Changes: Airlock

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For the episode of the Doctor Who serial Galaxy 4 entitled "Air Lock", see here.

An airlock was a device that permitted the passage of people and objects between two drastically different environments, such as between a pressurised space and a vacuum or between an underwater and dry environment. The lock usually consisted of two airtight doors in series which did not open simultaneously. This allowed 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 First 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 Kirksen and herself into the vacuum of space and killing them both almost instantly. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)

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-An '''airlock''' was a device that permitted the passage of people and objects between two drastically different environments, such as between a pressurised and a vacuum or between an underwater and dry environment. The lock usually consisted of two airtight doors in series which did not open simultaneously. This allowed the intermediate chamber to change from one environment to the other.
+An '''airlock''' was a device that permitted the passage of people and objects between two drastically different environments, such as between a pressurised  space and a vacuum or between an underwater and dry environment. The lock usually consisted of two airtight doors in series which did not open simultaneously. This allowed the intermediate chamber to change from one environment to the other.
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