Stories Comic Doctor Who Magazine Comics The Keep 1 image Overview Characters How to Complete Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, January 16, 1997 Written by Alan Barnes Artist(s) Martin Geraghty, Robin Smith Letterer(s) Elitta Fell Publisher Marvel Comics Pages 14 Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Amazon desert Synopsis 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. Complete Completed Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eighth Doctor Izzy Sinclair How to read The Keep: Comics Endgame Magazines Doctor Who Magazine 248 Magazines Doctor Who Magazine 249 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 1 June 2025 · 290 words Review by Speechless Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! 8th Doctor DWM #1.2 - “The Keep” by Alan Barnes Arriving in the 51st Century, the Doctor and Izzy discover a settlement on a barren Earth, which houses the secret to humanity’s survival. The Keep was a little bit of a step up from Endgame in my opinion. With a much more classic idea and a touch of comic book weirdness, I think this certainly appealed to me quite a bit more. It’s also interesting that, despite being half the length, this had much better pacing than Endgame. I really like the idea of a living artificial sun and the bits and pieces of world building we get are quite good. The Amazon Desert especially makes for a great setting. The art, whilst by the same team, seems like it managed to pin down the likenesses of our characters a bit better this time. There was honestly a nice poetic quality to this story and the dialogue was certainly a step up from last time. Shame it just kind of ends though. Like, there’s stuff going on with (vaguely racist) tribes outside the titular Keep but they’re just dropped at the end. Curse of the length I guess but it felt very sudden and avoidable. Izzy is sidelined and I don’t have much of an opinion on her still but the ending was quite interesting, I wonder if this plot line will return. This was a pretty enjoyable story but that weird ending and a feeling of missed opportunity really hurt it. 6/10 Pros: + Great setting and concept + A small but significant step up from the last story + There was a wonderfully contemplative element to this Cons: - Ends super suddenly - Could’ve done with a few more pages in length Speechless View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating46 members 3.30 / 5 Member Statistics Completed 72 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 6 Related Stories Doctor Who Magazine Comics Fire and Brimstone Rating: 3.70 Story Skipped Comic Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Magazine Comics Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote