Keepsake (comic story)

Keepsake
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Main enemy:	Ryosians
Main setting:	Ryos, c. 8162
Key crew
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Editor:	Richard Starkings
Writer:	Simon Furman
Artist:	John Higgins
Letterer:	Zed
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Magazine 140
Release date:	September 1988
Format:	Comic - 1 part (8 pages)
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Keepsake was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

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.

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

• Seventh Doctor
• Keepsake
• The medic (Bahlia)
• Keepsake's vulture

References

• It is illegal under interplanetary law not to answer and assist any who give a distress signal.

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.

Reprints

• The Marvel Bumper Comic 7-8
• The Incomplete Death's Head 4-5, colourised
• A Cold Day in Hell

Continuity

to be added

External links

• Keepsake at the Doctor Who Reference Guide