Dear Dr Who experts...

Joel Bernstein joel at fysh.org
Wed Oct 8 20:22:42 BST 2014


I think I meant this film:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who_and_the_Daleks

On 8 October 2014 21:11, Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> --
>> David Dorward
>> http://dorward.co.uk/
>>
>>
>


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