Doesn't the plot of one of the 1960s films hinge on the Daleks not being able to levitate though? Bit inconsistent. Are the films not considered canonical?
On 8 October 2014 16:27, David Dorward <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 Oct 2014, at 11:19, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > 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? >> > > It was a ventilation shaft (I think), in the old Kaled Bunker on Skaro. > The episode was part of Destiny of the Daleks. > > 2) If so, is a clip of this online somewhere, in an easily linkable form? >> * >> > > I can't find one. > > 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. >> > > First seen in Remembrance of the Daleks. > > 3) Is there a representative clip of this online? >> > > Looks like someone pointed a camcorder at a TV so the quality is dodgy. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1J3InFpGtQ > > -- > David Dorward > http://dorward.co.uk/ > >
