The hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six segments, all of
which have been disguised and hidden throughout time and space. Now the
even more powerful White Guardian wants the Doctor to find the pieces.
With the first segment successfully retrieved, the Doctor, Romana and
K-9 trace the second segment of the Key to the planet Calufrax. But when
they arrive at exactly the right point in space, they find themselves on
exactly the wrong planet - Zanak.
Ruled by the mysterious 'Captain', Zanak is a happy and prosperous
planet. Mostly. If the mines run out of valuable minerals and gems then
the Captain merely announces a New Golden Age and they fill up again.
It's an economic miracle - so obviously something's very wrong.