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''' | The '''TARDIS staircase''' was a vertical pathway between the planetary surface and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when hovering in the sky. The entire structure, when viewed from below, was either invisible or cloaked by a [[perception filter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
[[File:ElevenClara-StaircaseLadderLanding.jpg|thumb|left|Landing between the ladder and staircase proper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')]] The lowest few metres were traversed via a retractable ladder extending down from a landing, much like a fire escape ladder. Although invisible from the ground, the ladder could be pulled down by someone who knew precisely where it was and could reach it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | [[File:ElevenClara-StaircaseLadderLanding.jpg|thumb|left|Landing between the ladder and staircase proper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')]] The lowest few metres were traversed via a retractable [[ladder]] extending down from a landing, much like a fire escape ladder. Although invisible from the ground, the ladder could be pulled down by someone who knew precisely where it was and could reach it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
In the wake of losing his | In the wake of losing his [[companion]]s and parents-in-law, [[Rory Williams]] and [[Amy Pond]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] became a reclusive nihilist, yet could not bring himself to abandon [[Earth]] and [[human]]ity entirely. He 'parked' his TARDIS in or before [[1892]], atop a [[cloud]], high above [[London]]. The staircase provided the Doctor a means of inconspicuous entry access to and egress from the surface, while assuring him solitude. A few meters of [[super-dense water vapour]] formed a footbridge between the TARDIS' doors and the staircase. The staircase's ladder terminated in a small park in an affluent neighbourhood, a short walk from the home of the Doctor's friend [[Vastra]], her wife [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]] and their employee, [[Strax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]], [[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates]], [[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
On the evening of [[23 December]] [[1892]], a curious [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Clara Oswald]] followed the Doctor and witnessed him pull a ladder down from nowhere before climbing up and disappearing. Minutes later, Clara managed to grab the ladder and pull it to the ground. She knocked on the TARDIS but hid behind it out of sight of the Doctor, before descending back to the surface. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | On the evening of [[23 December]] [[1892]], a curious [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Clara Oswald]] followed the Doctor and witnessed him pull a ladder down from nowhere before climbing up and disappearing. Minutes later, Clara managed to grab the ladder and pull it to the ground. She knocked on the TARDIS but hid behind it out of sight of the Doctor, before descending back to the surface. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
The next day, [[Christmas Eve]] [[1892]], Vastra alerted the Doctor to the strange goings on at the home where Clara was posted as the governess. The Doctor navigated his cloud – and with it the TARDIS and staircase – to the manor house, parking it above the roof. Doing so later facilitated his and Clara's escape, and lured the [[Ice Governess]] away from the | The next day, [[Christmas Eve]] [[1892]], Vastra alerted the Doctor to the strange goings on at [[Latimer (The Snowmen)|the home where Clara was posted as the governess]]. The Doctor navigated his cloud – and with it the TARDIS and staircase – to the manor house, parking it above the roof. Doing so later facilitated his and Clara's escape, and lured the [[Ice Governess]] away from the [[child]]ren and others present in the house. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
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