Swamp Thing was a character who was "made of mud" and was from the comic bookSwamp Thing. Peri Brown had read Swamp Thing as a child. (PROSE: Players)
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Alan Moore, following his comics scripting work in Doctor Who Weekly, went on to write for Swamp Thing for DC Comics.
A television series inspired by the comic book and two film adaptations was produced in the early 1990s. Among the directors for the series was Tony Dow, who was a visual effects producer for Doctor Who.
