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William Bell, played by Leonard Nimoy
William Bell is Walter Bishop's partner and fellow scientist. The two men worked together at Harvard in the 1960s and conducted a series of "Fringe" experiments on individuals. As has subsequently been revealed, Bell at least was aware that they were breeding soldiers as part of a defensive action to protect the "home" reality from invasion and/or destruction by New Wave soldiers from a parallel universe. While Walter was committed to an insane asylum, Bell patented their research and used the proceeds to create Massive Dynamic, a high-tech development company. At some undetermined point, he transitioned over to the parallel universe where he occupies an office in one of the World Trade towers, which remain intact in that reality. He is able to bring certain individuals from one reality to another, although the process is fatal unless the individual has certain unique abilities (such as Olivia Dunham, one of his test subjects). Bell remains dedicated to protecting his home reality, although his methods are often oblique. He appears to be in ill health, given his use of a respirator in the alternate reality. Alternately, it may be some side effect of living in a different reality than his own. |
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