Alan Moore (born 18th November 1953) was the writer of a number of Back-up Comic Strip Stories for Doctor Who Magazine. Moore rose to fame in the late 1980s with his groundbreaking work for DC Comics, most notably Swamp Thing, Watchmen - which is credited with redefining the graphic novel format - and V For Vendetta. He later created From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tom Strong, Promethea, Top Ten and the controversial Lost Girls.