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comic name= The Keep|
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Eighth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
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companions= [[Izzy Sinclair]]|
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enemy= |
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= [[Earth]], [[51st century]]|
|doctor= Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Alan Barnes]]|
|companions= [[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]]
artist= [[Martin Geraghty]], [[Robin Smith]]|
|enemy= [[Run Run Hsui Leng]]
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 248-249|
|setting= [[Amazon]] desert, [[51st century]]
publication_dates= 12 February - 12 March [[1997]]|
|writer= Alan Barnes
publisher= |
|editor = [[Gary Gillatt]] & [[Scott Gray]]
format= Comic - ? parts |
|artist= [[Martin Geraghty]], [[Robin Smith]]
previous story= [[End Game]]|
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next story= [[A Matter of Life and Death]]|
|letterer = [[Elitta Fell]]
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|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 248|248]]-[[DWM 249|249]]
|release date=16 January - 13 February 1997
|cover date= 12 February - 12 March 1997
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
|format= Comic  
|prev= Endgame (DWM comic story)
|next= A Life of Matter and Death (comic story)
|epcount = 2|reprint=Endgame (graphic novel)
}}{{you may|The Keep (audio story)|n1=the Counter-Measures audio story}}
'''''The Keep''''' is a [[DWM comic stories|''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
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Shortly after arriving on [[Earth]] in the [[51st century]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]] are greeted by [[Marquez]], the [[android]] servant of [[Crivello]], an aged [[scientist]] only kept alive by his complete immersion in a nutrient tank. Crivello is attempting to create an [[Crivello's Cauldron|artificial sun]] for a new [[Star system|solar system]] for [[human]]ity after [[Earth]] is engulfed by [[solar flare]]s. The Doctor discovers the sun is alive. Having built a rapport with the artificial sun, The Doctor orders it to travel to an unpopulated arm of the [[Crab Nebula]] to become humanity's new home.


==Characters==
After the Doctor and Izzy have left and humanity has gone to its new home, Marquez and Crivello are left alone on the dying Earth. As Crivello reflects on his accomplishment, Marquez abruptly kills him and unceremoniously throws his body off a cliff overlooking the sea.
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==References==
== Characters ==
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* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Izzy Sinclair]]
* [[Marquez]]
* [[Crivello]]
* Uber-Marshal [[Run Run Hsui Leng]]
* [[Woo (The Keep)|Woo]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* Uber-Marshall Leng is a contemporary of [[Magnus Greel]].
* Izzy [[vomit|throws up]] after being [[transmat]]ted for the first time, and compares the experience to [[Twister (roller-coaster)|the Twister]] at [[Alton Towers]].
* Izzy compares Marquez to [[Lieutenant]] [[Data (Assimilation²)|Data]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
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* In [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', it was established that [[51st century]] Earth was in an Ice Age and great national alliances like the [[Icelandic Alliance]] existed. ''The Keep'' instead has Earth ravaged by [[solar flare]]s and states the rich left in a fleet of [[space ark]]s, which — according to the account of [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'' — would occur some nine thousand years after the 51st century.
* ''The Keep'' was reprinted in ''[[Endgame (graphic novel)|Endgame]]''.


==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 9 November 2023

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You may be looking for the Counter-Measures audio story.

The Keep is a Doctor Who Magazine comic story featuring the Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shortly after arriving on Earth in the 51st century, the Eighth Doctor and Izzy are greeted by Marquez, the android servant of Crivello, an aged scientist only kept alive by his complete immersion in a nutrient tank. Crivello is attempting to create an artificial sun for a new solar system for humanity after Earth is engulfed by solar flares. The Doctor discovers the sun is alive. Having built a rapport with the artificial sun, The Doctor orders it to travel to an unpopulated arm of the Crab Nebula to become humanity's new home.

After the Doctor and Izzy have left and humanity has gone to its new home, Marquez and Crivello are left alone on the dying Earth. As Crivello reflects on his accomplishment, Marquez abruptly kills him and unceremoniously throws his body off a cliff overlooking the sea.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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