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Doctor '''Alphonse Moreau''' was a notorious [[scientist]].

A "[[eugenics]] boutique" called the [[Beasthouse]] opened in [[1897]], utilising "the techniques pioneered by Dr Alphonse Moreau" to allow wealthy customers "to have their favourite servants cross-bred with their pets". However, it did not seem to have any involvement from Doctor Moreau himself.

Additionally, [[H. G. Wells]] wrote a book about Moreau's career, but he ommitted information about Moreau's age and motivations (which, still according to Fu Manchu's son, boiled down to the idea that "monkey-people would be, like, really cool"). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beasthouse (short story)|The Beasthouse]]'')

=== In the Land of Fiction ===

Doctor Moreau as depicted by Wells was one of fiction's most notorious [[villain]]s. As such, he existed within the [[Land of Fiction]], where he was a member of the [[Sisyphean Society]]'s senior circle. One of his humanised dogs served as a doorman and errant-boy for the Society, and greeted {{Delgado}} when he visited the Society. Like the other villains, he was ultimately destroyed by the Master on this occasion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]'')

Dr Moreau is the title character of [[H. G. Wells]]'s novel {{wi|The Island of Doctor Moreau}}. He has no known first name in the original book. Notably, ''[[The Beasthouse (short story)|The Beasthouse]]'' gives him a French first name ("Alphonse"), implying that the character is himself French, whereas, in ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]'', he calls the [[Phantom of the Opera]] "Frenchman" as an insult, suggesting he is not himself French.