You're all making a very common error - it's not Dr Who, it's Mr Who. I remember it from Trivial Pursuit. Or was that something to do with Star Trek...can never remember.
On 9 October 2014 09:17, Mark Keating <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nicholas, > > IIRC the hatch isn't in the Tardis ceiling, but in an underground chamber > of Skaro. I think you might mean the episodes Destiny of the Daleks in > Season 17: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/destinydaleks/ > > Tom didn't do many Dalek stories, but he does climb up his scarf to escape > the daleks and throw a one-liner quip at them. > > Regards > > Mark > > He calls down to them > > On 09/10/2014 01:28, Ben Evans wrote: > >> Now there's a T-shirt waiting to happen. >> >> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >
