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:''For the Doctor Who episode entitled "Air Lock", see [[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]].'' | :''For the Doctor Who episode entitled "Air Lock", see [[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]].'' | ||
An '''airlock''' | An '''airlock''' was a device that permitted the passage of objects, people, and the like, between two drastically different environments, such as between a pressurized and vacuum environment or between an underwater and dry environment. The lock consisted of two airtight doors in series which did not open simultaneously, allowing the intermediate chamber to change from one environment to the other. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 8 March 2011
- For the Doctor Who episode entitled "Air Lock", see Galaxy 4.
An airlock was a device that permitted the passage of objects, people, and the like, between two drastically different environments, such as between a pressurized and vacuum environment or between an underwater and dry environment. The lock consisted of two airtight doors in series which did not open simultaneously, allowing the intermediate chamber to change from one environment to the other.
References
- The Drahvin leader Maaga tried to kill Steven Taylor by leaving him in a de-pressurised airlock. (DW: Galaxy 4)
- To prevent Kirksen from blackmailing the Doctor into returning the ship to Kembel, and the Daleks, Katarina sacrificed herself by opening the airlock door on Mavic Chen's spaceship, 'Spar', expelling both herself and Kirksen into the vacuum of space and killing them both almost instantly. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)
