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'''Calufrax''' was an [[oblate spheroid]] [[planet]] with a diameter of about 14,000 kilometres. It was the last world captured by [[Zanak]] and reduced to a trophy the size of a football. Its metricized structure, having a variable atomic weight, betrayed its origin as not a natural planet, but the second segment of the [[Key to Time]], and it was recovered by the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]].
'''Calufrax''' seemed to be a cold [[oblate spheroid]] [[planet]] with a diameter of about 14,000 kilometres, but in fact was one of the disguised six segments of the [[Key to Time]].


Prior this adventure, the Doctor had visited Calufrax, which he found to be uninhabited and [[ice]]-coated. He considered Calufrax "dull, boring, and tedious", and was immediately disappointed that the [[tracer]] indicated that one of the segments of the Key to Time was there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')
As a planet it was rich in [[voolium]] and [[madranite one-five]], which drew it to the attention of the crew of the pirate planet [[Zanak]], who needed the minerals to subdue the psychic [[Mentiad]]s. However, [[Fibuli]] noted that it was "in an unexpected sector", and was hesitant in recommending the planet to [[the Captain]], saying there was something "rather curious" about it.


[[File:Calufrax inside Zanak.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Romana I|Romana]] and [[Kimus]] on Calufrax while inside the pirate planet [[Zanak]]]]
It was the last world captured by [[Zanak]] and reduced to a trophy the size of a football. Its metricized structure, having a variable atomic weight, betrayed its origin as not a natural planet, but the second segment of the [[Key to Time]], and it was recovered by the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]].
Prior this adventure, the Doctor had visited Calufrax, which he found to be completely uninhabited, cold, wet and [[ice]]-coated. He considered the prospect of returning to Calufrax to be "paralysingly dull, boring, and tedious", and was immediately disappointed that the [[tracer]] indicated that one of the segments of the Key to Time was there, describing it as a "horrible place" and a "mean little planet". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')
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Revision as of 14:12, 3 December 2013

Calufrax seemed to be a cold oblate spheroid planet with a diameter of about 14,000 kilometres, but in fact was one of the disguised six segments of the Key to Time.

As a planet it was rich in voolium and madranite one-five, which drew it to the attention of the crew of the pirate planet Zanak, who needed the minerals to subdue the psychic Mentiads. However, Fibuli noted that it was "in an unexpected sector", and was hesitant in recommending the planet to the Captain, saying there was something "rather curious" about it.

File:Calufrax inside Zanak.jpg
The Doctor, Romana and Kimus on Calufrax while inside the pirate planet Zanak

It was the last world captured by Zanak and reduced to a trophy the size of a football. Its metricized structure, having a variable atomic weight, betrayed its origin as not a natural planet, but the second segment of the Key to Time, and it was recovered by the Fourth Doctor and Romana.

Prior this adventure, the Doctor had visited Calufrax, which he found to be completely uninhabited, cold, wet and ice-coated. He considered the prospect of returning to Calufrax to be "paralysingly dull, boring, and tedious", and was immediately disappointed that the tracer indicated that one of the segments of the Key to Time was there, describing it as a "horrible place" and a "mean little planet". (TV: The Pirate Planet)