Louise Bayliss

Louise Bayliss - also known as Lou - was a research assistant at P.R.O.B.E. She was joined by Liz Shaw in the early 1990s, who was headhunted from the University of Cambridge.

Although Louise did assist in Liz's investigations, her responsibilities were largely at Ashley House, doing research and administration and making tea. Although she knew of Liz's research at Cambridge, she was unaware of her career at UNIT, being told that it was "hush hush".

Louise assisted Liz with her investigation into the murders around the Hawthorne clinic, helping her to convince Patsy Haggard not to let the case go to Scotland Yard. She told Liz who Peter Russell was and surmised that he kept the clinic open because of his family ties after Liz discovered his connection to Jeremiah O'Kane.

Whilst Liz visited Russell and Colin Dove, Louise asked Beatrice Hearst about William Bruffin's murder. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

It was during Liz's few weeks of compassionate leave following the death of her father in 1995 that a change of the Minister in charge of P.R.O.B.E. resulted in a funding cut and the transfer of Bayliss to a different department, leaving Shaw as the only employee of the Bureau. (HOMEVID: The Devil of Winterborne)