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Peri Brown, also known as 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. Peri appeared in 11 stories (33 Episodes). ==Character history== She first appears in the Fifth Doctor serial ''Planet of Fire'', in which she encounters the Doctor and Turlough on the island of Lanzarote. After an encounter with the Master and the shapechanging android Kamelion (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.) As they are both suffering from spectrox poisoning on Androzani, the Fifth Doctor decides to give what antidote remains to Peri, sacrificing himself to save her. As she looks on, he regenerates into the Sixth Doctor at the end of ''The Caves of Androzani'' and she 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''). 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'' and the season-long story ''The Trial of a Time Lord'', 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 becomes less combative. In the second segment of the ''Trial'' story arc, ''Mindwarp'', Peri is abducted by an 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 fourth segment of the arc) that the evidence of Peri's death was faked by the Valeyard. Peri has, in fact, survived, saved by, 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 admitted that Peri was created to add sex appeal to the series. Similar criticisms had been levelled against the character of Leela nearly a decade earlier. Beginning with the story ''Timelash'', and continuing through the ''Trial'' season, Peri's mode of dress became more conservative. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peri Brown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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