Series 3 - Episode 7
-
my god that team on saturday had no chance.. not only was crossing over them slabs was hard due to their place ment but also the attack from TWO skulls?
they had no chance.. if they made it over that crossing they probs would die from the ghosts..or do the ghosts only damage life force?
also this new team getting eating by that snake was rarther silly, and that they had to fish for a door ! LOL, but so fair they have had almost the same room set up as the other team, and that woman falling down the hole again lol and counting to ten wastes life force how could the dungeon master tell them to do such a thing..blah
-
You're clearly talking about Series 3 Team 5's death, yes it was hard, but was also beatable as proved by teams 2, 7 & 10. The skulls would have only damaged their Life Force, really they are only a way of getting the dungeoneer to hurry up.
And for the "woman" (or Mellisandre) falling through the trapdoor, it's something known as WHAT'S IN THE SCRIPT.
-
can someone tell me what happened on yesterdays knightmare (Jan 25th) i missed it
-
There are good quest summaries on this site which are good if you miss an episode. Anyway:
The surviving team from Suffolk died in the next room as they guided their dungeoneer off a ledge. There were two haunting skulls which probably panicked them a bit.
The new team spent the rest of the episode navigating level 1. Scored 2 with Brangwen, and learnt their Quest was to Free the Maid (Mellisandre), who's again fallen down a trapdoor. They use a rotten egg to escape from the serpent's stomach (it had swallowed them), and a fishing line to retrieve an exit from the pool room. Winning a BIG spell from Motley, they use it to enlarge the dungeoneer when faced with Olaf.
The episode ends with the dungeoneer landing onto the spindizzy at the start of Level 2.
-
thanks m8
-
I wonder what would have happened if the team had stepped onto the ledge at the serpent's tongue scene - because he ended up in the stomach and needed the egg to get out. Would the team have not needed the egg if they had managed the challenge correctly? Or would it have been contrived so that they would have ended up in the stomach whatever happened?
-
Well I think they couldn't have done anyway... I mean, how else is he gonna use the egg. Give it to Grimwold the Ogre or his wife... In exchange for food... Or a step clue...
"The third step is the THROWER..." (Lobs the egg at Festus)
But as I mentioned before, Martin (Team 11, Series 3) took a bottle of some sort but never used it...
-
I think the funny thing here is that the tounge did not seem to go any faster than in previous or later episodes. There definatly was time to get off but I do agree with malefact as I think they were forced in. If they wernt forced in then I dont think is too hard to come up with another use for an egg.
-
Hi all, isnt there another situation where a team ends up in the serpents stomach but all you see is them walking through the stomach like a goblin tunnel scene and then ending up outside the serpent and they didnt have too use anything too get out?
-
So it's "Humans 0, Dungeon 4."
This episode hardly started before we had a new team, maybe they should have ended the last quest in the
previous ep?
New team met Melly playing hide and seek - apparantly with Motley. The dungeoneer joined in.
Found Mellisandre in the trapdoor room but she fell down a trapdoor again. One of the advisors suggested
following her down but Treguard warned against it. I liked the lifeforce manifestation appearing over the
trapdoor.
[commerial break] Came a bit quick, we only had about 5 minutes
Into the Bragwen's chamber. Got 2 out of 3 with quite easy riddles. Quest to free their playmate the maze.
First step is the handshake. but had to cross the Serpent's mouth. Sucked into the creature's stomach but used the egg before the dungeoneer was digested.
Into the pool room (which will make so forum users happy) Used the fishing rod to catch the door.
Motley appeared, it seems he has a theme song now!
Advisors made hardwork of the riddle - it was a frog, obviously.
Wave for step 2.
Ledge room and heard Mellisandre call before Olaf appeared.
This team must have seen the last series: "Pretend you have a gem".
Used the BIG spell.
Nice little puzzle next, this series is good at throwing up one-off puzzles. Solved "The Maid" anagram before
reaching the well.
Timed out on the Spindizzy (where one door had a picture of Mellisandre above it)
Being careful not to include a spoiler - I simply note that the guillotine room from the last series is seen
behind the credits.
Did see some of the letters but missed most of them! Take it this was some competition?
(and yes I have guessed it)
-
Ah yes, this is the episode where letters appear throughout the episode for a CITV competition (spelling out a word). The team obviously didn't see the letters appearing on their monitor, they were added in by CITV or by Anglia Television.
I wonder if a version of this episode exists without the letters appearing?
In what used to be the 'beam room', two skulls chased them across the broken bridge! Didn't do a diagonal step like the last team, but a sidestep to the left - and fell to their death! I wonder why the dungeoneer turned blue and more ragged outline as he fell?
When Treguard is giving his 'final speech' to the team before they go into the dungeon, you can see a metal strip along the floor. Is this where they ran the wires going to the adviser's monitor? Treguard said "Most of the people who wear this come to a sticky end, I'm sure that won't happen to you" as he put the helmet on Ross! Perhaps he hoped for a winning quest?
Mistake: No footsteps in the first dwarf tunnel!
New team played hide and seek with Mellisandre. However, just as they 'found' her, the trapdoor opened and she fell down (again) . I like how the production team put on the life force image in strategic positions in many rooms. For example, in the trap door room, the large black area in the middle had the life force animation in it!
This team had obviously watched at least one of the previous series of Knightmare. They recognized the level 1 clue room (same as last series, except for the wall monster)!
Scored 2/3 on Brangwen's riddles. Unusual quest to 'free the maid' rather than the 4 classic quest objects. Then again, Series 2 had a quest to 'free the maid' too!
I think the team should have waited for the next serpent's tongue cycle before going on! They took too long and were sucked into the serpent's mouth - and into its stomach! I wonder if this was scripted, rather than a team mistake? Anyway, used the 'bad egg' to give it a stomach upset and get out Then used the fishing rod to fish out a doorway in the pool room!
They didn't quite understand Motley's 'frog' riddle in the next room (and neither did I), but still earned a BIG spell and a 'step' clue from him!
After several promptings from Treguard, used the BIG spell to scare Olaf away! Had to disspell it afterwards - though I remember in a later series, a similar spell just wore off after a few seconds.
First appearance of the 9-square puzzle, with letters on it. They had to call out the letters in a sequence to get it cleared. The correct sequence (which they took some time figuring out) was the object of their quest, THEMAID.
The letter squares took their time disappearing, even though they spelled out THEMAID fairly quickly! "There are two floors, uh, two holes in the floor"
Went down the wellway (I thought I could just see through the dungeoneer there!) and landed on the spindizzy. And timed out right here!
Very knice graphics used over the credits sequence. The guillotine room from the previous series, with a CGI rendered 'starfield' background in the black areas. Also, the credits appeared in pseudo-3D, like the beginning of Star Wars movies!
Oh, the letters that appeared, in order, were RUBILACXE. Reverse this and it becomes EXCALIBUR!
When first watching that episode on CITV back in 1989, I wondered what that U on the dice room table was (not having heard the presenter talking about the competition beforehand). I thought it was a horseshoe, and ignored it. Also completely missed the X, since it was the same shape as (and appeared over) a beam in the kitchen room!
-
Looks like I'm not the only one who noted down the letters! Since no one ever thought this show would be repeated on Sci-Fi and Challenge several years later, there probably isn't a clean version without the letters- same with the Series 4 puzzle, the Series 5 question and the Series 6 CiTV plug. It would be great if Challenge had done this competition too!
Motley's riddle was simple- since he was pretending to puff and pant whilst holding the legs, it's obvious the answer wasn't '2 frogs legs' as they're very easy to carry. Therefore, it had to be a frog!
-
Of course, CITV competitions today aren't as tough. Now it'd probably be along the lines of 'What colour is the dungeon master's beard?' or 'What is the programme called?'
-
"There are two floors, uh, two holes in the floor"
I reckon these holes in the floor were in case they attempted to guide their dungeoneer to the well before completing the puzzle!(when the chamber wasn't fully visible) Would have been a nasty slip if they had...
Team 5's death- obviously they made a huge misjudgment, although they probably thought as they'd got away with it first time round i.e when they did a similar sidestep left on the same ledge, but just made it, they could get away with it once again. Whoops.....
Team 6 seem to be doing quite well so far, 2/3 riddles correct (Motley's riddle as well), and all obstacles thus far negotiated.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login