Series 1 - Episode 8
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In an amazing coincidence, the team die right at the end of the series. Since weapons aren't really encouraged I'm surprised they took the dagger instead of the horn. And yes, I was wondering about the word above the other door, and didn't realise it was MERLIN backwards- I wonder why? By the way, anyone know who did the voice of the Gargoyle?
So, that's the end of Series 1- tomorrow (hopefully) sees Series 2, which IMHO is a lot better- and that's all I'm saying!
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Yes, S2 is a quicker-paced and a LOT more varied than S1.
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I don't think it is a coincidence that the season ended there, by the way. The spell that Merlin gave the team on level 2 never got used... as far as we can tell. My suspicion is that several rooms in level 2 were left out of the final edit to fit the quest inside the season time limit.
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Good Last Episode.
Spike Room - what was Richard doing, he nearly got spiked twice on both sets of spears and was very slow to react to his advisors, Personally if the spikes did catch him, I dont think it would have been Quest Over, more like a Damage to Life Force.
Clue Room - Odd moment in that when he picked up the items, and came away from the table, he dropped down a little step whoch suggest the table was too Big for Richard, and a step was brought in to lift him up a bit to see the items. Also he picked up the bell, but what on earth was that used for????Didnt use it in Level 2, and Level 2 items are useless when you reach the next level arnt they??? Prehaps the right item was actually the gold and would have been a backup item to give to the Level 3 guard if they didnt get the password??????
Merlin Room - He gave them a SHIELD spell but again what on earth was that meant to be used for I wonder???Maybe it was a protection spell from the Medusa room if it appeared in Series 1 to get past??? but could spells be used in later levels, I didnt think they could???
Level 3 First Room - The First view of Level 3 for the viewers, nice looking room and and the music was very cool indeed, Loved the Skeleton appearing too, however it looked like the team was never in danger, he stayed still.
cavernwights room - My Word, what on earth were the team doing, they seemed to take ages putting down the sniff potion, and at one point, the advisor told him to wait before doing it, and yet one of the cavernwights came racing towards him, certaintly a little let off.
Good Episode nicely bringing the end of Series 1. Also no mention that Series 2 is to start tomorrow, but I'm guessing it will be because Knightmare is still scheduled in the same slot.
My suspicion is that several rooms in level 2 were left out of the final edit to fit the quest inside the season time limit.
This is a plausible theory because when watching Team 4, they did encounted quite a few rooms in Level 2, and there was probably more to come if they had got past the room with Folley and his riddle. However for this last team after Cedric, there was only The Spear Room,The Clue Room,The Key room for Casper,The Merlin Room, and The Level 3 Well so only 5 rooms which seems oddly short for Level 2, So YES if there was rooms cut out of the quest, there was obviously one where the team used the Bell, and one where they used the Shield Spell too????
If these edits were made, then I have one word(WHY) Maybe the production team thought there was a risk the team might not quite reach level 3, and maybe they thought it would be good for the viewers to at least see what level 3 would have looked like in Series 1 even if the team didnt complete their quest????
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So YES if there was rooms cut out of the quest, there was obviously one where the team used the Bell,
Mind you they had the bell when they went into the well, so that's why they didn't have the bell afterwards. Remember that a dungeoneer/team can't take objects from one level to the next, so the bell must have been discarded on the way down to l3. There was a quest in a think s3 (can't remember whos), where they had one or two objects when they were about to go down the well and they had to put the object(s) that they had on the side of the well.
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It was shaping up to be a really short level 3- potential for a winning quest perhaps?
Cleverly, I think the Nilrem door might have led to Mogdred -the alter ego and therefore the OPPOSITE of Merlin. This begs the question, if they'd met him, and they'd used the OPPOSITE spell on him, would he have turned into Merlin, who'd promptly give them their prizes and tell them to clear off?
Hey, it tenuously adds to my conspiracy theory that, like Bhalsheba in Series 8, Merlin and Mogdred are one and the same (and why not, it's the same actor). Of course, they hate each other, but never meet because, depending on which room they are in, they are different people.
Of course, if this were true, it would ruin one fan fiction story I know of...
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Hmmm, reminds me of an episode of Hercules TLJ, where he went to I think it was called the Neverworlds (or something similar) which was where the characters opposites were. It sounds similar to what you're trying to say FK. Unless Merlin and Mogdred are brothers or twins.
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It seems possible that they put a step behind the clue table; on other occasions I seem to remember dungeoneers only just being tall enough for that table.
Also, is it me, or do the stairs not line up in some rooms? I can't remember which room, but on one occasions (today I think, but may have been yesterday) the dungeoneer's steps didn't seem to line up with the steps in the image of the room!
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Yes, it's the level 2 clue room you're thinking of. It's a common problem with that one that you can often see a 'ghost' of the banister rail just above the one in the painting. I don't think they managed to sort that perspective error out until the start of season 3.
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I don't know if it happened last night but during the break of the 5am repeat they used the series 6-8 break and music stuff.
I wonder if the "Fire Exit" is a bit like the series 7 "Short-Cut" (enterance to CoB). Prehaps using that would result in the team being killed by fire ie. Exit into Fire.
Also in level 2 they only used one clue object, yet when the team reached the level 3 clue room they didn't have the object in their hand. Prehaps they dropped it in the well as they went into level 3.
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In the first Km book, taking the Fire Exit whisked into a furnace. Perhaps something similar would have happened in series 1 (either that or a bomb room, I think).
It never occurred to me that NILREM was Merlin spelled backwards - well spotted! Yes, I reckon that it would have led to Mogdred. It's a shame we never saw him in this series.
I'm not quite sure how they managed to time the series such that the team death coincided with the end of the programme. I'm sure that someone knows the answer, though.
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Either it is very good editing, or the team just knew they HAD to die! Seems a fair death after all.
I too think it would have lead on to a bomb room, and awful lot of the dead end/left hand doors tended to!
It is a good episode to end the seaosn on, however, and a lot of the episodes aspects tie in with developments for S2.
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I think this was the ep,
there was a moment in one of the rooms where a voice said, opining locked door becomes boring, or something like that.... now it didn't sound like Casper.. he seemed quite happy to open it, the other door was a fire exit.
unless it was Mogdred trying to fool the team in taking the fire exit door???
Anyone notice the steam/smoke coming out of the well?
i guess thats what the bell was used for,
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I think he was asked what a winning team in series 1 and 3 would have looked like. It's all available from the www.knightmare.com front page in the interview done by Kieran.
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This was the best ep in the series!
Maybe they should have used the opposite spell on the door - the word would have turned round and lead them to Merlin...
Just a thought!
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Weird. I never realised that the team didn't use their spell.
Heh. Hooray for in-depth episode discussion.
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why can't i find that interview on www.knightmare.com hmmmmmm
P.S. Majida rules
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