Barry

Barry was a coastal town in South Wales. It looked out over the Bristol Channel towards Bridgewater Bay and Exmoor. North-west of Barry was Cowbridge. (TV: The Categories of Life) Barry was near Cardiff. (TV: Exit Wounds)

A Hoix once broke into a kebab shop in Barry. According to Owen Harper, it ate seven whole doner sticks in twenty minutes before being caught. (TV: Exit Wounds)

Barry appeared on Mary Cooper's map of overflow camps in and around Wales. (TV: The Categories of Life)

Behind the scenes

 * Doctor Who stories Delta and the Bannermen, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Christmas Invasion (The Swordfighting Scene), The Doctor's Daughter (Tunnel Sequence), The Sound of Drums (Cafe Scene), and Last of the Time Lords (Beach Scene) had location filming in Barry.
 * The Sarah Jane Adventures story, The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story) was filmed down in the Barry Island Pleasure Park and Whitmore Bay to stand in for Danemouth. It was also well known for being the main filming location of famed BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and Series 3-5 of Being Human.
 * Torchwood actor Luke Perry was born in Barry, as was writer Alastair Reynolds.