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