Dear Dr Who experts...

[Roger Bell_West]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 11:19:04AM +0100, 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?

Apart from the TARDIS and the ceiling bit. It's in _Destiny of the
Daleks_, part two. See http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5j.htm :

>From the shaft hole in the side of the wall, the Doctor pulls up his
>scarf as the Daleks come to the room, "If you're supposed to be the
>superior race of the universe, why don't you try climbing after us.
>Bye bye."

>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 done at the end of part one of _Remembrance of the Daleks_.

R