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TOS Turbolift

Right. Holding the handles was pretty inconsistent. Kirk usually did it but sometimes (Day of the Dove when he goes to the bridge after the initial swordfight with the Klingons) he didn't. Spock very rarely did. ...
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Spock grabbing the handle in the Ultimate Computer.
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Spock seems to be holding the turbolift handle in the turbolift scene at the beginning of "A Piece of the Action".
 
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Good point! Given that those rectangular alert panels were EVERYWHERE onboard ship, you'd think there'd have been room for at least one of those little clear perspex blocks from the communications panel
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The turbolift does have the same red button though - is it used to initiate a red alert?
I know this thread is a bit old, but I've been modeling the Turbo Lifts as part of my larger Blender project (see here) and have found a spot that makes sense for the red alert light. This is a view that I don't think we ever saw on screen. Would like to know your thoughts on this.

Big thanks to @Mytran who posted a sketch of the lift cross section here.

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I know this thread is a bit old, but I've been modeling the Turbo Lifts as part of my larger Blender project (see here) and have found a spot that makes sense for the red alert light. This is a view that I don't think we ever saw on screen. Would like to know your thoughts on this.

Big thanks to @Mytran who posted a sketch of the lift cross section here.
Glad my sketches proved helpful! I follow your project with great interest, its really good.

FWIW, I think that the location for the Red Alert light is a good fit - I don't think we ever saw that high above the doors in any episode so it doesn't contradict anything onscreen, plus it is consistent with alert panels we see elsewhere (such as above the door in Sickbay).
 
I know this thread is a bit old, but I've been modeling the Turbo Lifts as part of my larger Blender project (see here) and have found a spot that makes sense for the red alert light. This is a view that I don't think we ever saw on screen. Would like to know your thoughts on this.

Big thanks to @Mytran who posted a sketch of the lift cross section here.

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Yes this thread has been dead for over three years.

I’ll leave this open this time, but please don’t do it again.

Thanks.
 
Why have zero-G corridoors, when we can bank air tubes like "Futurama". Way faster than three minutes of fumbling around, bumping into people, passing threw snot still in the air from the person who just sneezed, or a fart that never seems to go around and travels with you.
 
Why have zero-G corridoors, when we can bank air tubes like "Futurama". Way faster than three minutes of fumbling around, bumping into people, passing threw snot still in the air from the person who just sneezed, or a fart that never seems to go around and travels with you.

Maybe, but I can think of plenty of reasons why there would be non-zero-G corridors on a huge ship like the E or for that matter the Star Wars ships.
 
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