Bill Potts
Bill Potts was a companion of the Twelfth Doctor.
When she first encountered the Doctor, Bill was working as a canteen assistant at St Luke's University, seemingly destined for an unprivileged life. When free from work, she attended some of the Doctor's lectures at the university. The Doctor saw her unfulfilled potential and invited her for a series of personal tutoring sessions.
Following an encounter with a sinister puddle, Bill discovered who the Doctor really was — an alien time-traveller, guarding a secret vault beneath the university campus. The Doctor invited her to join both himself and Nardole on a journey through space and time.
Biography
Before the Doctor
Bill's mother died when she was young, so she was brought up by a foster mother called Moira. (TV: The Pilot)
At St Luke's University
Later in life, Bill served chips at St Luke's University in Bristol, and — despite not being a student — attended some of the Doctor's lectures. Noticing her potential, he became her personal tutor.
During Christmas, Bill mentioned to the Doctor that she was "supposed to look" like her mother, but, as her mum rarely had any picture taken, Bill didn't really knew if she looked like her. When she went to the flat where she lived with her mother, Moira told her she had found a box with pictures of Bill's mum. On one of the photos, Bill could see the Doctor's reflection.
Over the course of her tutoring, Bill developed a crush on another student, Heather, who showed her a puddle that cast a reversed reflection. Bill asked Heather not to leave without her. As a result, when Heather was taken over by the puddle, she followed Bill home, so as not to leave without her.
Bill went to the Doctor's office, and then he brought her into the TARDIS. He tried to outrun the water creature, and finally travelled to a war zone in the Dalek-Movellan War. Bill realised she was being pursued as Heather had promised not to leave without her. On the Doctor's advice, she released Heather from her promise.
The Doctor took her back to the university, intending to wipe her memory of these events, but she convinced him not to. He then agreed to take Bill with him on his travels. (TV: The Pilot)
Personality
Bill is very smart and very inquisitive. She has a thought process that seems different than most people that The Doctor deals with, regularly. She asks questions that most people don’t ask and comes to conclusions in a different way that other people normally do. She loves science fiction and is open to the idea that concepts of science fiction are real and affect the lives of those around her. When Heather introduces her to a strange puddle, she is open to the idea of alien lizard possession, no matter how preposterous The Doctor finds it.
When The Doctor brings Bill into the TARDIS, it takes a while to get to the “bigger on the inside” conclusion. She first compares the TARDIS console room to a kitchen, due to the chrome and other aspects of the design. When the TARDIS begins to dematerialize, she decides that the “room” is actually a lift until they arrive in a very different area that they were. At this point in her though process, she realizes that the TARDIS can move around where it wants. After exiting the TARDIS in the cellar, she looks around at the box and into the door and finally tells The Doctor that it is bigger on the inside. It is the length and complexity of this thought process and how she comes to this conclusion that sets her apart from other companions. She has a very complex mind that provides a great compliment to The Doctor. She keeps him on his toes. For example, when he tells her he’s from another planet, she says that the abbreviation for Time and Relative Dimension in Space doesn’t make any sense because it’s an abbreviation for a phrase in Earth English, which shouldn’t make sense to any other languages, which causes The Doctor to be amazed at the fact that she asked the question, since no one has ever thought to mention it before. When Heather leaves and they return in the TARDIS, The Doctor attempts to erase her memory. She backs away from him, telling him that she had seen enough movies to know what a mind wipe looks like. When she finally tells him to do what he needs to do, she is able to change his mind by making him think about if someone did this to him. At that moment, he realized that it had been done to him, even though he couldn’t remember who did it or when. Because of her inquisitiveness and ability to challenge The Doctor in her own way, he invites her to join him and Nardole in the TARDIS.
Bill is a homosexual. She describes a crush on a girl in The Doctor’s lectures, and develops an interest in another young woman, Heather.
Skills
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