Wikkit Gate

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fictional object force field plot device

Wikkit Gate is a powerful, universe-encompassing force field and key plot device in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," central to a scheme to destroy the universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional object ⓘ
force field ⓘ
plot device ⓘ
appearsIn Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
appearsInSeries The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
associatedWith Krikkit war ⓘ
surface form: Krikkit

Krikkit war ⓘ
surface form: Krikkit robots
creator Douglas Adams ⓘ
describedAs powerful universe-encompassing force field ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
surface form: Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)
function acts as a barrier around the universe ⓘ
encloses the entire universe ⓘ
genreContext comic science fiction ⓘ
goalOf inhabitants of Krikkit ⓘ
hasFictionalStatus nonexistent in the real world ⓘ
hasPart three key components ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeRole catalyst for main conflict ⓘ
central plot device ⓘ
opposedBy Arthur Dent ⓘ
Ford Prefect ⓘ
Slartibartfast ⓘ
Trillian ⓘ
purposeInPlot part of a scheme to destroy the universe ⓘ
relatedConcept apocalyptic device ⓘ
cosmic imprisonment ⓘ
requires reassembly of its components ⓘ
threatLevel existential ⓘ
universe The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Hitchhiker's Guide universe
usedFor attempted destruction of the universe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krikkit war → featuresObject → Wikkit Gate ⓘ