AKA Dr Claw
Heard by phone only.
This is the correct amount of Alistair.
| Full Name | Alistair Theodore Crane |
| Born | Feb. 24, 1927, Harmony |
| Occupation | Head of Crane Industries. Source of most problems. |
| Played by | Alan Oppenheimer (voice); David Bailey; John Reilly |
| Status | Active. Heard but not seen. |
| Wife | Katherine Crane (estranged) |
| Children | Julian Crane; Sheridan Crane; others |
Crane Family · Patriarch · Villain
Alistair Crane
The most powerful man in Harmony and the primary cause of the majority of its suffering. He has not yet appeared on screen in full. He is heard by phone. The Gazette considers this an appropriate level of threat management.
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Alistair Crane is, at press time, the unseen force behind most of what goes wrong in Harmony. He is heard by telephone. He has not yet been seen on screen. The Gazette considers this restraint on the show's part and notes that the reveal of his face, when it comes, will be earned.
His current active projects include: the separation of Sheridan Crane from Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, the management of whatever it is Julian is doing, and the general maintenance of the Crane family's dominance over Harmony. He is doing all of this by telephone.
Background
Alistair Crane has controlled Harmony for generations through Crane Industries, the Crane family's multi-national corporation, and through the kind of interpersonal leverage that accumulates when you have been powerful for long enough to collect everyone's secrets. He is an emotionally distant father, an actively abusive husband, and a man for whom other people's wellbeing is a variable in calculations rather than a concern in itself.
The Lopez-Fitzgerald family's suffering traces back to him. The Crane family's damage traces back to him. TC Russell's ruined tennis career traces back to him. The Gazette notes that Alistair Crane is, structurally speaking, the reason this paper has so much to report.
Julian and Sheridan
Alistair tolerated Julian as his heir and paid little attention to Sheridan. He has spent the current period of the show actively working to keep Sheridan from Luis, believing that the Lopez-Fitzgerald connection would humanise Sheridan and remove her from his control. This is, the Gazette notes, correct. He is also correct that he cannot allow that to happen. The Cranes need their cruelty maintained.
Julian's various failures have caused Alistair to disinherit him in favour of Ethan. That plan has now been complicated by the Ethan paternity revelation, which Alistair has also had a hand in managing.