Yes, i had noticed the shield appear in several places during series 5 quests as well. Hi Morganna, it's great that you've helped to reinvigorate interest in the programme just when it was beginning to feel like everything that needed to be said, and plenty that didn't , has been said already. If you want further interaction with Knightmare contestant alumuni then you can by all means visit Knightmare Chat of a Sunday night between 8 and 10. Amongst the chatters and in charge is frequently the webmaster of this parish Mr Alan Boyd aka him that was part of Serie's 8 winning team and the main man behind the Knightmare convention, Notmare, ægis Quest and several fan meetups of the last few years. He also features on James's documentary. https://www.knightmare.com/chat.html Thank-you, that sounds really good. It was discovering this fantastic website & forum that really restarted my interest in all things Knightmare. It's been great watching these episodes again. Some of them i hadn't seen for many years. There are still a few episodes from S6,7,8 that i have never seen, so looking forward to them soon.

There better be some decent ratings for the show because I don't want another clone of all that Pop Idol malarky Well, we've been saying for years that if it was repeated again the ratings would be good. Okay, so Challenge? might not be the best channel as far as media exposure and advertising are concerned, but I guess now our claim will be put to the test.

strange. As pickle always warned teams to start on the left wall!!

I have, and as always, it's very good.  ;D  I'm afraid you'll have to wait for mine, as my brother broke the disk I had it stored on  So now I have to start from scratch. sighs  Back to the drawing board.

What a great ending to series 1. Team 6 got to level 3 but then threw it away. (I nearly wrote that they blew it, but of course that's exactly what they didn't do, as they took that silly dagger instead of Joshua's fabled horn.) Another team who didn't read the adventurer's code. No weapons unless specifically advised otherwise. Team 6 did well to a point, but they started to unravel in this last episode. Their directional movement became rather scrappy and they started to really squabble among themselves, when selecting clue objects and during the spear room. It was not surprising that when Treguard told them they should have taken the horn, you could clearly hear one of them say, "Told you!" Had they taken the horn, they could have got past the wall. Then maybe they might have used the SHIELD spell to get past the medusa (according to the first Knightmare book spells can be used in any level) and the OPPOSITE spell to turn Mogdred's dark magic against him before escaping the dungeon. I reckon the timing of the quest & episode ending can be accounted for by the two excessively long scenes in level 2, with Cedric/Follly and then with Merlin, which were presumably stretched to fit the quest to the end of the series. Overall, an enjoyable series, which had planted the seeds of great things to come....

I'll let you know if there is one, rest assured!

My theory is the phrasing of the riddle might have thrown them. The wall monster said "what moves the waves?", whereas what he meant was what causes the tides, but waves have nothing to do with tides, so they didn't pick up on what he meant. Wind is what moves waves, unless it is a tsunami which is generated by a submarine vertical displacement. A small part of me would dearly have loved to have watched a wall monster, tree troll, or whatever present a riddle only to get a highly technical answer like this in return.

A great opening episode, altho the pace was very slow, with an extra long explanatory intro, then the team were very slow at the floor puzzle. They seemed to improve after that. They were a little unlucky as they had to guess between the lamp & the talisman and their wrong choice brought about their doom in the well-room. They went the correct way (left) in the corridor of the catacomb, following the talisman symbol, but without all three correct answers there was no way they could have known that the talisman was only a guide symbol. Knightmare was very harsh in those early days.... Really liked the way Treguard took that kid down a peg or three when he said he sought knighthood.

I see what you mean. On the balance of things, I'd be inclined to say that it's not him. But I'm prepared to be shown that I'm wrong

I had some trouble. I forgot the first letter in my user name was a big S and not a small one

Facebook etc? There's lots of very enthusiastic people on there, but probably a very small percentage that would actually do anything as usual. Sounds about right In practice, only a proportion of the people who say they'll come will actually show up, too. It may be better to get a couple of options for dates/places before unleashing it on the thousands, give them something specific to talk about. As I said at the beginning, it needs someone to come forward and take responsibility for all of the organisation, including handling money/paying deposits/providing transportation etc.

There was a stop-motion Moomins series... and I was not informed?! WHAT DO I PAY YOU PEOPLE FO- oh. Wait. I don't. or do i

why are they computer grahicalising it. just bring back normal knightmare. stupid not real dungeoneer

According to Stuart, he has vague memories of being told by the production crew that the spell would have turned him into a giant.

I'm not sure John Woodnutt had much say in the matter in fact. Tim Child had wanted to get rid of the Merlin/Mogdred scenario for a while as it was too derivative, owed too much to Arthurian legend. I don't think there's any doubt that Lord Fear - or at least SOME kind of new arch-villain - would have been introduced for s5 even if John Woodnutt had been retained.

Indeed, so what are everyone's opinions on Motley (The character not the forum member) is he good or bad?

What action have these four people all performed onscreen? MILDREAD, HEGGATTY, PEGGATTY, CHRIS IV. Which is the first dungeoneer that can be seen climbing into a wellway? How many episodes feature two separate quests starting from the antechamber? Which is the first dungeoneer to speak to Smirkenorff? During which scene can you see the effects of Hordriss’s magic being undone by Merlin’s magic? In which episode is the phrase “Condition Amber” first mentioned with reference to the life force clock? During which series is the phrase “the Opposition” first used? The Adventurers’ Code stipulates that, unlike normal clue objects, “magical objects” can be carried on different levels, but which is the one and only object that ends up being carried through multiple levels under this rule? How many dungeoneers summoned Hordriss with his calling name, Malefact, or at least a pretty close approximation of it? During the course of which episode do we learn that Smirkenorff can speak?

It's chrysalis from earlier in the thread. I have since read a lot of the episode and backstage stuff on the site, and now I know the life graphics were edited in after the show was filmed, I will change my view on what I said earlier, I now just consider it poor editing rather than necessarily a harsh death. Also agree all the winners were generally helped in some way, although they usually needed to be reasonably good at the challenge to get on the winning path. Still remain fascinated by this show, even many years later with all the new tech we have.

The volta, or "turn," in poetry is a rhetorical shift in argument, tone, or emotion, which is frequently signaled by transition words, most notably "but"... This shift is particularly prevalent in sonnets, where it serves as a crucial hinge point — often marking the transition... or introducing the final couplet. I don't suppose many children would've thought of this (if it was even intended), either in the studio or at home watching.

And the reason why treguard says " I shouldnt look any more" is because hes trying to cover up the fact that the goblins dont actually do anything