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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Eighth Doctor comic strip stories]]|
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
|number in range = 92
companions= [[Izzy Sinclair]]|
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|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= [[Earth]], [[51st century]]|
|doctor= Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Alan Barnes]]|
|companions= [[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]]
editor=[[Gary Gillatt]] & [[Scott Gray]]|
|enemy= [[Run Run Hsui Leng]]
artist= [[Martin Geraghty]], [[Robin Smith]]|
|setting= [[Amazon]] desert, [[51st century]]
colourist=None - Black and White|
|writer= Alan Barnes
lettering=[[Elitta Fell]]|
|editor = [[Gary Gillatt]] & [[Scott Gray]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM Issue 248|248]]-[[DWM Issue 249|249]]|
|artist= [[Martin Geraghty]], [[Robin Smith]]
publication dates= [[12th February]] - [[12th March]] [[1997]]|
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publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]|
|letterer = [[Elitta Fell]]
format= Comic - 2 parts |
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 248|248]]-[[DWM 249|249]]
previous story= [[End Game]]|
|release date=16 January - 13 February 1997
next story= [[A Life of Matter and Death]]|
|cover date= 12 February - 12 March 1997
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|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)
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'''''The Keep''''' is a [[DWM comic stories|''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
Shortly after arriving in the distant future of [[Earth]] in the [[51st century]], [[Eighth Doctor|The 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 artificial sun to be the center of a new solar system for humanity after Earth is engulfed by solar flares. The Doctor discovers that it is alive. Having built a rapport with the artificial sun, The Doctor commands it to travel to an unpopulated arm of the [[Crab Nebula]] to become humanity's new home.  
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.


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 the scientist and unceremoniously throws the body off of a cliff overlooking the sea.
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==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
** Is able to resist the hyper-aging effect of the artificial sun because of his Time Lord nature, although he is weakened by it.
* [[Izzy Sinclair]]
* [[Izzy Sinclair]]
** Is unimpressed with the future the Doctor shows her, calling it "pants".
* [[Marquez]]
** Throws up after being [[Transmat|transmatted]] for the first time, something that is a common occurrence according to the Doctor.
* [[Crivello]]
* Uber-Marshal [[Run Run Hsui Leng]]
* [[Woo (The Keep)|Woo]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Minor villain Uber-Marshall Leng is a contemporary of [[Magnus Greel]].
* 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]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* 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]]''.
==Continuity==
* The events of ''The Keep'' are a prologue to [[DWM]]: ''[[Fire and Brimstone]]''.
 
==Discontinuity==
* In previous stories, it was established that in the 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 flares and states the rich left in a fleet of [[space arks]]... which occurs in ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' some 9000 years after the 51st Century!
 
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
*This story occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[End Game]]''
*This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[A Life of Matter and Death]]''


==External links==
== Continuity ==
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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]]

to be added