Series 3 - Episode 5
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Do you actually watch Knightmare to enjoy the quests or to spot what was wrong with the show.
As for Leos dancing, I mean come on if he had died then simply because the step had not appeared after he had already performed the action it would have been the most unfair death in the history of knightmare. Yes Scotts team suffered their death there, but that was because they had missed the first step in the level 1 clue room, and were forced to jump. They were unlucky, but they did go off.
You seem to have nitpicked on everything, and I hate people who do that.
They did indeed use the sword spell to see off Hordriss but after he had left the sword was about to turn on them, and they dispelled very quickly.
I didn't notice that they had spelled it wrong I am not saying they didn't just that I didn't notice it.
I am not sure on the rules of dispelling if other people have used the same spell but again they had to use it, and I was impressed that they did it again fairly quickly. I did think you had used the word backwards for example sword would be drows, tub fi I saw yllaer ni a dab doom I dluow llac uoy a reknaw, on ton yllaer I ma tsuj gnikoj, taht koot a gnol emit ot krow tuo woh ot lleps eht sdrow sdrawkcab, dna I redisnoc flesym ot eb etiuq a doog relleps, od uoy teg ym tniop?
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I get it loud and clear Ross! hehe
That's rather amazing, all the backwards spelling you did there, what's perhaps more amazing is that I managed to figure it out! hehe
Does anybody here know the proper way to dispell stuff then? I'm assuming Kawaii does, considering she knows the wrong way to do it! hehe
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Yes as annagrams of the word, i.e. sword (e.g. wrdos), which could also include the word backwards (drows).
Back to Leo's quest. I hate watching the end of it anytime and always hope to miss it when it's shown. That is one of my least favourite deaths, but I am not sure why though. I managed to miss that part today which I'm not too dissappointed about.
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My theory is that the team learnt the name of the spell that created a sword and dispelled it. Therefore, this was information that they could use later on - correctly guessing that other characters would use the same spell.
I would say that it was a practise that was soon after banned, though.
I really like the play-on-words involved. Spells are literally spelt out and dispelling is dis-spelling! Very clever.
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I've seen a Series 1 clip in which Treguard first introduced spellcasting, and he said that to dispel the caster had to spell the letters "in the wrong order". In the later series either this rule changed to spelling it backwards or this simply became a trend that all dungeoneers followed.
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Aww, I thought it was such a shame when he fell off the cliff today, I liked him and his group - they really seemed to know what was going on, and knew the sets quite well too
It does irritate me a bit when teams seem completely clueless as to what to do - I mean, surely they watch the show, right?! 
I miss Pickle though, I only caught a couple of ones with him in (this time around ;-)) - I hope challenge will reshow series 4 soon. Anyway, I was hoping Leo would win because they did so well early on - and I didn't have a clue as to what the Gargoyle's answer was either, so I can sympathise with them -
Hi Malefact! waves to everyone else Ah, it is so great to be, albeit cyberly ;-), with people who love Knightmare as much as I do
Yeah, I mean, I've heard of Stonehenge, but that question was a bit random I think And I thought it was so cute when they kept trying to 'make contact' with the toad - bless! Y'know, I have no idea how I managed to wait a whole week between episodes when I watched it as a kid - I'm having a hard time waiting a day -
Heh, I have a GSCE and AS-Level in Media Studies, and all my lessons have taught me to be a little too critical over the years. Though it's handy sometimes, I do tend to spot things that other people don't.
I remember Treguard's "in the wrong order" bit - I always interpreted it to be "backwards", for some reason.
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Hi to Melisandrinoff, and any others posting on this thread that I haven't said hello too within the last few days.
Just to add a bit of extra weight, albeit my not-very-much, onto these little debates. As far as the disspelling goes, it was distinctly the case that as long as the team had learnt the particular spell name, it was allowed for them to disspell it without them actually casting the spell in the first place. Many examples besides Leo's quest involve Mogdred, such as the 'Toad' spell with Ross' quest against McGrew in S3, the 'Shroud' spell in Mogdred's vale in S2, and Alan's team dispelling 'Samurai' to save Ah-Wok in S6.
In fact, it was a good test, in my opinion, to see if the team could pick up on this knowledge, because the first sword set upon Leo's team in L3 could maybe have been dodged to collect the M and allow Merlin to remove the irritant, but it would have been most unfair had they not been allowed to disspell the second, in the L3 clue room - that would have been a majorly unfair death. [Also, on the dancing score - since a couple of seconds had passed with the correct action being taken, think it was well justified the step appearing - although they did trust to fate a little ]
Also, on the point of letter-order used to disspell, I don't believe there was any strict ruling other than providing any anagram of the letters in the incorrect order. I think that it became customary for teams to spell it backwards because it's quite simply the easiest - and I could have imagined them being advised to perform it this way. Given the example above of Mogdred's ledge in S2, where the team made a rather comical hash of disspelling 'Shroud' (although they did try to spell it backwards at first) - it would appear that the action would be a lot simpler as an advisor just running your pencil along the word backwards while spelling it out, rather than creating some wild order and making it trickier for themselves.
Hey, Ma'am K.C. - being especially critical is a great thing ~ thanks for bringing these things to our attention. More please!
~KaM~
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The Oracle's voice was a bit hard to understand - but I liked it when it "descended into drivel", talking about the Wizard of Oz, because, because
I liked when Leo did a dance to invoke the first step! Did you notice how he very nearly stepped off the edge, but the step appeared just in time?
Merlin was a bit slow with his ENERGY spellcasting! Scored 2/2 on his riddles though, and earned a SWORD spell. I liked how they tried to make contact with the huge toad in the cave . Notice how they also manouvered Leo round the stalactites in case they fell on him! (that's never happened to any team)
Scary noise in the L2 red tunnel!
Hordriss seemed to be more of the 'opposition' than on the side of the Powers that Be in this series. They tried to say 'I have no fear' to Hordriss, but then decided to use the SWORD spell. They had to disspell the SWORD after it frightened Hordriss away otherwise it would turn on Leo!
Did you notice you could see the bridge through the bottom of Hordriss? I guess he wasn't faded in fully!\
One of the advisers mentioned that the Corridor of Spears was a 'timing exercise'!. I also think the dungeoneer got spiked twice in the feet, and hit by the skull once, but were let off for some reason!
In the mine cart room, one of the advisers thought that Motley was a mime!
This is where the team goofed up the "crazy rabbit and counterfeit money" joke, and Motley wasn't too impressed when he heard the real joke! Still, he let them through the mine shaft.
A Knightmare first here, the mine-cart ride from Level 2 to Level 3! Entered a 'funny room', as one adviser said Avoided the skull and entered the next room. Here there were two cavernwights, as well as two objects they needed! First a piece of the chalice, and also an energy tree. Just managed to get both without getting caught by the Cavernwights! Didn't really need to put his arm out, but still managed to get the items
Had to disspell the SWORD again in the next room, before calling Merlin, who gave them two spells!
Then into a 'corridor', which was more like a stomach! Were there really skulls in the wall, as an adviser said?
Next, the Medusa again! This time they didn't need the magic shield and the advisers to take turns - instead, they used the GRIP spell to freeze the Medusa long enough to get past it.
Didn't know the answer to the Gargoyle's riddle, so didn't get get any magic or information! I didn't know the answer anyway, what was it - Avebury or something?
Did they film the person's mouth upside down to get the 'sad' appearance?
Level 3 clue room, but Mogdred appeared as soon as they reached the table... and timed out right there!
Knice close-up of the Medusa over the credits.
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Didn't know the answer to the Gargoyle's riddle, so didn't get get any magic or information! I didn't know the answer anyway, what was it - Avebury or something?
I think it was Avesbury, but I'm not sure either. I think that was the ultimate riddle, and for the gargoyle to imply Leo was ignorant was very harsh I thought! I think few people would know the answer to that, at least not youngsters.
Anyway I really like this episode, even though that cliffhanger leaves you begging for more. I can't think of a dull moment.
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Yup, it did indeed look like tiny skulls in the picture whilst walking through the stomach-like corridor.
I have a nasty feeling the team's in losing status now, just because of the sole incorrect riddle (which I didn't have a clue about). I noticed Mogdred's face appearing just before TD, could he kill them off there and then early on in the next episode? Still, I did like the way Treguard's face morphed into Medusa's at the end!
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I liked when Leo did a dance to invoke the first step! Did you notice how he very nearly stepped off the edge, but the step appeared just in time?
That bit's the best step invocation in the entire series in my opinion. It's just such a great improvised dance
Scary noise in the L2 red tunnel!
The background noise in the dwarf tunnels is different for each level, although as Leo's team doesn't go through any of the beige dwarf tunnels for some reason (maybe they hadn't decided at that point in the series what they'd look like?), we'll have to wait until later to hear the spooky noise
One of the advisers mentioned that the Corridor of Spears was a 'timing exercise'!
Yes, some of the teams in this series have clearly done their homework.
Then into a 'corridor', which was more like a stomach! Were there really skulls in the wall, as an adviser said?
It's the same tunnel as another team ends up walking through when they exit the snake-tongue room that was Lillith's lair in previous series through the snake's mouth. And they do look like skulls to me, too
Didn't know the answer to the Gargoyle's riddle, so didn't get get any magic or information! I didn't know the answer anyway, what was it - Avebury or something?
Yes, Avebury - it's a big stone circle in Wiltshire. How big? Well, it has a small village inside it.
Edit: slightly edited to remove possible spoilerage for those watching series 3 for the first time
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I liked when Leo did a dance to invoke the first step! Did you notice how he very nearly stepped off the edge, but the step appeared just in time?
Merlin was a bit slow with his ENERGY spellcasting! Scored 2/2 on his riddles though, and earned a SWORD spell.
Yes I liked the dance also. I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about Merlin appearing slightly before the lightning. Also I was hoping that Leo's lifeforce didn't runout before Merlin finished spellcasting.
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