Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday (DWAN short story)

Summary
A tale from the Old Times of Gallifrey tells how Rassilon asked the Matrix daily “Matrix, Matrix that sees over all, who has the power to make Gallifrey fall?” to which came the daily reply was “Only you, oh Rassilon. Only you, through the Eye of Harmony have that power.” But one day came the reply “Snowana the Fair, using the Keys of Doomsday, she has the power to destroy all of Gallifrey.” Rassilon was enraged and band the young girl into the wastelands of Outer Gallifrey where he believed she would die, and he never again asked the question of the Matrix. But Snowana didn’t die and grew into a beautiful woman nicknamed Snow White -because of her pale complexion. She became the object of love for a cruel and selfish man named Selador who wanted revenge on Gallifrey for making him an outcast after murdering his own brother and father. Selendor found a powerful ore in the ground and fashioned a weapon to destroy the city. Seven keys were fashioned for the weapon one for each of the crimes of the Time Lords (Pride, Injustice, Power, Exile, Knowledge, Wisdom and finally the Key of Nevermore). Even the other Outlers were against Selendors plan to bring about a Doomsday and fled to safety as he began inserting the keys, all except Snowana. Even though she had always rejected Selendor attentions, Snowana tricked him into giving her the Seventh Key that would bring about Gallifrey’s fall – and proving the matrix correct. Snowana fled and knowing she wouldn’t be safe used her knowledge and power of the Key to create a safe place, a force field box where she lied down and trapped herself inside. It was seven years before Selendor found her, and, believing her to be dead, wept at his lost love until he passed away from grief while Snow White slept on clutching the Seventh Key.

Named Characters

 * Rassilon
 * Snowana aka Snow White

Continuity

 * This tale supports the notion that Rassilon was insecure about rule over Gallifrey and acted to ensure he went unchallenged.
 * For those not banished to the wastelands of Outer Gallifrey, vaporisation was a means of dealing with ‘undesirable’ elements.
 * Those banished to the the wastelands of Gallifrey are refered to as Outlers, by the time of events in The Invasion of Time in Gallifrey's history they are called Outsiders.
 * ‘Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday’ was referenced in the television story (DW: Night Terrors) as a story which the Eleventh Doctor claimed to have enjoyed in his childhood. This story was intended to be published after the broadcast of the episode Night Terrors, which was originally scheduled to air during the first half of Season 6. It is assumed this then is the story the Doctor was referring to in the episode.
 * It was also mentioned in the Doctor Who Adventures comic strip adventure Funny Phone Call!
 * The story title itself is a covered reference to was a Doctor Who play (The Seven Keys to Doomsday) starring the Daleks that showed at London’s Adelphi Theatre for four weeks in 1974.

Timeline

 * Set in the Old Times when Gallifrey was still young.