Andrew Williams
Sir Andrew Williams was a member of the British government. He was Tasha Williams' father. (WC: Stacey Facade [+]Loading...["Stacey Facade (webcast)"])
Biography
Andrew Williams was a soldier in the Falklands War who later entered politics. He was obsessed with his work, resulting in him having very limited contact with his daughter after her mother died. (PROSE: The Door We Forgot [+]Loading...["The Door We Forgot (short story)"]) He worked in the Home Office. He had a lengthy career in Whitehall. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor [+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"])
In 1995, Louise Bayliss was tranferred to work in the Home Office for Sir Andrew. (PROSE: The Last Dose [+]Loading...["The Last Dose (short story)"]) She was transferred by Brian Rutherford. (HOMEVID: The Devil of Winterborne [+]Loading...["The Devil of Winterborne (home video)"]) Louise was somewhat happy that Rutherford had made the transfer however, as it "made the goodbyes easier". (PROSE: The Last Dose [+]Loading...["The Last Dose (short story)"])
In 2000, Patricia Haggard called Sir Andrew to ask for Louise Bayliss's help in overseeing the containment of the Cyberon drug at a PKD facility in London, which he evidently agreed to. When Louise went the PKD, Colonel Tudor objected to Louise's involvment, but when Louise passively threatened to call Sir Andrew, he became compliant. After the drug was secured, Louise returned to Ashley House, asking if it was possible to return to P.R.O.B.E. on a more permanent basis, but Patricia politely told her no due to their low budget not extending far enough to cover an additional member nor would Sir Andrew agree to such a transfer. (PROSE: The Last Dose [+]Loading...["The Last Dose (short story)"])
Sir Andrew became interested in P.R.O.B.E. after "that business" on the Thames Estuary.
In 2014 he transferred from the Home Office and replaced Patricia Haggard as the PROBE liaison. Giles planned persuade Sir Andrew to use his influence to recruit new members to PROBE. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor [+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"]) Wanting to know what P.R.O.B.E. "got up to", the newly-appointed Sir Andrew ordered Giles to begin recording "video Case Files" about the Bureau's activities that he could view. Giles recorded the first on 29 June, with advice from Liz. (HOMEVID: First Entry [+]Loading...["First Entry (home video)"])
He got Tasha a job in Digitisation. (AUDIO: 9 to 5 [+]Loading...["9 to 5 (BBV audio story)"])
Sir Andrew allowed Maxie to remain in the United Kingdom and join PROBE. (PROSE: She Came From Another World! [+]Loading...["She Came From Another World! (short story)"])
Around 7 November 2018 Sir Andrew was scouring Whitehall to replace Archie MacTavish who had died on a mission in Manchester. (WC: Manchester [+]Loading...["Manchester (webcast)"])
On 14 February 2019, Tasha convinced Sir Andrew to accept the retraction of Giles's resignation from P.R.O.B.E., which he had handed in the previous day due to being under the hypnotic influence of Stacey Facade, a love wraith. (WC: Stacey Facade [+]Loading...["Stacey Facade (webcast)"]) About two months before the Beltane case, which occurred a "few months" after the Stacey Facade affair, Tasha had another spat with her father, and asked Giles for advice on how to deal with it. However, he clammed up when she asked if he had any family of his own, and the conversation ended there. She resolved to visit her father at once to try and smooth things over. (AUDIO: Broken Bonds [+]Loading...["Broken Bonds (audio story)"])
When the misfiring Varunastra destroyed parts of the ceiling at P.R.O.B.E. HQ in June 2019, Giles joked that Sir Andrew was "going to crucify [him] at the next budget review". (WC: Varunastra [+]Loading...["Varunastra (webcast)"])
On 9 January 2021, when needing quick access to the Ministry of Defence's surveillance networks despite not having done the proper paperwork, Giles decided against asking Sir Andrew for help, reasoning that it would still waste previous time even if he agreed. Thus, he asked Maxie Masters to hack the network instead. (HOMEVID: Sherwood Sorceress [+]Loading...["Sherwood Sorceress (home video)"])
On 13 February 2021, Sir Andrew, being aware of "Bios"'s involvement, tried to cryptically urge Giles away from investigating the origin of the mysterious electromagnetically-active, amnesia-inducing fogs which had been falling over England. After Giles found his way to him nevertheless, and wound up unwittingly assisting him in his suicide some weeks later, Sir Andrew confessed to him that he was relieved the prisoner was dead, which cut through the Gordian knot of the ethical implications of his confinement by the government. (HOMEVID: Fog [+]Loading...["Fog (home video)"])
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