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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]] and takes places in an unidentified gap in which the Doctor travels only with Adric. It saw recognition that the Doctor is able to 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]] and takes places in an unidentified gap in which the Doctor travels only with Adric. It saw recognition that the Doctor is able to build inter-dimensional craft.
==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Planet Vaga faces its darkest hour. The only hope for its people lies with a boy called Adric and his friend, the Doctor...
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==
== Plot ==
The TARDIS lands on Vaga and the Doctor has to hurry to delay the landing of an inter-dimensional craft possessed by [[Vagan]]s. He does so, but then a [[Pyron (species)|Pyron]] [[space-shark]] arrives and begins bombarding them. While Adric creates a distraction, the Doctor runs for the TARDIS.
The TARDIS lands on Vaga and the Doctor has to hurry to delay the landing of an inter-dimensional craft possessed by [[Vagan]]s. He does so, but then a [[Pyron (species)|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.
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==
== Characters ==
*[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Adric]]
* [[Adric]]
*[[Valtar]]
* [[Valtar]]


==References==
== References ==
*The TARDIS is said to have entered the eighth dimension.
* The TARDIS is said to have entered the eighth dimension.
*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.
*The Doctor helped design the [[Key of Vaga]].
* The Doctor helped design the [[Key of Vaga]].
*The Doctor claims that two inter-dimensional craft cannot exist together in the same temporal-space frequency.
* The Doctor claims that two inter-dimensional craft cannot exist together in the same temporal-space frequency.
*Pyrons use a craft called a [[space-shark]]. It is equipped with both plinium and [[zargon missile]]s.
* Pyrons use a craft called a [[space-shark]]. It is equipped with both plinium and [[zargon missile]]s.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==[[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== [[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
*This story takes place after [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/PDA PDA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Divided_Loyalties Divided Loyalties]''
* This story takes place after [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/PDA PDA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Divided_Loyalties Divided Loyalties]''
*This story takes place before [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/DWA DWA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_of_Fear Planet of Fear]''
* This story takes place before [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/DWA DWA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_of_Fear Planet of Fear]''


==External links==
== External links ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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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 and takes places in an unidentified gap in which the Doctor travels only with Adric. It saw recognition that the Doctor is able to build inter-dimensional craft.

Summary

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

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

References

  • The TARDIS is said to have entered the eighth dimension.
  • The modular transmission linkage is a TARDIS component that allows the Doctor to know when he's landed.
  • The Pyrons destroyed Vaga's larger sun when they fired a plinium missile into it. The Vagans population was dead within one Vagan year.
  • The Doctor helped design the Key of Vaga.
  • The Doctor claims that two inter-dimensional craft cannot exist together in the same temporal-space frequency.
  • Pyrons use a craft called a space-shark. It is equipped with both plinium and zargon missiles.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

to be added

Timeline

External links

to be added

prose stub