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'''Bill Gates''' (born [[1955]]) was the chairman of [[Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]].
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'''William Henry Gates III''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}), commonly known as '''Bill Gates''', was the founder of [[Microsoft]].


He was executed by [[Harold Saxon]] in the [[The Year That Never Was|alternate timeline]] created by [[the Master]] in [[2008]], during the Great Celebrity Purge of Week One. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')
== Biography ==
In [[1996]], he apologised for an incident at the [[Festival of Ghana]] in which the [[android]]s for which his company had supplied the software had started killing people, despite insisting that it wasn't his fault. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}})


Gates was restored, along with the rest of the correct timeline after the destruction of the [[paradox machine]].
In [[2004]], one of the attendees at the opening of the [[Tomorrow Window]]s at [[Tate Modern]] had thought it was something Bill Gates was launching. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}})
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During the [[Year That Never Was]], [[Alison Docherty (The Year That Never Was)|Alison Docherty]] had a moment of computer trouble and remarked, "Who would have thought we'd miss Bill Gates". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}})
 
[[Lukas Samuel Carnes]] described [[Dara Morgan]] as a cross between Gates, [[Richard Branson]] and [[Rupert Murdoch]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beautiful Chaos (novel)}})
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] said that people like Bill Gates were "peasants" compared to [[Drake Ayelbourne]], the wealthiest man in the outer rim of the galaxy. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Mystery Date (comic story)}})
 
When the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] accessed {{Dhawan}}'s temporal map showing every significant person in the development of computers through history, Bill Gates was among them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 3 November 2024

Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]), commonly known as Bill Gates, was the founder of Microsoft.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1996, he apologised for an incident at the Festival of Ghana in which the androids for which his company had supplied the software had started killing people, despite insisting that it wasn't his fault. (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])

In 2004, one of the attendees at the opening of the Tomorrow Windows at Tate Modern had thought it was something Bill Gates was launching. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])

During the Year That Never Was, Alison Docherty had a moment of computer trouble and remarked, "Who would have thought we'd miss Bill Gates". (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"])

Lukas Samuel Carnes described Dara Morgan as a cross between Gates, Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])

The Ninth Doctor said that people like Bill Gates were "peasants" compared to Drake Ayelbourne, the wealthiest man in the outer rim of the galaxy. (COMIC: Mystery Date [+]Loading...["Mystery Date (comic story)"])

When the Thirteenth Doctor accessed the Spy Master's temporal map showing every significant person in the development of computers through history, Bill Gates was among them. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])