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| birth date = [[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
 
| birth date = [[20 September (people)|20 September]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
 
| death date = [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]
 
| death date = [[7 February (people)|7 February]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]
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|job title = [[Director]]
 
|job title = [[Director]]
 
|non dwu = ''The Man in the White Suit'', ''The Love Lottery'', ''The Ship that Died of Shame'', ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', ''Compact'', ''Smugglers Bay'', ''Take a Pair of Private Eyes'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Thirty Minute Theatre]]'', ''Paul Temple'', ''Moonbase 3'', ''Poldark'', ''Angles'', ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''The Tripods''
|time = 1963-1966, 1971-1972, 1975-1976, 1979, 1995
 
|story = [[#Credits|see credits section]]
 
|non dwu = ''The Man in the White Suite'', ''The Love Lottery'', ''The Ship that Died of Shame'', ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', ''Compact'', ''Smugglers Bay'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''Paul Temple'', ''Moonbase 3'', ''Poldark'', ''Angles'', ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''The Tripods''
 
 
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|time = 1963-1966, 1971-72, 1974-1976, 1979 & 1995}}
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'''Christopher Barry''' [[director|directed]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials, beginning with several episodes of the very 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}}.
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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]]'' 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]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', {{wi|Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama}} and other [[science fiction]] series, which include ''[[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]].
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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 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]].
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He appeared uncredited as the earliestrst [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|past Doctor]] in ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' which he directed, being the one who made Morbius explode. It is his only epiosde for which he kept the script, also keeping his original photograph as the Doctor. ([[DWM 541]]) He is the only one not to reappear in ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''.
   
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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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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He was distantly related to fellow ''Doctor Who'' director [[Morris Barry]]. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
   
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed ===
 
=== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed ===
 
* ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' (episodes 1, 2, 4, and 5 only)
 
* ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' (episodes 1, 2, 4, and 5 only)
* ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]''
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* ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]''
 
* ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''
 
* ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''
 
* ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''
 
* ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''
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* ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]''
 
* ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]''
 
* ''[[MM VHS 50|Myth Makers 50]]: [[Elisabeth Sladen]]''
 
* ''[[MM VHS 50|Myth Makers 50]]: [[Elisabeth Sladen]]''
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=== Documentary appearances ===
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* ''[[Mounting The Rescue]]''
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* ''[[What has "The Romans" ever done for us?]]''
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* ''[[The Devil Rides Out (documentary)|The Devil Rides Out]]''
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* ''[[Mutt Mad]]''
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* ''[[Getting a Head]]''
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* ''[[Team Erato]]''
   
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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=== Short story ===
* ''The End'' (published in ''Drabble Who'')
 
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* ''The End'' (published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]] [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''Drabble Who'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [https://mubi.com/cast/christopher-barry '''Christopher Barry'''] at [https://mubi.com/ MUBI]
 
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{{imdb name|id=0057959}}
 
== Footnotes ==
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who directors]]
 
[[Category:Doctor Who directors]]
 
[[Category:Reeltime Pictures crew]]
 
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Revision as of 12:46, 20 September 2020

RealWorld

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, which include Out of the Unknown, Moonbase 3 and The Tripods.

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 earliestrst past Doctor in The Brain of Morbius which he directed, being the one who made Morbius explode. It is his only epiosde for which he kept the script, also keeping his original photograph as the Doctor. (DWM 541) He is the only one not to reappear in The Timeless Children.

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

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

Credits

Doctor Who stories directed

Doctor Who-related works directed

Documentary appearances

Bibliography

Short story

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.