Wikkit Key
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The Wikkit Key is a powerful and intricate device in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything" that can unlock the sealed planet of Krikkit and unleash its destructive inhabitants.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional object
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key → plot device → |
| appearsIn |
Life, the Universe and Everything
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| appearsInSeries |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| associatedWithPlanet |
Krikkit
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| composition |
multiple components scattered across space and time
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| creator |
Douglas Adams
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| firstPublicationContext |
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)
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| function |
release the inhabitants of Krikkit
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unlock the seal around the planet Krikkit → |
| genreContext |
comic science fiction
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| guardedBy |
various custodians across the universe
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| medium |
novel
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| narrativeRole |
central object of the main quest in Life, the Universe and Everything
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| opposedBy |
Arthur Dent
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Ford Prefect → Slartibartfast → Trillian → |
| power |
capable of unleashing the destructive forces of Krikkit
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| property |
intricate
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powerful → |
| relatedConcept |
Krikkit Wars
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cosmic imprisonment of Krikkit → |
| relatedEvent |
attempted escape of Krikkit from temporal imprisonment
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| risk |
its assembly threatens universal destruction
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| sealType |
cosmic lock around Krikkit
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| soughtBy |
Krikkit robots
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inhabitants of Krikkit → protagonists of Life, the Universe and Everything → |
| statusInStory |
disassembled for safety
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| threatLevel |
existential threat to the universe when completed
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| universe |
The Hitchhiker's Guide universe
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Life, the Universe and Everything
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hasNotableObject |