4-D War

4-D War was the middle story in a trilogy of Doctor Who Magazine "backup" strips by Alan Moore. Following the story of the origin of the Time Lords in Star Death, 4-D War posited the then-novel concept of a "time war" a notion that would go on to influence novel writers in the 1990s, as well as Russell T Davies' revival of the television series itself in 2005.

In 2012, Lawrence Miles said, "Alan Moore's back-up strips were an obvious influence on both Marc Platt's view of ye olde Gallifrey and my view of its future (Alien Bodies shares 95% of its DNA with its closest relative, 4-D War.)"[1]

Indeed, the fact that this story's time war takes place in what is very early Time Lord history long pre-dating the Doctor's birth is one of the reasons that the televised "time war" is more formally called the Last Great Time War.

From the perspective of comics historians, however, this story and its larger trilogy are mostly significant because of the partnership between Moore and artist David Lloyd, a duo that would go on to create one of the most significant English language graphic novels, V for Vendetta.

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