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Great Key Vault

A discreet compartment concealed behind Chancellor Borusa's desk, accessed only in moments of extreme necessity. The vault's contents are never fully visible—its true nature revealed only when Borusa withdraws the Great Key at the Doctor's demand, their urgency clashing with the vault's sacred purpose. The physical mechanism is left unexamined, its weight and significance conveyed through the act of surrender rather than observation.
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When this object appears and how it's used

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S15E25 · The Invasion of Time Part 5
Great Key handover in burning office

Borusa accesses the Great Key Vault only under the Doctor's coercion, bypassing its usual secrecy and sacred invocation to retrieve the artifact. The vault's concealed compartment releases the Key to shift its narrative role from guarded relic to urgent tool of survival.

Before: Sealed behind Borusa's desk, its contents guarded and inaccessible except in extreme necessity
After: Opened and emptied of the Great Key by Borusa, its contents now in motion toward the TARDIS
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