Battlestar Galactica did something similar in the 80s...
video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2443582168093141562&q=galactica+1980&total=35&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
( Jimbotfu is fisting your ear, Wed 26 Mar 2008, 10:09, Reply)