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On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Dominic Humphries <[email protected]> wrote: > Real daleks don't climb stairs, they level the building :) > > > > On 8 October 2014 19:55:34 Gareth Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's not just the more recent episodes (depending on your definition of >> "recent"), the Daleks could levitate during my childhood era (80s-90s). >> >> I'm sure I remember an episode from the Sylvester McCoy era where the >> Daleks were chasing him and to evade them he simply ran up some stairs and >> then the daleks levitated after him. A quick google shows that the >> episode >> was called "remembrance of the daleks" unfortunately I don't have the time >> to wade through the many youtube clips to try and view it. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_of_the_Daleks >> >> "In the cliffhanger to the first episode, a Dalek levitates up stairs. The >> sequence was intended to put to rest a joke about the inability of the >> monsters to do so." >> >> The BBC's website seems to imply it's "always been that way". >> >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/remembrancedaleks/detail.shtml >> >> "This story reveals for the first time that the Daleks are capable of >> ascending stairs. (Although this is the first time that a Dalek is >> actually >> seen to ascend a flight of stairs, there is a scene in season two's The >> Chase: Journey into Terror in which such an occurrence is clearly implied; >> and season twenty-two's Revelation of the Daleks shows that both the >> Daleks >> and Davros are capable of hovering above the ground.)" >> >> According to wikipedia, season 2 was ~1965. I can't help you with the Tom >> Baker question though, it's a tiny bit before my time. >> >> -- >> >> Gareth >> >> >> On 8 October 2014 11:19, Nicholas Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Dear Dr Who experts (I'm sure that there are many here)... >> > >> > IIRC there's a scene in an episode of Dr Who (in Tom Baker's time) where >> > the Doctor escapes by climbing up through a hatch in the TARDIS ceiling, >> > calling down a one liner to the Daleks stuck below just before he closes >> > it >> > >> > 1) Am I remembering this correctly? >> > 2) If so, is a clip of this online somewhere, in an easily linkable >> > form? * >> > >> > >> > Further, my understanding is that in the more recent episodes, the >> > Daleks >> > have figured out how to overcome their previous inability to cope with >> > stairs, ladders, etc, uttering "levitate" before doing exactly that. >> > >> > 3) Is there a representative clip of this online? >> > >> > Nicholas Clark >> > >> > * please don't post links to places that would make Auntie upset. >> > > > >
