Bill Filer was an American agent sent to UNIT HQ in England to gather intelligence about the Master. His visit coincided with the arrival of a UFO close to the Nuton Power Complex on the south coast. A Ministry of Defence civil servant named Chinn banned Filer from the investigation, so he made his way to the landing site, managing to arrive just before the UNIT convoy. Exploring the strange craft he was seized by a tentacle and dragged inside. Inside the vessel - a living entity called Axos - he found himself prisoner alongside the very person he had come to England to investigate. When the Doctor began experiments on the substance called Axonite, which the alien visitors offered as a gift, it threatened to trigger Axos' feeding cycle prematurely. A duplicate of Filer was created and sent to stop him, but it was destroyed by the Doctor. Filer later escaped and helped the Brigadier capture the Master. However, he was forced to permit his prisoner his freedom when the evil Time Lord offered his help to UNIT.
Played by: Paul Grist. Appearances: The Claws of Axos (1971).
- There is much debate in fandom about who Filer worked for. At no point is he ever said to be working for the Washington branch of UNIT, and he does not appear to be a soldier. It is assumed that he must work for one of the US security agencies - the FBI or the CIA.
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