Flies
Flies noun - Theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains.
Leaps
Both words in one sentence
- On that level, praise for the makeup and costume departments, including Richard Radlefsen, credited for "Creeper makeup and lead suit." Why the creature is called the Creeper when he leaps and flies I am not sure.
Source: Roger Ebert Most Hated Film List -
While Lake and Rosita help everyone slowly evacuate London by running with them, the Doctor leaps into Lake's TARDIS and flies up into the skies.
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Stepping Stones in the Sky: Near the climax of the storyline, the player character's partner leaps atop of the crumbling earth from the rising Tree of Life get to it before it flies into the sun.
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