Steve Dobson is a character in the ABC website diary. He was revealed to be the deceased brother of the unseen character Chris Dobson, who was the second diary author. Steve and Chris were returning from a two-week trip to Australia, suggested by Chris after Steve's wife died, when their plane crashed. After finding the journal previously kept by Janelle, Chris suppressed the memory of his brother's death and manifested a story about him being alive and held captive inside the Swan as a suspected "Other" (i.e. Henry Gale).