# Bill Docker — The Powerhouse character guide

> Bill Docker in The Powerhouse by John Buchan.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a certain Bill Docker, Bill, I

**First appearance:** 0006-iv-i-follow-the-trail-of-the-super-butler

## Who they are

A relative or associate of Mr. Docker, possibly a criminal element.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the narrator closely observing and interacting with him as a subject of study.

### [Ethel Pitt-Heron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/ethel_pitt_heron)

_romantic_

Bill Docker and Ethel Pitt-Heron share a romantic or flirtatious relationship, with Ethel being a significant female presence in his life.

### [Tommy Deloraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/tommy_deloraine)

_friendship_

Bill Docker and Tommy Deloraine have a friendly, possibly mentor-like relationship, with Tommy being a younger companion.

### [Mr. Docker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/mr_docker)

_family_

Bill Docker and Mr. Docker are father and son, with a complex familial dynamic likely involving business legacy.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the narrator closely observing and interacting with him as a subject of study.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the narrator closely observing and interacting with him as a subject of study.

### [Tommy Deloraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/tommy_deloraine)

_friendship_

Bill Docker and Tommy Deloraine have a friendly, possibly mentor-like relationship, with Tommy being a younger companion.

### [Ethel Pitt-Heron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/ethel_pitt_heron)

_romantic_

Bill Docker and Ethel Pitt-Heron share a romantic or flirtatious relationship, with Ethel being a significant female presence in his life.

## In the story

### [VI: The Restaurant in Antioch Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/vi-the-restaurant-in-antioch-street)

Former client of Leithen; enters the locked room through a disguised window, but is subdued by Chapman.

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