The disintegrating of the space station was created by Meddings and members of the special effects team by shooting shotguns at the miniature model in the film Moonraker .
The climactic scenes of the space station disintegrating were created by Meddings and other members of the special effects team shooting the miniature model with shotguns For the scene involving the opening of the musical electronic laboratory door lock in Venice , producer Albert R. Broccoli requested special permission from director Steven Spielberg to use the five-note melody from his film Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ) .
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