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|image = Christopher Barry 2.jpg
|image = Christopher Barry 2.jpg
|name = Christopher Barry
| birth date     = [[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
|birth date = [[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
| death date     = [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]
|death date = [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]
|job title = [[Director (crew)|Director]]
|aka =
|non dwu = ''The Man in the White Suit'', ''The Love Lottery'', ''The Ship that Died of Shame'', ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', ''Compact'', ''Smugglers Bay'', ''Take a Pair of Private Eyes'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Thirty Minute Theatre]]'', ''Paul Temple'', ''Moonbase 3'', ''Poldark'', ''Angles'', ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''The Tripods''
|story = [[#Filmography|see credits section]]
|non dwu = ''[[Z-Cars]]<br />[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''
|imdb = 0057959
|imdb = 0057959
|time = 1963-1966, 1971-72, 1974-1976, 1979 & 1995
|story = [[#Credits|See credits section]]
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'''Christopher Barry''' ([[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]-[[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]) [[director|directed]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials, beginning with several episodes of the very first [[Dalek]] story. His other [[television]] credits included {{wi|Compact (TV series)|Compact}}, {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}, ''[[Z-Cars]]'', {{wi|Poldark}}, {{wi|The Onedin Line}}, ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', {{wi|Juliet Bravo}}, {{wi|Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama}} and other [[science fiction]] series, including {{wi|Out of the Unknown}}, {{wi|Moonbase 3}} and {{wi|The Tripods}}.
'''Christopher Barry''' (born '''Christopher Chisholm Barry''' on [[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]] in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], died [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/feb/17/christopher-barry The Guardian]</ref>) [[Director (crew)|directed]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories, beginning with several episodes of [[The Daleks (TV story)|the first Dalek story]].


He was one of only three people to direct ''Doctor Who'' serials featuring [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]; the other two were [[Douglas Camfield]] and [[Lennie Mayne]].
He was one of only three people to direct ''Doctor Who'' television stories featuring [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]; the other two were [[Douglas Camfield]] and [[Lennie Mayne]].


Barry spent his retirement living in Oxfordshire and died on 7 February 2014 following an escalator fall at a shopping centre in Banbury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/10640524/Doctor-Who-director-dies-after-escalator-fall.html |title=Doctor Who director dies after escalator fall  |author=Hayley Dixon and agencies |date of source=15 February 2014 |website name=The Telegraph |accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref>
He appeared uncredited as the one of the [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|previous incarnations of the Doctor]] featured in ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', which he directed. It is the only episode he directed for which he kept the script, as well as keeping his original photograph as the Doctor that was used for the sequence. ([[DWM 541]]) He is the only one not to reappear in ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''.
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== Filmography ==
== Career ==
His other [[television]] credits included ''[[Compact]]'', ''Smuggler's Bay'', {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}, ''[[Z-Cars]]'', {{wi|Poldark (1975 TV series)|Poldark}}, {{wi|The Onedin Line}}, ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', {{wi|Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama}} and other [[science fiction]] series, which include ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'', {{wi|Moonbase 3}} and {{wi|The Tripods}}.
 
== Death ==
Barry spent his [[retirement]] living in Oxfordshire and died on [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]] following a fall down an escalator at a shopping centre in Banbury<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/10640524/Doctor-Who-director-dies-after-escalator-fall.html |title=Doctor Who director dies after escalator fall  |author=Hayley Dixon and agencies |date of source=15 February 2014 |website name=The Telegraph |accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref>.
 
== Personal life ==
He was distantly related to fellow ''Doctor Who'' director [[Morris Barry]], who was actively directing episodes of ''Doctor Who'' at the same time. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
 
== Credits ==
=== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed ===
=== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed ===
* ''[[The Daleks]]'' (episodes 1,2,4,5 and 7 only)
* ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' (episodes 1, 2, 4, and 5 only)
* ''[[The Rescue]]''
* ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]''
* ''[[The Romans]]''
* ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''
* ''[[The Savages]]''
* ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Dæmons]]''
* ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''
* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''
* ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
* ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
* ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''
* ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]''
* ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]''
* ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]''


=== ''Doctor Who''-related works directed ===
=== ''Doctor Who''-related works directed ===
* ''[[Downtime]]''
* ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]''
* ''[[Myth Makers]]'' No. 50: [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* ''[[MM VHS 50|Myth Makers 50]]: [[Elisabeth Sladen]]''
 
=== Documentary appearances ===
* ''[[Mounting The Rescue (documentary)|Mounting The Rescue]]''
* ''[[What has "The Romans" ever done for us? (documentary)|What has "The Romans" ever done for us?]]''
* ''[[The Devil Rides Out (documentary)|The Devil Rides Out]]''
* ''[[Mutt Mad (documentary)|Mutt Mad]]''
* ''[[Getting a Head (documentary)|Getting a Head]]''
* ''[[Team Erato (documentary)|Team Erato]]''
* ''[[Flight Through Eternity (documentary)|Flight Through Eternity]]'' (archive recordings)


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[The End (short story)|The End]]'' (published in ''[[Drabble Who]]'')
=== Short story ===
* ''The End'' (published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]] [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''Drabble Who'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://mubi.com/cast/christopher-barry '''Christopher Barry'''] at [https://mubi.com/ MUBI]
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Christopher Barry (born Christopher Chisholm Barry on 20 September 1925 in Greenwich, London, died 7 February 2014[1]) directed several Doctor Who television stories, beginning with several episodes of the first Dalek story.

He was one of only three people to direct Doctor Who television stories featuring William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker; the other two were Douglas Camfield and Lennie Mayne.

He appeared uncredited as the one of the previous incarnations of the Doctor featured in The Brain of Morbius, which he directed. It is the only episode he directed for which he kept the script, as well as keeping his original photograph as the Doctor that was used for the sequence. (DWM 541) He is the only one not to reappear in The Timeless Children.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

His other television credits included Compact, Smuggler's Bay, Paul Temple, Z-Cars, Poldark, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small, Juliet Bravo, Dramarama and other science fiction series, which include Out of the Unknown, Moonbase 3 and The Tripods.

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Barry spent his retirement living in Oxfordshire and died on 7 February 2014 following a fall down an escalator at a shopping centre in Banbury[2].

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

He was distantly related to fellow Doctor Who director Morris Barry, who was actively directing episodes of Doctor Who at the same time. (INFO: The Creature from the Pit)

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who stories directed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who-related works directed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary appearances[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bibliography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short story[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The Guardian
  2. ↑ Hayley Dixon and agencies (15 February 2014). Doctor Who director dies after escalator fall. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 16 February 2014.
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