Series 2 - Episode 9
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Yup, I knew that Minotaur question too, although I would have probably guessed Diamonds for the first of Bumptious' riddles too, probably because that's what the Seven Dwarfs were mining for! Was ridiculously silly of Advisor Mark to spellcast SPADE, but then again, there was probably a gap of several hours between the time they exited Bumptious' mine and when they confronted Cedric, so I'm not surprised. Shame we'll probably never know what on earth that 'Stalactite' word was for, though! And good to see Lillith actually walking at the end!
(By the way, it's the 6-8 logo that appeared at the end, not 5-8! )
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What a Puzzling Death Scene, I cant believe a team could get the naming of the Spell so wrong, Were they definatly watching the same quest or another one.
Also watch that scene again, and when the advisor accidently spellcasts Spade, One of the Advisors is heard saying something like " Its Shovel,SpellCast Shovel" So what does the idiot do again, He spellcasts Spade, He then gets the Dungioneer to yell out Spade which I thought was funny.
Also should they have even got a Shovel Spell for answering just one question at the mine scene????I would have thought they would have needed 2 out of 3 questions for magic. Also I'm thinking because they didnt get magic off Merlin, then the other questions on the Mine Scene was a backup to get the Magic Back?????
Good Episode, but this new team seem to take ages on the Combat Chess, and they were very sneaky on the Scorpian Scene by keeping to the far right which made me laugh, Now I know why they decided to create a hole to the right of the Scorpian in Series 3 which forced teams to run through and time it right.
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The 'Stalagtite' situation is a bit of mystery to me. I don't think it was ever used. I wonder what it was for.
I think the death in this episode highlights a use of the Life Force Clock - the ability to censor a death that might otherwise be too graphic (and to stop us from realising that Cedric didn't actually clobber the Dungeoneer ).
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The 'Stalagtite' situation is a bit of mystery to me. I don't think it was ever used. I wonder what it was for.
I think the death in this episode highlights a use of the Life Force Clock - the ability to censor a death that might otherwise be too graphic (and to stop us from realising that Cedric didn't actually clobber the Dungeoneer ).
That has always confused me to be honest. I cannot think of what it could be for...Possibly a passwod for Gumboil? Or maybe because they did not have exactly the right item for Mildread, they were killed?
It is odd that in S2 we have them try to block out Cedric clobbering, yet in S8 we see what is supposed to be blood splattering across the screen.
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Oh no!
I got this episode on tape and didn't get chance to watch it 'live' today, and I've just tried to watch it and I realized I forgot to turn up the volume on the cable box to the max! (Trust me, it makes a difference!)
I can hardly hear a thing even at full volume on my TV
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They are, it is odd looking at these clear pictures after years of having the old wobbly tapes.
You get to see so much more details, such as the faint 'web' effect in Ariadnes lair, even though it was never exactly SUPPOSED to be a spider web, I'll pretend it is one with my imgination!
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Wish I could get my video recorder to record from sky,
Anyway back to the episode. I enjoyed tonight's Knightmare. I now know just how good series 1 and 2 are. There was much more of a challenge, and always new bits added and rooms being slightly changed to keep interest up
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An absolute classic! I think the producers had given up on them totally! Poor Cedric has to ad-lib for minutes rather than just cobber them, but Treguard, after his resounding "Letter O" grunting last episode, has clearly abandoned the boys to their fate. And quite rightly too!
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Just rewatched the whole episode:
I definitely think the Powers That Be were trying to help these boys and they just resisted every form of assistance! Strange that they moved straight from a riddle room with a magic reward to another one and still failed to actually earn it!
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There weren't powers that be in Series 1-4. It was only split up between powers that be and opposition when Lord Fear appeared.
Are you it was stalagtite because that word doesn't exist! It's either stalactite or stalagmite.
Odd Treguard didn't tell them they'd got the wrong spell. He would usually. I think it was time for them to die anyway, they were awful at riddles.
Great death and one I can't understand why they did it.
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Mad monk put them out of our misery. lol
More spell casting disaster, they weren't gonna let them get away with it this time.. and some of there riddle answers 'The Goblin King' (good job they didn't say David Bowie) and female Dwarf have beards? WTF?
Oh, Dungoneer wasn't sure which was he right and left arm. lol
New team seem quite young and getting on ok, but I noticed once member keeps wanting to take the left hand door.. lol
However I think they're the first team to describe a room as 'the clue room'
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Neil's team finally got what they deserved! Thought it was a good death and it was Cedric's only one. The team only got one riddle right with the dwarf and yet again they got rewarded! Even then they couldn't remember to use the password!
Again the chess room took up a lot of time. The team did the right thing though by making Stuart go back as if they directed him forward to a square the bishop would have got him.
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Very, very odd quest. They really did just keep being let off at every turn - the Bumptious room seemed to have absolutely no point to it other than being a comedy bit of Thatcher-era satire, given that the riddles clearly had no effect on the team. Had they actually cast the SHOVEL spell correctly, they'd have got to Level 3. Imagine if they'd have gone on to win - it would have been the worst-earned win in the history of the show and fix allegations would have echoed to this day. Even Cedric stood there adlibbing for absolutely ages just to give them all the chance in the world, which some teams never had the luxury of.
Combat Chess must have sounded like a good idea on paper but when it's as long as today it kills the momentum stone dead, particularly when there's an ad-break straight after. If I was a casual fan I'm not sure I'd return afterwards...
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Combat chess has a good atmosphere, but it's not really much of a puzzle. In chess, it's not possible to get a King in checkmate with only a King and a Bishop, and in Combat Chess, a Bishop has to try and capture a Knight single-handed. You have to be really bad at chess to lose it.
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