Mr. Bartle was the managing director of the Ood Sphere during the early 42nd Century. He had been managing the Ood Sphere for a period of time before the Ood red-eye virus took control of the Ood. Bartle's personal Ood tired of Bartle's constant ignorance and rudeness deliberately ignored his orders and then the Ood killed Bartle with it's translation sphere. (DW: Planet of the Ood)