Series 2: 1988

Summary

Transmission: Monday 5th September - Monday 19th December 1988 - 16 episodes

Teams: 13

Quests: Sword: 3; Shield: 3; Chalice: 3;Crown: 2; Free the Maid: 1; Retrieve the Talisman: 1

Winning Quests: Team 4: Mark, Daniel, Matthew and Jonathan from Witney who completed their quest to Free the Maid. Team 10: Julian, Vaughan, Becca and Mary from Banbury who completed their quest to Retrieve the Talisman.

Longest Quests: Team 4 and Team 5 at 40 mins

Shortest Quest: Team 1 at 9 mins 40 [officially the shortest quest]

New Characters: Gretel; Oracle of Confusion; Olaf; Bumptious; Mogdred; Mildread; Gumboil; The Troll; Igneous (wall monster); The Automatum.

Old Characters: Treguard; Merlin; Folly; Lillith; Cedric; Olgarth & Granitas (wall monsters).

Other Additions: New graphics for the progress reports.

Overview

Treguard: "Welcome, Watchers of illusion, to the castle of confusion. I, Treguard, challenge you to the ultimate adventure. The next phase of the dungeon is now complete, the door to your world is open, so enter, stranger..."

Treguard: "Ahh, the first challenger of this stage... Your reward is Squiredom - the first stage to knighthood, but only if you survive this quest. Now, take this knapsack for food, but place only food in it, you'll need it to sustain your sprite of energy. This is its manifestation, it is your own life force. This is condition green, the next stage is amber and on condition red you are in grave peril, for this is no game of numerous lives. Here, you have only one."

Treguard: "Now, in your quest for truth, you must don the Helmet of Justice which will blind you to the way ahead, but still allow you to see objects directly beneath you. For the rest, your advisors must be your eyes, and their voices will reach you through the helmet. I, of course will be with you, and yet not with you, use logic to find the right path, but remember: 'The only way is onward, there is no turning back'. Now, your life force is green, and your cause is just, so face the Dungeon door and step boldly forwards."

Life Force Images

Treguard: "Watch now, you curious lot, as Treguard turns back the dungeon clock."

Teams saw what was going on through a small 'Magic Mirror' in the chest here:

Treguard continued to communicate with characters; though Mogdred could overpower him.

In this series, all teams were given scrolls as proof of their quest when they die.

Treguard: "Join us again for Knightmare... And just keep telling yourself, it can't be real, can it?"

Quests varied, but mostly were to redeem a quest object (the Chalice, Shield, Crown or Sword). A few quests were differ