Dear Dr Who experts...

[Joel Bernstein]

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 <david at dorward.me.uk> 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
>
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> David Dorward
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