Forgotten Legend

Most of us fans of Dr Who know the actors names that play the Doctors and his companions. Some of us more hardcore fans can tell you some of the writers, producers and even script editors. But not many of us know who Christopher Barry was until he passed away this week. He was a brillaint director and worked on some of the biggest episodes of the classic series. He directed the first episodes of the 2nd and 4th Doctors, The Daemons, the Brain of Morbius and directed The Daleks. In The Daleks, he gave us one of the greatest scenes and moments of Dr Who, when we end the episode of Barbara screaming and all we see is the plunger of the Dalek. Absolutely brilliant. The scene still gives me goosebumps and I can't imagine what people were thinking in 1963, when they saw this. Christopher Barry should be celebrated right there up with any of the actors, writers and producers of the show. He was that important and will be missed by the whole Who Universe.