Christopher Barry

Christopher Barry (20 September 1925-7 February 2014 ) 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 that 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
His other television credits included, Smuggler's Bay, , Z-Cars, , , All Creatures Great and Small, Juliet Bravo, and other science fiction series, which include Out of the Unknown,  and.

Death
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.

Personal Life
He was distantly related to fellow Doctor Who director Morris Barry. (INFO: The Creature from the Pit)

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

Doctor Who-related works directed

 * Downtime
 * Myth Makers 50: Elisabeth Sladen

Documentary appearances

 * Mounting The Rescue
 * What has "The Romans" ever done for us?
 * The Devil Rides Out
 * Mutt Mad
 * Getting a Head
 * Team Erato

Short story

 * The End (published in 1993 charity anthology Drabble Who)