MESSAGE FROM ME

Welcome to issue twenty-nine of The Eye Shield. This issue sees the start of Knightmare Locations, a photo gallery of some of Knightmare’s real-life locations captured on film by me. This time we journey to Orford in Suffolk for a very modest start to this feature, but rest assured that there are bigger and better photos to come!

Also in this issue, you can quest through the dungeons – and other places – of series 4, remember some of Treguard’s best remarks about dungeoneer deaths, and read some of Rowan DT’s views about the possibility of Knightmare returning to our screens. My thanks go to Rowan for writing this article for TES, and I hope it will inspire some more of you to send me your own efforts. I welcome any contribution for any section of the magazine, remember. Before you do that, of course, you can read the latest instalments of all your regular Eye Shield favourites.

Challenge question: What is this a list of? Treguard, Gumboil, Sir Hugh and the armoured behemoth.

CORRESPONDENCE

Here is something from Anthony Bannon.

Dear Eye Shield.

I've been a Knightmare fan since I was eight years old. I was glad some years ago when I found the Knightmare website. I love The Eye Shield web issues. The poems and Creature Features are brilliant. I'd like to see the Automatum get a mention. I don't think I was that scared of it, but I worried about what would happen if it caught up with the dungeoneer. I was happy when Karen cast a RUST spell in the final episode of series 2 and put it out of commission. I'm also glad that Challenge is showing all the seasons of the show again. I'd forgotten before seeing the first season that Merlin described Mogdred as the dark side of his character. Maybe that's why the same actor played Merlin and Mogdred.

Thanks for all that, Anthony. I’m very glad that you love TES so much. Keep reading Remember Him? and the Automatum will get a mention eventually. It is excellent that Challenge has been showing Knightmare all the way through, as you said. If you’re anything like me, you will have changed your entire cable TV package just so you can see Knightmare again even though you have it all on video. I like Merlin and Mogdred and I think it’s a pity they disappeared after series 4. I’m sure that the significance of playing the two alter-egos was not lost on John Woodnutt. Thanks again for writing.

Steven Webberley drops me a line.

Dear Eye Shield.

As ever, issue 27 was another fine issue of TES and I couldn’t agree more with your collective low-down on the victorious winning teams.

Thank you, Steven. This is the only feedback I’ve had about my Winners’ Gallery section, but I know that not everyone out there agrees with my views on the subject, particularly where Dunston is concerned. If you have some views about Knightmare winners, please let me know.

Join me again for the fantastic thirtieth issue of The Eye Shield in November. The address for all correspondence is, as ever, eyeshield2002@hotmail.com