Bill Ritch

Bill Ritch Is a character in the DOOM novels by Dafydd Ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver. The DOOM novels are considered canon by many, the only thing disliked about them is the absence of Hell. Bill Ritch according to the book Knee deep in dead where he appeared, is a lead scientist and computer programmer for the UAC, when experimenting on the gates the aliens (demons) got out and began killing marines, scientist, civilians, and workers stationed on Phobos.

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Bill Ritch was kidnapped and taken to what in the games is Hell, but in the novels is Deimos , he is interrogated by the SpiderMastermind , often called the goblin or the spidermind, and then hung on the cealing with web in a place that appears to be E3M1. Fly, and Arlene find him and let him free, when he tells them the things that happened. Fly and Arlene develop a friendship with him. Bill Ritch was teh one who helped deafeat teh second Steamdemon (Cyberdemon ) and helped lead the way to the Spiderminds fortress. He ends up getting a fireball frown at his face by an Imp which stick to his face and starts to ruin his lungs and burnt all the skin off his face, he helps Arlene shut down the system and then dies, Leaving Fly and Arlene to kill the spidermind.

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Trivia

 * Bill Ritch helped work on the teleporter facilities and study the gates on Mars, Phobos , and Deimos.
 * He was the first character to speak to Fly and Arlene of the Freds (creators of the demons/aliens), but not by name.