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.


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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Life, the Universe and Everything
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