Christopher Barry (1925–2014)
Author of Doctor Who: The Beginning: An Unearthly Child / The Daleks / The Edge of Destruction
About the Author
Image credit: Christopher Barry
Works by Christopher Barry
Doctor Who: The Beginning: An Unearthly Child / The Daleks / The Edge of Destruction (1963) — Director — 92 copies
Doctor Who: The Rescue [DVD] — Director — 4 copies
Nicholas Nickleby [1977 TV mini series] — Director — 2 copies
No Flinching From Fire: The 65th New York Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War (2019) 1 copy
Poldark - Series 1 - Vol.2 [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
Poldark - Series 2 - Vol.1 [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
Ann Veronica — Director — 1 copy
Myth Makers: Vol 50 : Elisabeth Salden (Sarah-Jane Smith) — Director — 1 copy
Associated Works
Doctor Who — An Adventure in Space & Time: The Dæmons (1986) — Co-Contributer "Tripods on Wheels" — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1925-09-20
- Date of death
- 2014-02-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Occupations
- film director
television director
Members
Reviews
The Doctor, Ian and Barbara rescue a girl from an alien planet.
Tight, clever writing.
Tight, clever writing.
A dictator enjoys throwing her enemies into a pit, where there is a creature.
What would have been a terrible story if it had been produced a year later, rescued and then some by unrelenting silliness. Whoever's name might be on it, this is unmistakably Douglas Adams' script.
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.2/4
What would have been a terrible story if it had been produced a year later, rescued and then some by unrelenting silliness. Whoever's name might be on it, this is unmistakably Douglas Adams' script.
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.2/4
A planet's inhabitants are exploited by imperial humans.
Slow and unoriginal. The Doctor is passive. There's a lot of hanging out in mines. What is it with mining in classic Doctor Who? They were crazy about mines.
Concept: D
Story: F
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: D
Acting: D
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.3/4 (Bad)
Slow and unoriginal. The Doctor is passive. There's a lot of hanging out in mines. What is it with mining in classic Doctor Who? They were crazy about mines.
Concept: D
Story: F
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: D
Acting: D
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.3/4 (Bad)
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Statistics
- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 375
- Popularity
- #64,333
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 19
Someone interviewed for the DVD featurette claimed that "The Romans" was the best episode of classic Doctor Who (or maybe it was just of 1960's Doctor Who). While it's not a personal favorite of mine (I'll take science fiction over historical drama any day), I'd say that's a completely reasonable claim.