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|name= Keepsake
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|image= Ryosians_pursue.jpg
|number in range = 49
|image= DWM Keepsake.jpg
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|companions=  
|featuring= Keepsake
|featuring2= Keepsake's vulture{{!}}Vulture
|enemy= [[Ryosian]]s
|enemy= [[Ryosian]]s
|setting= [[Ryos]], c. [[8162]]
|setting= [[Ryos]], c. [[8162]]
|writer= [[Simon Furman]]
|writer= Simon Furman
|artist= [[John Higgins]]
|artist= [[John Higgins]]
|editor= [[Richard Starkings]]
|editor= [[Richard Starkings]]
|colourist=
|colourist=
|letterer=[[Zed (letterer)|Zed]]
|letterer=[[Zed (letterer)|Zed]]
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 140|140]]
|publication= [[DWM 140]]
|release date= [[September]] [[1988]]
|reprint= The Marvel Bumper Comic
|reprint2 = TIDH 4
|reprint3 = TIDH 5
|reprint4 = A Cold Day in Hell! (graphic novel)
|release date= 11 August 1988
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|format= Comic - 1 part (8 pages)
|format= Comic
|prev= Culture Shock (comic story)
|epcount = 1
|prev= Culture Shock! (comic story)
|next= Planet of the Dead (comic story)
|next= Planet of the Dead (comic story)
}}
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'''''Keepsake''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
'''''Keepsake''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Keepsake sets his ship down on the planet Ryos, hoping to salvage the wreckage of a ship that had sent out a distress signal. When the natives emerge in pursuit of the Doctor, Keepsake tries to leave. The Doctor leaps in front of the ship's landing gear, unbalancing the ship's gyros, forcing it back into landing.
[[Keepsake]] sets his ship down on the [[planet]] [[Ryos]], hoping to salvage the wreckage of a ship that had sent out a distress signal. When the natives emerge in pursuit of the Doctor, Keepsake tries to leave. The [[Seventh Doctor]] leaps in front of the ship's landing gear, unbalancing the ship's gyros, forcing it back into landing.


Oblivious to the fact that Keepsake came for purely selfish reasons, the Doctor praises his help and enlists his aid in rescuing a medic from the natives. Flying low over their village, the Doctor uses industrial detonators to create confusion, allowing him to rescue the medic. Against his instincts, Keepsake decides he's enjoying this too much and stays to help keep the natives at bay. Later, the beautiful medic thanks Keepsake and kisses him on the cheek, much to the consternation of Keepsake's vulture.
Oblivious to the fact that Keepsake came for purely selfish reasons, the Doctor praises his help and enlists his aid in rescuing a [[medic]] from the natives. Flying low over their village, the Doctor uses industrial detonators to create confusion, allowing him to rescue the medic. Against his instincts, Keepsake decides he's enjoying this too much and stays to help keep the natives at bay. Later, the beautiful medic thanks Keepsake and kisses him on the cheek, much to the consternation of Keepsake's vulture.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Keepsake]]
* [[Keepsake]]
* The medic ([[Bahlia]])
* [[Bahlia|Medic]]
* [[Keepsake's vulture]]
* [[Keepsake's vulture]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* It is illegal under interplanetary law not to answer and assist any who give a distress signal.
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Nowhere in this comic is any date given. The Ryosians, Bahlia and Keepsake's wife, Thea (alluded to), go unnamed in this comic. What kind of business Huggy's is or where it's located is not specified. These all come from Keepsake's subsequent appearance in the ''Death's Head'' series.
* Most of the information from ''Keepsake'' would come from subsequent appearance by Keepsake in the ''[[Death's Head]]'' series, such as the date, the names of the Ryosians, Bahlia and and Keepsake's wife, and the nature and location of [[Huggy's]].


=== Reprints ===
=== Reprints ===
* ''[[The Marvel Bumper Comic]]'' 7-8
* ''[[The Marvel Bumper Comic]]'' 7-8
* ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]'' 4-5, colourised
* ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]'' 4-5, colourised
* [[A Cold Day in Hell (graphic novel)|''A Cold Day in Hell'']]
* ''[[A Cold Day in Hell (graphic novel)|A Cold Day in Hell]]''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 27 January 2024

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You may be looking for the audio story of the same name.

Keepsake was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Keepsake sets his ship down on the planet Ryos, hoping to salvage the wreckage of a ship that had sent out a distress signal. When the natives emerge in pursuit of the Doctor, Keepsake tries to leave. The Seventh Doctor leaps in front of the ship's landing gear, unbalancing the ship's gyros, forcing it back into landing.

Oblivious to the fact that Keepsake came for purely selfish reasons, the Doctor praises his help and enlists his aid in rescuing a medic from the natives. Flying low over their village, the Doctor uses industrial detonators to create confusion, allowing him to rescue the medic. Against his instincts, Keepsake decides he's enjoying this too much and stays to help keep the natives at bay. Later, the beautiful medic thanks Keepsake and kisses him on the cheek, much to the consternation of Keepsake's vulture.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Most of the information from Keepsake would come from subsequent appearance by Keepsake in the Death's Head series, such as the date, the names of the Ryosians, Bahlia and and Keepsake's wife, and the nature and location of Huggy's.

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]