William Bell
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| William Bell | |
| Portrayed by Leonard Nimoy
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| First appears in | There's More Than One of Everything |
| Mentioned in | Pilot · Bad Dreams · Midnight |
| Name | William Bell |
| Status | Alive, residing in alternate reality |
| Age | 54 |
| Profession | Massive Dynamic founder |
William Bell is the former lab partner of Walter Bishop and founder of Massive Dynamic. A seven-time honoree in Business Leaders Journal's list of "America's Most Inspiring Corporate Leaders," Dr. Bell is also a Fellow of the National Scientific Progress Council and the only two-time recipient of the Macro Genius Award.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] "Like Minds"
While attending Harvard in 1974, and at the age of 20, young William met Walter Bishop. Bishop at the time was a new Professor at Harvard and Bell was a student interested in his work. Bell attended Walter's MIT presentation on the possibilities of non verbal communications by brain power between humans, this greatly intrigued him. While entering Walter's lab to express his interest in helping him, he met Walter in the middle of an experiment that was trying to prove the thesis of his MIT presentation. The experiment dealt with the transference of information between two mice. The experiment went awry resulting in Bell getting electrocuted and having a strange episode due to the high amount of LSD he absorbed during the shock. (Fringe Issue #1). This was the first of several times that Bell and Bishop would use LSD to view the alternate reality.
After months of working with Bishop as a Lab Assistant on experiments well ahead of their time they were approached by a man named Richard Bradbury who was working for a private research facility located in Alaska. The company had been monitoring the work of the two men and recruited them to come work for them. They agreed and went to Alaska. William soon discovered a dark secret of the research facility, which was that it was doing some experiments with the heads of missing scientists (Fringe Issue #2).
The two later escape with Dr. Mattheson using the teleportation device, it is from this experience the two men become reluctant from ever working for the government or anyone who has malicious intent. (Fringe Issue #3)
Later the two men are approached directly from the air force to build a machine based on plans that they had found. The machine transports William and Bishop to Germany during World War II. The two are picked up by the Gestapo and thought to be Jews and thrown in prison. Walter convinces the guards to let them go so that he can meet Hans Freohelich. Who Walter reveals to be his father (Fringe Issue #4)
[edit] ZFT
(In Progress)
[edit] Massive Dynamic
In 1992, the year after his dear lab partner and friend was institutionalized William Bell founded Massive Dynamic. It is through this company he utilized positive scientific discoveries to benefit mankind and to possibly use the money and power gained through the success of his company to further preserve the ZFT manuscript and experiments. William Bell has played a key role in every aspect of the business, from R&D to marketing. His personal vision continues to guide the firm's progress, and his ongoing research constantly yields new innovations and product lines. see Massive Dynamic
[edit] Season 1
During the entirety of the events of season 1, William Bell's location is unknown to everyone including Nina Sharp. It is revealed however, that he has been residing comfortably in an alternate reality for the past several months. His actions during the time period which Season 1 takes up is unknown. His base of operations, or at least the spot he chose for his meeting with Olivia, is an office at the top of the World Trade Center (which in that reality was not destroyed in a terrorist attack), which he somehow transports Olivia Dunham to at the seasons end.
[edit] Gallery
 A younger Bell as seen in the comic book tie-in. |
