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'''Christopher Barry''' ([[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]-[[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|directed]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials, beginning with several episodes of the first [[Dalek]] story. His other [[television]] credits included {{wi|Compact (TV series)|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 (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', {{wi|Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama}} and other [[science fiction]] series, including ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'', {{wi|Moonbase 3}} and {{wi|The Tripods}}.
'''Christopher Barry''' ([[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]-[[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|directed]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories, beginning with several episodes of the first [[Dalek]] story. His other [[television]] credits included {{wi|Compact (TV series)|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 (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', {{wi|Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama}} and other [[science fiction]] series, including ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'', {{wi|Moonbase 3}} and {{wi|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 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]].

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Christopher Barry (20 September 1925-7 February 2014[1]) directed several Doctor Who television stories, beginning with several episodes of the 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 first past Doctor in TV: The Brain of Morbius.

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

Credits

Doctor Who stories directed

Doctor Who-related works directed

Bibliography

  • The End (published in Drabble Who)

External links

Footnotes

  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.