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|image= The Key of Vaga title.jpg
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|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|doctor=Fifth Doctor
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|companions= [[Adric]]
|companions= [[Adric]]
|enemy = [[Pyron (species)|Pyrons]]
|enemy = [[Pyron (species)|Pyrons]]
|setting=[[Vaga]], [[Magna]] system
|setting = [[Vaga]], [[Magna]] system
|writer=
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|publication=''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]''
|anthology = Doctor Who Annual 1982
|release date = August 1981
|prev=Just a Small Problem (short story)
|prev=Just a Small Problem (short story)
|next=Planet of Fear (short story)
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'''''The Key of Vaga''''' was the fifth story in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]''. It was the first short story to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]]. It takes places in an unidentified gap when the Doctor travels only with Adric. It recognised that the Doctor can build inter-dimensional craft.
'''''The Key of Vaga''''' was the fifth story in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]''. It was the first short story to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]]. It takes places in an unidentified gap when the Doctor travels only with Adric. It recognised that the Doctor can build inter-dimensional craft.
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* [[Valtar]]
* [[Valtar]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[modular transmission linkage]] is a TARDIS component that allows the Doctor to know when he's landed.
* The [[modular transmission linkage]] is a TARDIS component that allows the Doctor to know when he's landed.
* The [[Pyron (species)|Pyrons]] destroyed [[Vaga]]'s larger sun when they fired a [[plinium missile]] into it. The [[Vagan]]s population was dead within one Vagan year.
* The [[Pyron (species)|Pyrons]] destroyed [[Vaga]]'s larger sun when they fired a [[plinium missile]] into it. The [[Vagan]]s population was dead within one Vagan year.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The unidentified gap in which the Fifth Doctor travels only with Adric would appear to be at some point between ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' and ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'', bearing in mind the tight continuity between other stories in [[season 19]], while [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] are presumably having a break from the TARDIS.
* The unidentified gap in which the [[Fifth Doctor]] travels only with [[Adric]] would appear to be at some point between ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' and ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'', bearing in mind the tight continuity between other stories in [[Season 19 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 19]], while [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] are presumably having a break from the TARDIS.
* As the details of the Fifth Doctor's costume had not yet been made public at the time [[Doctor Who Annual 1982|the book in which this story appears]] was produced, illustrations of the Fifth Doctor accompanying this story are limited to an extreme cropped closeup of his face and an indistinct portrayal in shadow. As with all other illustrations of the Fifth Doctor in this book, his face and hairstyle are based on the appearance of [[Peter Davison]] from ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]].''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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The Key of Vaga was the fifth story in the Doctor Who Annual 1982. It was the first short story to feature the Fifth Doctor. It takes places in an unidentified gap when the Doctor travels only with Adric. It recognised that the Doctor can build inter-dimensional craft.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Planet Vaga faces its darkest hour. The only hope for its people lies with a boy called Adric and his friend, the Doctor...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS lands on Vaga and the Doctor has to hurry to delay the landing of an inter-dimensional craft possessed by Vagans. He does so, but then a Pyron space-shark arrives and begins bombarding them. While Adric creates a distraction, the Doctor runs for the TARDIS.

The Vagan craft arrives and uses a beta-force field to prematurely detonate the Pyron ship's warheads, destroying it. Valtar, a Vagan the Doctor met on a previous visit, appears to the Doctor and Adric.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The unidentified gap in which the Fifth Doctor travels only with Adric would appear to be at some point between Castrovalva and Four to Doomsday, bearing in mind the tight continuity between other stories in season 19, while Nyssa and Tegan are presumably having a break from the TARDIS.
  • As the details of the Fifth Doctor's costume had not yet been made public at the time the book in which this story appears was produced, illustrations of the Fifth Doctor accompanying this story are limited to an extreme cropped closeup of his face and an indistinct portrayal in shadow. As with all other illustrations of the Fifth Doctor in this book, his face and hairstyle are based on the appearance of Peter Davison from All Creatures Great and Small.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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