The Keep (comic story)

Summary
The Doctor and Izzy travel to the distant future of Earth in the 51st century, where they help the genius Crivello create a second sun to provide Humanity with a new home.

Characters

 * 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
 * Is unimpressed with the future the Doctor shows her, calling it "pants".
 * Throws up after being transmatted for the first time, something that is a common occurrence according to the Doctor.

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!

Timeline

 * This story occurs after DWM: End Game
 * This story takes place before DWM: A Life of Matter and Death