Not to be confused with Christopher Barrie

Chris Barrie

Chris Barrie is a British actor. He first achieved success as a vocal impressionist, notably in the ITV sketch show Spitting Image...

Christopher Barry (born 20 September 1925) is a British television director who was well known for his work on the science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

. His contributions to the programme have included:

• The Daleks
  The Daleks
  The Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from 21 December 1963 to 1 February 1964...
  
  – Episodes 1,2,4,5 (1964)
• The Rescue (1965)
• The Romans
  The Romans (Doctor Who)
  The Romans is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 16 to February 6, 1965. The story is set during the era of the Roman Empire in the reign of Nero.-Plot:...
  
  (1965)
• The Savages (1966)
• The Power of the Daleks
  The Power of the Daleks
  The Power of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It is Patrick Troughton's first full story as the Doctor.-Plot:...
  
  (1966)
• The Dæmons
  The Dæmons
  The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971.-Plot:...
  
  (1971)
• The Mutants
  The Mutants
  The Mutants is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1972....
  
  (1972)
• Robot
  Robot (Doctor Who)
  Robot is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 December 1974 to 18 January 1975...
  
  (1974)
• The Brain of Morbius
  The Brain of Morbius
  The Brain of Morbius is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 January to 24 January 1976...
  
  (1976)
• The Creature from the Pit
  The Creature from the Pit
  The Creature from the Pit is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 October to 17 November 1979.-Synopsis:On the planet Chloris, metal is scarce....
  
  (1979)

He also directed the direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

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 spinoff of Doctor Who, Downtime

Downtime (Doctor Who)

Downtime is a direct-to-video spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was released direct-to-video and produced by the independent production company Reeltime Pictures...

(1995).

His other television credits include Compact

Compact (TV series)

Compact is a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together went on to devise Crossroads....

(1962), Paul Temple

Paul Temple (TV series)

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(1970-1971), Z Cars (1971-1978), Poldark

Poldark

Poldark is a BBC television series based on the novels written by Winston Graham which was first transmitted in the UK between 1975 and 1977.-Outline:...

(1975), The Onedin Line

The Onedin Line

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(1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1980), Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:...

(1980), Dramarama

Dramarama

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(1983) and other science fiction series', Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was an independent dramatisation of a separate science fiction short story...

(1965), Moonbase 3

Moonbase 3

Moonbase 3 is a British science fiction television programme that ran for six episodes in 1973. It was a co-production between the BBC, 20th Century Fox and the American ABC network...

(1973) and The Tripods

The Tripods

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(1984).

Barry appeared in a feature covering his life's work on the DVD release of the Doctor Who story The Creature from the Pit

The Creature from the Pit

The Creature from the Pit is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 October to 17 November 1979.-Synopsis:On the planet Chloris, metal is scarce....

, released in May 2010. He also appeared in The Cult of... The Tripods on BBC Four

BBC Four

BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....

.

He now lives in retirement in Oxfordshire.

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