Monday, 22 February 2016

story identification - TV show featuring a space station or satellite with a rotating ring that eventually jammed

I remember this fascinating scene from the mid-80s. I only caught the last part of the episode. The space station (or it may have been a manned satellite) was in orbit around either Earth, or an Earth-like planet. It was long and tubular, and featured a prominent torus ring that rotated around the midriff.



Inside the vehicle, we saw the inner surface of the ring rotating around the stationary habitable zone, studded with control panels and handwheels - until, that is, the ring was jammed by an explosion and stopped. Next shot - exterior, and the vehicle was now tumbling out of control with the ring now stalled.

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