OFF: Levitating daleks

[Paul Mather]

On Wed, 12 May 1999, Jonathan Jarrett wrote:

=> On Tue, 11 May 1999, M Holmes wrote:
=>
=> > > Their movie was to feature updated Daleks, including Spider Daleks, which
=> > > looked like normal Daleks, then morphed into Spider-like versions. There's
=> > > photos of them on the Web somewhere.
=> >
=> > Sounds cool. The other good effect would have been levitating Daleks.
=>
=>         Blimey - that would solve the famous problem they have with
=> stairs! Then the universe really would be at their mercy! Yours,

Actually, I remember seeing "the famous problem they have with stairs"
tackled head on in one of the later dalek episodes, and, yes, indeed, it
was shown "levitating" up the stairs (via some kind of blue light
underneath).

Seemed like too much SFX for Dr. Who, though... :-)

Cheers,

Paul.

NP: Deep Purple, _Made in Japan_

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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