Stratum
A stratum was a layer of rock. Blasting work carried out in an English quarry brought a one hundred and fifty million year old stratum to the surface. Within it was the hand of Eldrad, which Sarah Jane Smith discovered while trapped beneath the rubble of the explosion. Ammonite shells were often found in stratums of that age. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
The strata of Skaro were the outer Cellular Layer, below which was the Zone of the Eternal Dark, below which was the Stratum of Screaming Winds, below which was the Depths of Unknown, below which was the Abyss of Death, below which was the Morass, below which was the Ice Heart of Skaro. (COMIC: The Dalek Trap [+]Loading...["The Dalek Trap (comic story)"])