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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'' serials featuring [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]; the other two were [[Douglas Camfield]] and [[Lennie Mayne]]. | ||
He | He appeared uncredited as the final [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|past Doctor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', meaning he played the earliest known incarnation of [[the Doctor]]. | ||
Barry spent his [[retirement]] living in Oxfordshire and died on [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|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> | Barry spent his [[retirement]] living in Oxfordshire and died on [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|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> |
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Christopher Barry directed several Doctor Who serials, beginning with several episodes of the very first Dalek story. 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, including Out of the Unknown, Moonbase 3 and The Tripods.
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 appeared uncredited as the final past Doctor in TV: The Brain of Morbius, meaning he played the earliest known incarnation of the Doctor.
Barry spent his retirement living in Oxfordshire and died on 7 February 2014 following an escalator fall at a shopping centre in Banbury.[1]
Credits
Doctor Who stories directed
- The Daleks (episodes 1, 2, 4, and 5 only)
- The Rescue
- The Romans
- The Savages
- The Power of the Daleks
- The Dæmons
- The Mutants
- Robot
- The Brain of Morbius
- The Creature from the Pit
Bibliography
- The End (published in Drabble Who)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Hayley Dixon and agencies (15 February 2014). Doctor Who director dies after escalator fall. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 16 February 2014.