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Steve Moore is a British comic writer, writing many of the [[Back-up Comic Strip Stories|back-up strips]] for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' before being moved to the main strip. His most famous creations are [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]] and [[Abslom Daak]].
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| birth date    = [[11 June (people)|11 June]] [[1949 (people)|1949]]
| death date    = [[16 March (people)|16 March]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]
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'''Steve Moore''' ([[11 June (people)|11 June]] [[1949 (people)|1949]]-[[16 March (people)|16 March]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]<ref>[http://strangeattractor.co.uk/further/steve-moore-1949-2014/ Strange Attractor]</ref>) was a British comics scriptwriter. He was the closest friend to and originally mentored well-known comics writer [[Alan Moore]] (no relation). He wrote many of the [[DWM backup comic stories|backup strips]] for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' before being moved to the main strip. His most famous creations are the [[Cyberman]] [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] and [[Abslom Daak]].


He left the title after being told that editor [[Alan McKenzie]] was writing the next Daak story without his knowledge. Despite this, he almost wrote a Daak mini-series (unrelated to Doctor Who) for Marvel UK in the early 1990s. [http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_interview.html]
He left the title after being told that editor [[Alan McKenzie]] began the next Daak story without his knowledge. Despite this, he almost wrote a Daak mini-series (unrelated to ''Doctor Who''), ''[[After Daak (unproduced comic story)|After Daak]]'', for Marvel UK in the early 1990s. ''After Daak'' was, for various reasons, never published. <ref>[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_abslom_daak_interv.html Abslom Daak interview]</ref> Years later, the character of [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] would also be used without his permission or knowledge. Moore was not fond of the later appearances of Kroton <ref>http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_doctor_who_strip_i.html</ref> or Daak in ''Doctor Who Magazine''. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160306035833/http://alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_abslom_daak_interv.html</ref>


==Bibliography==
== Selected credits ==
=== Main strips ===
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Time Witch (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Time Witch]]''
* ''[[Dragon's Claw (comic story)|Dragon's Claw]]''
* ''[[The Collector (DWM comic story)|The Collector]]''
* ''[[Dreamers of Death (comic story)|Dreamers of Death]]''
* ''[[The Life Bringer! (comic story)|The Life Bringer!]]''
* ''[[War of the Words (comic story)|War of the Words]]''
* ''[[Spider-God (comic story)|Spider-God]]''


===Back-ups===
=== Back-ups ===
*[[Return of the Daleks (Doctor Who Weekly)|Return of the Daleks]]  
* ''[[The Return of the Daleks (comic story)|The Return of the Daleks]]''
*[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]
* ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)|Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]''
*[[The Final Quest]]
* ''[[The Final Quest (comic story)|The Final Quest]]''
*[[The Stolen TARDIS]]
* ''[[The Stolen Tardis (comic story)|The Stolen Tardis]]''
*[[K-9's Finest Hour]]
* ''[[K-9's Finest Hour (comic story)|K-9's Finest Hour]]''
*[[Warlord of the Ogrons]]
* ''[[Warlord of the Ogrons (comic story)|Warlord of the Ogrons]]''
*[[Deathworld]]
* ''[[Deathworld (comic story)|Deathworld]]''
*[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]
* ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]''
*[[Twilight of the Silurians]]
* ''[[Twilight of the Silurians (comic story)|Twilight of the Silurians]]''
*[[Ship of Fools (comic strip)|Ship of Fools]]
* ''[[Ship of Fools (comic story)|Ship of Fools]]''
*[[The Outsider]]
* ''[[The Outsider (comic story)|The Outsider]]''
*[[Star Tigers]]
* ''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]''
*[[Yonder... The Yeti]]
* ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]''
*[[Crisis on Kaldor]]
* ''[[Crisis on Kaldor (comic story)|Crisis on Kaldor]]''


===Main strips===
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore.html Altered Vistas' Steve Moore interviews and Daak pitches]
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*[[The Time Witch]]
[[Category:Comic writers]]
 
*[[Dragon's Claw]]
 
*[[The Collector]]
 
*[[Dreamers of Death]]
 
*[[The Life Bringer]]
 
*[[War of the Words]]
 
*[[Spider-God]]
 
==External Links==
 
* [ An interview with Steve Moore (Alternative Vistas)]
 
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Steve Moore (11 June 1949-16 March 2014[1]) was a British comics scriptwriter. He was the closest friend to and originally mentored well-known comics writer Alan Moore (no relation). He wrote many of the backup strips for Doctor Who Weekly before being moved to the main strip. His most famous creations are the Cyberman Kroton and Abslom Daak.

He left the title after being told that editor Alan McKenzie began the next Daak story without his knowledge. Despite this, he almost wrote a Daak mini-series (unrelated to Doctor Who), After Daak, for Marvel UK in the early 1990s. After Daak was, for various reasons, never published. [2] Years later, the character of Kroton would also be used without his permission or knowledge. Moore was not fond of the later appearances of Kroton [3] or Daak in Doctor Who Magazine. [4]

Selected credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main strips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Back-ups[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Strange Attractor
  2. ↑ Abslom Daak interview
  3. ↑ http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_doctor_who_strip_i.html
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160306035833/http://alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_abslom_daak_interv.html

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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