All they heard was a slightly tinny noise from somewhere which didn't make them suspect any danger at all.

"You'll get your chance to shoot at something soon enough," Commander Keru responded, his deep voice sounding slightly tinny in her helmet.

When he spoke, his voice came through the helmet receivers with a slightly tinny sound: "Anything wrong?

In a salon just off that courtyard was an upright piano with a slightly tinny tone.

Music, slightly tinny but still recognizable, drifted out into the room.

Featuring only Fife and Pidgeon, the slightly tinny sound reflects its low production budget of £3000.

The alert klaxon echoed loudly here, though with a slightly tinny effect in the large space.

"I read her chart before coming in," he said, his voice sounding slightly tinny and distant.

"I didn't say anything," said Stern, her voice slightly tinny and attenuated over her environmental suit's comm unit.

When it did, it came without a visual aspect, as a slightly tinny vocal message.