Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009)[1] was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974.[2]
Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, films and television before retiring in his early forties and becoming a television director. He then became the producer of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who for five years, overseeing almost the entirety of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Third Doctor and casting Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He produced or directed many of the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials from 1976 to 1986, and returned to Doctor Who in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season.
The Guardian described Letts on his death as "a pioneer of British television" who "served the medium for more than half a century" and "secured his place in TV history" with Doctor Who.[1] He was associated with the series for many years, with active involvement in the television programme from 1967 to 1981 (as a director, producer, executive producer and writer) and with later contributions to its spin-offs in other media.
^ abGaughan, Gavin (12 October 2009). "Barry Letts obituary". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
^"Barry Letts: television producer of Doctor Who". The Times. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Jo was introduced by BarryLetts and Terrance Dicks in the first episode of Doctor Who's eighth season...
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season 13. From this season onwards the programme was produced in colour. BarryLetts also took over as producer, beginning with the second serial, Doctor...
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season but deliberately held over for Season 10. This was to enable BarryLetts to direct, since his role as producer would have made it difficult to...
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Monster". This story sees a redesign of the TARDIS interior. Producer BarryLetts was unhappy with the redesign. The set was damaged shortly after recording...
such as Terrance Dicks' brief tenure as producer before the arrival of BarryLetts, and a brief spell by David Maloney in 1978 when Graham Williams was...
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One is Mortimer, near Reading, a major continuity error, as director BarryLetts' allows this to be identifiable on-screen in the establishing shot of...
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BarryLetts and script editor Terrance Dicks felt that it was time for Terry Nation to return to the series and write another Dalek adventure. Letts and...
the Doctor respected and rarely patronised her. New series producer BarryLetts believed the character was too intellectual to be a suitable companion...
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