kane's Story Part 1" (DWM #104), she becomes a regular character in the trip, initially travelling with both the Sixth Doctor and his shape-shifting companion, Frobisher
Frobisher (Doctor Who)
Frobisher is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who in the 1980s. He was a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctors...

 and continuing until the final part of "Up Above the Gods" in DWM #129. "Kane's Story" establishes that Peri at one point during her travels with the Sixth Doctor leaves the TARDIS for reasons left unrevealed and goes to live in New York City
New York City
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 where she takes a job in an office, a job she angrily quits for reasons also unrevealed just prior to encountering the Doctor again and voluntarily rejoining him.

The epilogue to the Target Books
Target Books
Target Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. The imprint was established as a children's imprint to complement the adult Tandem imprint, and became well known for their highly successful range of...

 novelisation of Mindwarp by Philip Martin states that Peri returns to the 20th Century with Yrcanos where the latter becomes a professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
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. This tongue-in-cheek conclusion is not reflected in any televised story, and is generally ignored by fandom.

In the Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 The Age of Chaos, written by Colin Baker
Colin Baker
Colin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...

, Peri lives out her life on Krontep as Yrcanos's Queen and has at least three grandchildren, who are principal characters in the story.

The Virgin New Adventures
Virgin New Adventures
The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...

 novel Bad Therapy
Bad Therapy
Bad Therapy is an original novel written by Matthew Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Peri....

by Matthew Jones
Matt Jones (writer)
Matthew David Jones is a British television writer and producer, who has worked on a variety of popular drama programmes for several television networks in the UK....

 reveals that, although becoming Yrcanos's Queen, Peri blames the Doctor for abandoning her. In the novel, the Seventh Doctor
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy....

 makes peace with Peri and returns her to late-20th Century Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

.

The Telos novella
Telos Doctor Who novellas
The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing Ltd...

 Shell Shock
Shell Shock (Doctor Who)
Shell Shock is an original novella written by Simon A. Forward and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Bob...

by Simon A. Forward
Simon A. Forward
Simon A. Forward is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs. He currently lives and works in Penzance with his wife as a full-time writer.-Work:...

 reveals that Peri had been sexually abused by her stepfather. This is hinted at in the Past Doctor Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
The Past Doctor Adventures were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the Eighth Doctor Adventures...

 novel Synthespians™
Synthespians™
Synthespians™ is a BBC Books original novel written by Craig Hinton and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

by Craig Hinton
Craig Hinton
Craig Paul Alexander Hinton was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who....

, which also reveals that her parents were Janine and Paul Brown, and that her father died in a boating accident when she was thirteen. She has two step-siblings from her mother's marriage to Foster.

Bryant voiced the character of Peri in several audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...

, alongside both Peter Davison
Peter Davison
Peter Davison is a British actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, which he played from 1982 to 1984.-Early life:Davison was born Peter Moffett in Streatham,...

 as the Fifth Doctor and Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. In several of these stories, the Fifth Doctor and Peri are joined by another companion, the Egyptian princess Erimem
Erimem
Erimemushinteperem, or simply Erimem, is a fictional character played by Caroline Morris in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A princess of Ancient Egypt born in 1419 BC, she is the daughter of...

.

In the audio play Her Final Flight
Her Final Flight
Her Final Flight is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

, the Sixth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker...

 finds Peri on a remote planet, where she apparently dies of a virus, although it is revealed that the entire story was part of a fantasy designed to make The Doctor kill himself.

One audio play, The Reaping
The Reaping (Doctor Who audio)
The Reaping is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

, introduces Peri's mother, Janine Foster, played by American actress Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian
Claudia Ann Christian is an American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director, best known for her role as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.-Career:...

 (although in reality, Christian is three years younger than Nicola Bryant). The play, set in 1984, confirms Peri's late father's name as Paul and mentions that Howard and Janine Foster have gone their separate ways, but does not mention Peri's step-siblings. Janine is killed at the end of the play, cutting Peri's last familial tie to Earth.

Another audio play, Peri and the Piscon Paradox
Peri and the Piscon Paradox
Peri and the Piscon Paradox is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....

states that the Time Lords made several adjustments to her time line, resulting in at least five alternate versions of Peri with different fates, including one that thought she never travelled in the TARDIS, but instead moved to California and eventually hosted a talk show called The Queen of Worries.

The canonicity of these other appearances, like all Doctor Who spin-off
Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....

 media, is unclear.

Future show runner Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer.Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his...

 mentions an unnamed "Warrior Queen on Thoros Beta" in his 1996 short story, "Continuity Errors".

Bryant played the role of "Miss Brown" in the first three installments of the BBV
BBV
BBV is a video and audio production company specialising in science fiction drama, known for its links with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

 video series The Stranger
The Stranger (video series)
The Stranger is a series of direct-to-video science-fiction dramas produced by BBV and starring Colin Baker. They are now available on DVD.The series began in 1991 with Summoned by Shadows, co-produced with the BBC Film Club...

, opposite Colin Baker as the Stranger; although the character is never explicitly identified as being Peri (much as the Stranger was never directly linked to the Doctor) there are nonetheless similarities in the two characters, with one major difference: Bryant uses her natural English accent for Miss Brown rather than affecting an American one as she did with Peri.

Peri is the first companion from the classic era (aside from Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....

 and K9 who are also companions in the revived era) to be made available as an action figure with a gift pack of her and Sil
Vengeance on Varos
Vengeance on Varos is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 19–26 January 1985.-Synopsis:...

 available as of 7 December. Peri and Sil Gift Pack

Television

Season 21
  • Planet of Fire
    Planet of Fire
    Planet of Fire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 23 February to 2 March 1984...

  • The Caves of Androzani
    The Caves of Androzani
    The Caves of Androzani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 8–16 March 1984. It was Peter Davison's last regular appearance as the Doctor, and marks the first appearance of Colin Baker in the role...

  • The Twin Dilemma
    The Twin Dilemma
    The Twin Dilemma is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 22 March to 30 March 1984, the first to star Colin Baker in the title role.-Synopsis:...


Season 22
  • Attack of the Cybermen
    Attack of the Cybermen
    Attack of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 5 January to 12 January 1985. It opened Season 22 of the series...

  • Vengeance on Varos
    Vengeance on Varos
    Vengeance on Varos is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 19–26 January 1985.-Synopsis:...

  • The Mark of the Rani
    The Mark of the Rani
    The Mark of The Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 2 February to 9 February 1985...

  • The Two Doctors
    The Two Doctors
    The Two Doctors is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 16 February to 2 March 1985. It starred Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Sixth Doctor and his companion Peri, respectively...

  • Timelash
    Timelash
    Timelash is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 9–16 March 1985.-Synopsis:...

  • Revelation of the Daleks
    Revelation of the Daleks
    Revelation of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 23 March and 30 March 1985...


Season 23
  • The Mysterious Planet
    The Mysterious Planet
    -Preproduction:In February 1985, the BBC announced that the planned twenty-third season of Doctor Who had been cancelled. After vocal protests by the press and Doctor Who fans , the BBC announced that the programme was merely on "hiatus", and would return in September 1986...

  • Mindwarp
    Mindwarp
    Mindwarp is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 4 October to 25 October 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole of the 23rd season...


30th anniversary special
  • Dimensions in Time
    Dimensions in Time
    Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and the soap opera EastEnders that ran in two parts on 26 and 27 November 1993. It was filmed on the EastEnders Albert Square set, and features several of the stars of that programme...


Audio dramas

BBC Radio
  • Slipback
    Slipback
    Slipback is a radio audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in six episodes on BBC Radio 4 from 25 July to 8 August 1985, as part of a children's magazine show called Pirate Radio Four...



Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...



Fifth Doctor
  • Red Dawn
    Red Dawn (Doctor Who audio)
    Red Dawn is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Eye of the Scorpion
    The Eye of the Scorpion
    The Eye of the Scorpion is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Church and the Crown
    The Church and the Crown
    The Church and the Crown is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • Nekromanteia
    Nekromanteia (Doctor Who audio)
    Nekromanteia is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*The Doctor — Peter Davison*Peri — Nicola Bryant*Erimem — Caroline Morris*Tallis — Kate Brown...

  • The Axis of Insanity
    The Axis of Insanity
    The Axis of Insanity is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Roof of the World
    The Roof of the World
    The Roof of the World is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:The Doctor and friends arrive in Tibet, 1917 and investigate an ancient evil hidden in the Himalayas....

  • Three's a Crowd
    Three's a Crowd (Doctor Who audio)
    Three's A Crowd is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Council of Nicaea
    The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who audio)
    The Council of Nicaea is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Veiled Leopard
    The Veiled Leopard
    The Veiled Leopard is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Kingmaker
    The Kingmaker
    The Kingmaker is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The drama was written by Nev Fountain who is better known for his work on the radio and television series Dead Ringers, and also stars Jon Culshaw who in the same...

  • Exotron & Urban Myths
    Exotron & Urban Myths
    Exotron and Urban Myths are Big Finish Productions audio dramas based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • Son of the Dragon
  • The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans
  • The Bride of Peladon
    The Bride of Peladon
    The Bride of Peladon is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*The Doctor — Peter Davison*Peri — Nicola Bryant*Erimem — Caroline Morris*Beldonia — Phyllida Law...



Sixth Doctor
  • Whispers of Terror
    Whispers of Terror
    Whispers of Terror is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Summary:...

  • ...ish
  • Her Final Flight
    Her Final Flight
    Her Final Flight is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

  • The Reaping
    The Reaping (Doctor Who audio)
    The Reaping is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • Year of the Pig
    Year of the Pig
    Year of the Pig is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...

  • The Nightmare Fair
  • Mission to Magnus
  • Leviathan
    Leviathan (Doctor Who audio)
    Leviathan is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:The Doctor discovers a medieval village where nobody ages...

  • The Hollows of Time
    The Hollows of Time
    The Hollows of Time is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

  • Paradise 5
    Paradise 5
    Paradise 5 is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...

  • Point of Entry
  • The Song of Megaptera
    The Song of Megaptera
    The Song of Megaptera is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

  • The Macros
    The Macros
    The Macros is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...

  • Peri and the Piscon Paradox
    Peri and the Piscon Paradox
    Peri and the Piscon Paradox is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....

  • Recorded Time and Other Stories
    Recorded Time and Other Stories
    Recorded Time and Other Stories is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the 150th release, it is made of four one-part stories, by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial...

  • The Guardians of Prophecy
  • Power Play
  • The First Sontarans

Short Trips audios

  • Seven to One (Sixth Doctor)
  • Wet Walls (Fifth Doctor)
  • Murmurs of Earth (Sixth Doctor)
  • To Cut a Blade of Grass (Sixth Doctor)

Novels

Make Your Own Adventure
  • Crisis in Space
    Crisis in Space
    Crisis in Space is a Seven House adventure book written by Michael Holt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor, Peri, Turlough and Chris.-Plot:...

    by Michael Holt
    Michael Holt (author)
    Michael Holt is a UK author of puzzle and quiz books for children, including several Doctor Who related quiz books and Crisis In Space in the Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who series. He was also the co-author of Puffin Books' Big Book of Puzzles series. He taught mathematics and geometry in...


Virgin Missing Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
The Virgin Missing Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, featuring stories set between televised episodes of the programme. The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and...

  • State of Change
    State of Change
    State of Change is an original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

    by Christopher Bulis
  • Burning Heart
    Burning Heart
    Burning Heart is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri....

    by Dave Stone
    Dave Stone
    -Biography:Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Judge Dredd.Stone also contributed a number of comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse...


Virgin New Adventures
Virgin New Adventures
The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...

  • Bad Therapy
    Bad Therapy
    Bad Therapy is an original novel written by Matthew Jones and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Peri....

    by Matthew Jones
    Matt Jones (writer)
    Matthew David Jones is a British television writer and producer, who has worked on a variety of popular drama programmes for several television networks in the UK....


Past Doctor Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
The Past Doctor Adventures were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the Eighth Doctor Adventures...

  • The Ultimate Treasure
    The Ultimate Treasure
    The Ultimate Treasure is a BBC Books original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, and Peri.-External links:*...

    by Christopher Bulis
    Christopher Bulis
    Christopher Bulis is a writer best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. He is one of the most prolific authors to write for the various ranges of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who, with twelve novels to his name, and between 1993 and 2000 he had at least one Doctor...

  • Players
    Players (Doctor Who)
    Players is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri meeting Winston Churchill during the Boer War and prior to the abdication of the would-be king Edward VIII...

    by Terrance Dicks
  • Grave Matter
    Grave Matter
    Grave Matter is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri.-Synopsis:...

    by Justin Richards
    Justin Richards
    Justin Richards is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day...

  • Superior Beings
    Superior Beings
    Superior Beings is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor and Peri.-External links:*...

    by Nick Walters
    Nick Walters (writer)
    Nick Walters is a British writer. He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as cowriting one featuring Bernice Summerfield.Walters is a regular guest at the science fiction event Microcon....

  • Palace of the Red Sun
    Palace of the Red Sun
    Palace of the Red Sun is a BBC Books original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri.-External links:*...

    by Christopher Bulis
  • Warmonger
    Warmonger
    A warmonger is a pejorative term that is used to describe someone who is eager to encourage a people or nation to go to war.The term may also refer to:* Warmonger, a 2002 novel based on the Doctor Who television series...

    by Terrance Dicks
    Terrance Dicks
    Terrance Dicks is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular children's books during the 1970s and 80s.- Early career :...

  • Blue Box
    Blue Box (Doctor Who)
    Blue Box is a BBC Books original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri, written from a first-person perspective by a fictional journalist, in a similar manner to Who Killed Kennedy by...

    by Kate Orman
    Kate Orman
    Kate Orman is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.-Biography:...

  • Synthespians™
    Synthespians™
    Synthespians™ is a BBC Books original novel written by Craig Hinton and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

    by Craig Hinton
    Craig Hinton
    Craig Paul Alexander Hinton was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who....


Telos Doctor Who novellas
Telos Doctor Who novellas
The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing Ltd...

  • Shell Shock
    Shell Shock (Doctor Who)
    Shell Shock is an original novella written by Simon A. Forward and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Bob...

    by Simon A. Forward
    Simon A. Forward
    Simon A. Forward is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs. He currently lives and works in Penzance with his wife as a full-time writer.-Work:...

  • Blood and Hope
    Blood and Hope
    Blood and Hope is an original novella written by Iain McLaughlin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by...

    by Iain McLaughlin
    Iain McLaughlin
    Iain McLaughlin is a writer and journalist who has written for a number of British comics including The Beano and The Dandy. He has also written a number of Doctor Who related plays and novels for Big Finish Productions and Telos Publishing, and also several plays for Imagination Theater...


Short stories

  • "Fascination" by David J. Howe
    David J. Howe
    David J. Howe is a British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian.-Biography:David Howe was born in 1961 and established himself as an authoritative media historian through writing articles for fanzines and other publications...

     (Decalog)
  • "Timeshare" by Vanessa Bishop
    Vanessa Bishop
    Vanessa Bishop is a British writer who wrote in the review section "Off the Shelf" in Doctor Who Magazine. She has also written short stories based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who.-Work:...

     (Decalog 2: Lost Property)
  • "Moon Graffiti" by Dave Stone (More Short Trips)
  • "Hot Ice" by Christopher Bulis (More Short Trips)
  • "A Town Called Eternity" by Lance Parkin
    Lance Parkin
    Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who and Emmerdale...

     and Mark Clapham
    Mark Clapham
    Mark Clapham is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who in his book : Who's Next....

     (Short Trips and Sidesteps)
  • "Turnabout is Fair Play" by Graeme Burk (Short Trips and Sidesteps)
  • "Reunion" by David Carroll (Doctor Who Magazine
    Doctor Who Magazine
    Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

     #191
    )
  • "Vigil" by Michael Collier
    Michael Collier (author)
    Michael Collier is the author of the Doctor Who novels Longest Day and The Taint, both in the BBC's Eighth Doctor Adventures series, and of the short story "Vigil" on the Doctor Who audio release Out of the Darkness.-External links:...

     (Out of the Darkness)
  • "Five Card Draw" by Todd Green (Short Trips: Zodiac
    Short Trips: Zodiac
    Short Trips: Zodiac is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Stories:-External links:*Reviews...

    )
  • "The Stabber" by Alison Lawson (Short Trips: Zodiac)
  • "The Canvey Angels" by David Bailey
    David Bailey (writer)
    David Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles....

     (Short Trips: Companions
    Short Trips: Companions
    Short Trips: Companions is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories focus on the companions and their travels with the Doctor.-Stories:...

    )
  • "Light at the End of the Tunnel" by Mark Wright (Short Trips: Steel Skies
    Short Trips: Steel Skies
    Short Trips: Steel Skies is a Big Finish original anthology edited by John Binns and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories are all set in enclosed and artificial environments...

    )
  • "The Ruins of Heaven" by Marc Platt
    Marc Platt
    Marc Platt is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC...

     (Short Trips: Steel Skies)
  • "CHAOS" by Eric Saward
    Eric Saward
    Eric Saward was born on 9 December 1944 and became a scriptwriter and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986....

     (Short Trips: Past Tense
    Short Trips: Past Tense
    Short Trips: Past Tense is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection's theme is history with each story being set before the year 2000...

    )
  • "Graham Dilley Saves The World" by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett
    Claire Bartlett
    Claire Bartlett is a British writer and journalist, who has co-written a number of radio plays, short stories and novels. Her regular writing partner is Iain McLaughlin. They have written for Big Finish, Telos and Imagination Theater.- References :...

     (Short Trips: Past Tense)
  • "A Star is Reborn" by Richard Salter (Short Trips: Life Science
    Short Trips: Life Science
    Short Trips: Life Science is a Big Finish original anthology edited by John Binns and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection's theme is the nature of life.-Stories:-Notes:...

    )
  • "The Reproductive Cycle" by Matthew Griffiths (Short Trips: Life Science)
  • "The Gangster's Story" by Jon de Burgh Miller
    Jon de Burgh Miller
    Jon de Burgh Miller is an author most associated with his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who. He is also co-owner of and regular reviewer on the Shiny Shelf website.-Work:...

     (Short Trips: Repercussions
    Short Trips: Repercussions
    Short Trips: Repercussions is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection explores the theme of unforeseen consequences.-Stories:...

    )
  • "Categorical Imperative" by Simon Guerrier
    Simon Guerrier
    Simon Guerrier is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs...

     (Short Trips: Monsters
    Short Trips: Monsters
    Short Trips: Monsters is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection's theme is monsters.-Stories:-External links:*...

    )
  • "Trapped!" by Joseph Lidster
    Joseph Lidster
    Joseph Lidster is an English television writer best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Biography:His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002...

     (Short Trips: Monsters)
  • "Telling Tales" by David Bailey
    David Bailey (writer)
    David Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles....

     (Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins
    Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins
    Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins is a Big Finish original anthology edited by David Bailey and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection's theme is the seven deadly sins.-Stories:...

    )
  • "A Life in the Day" by Xanna Eve Chown (Short Trips: A Day in the Life
    Short Trips: A Day in the Life
    Short Trips: A Day in the Life is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features a collection of stories that, together, are set over a 24-hour period.-Stories:-External links:* * Trevor...

    )
  • "Far Away in a Manger" by Iain McLaughlin
    Iain McLaughlin
    Iain McLaughlin is a writer and journalist who has written for a number of British comics including The Beano and The Dandy. He has also written a number of Doctor Who related plays and novels for Big Finish Productions and Telos Publishing, and also several plays for Imagination Theater...

     (Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
    Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
    Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection features stories set at Christmas in the past, present and future...

    )
  • "The Stars Our Contamination" by Steven Savile
    Steven Savile
    Steven Savile is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Stockholm, Sweden...

     (Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas)
  • "Methuselah" by George Mann
    George Mann (writer)
    George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978. He works and lives in Nottinghamshire, England....

     (Short Trips: Transmissions
    Short Trips: Transmissions
    Short Trips: Transmissions is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Richard Salter and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The theme of the collection concerns messages and transmissions, the media in which they're delivered and how they are...

    )
  • "See No Evil" by Steve Lyons (Short Trips: Transmissions)
  • "Return on Investment" by Rachel Steffan (Shelf Life)
  • "Of Eden Stood Disconsolate" by Rachel Simpson Hutchens (Shelf Life)

Comics

  • "Kane's Story" / "Abel's Story" / "The Warrior's Story" / "Frobisher's Story" by Max Stockbridge
    Alan McKenzie
    Alan McKenzie is a British comics writer known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:McKenzie worked for Marvel UK during the early 1980s, editing Starburst, Cinema and Doctor Who Monthly magazines. After leaving the Marvel staff in 1985, he wrote several Doctor Who comic stories for the Monthly under...

     and John Ridgway
    John Ridgway
    John Ridgway may refer to:*John Livzey Ridgway , American nature artist and brother of ornithologist Robert Ridgway*John Ridgway , British comic artist*John Ridgway , British sailor and ocean rower...

     (Doctor Who Magazine 104–107
  • "Exodus" / "Revelation" / "Genesis" by Alan McKenzie
    Alan McKenzie
    Alan McKenzie is a British comics writer known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:McKenzie worked for Marvel UK during the early 1980s, editing Starburst, Cinema and Doctor Who Monthly magazines. After leaving the Marvel staff in 1985, he wrote several Doctor Who comic stories for the Monthly under...

     and John Ridgway (Doctor Who Magazine 108–110)
  • "Nature of the Beast" by Simon Furman
    Simon Furman
    Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a comic book writer, particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK, Marvel US, Dreamwave, and most recently, IDW...

     and John Ridgway (Doctor Who Magazine 111–113)
  • "Time Bomb" by Jamie Delano
    Jamie Delano
    Jamie Delano is a British comics writer. He was part of the first post-Alan Moore "British Invasion" of writers. Best known as the first writer of the comic book series Hellblazer, starring John Constantine.- Biography :...

     and John Ridgway (Doctor Who Magazine 114–116)
  • "Salad Daze" by Simon Furman and John Ridgway (Doctor Who Magazine 117)
  • "Changes" by Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison
    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...

     and John Ridgway (Doctor Who Magazine" 118–119)
  • "Profits of Doom" by Mike Collins, John Ridgway and Tim Perkins (Doctor Who Magazine 120–122)
  • "The Gift" by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway and Tim Perkins (Doctor Who Magazine 123–126)
  • "The World Shapers" by Grant Morrison, John Ridgway and Tim Perkins (Doctor Who Magazine 127–129)
  • "Emperor of the Daleks
    Emperor of the Daleks
    Emperor of the Daleks was a black-and-white comic strip based on the television series Doctor Who. It ran primarily in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine, written by John Freeman and novelist and future television series writer Paul Cornell...

    " by Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....

    , John Freeman
    John Freeman
    John Freeman may refer to:*John Freeman , character animator for Disney, Marvel Studios and others*John Freeman , Australian politician*John Freeman , writer and literary critic...

     and John Ridgway (
    Doctor Who Magazine 197; cameo)
  • "The Curse of the Scarab" by Alan Barnes
    Alan Barnes (writer)
    Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, particularly noted for work in the field of cult film and television.-Biography:Barnes served as the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine from 2001 until December 2005, during which time the title saw a considerable increase in the number of new strip pages. ...

     and Martin Geraghty
    Martin Geraghty
    -Biography:His first commission was for the Marvel UK comic Overkill but the comic folded before his story was published.He began drawing for Doctor Who Magazine in 1993 and has continued to draw regularly for it ever since....

     (
    Doctor Who Magazine 228–230)
  • "Ground Zero" by Scott Gray, Martin Geraghty and Bambos Georgiou (Doctor Who Magazine 238–242)

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