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** Which was partly inspired by the 1960s version, which had a huge disc on the back. Fun fact: it had 365 pegs around the edge. |
** Which was partly inspired by the 1960s version, which had a huge disc on the back. Fun fact: it had 365 pegs around the edge. |
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* The Doomsday device in ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]'' spun faster as it got closer to exploding. |
* The Doomsday device in ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]'' spun faster as it got closer to exploding. |
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* In ''[[Thunderbird 6]]'', Brains's airship uses an antigravity generator that contains lots of metal hoops that rotate in opposing directions. Probably makes no sense scientifically, but provides lots of opportunities for ricochets during a climactic shootout. |
* In ''[[Thunderbirds|Thunderbird 6]]'', Brains's airship uses an antigravity generator that contains lots of metal hoops that rotate in opposing directions. Probably makes no sense scientifically, but provides lots of opportunities for ricochets during a climactic shootout. |
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** Another Gerry Anderson example is ''Joe 90'''s 'Rat Trap', a kind of spherical cage in which Joe sits while it spins rapidly around him, imprinting him with this week's brain pattern. I always wondered why it didn't make him dizzy. |
** Another Gerry Anderson example is ''Joe 90'''s 'Rat Trap', a kind of spherical cage in which Joe sits while it spins rapidly around him, imprinting him with this week's brain pattern. I always wondered why it didn't make him dizzy. |
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** And the spinning top-style flying saucers from Anderson's UFO. |
** And the spinning top-style flying saucers from Anderson's UFO. |
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