Knew Knightmare dungeon master?
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The only name I could come up with (And This is down to personal taste.) was Patrick Troughton The Second Doctor Who.
If I can suggest a rather dead Donald Pleasance, you can definitely put forward a very dead Pat Troughton. In his time, I can kinda see it though, so long as he didn't act all frightened and nervous. That would be rather un-DungeonMasterly.
It's sad that Ed Tudor Pole only leads other contenders because his opponents are dead.
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On the issue of acting all nervous and scared, there were times when Treguard WAS behaving like that by S7. The assistants always seemed to be drawing him into it. Got on my nerves when he got like that.
Ed Tudor Pole recently appeared in the Henry VIII drama on ITV, so it's an unfortunate coincidence if he IS dead, as it must have been since this topic started up! And in fact, I've always thought ETP was a dead ringer for Patrick Troughton.
The guy I could see playing Treguard actually played Merlin in the movie Excalibur back in 1981. His name's Nicol Williamson, but I've no idea whether he's alive or dead. Even if he's still with us, he must also be "too old and fat" by now. He's an Alec Guiness lookalike, and his version of Merlin, which was very similar to the early Treguard, was far better than John Woodnutt's "doddery schoolmaster" portrayal.
In fact, here's an idea. How about Hugo Myatt playing Merlin?
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On the issue of acting all nervous and scared, there were times when Treguard WAS behaving like that by S7. The assistants always seemed to be drawing him into it. Got on my nerves when he got like that.
Yes, I think it's a good call that the assistants drew him into it. Once one of them set such an atmosphere it'd hard to see what else he could do but follow suit, at least to some small extent. There'd be pressure on him to "act back" in some way, so pretty hard just to sit there, as he could on his own. Otherwise, he could have countered with a different tone, but that would probably have led to some silly conflict continually, which would just get dire and spoil any atmophere anyways. Still, I guess there's a difference between "looking nervous", and "being in awe of the dungeon". I'd obviously go for the latter, given a choice.
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Ed Tudor Pole recently appeared in the Henry VIII drama on ITV, so it's an unfortunate coincidence if he IS dead, as it must have been since this topic started up! And in fact, I've always thought ETP was a dead ringer for Patrick Troughton.
Yes, he's very much alive, as we finally managed to persuade everyone. He's actually got several acting credits to his name, so I might not be wholly accurate when I've said he was a talentless piece of slime not fit to be stuck to the bottom of Richard O'Brien's shoe.
Well, I don't know. I guess I've just said that he's pretty awful as a presenter. He does put on a bit of a persona for TCM, and I'd say it is at least partially convincing, so yes, maybe there's acting talent there. I just still think it was completely the wrong persona since it made him appear so damn annoying and me want to whack him repeatedly over the head with the shoe he'd become removed from.
I don't really think he looks like Patrick Troughton, but I'm no real judge since I try to avoid watching the old cosmic handshaker wherever I possibly can.
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He's actually got several acting credits to his name, so I might not be wholly accurate when I've said he was a talentless piece of slime not fit to be stuck to the bottom of Richard O'Brien's shoe.
Having listened to him (attempt to) play Riff-Raff on the Rocky Horror Show - The Whole Gory Story CD, I can assure you that you are indeed accurate. And My Lord Ritz's motorbike boots are far too funky to be befouled with such slime!
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Oh, but Treguard giving cosmic handshakes and signing off with something like "...Ah, but just keep telling yourself it's all an Illusion really. Anyway, Keep on Rockin'!" would be funny for all of about 10 minutes.
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The best bit with Ed Tudor Pole would be him riding into the castle every episode on Bert The Imaginary Horse, who he used to talk to in TCM (since no actor could be paid enough to do so, even Auntie Sabrina).
(Sorry, I rolled a 2 again.)
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He'd also fight that imaginary guy/ghost (can't remember his name) wouldn't he, which he used to fight in the Medieval Zone. GG or anyone do you remember his name? because I can't!
Oh yes, I know what you mean. Gosh, Medieval Zone really was where his delusional fantasies set in. Probably best not put him in a medieval dungeon antechamber or he'd make a complete and utter fool of himself. Oh well, what the hell....
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I really can't remember the name of the ghost. I seem to vaguely remember him talking about the ghost of Dennis McTudor, or something, but why he'd be fighting one of his own dead relatives would be a bit of a mystery, unless that was the relative who originally had the idea for "Ten Pole Tudor", in which case, as the old joke goes, he'd deserve to face the swords of a thousand men, rather than just his cosmic handshaking idiot of a descendant.
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Oh gosh, I'm rather proud of my memory on that one, in that case.
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Well, I'd like Hugo back again, but if not, then how about Alan Rickman, or they could go for something completely different, like an American/Canadian like Donald Sutherland. I think he'd make a brilliant Dungeon Master.
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