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Hordriss appears By my reckoning, Sumayya was the fifteenth dungeoneer to encounter Hordriss. I wonder if she ever watched Fifteen to One.

Based on She's Always A Woman by Billy Joel (1977). Lyrics, audio She can vex Hugo Myatt and antagonise She can never keep quiet on wherefores and whys And she thinks dungeoneers should be able to see She's Jackie Sawiris But always Majida to me She enjoys throwing knives and invisible cloaking She'll take risks with a jester but not if he's joking She has magic to give out to reach Level 3 Where she steals like a thief Joanne Heywood's Stiletta to me Medusa's bad for your health She can stone a whole team She's a head intro crime Gundrada never gets on And she never gets off Though ADORE spells are binds She avoids falling off from the back of a dragon She's remorselessly cutting from castle to cavern But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be Stephanie Hesp is the elf And she's always Elita to me Velda's another loud elf She can shoot who she wants She's tied up half the time Aesandre gets frozen up And she'll get frozen out Not sure if she's aligned She was only seen twice and was suddenly cruel She can break stained glass windows and zap Martin Toole And she sends Ross an axe and then fades out with glee They had barely a hope Against Natasha Pope And she's always Morghanna to me

I'm sure, like Draco in 'Dragonheart' we will see Smirky if we simply "Look to the stars..."

I was a huge fan of GamesMaster, especially the earlier series and have quite a few episodes on VHS. A comprehensive, tangible history would indeed be a fantastic thing to have. Several excellent points have been made however, as to why this would seem unlikely. Cost is one thing and time is another. As much as we all adore Knightmare, sometimes a show has simply just "had it's time" despite how good or even groundbreaking and influential it was. Sadly, Knightmare hasn't become a 'Mr. Men', 'Thunderbirds', 'Sooty' or 'Thomas The Tank Engine' which keep being repeated and even today have new episodes in regular production. Even GamesMaster has been revived and rebooted a time or two. While Knightmare has been repeated on a couple of channels over the years, and has plenty of clips on the ITV Children's Classics youtube channel, it has received next to no mainstream support. There was a great amount of buzz surrounding the showing of two episodes as part of CITV'S 'Old Skool Weekend', the 'Geek Week' episode and of course the convention, but this was all a decade ago and very little has happened since. Series 4 appearing on BritBox Was also wonderful, but that too seems to have been rather quickly forgotten about. I say all that to say while Knightmare does indeed have many old fans, who I'm sure would want to buy the book and perhaps even support it's production without it being readily available (Officially at least) it might be more expensive than it's worth if Knightmare isn't creating/getting any new fans or isn't anything more than a faint, if pleasant memory. Though I don't wish to appear negative, so it would be an amazing project, and with next year being the 30th anniversary of the final "Time Out" who knows what could happen.

Based on Billy Joel's 1976 song Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway). Lyrics, Video I turned on Knightmare on a Monday I saw the starting team laid low And then DISMISS, walk-off and pals who fade There was no turning back 36 years ago Maeve held a block of soap for Lillith And not a comb for an afro Mark turned old Mogdred down Continued underground He was the first to win the show I've seen a child go down a wellway In Alistair's case, with a scream Then in the Corridor of Blades he's first to fall Next one was Series 5, the 42nd team Ben burned the Shield out of an ice block Like a stage-managed little chore Then ice was everywhere Including Lord Fear's lair Where frightknights turning were a bore I've seen a child drop off a causeway I saw the tiles detach and fall Sophia wasn't prone to flattery Elita went on strike Disliked the human's gall They sent a Barry out from Dunshelm And he went yakking loud and free Met wizards, queens and fae His shield stopped being grey Found a troll hammer on his spree Not every child was bright on Knightmare That was so many years ago Before CITV's Old Skool Weekend With Spatz and Super Gran and Mike & Angelo There are still many who remember In Knightmare Chat, at Knightmare Live They tell the world about The world Tim Child set out And keep the memory alive

Hahah... the title lyric in particular made me chortle.

I have only watched a few things on ITVX and I only ever tinkered a little bit with BritBox. Of course I was thrilled that Knightmare appeared on BritBox (I have no idea whether or not it still is) but I also think it would be a fantastic addition to ITVX. I'm sure Knightmare would be a big hit on the service/app as people who are fans would watch (as long as it had enough advertising) and hopefully there would be enough people watching who sort of remember it or just stumble across it by chance. Anywhere that Knightmare can be shown officially would of course get my full backing (for what it's worth) and it could pave the way for more fantastic CITV classics to have new permanent home. In fact, I'm surprised there isn't a ton of them available already.

Hello!! First post in I dread to think how long. Series three is often seen as the series and there is a great case to be made for it as it has everything quintessentially "Knightmare" about it. As for the team in question, they were indeed the only full team from "Up The Road" and while it does seem that they were were helped (As several teams obviously were) I often found that the first team of a new season often had the worst of it, especially if there had been drastic changes to the Dungeon from one season to the next. Here is series 3 I loved the mixture of old character and locations with a few new onces. So while Gavin and his men came up short in their quest it was a fantastic start to a fantastic series.

Based on One Of Us by ABBA (1981). Video, lyrics They passed me by, all of those necromancers There was no way to tune in for my rightful answers A dungeoneer, getting clues wasn't easy Until there came a new foe When Lord Fear joined the show Now his plans are also ours to know Four of us are spying There's no magnifying Save for watchers' dread Staring in the spyglass Listening until his eyes turn red (Though it looks alarming, not sure that it's harming) Hear his henchmen toady Get a causeway code we Need so I don't fall Somehow thanks to magic, we see into his pool Or in Series 5, his crystal ball It's safe to spy thanks to delayed reaction It takes him minutes to pick up the hated infraction Just like Tim Child, his middle name is Maurice Each time his scheming will flow And we're hearing him crow Then it changes: suddenly he'll know...

In that case you could maybe consider putting a link to the forum at the top of the homepage instead of near the bottom. I do think the existence of the forum is very hidden at the moment.

Yes, seems fine now! Thanks!

Interesting, but I don't think gamebook technology has really moved on in the last few decades. Aside from supplying some props that allow interaction with the book (e.g. to reveal words in a word jumble) and generally "writing well", I don't know what scope there would be for improvement.

I love how the boys from St Helens don't look remotely like their 2023 counterparts I see on the bus occasionally! Great find.

I also came here to say Series 6. Even though a few elements that I love about older Knightmare are lost by Series 6, I do think the series as a whole has become slick and interesting by this point. The episodes are faster-paced, the quests contain longer running "plots" that continue through numerous rooms, and the introduction of the atmospheric/tension music really helps to kill the "boring" feel of some of the earlier episodes. Some of those early episodes are so still and quiet, that when a dungeoneer is being slow it's painstaking. With the introduction of the sinister music it really helps to make the adventure feel more exciting. I think for a modern 2023 person who'd never seen the show before, they'd really struggle getting through more than a couple of episodes of Series 1. However, if you could make them fall in love with the "higher production value" of Series 6 then they'd be more likely to want to go back and see how it all began.

How dark! And as the OP said, a little inconsistent with what we're told/shown happens to dungeoneers. But not REALLY because it can simply be explained away as a different reality.

In general that's probably true, but I wouldn't say so with Lillith; the path still went through the Serpent's Mouth Cavern in season 3, but Lillith had gone. Oh true she was a bad example haha. Maybe she was in the toilet.

Im working on a new Knightmare Gamebook project that I plan to may turn to an app or into a book, but im having trouble coming up with a combat system that works, any suggestions. Im trying to keep in tone freindly to the original books but at the same time suitable for a more modern reader. The "combat" they have in the books is very simple and not sure if it would stand up today

This is my favourite episode of the series. I do think the return and final return of the skull and the life force beats an the pause when game ends is very dramatic and Treguard gets time to give an excellent Ooh nasty - one of his best i feel. Miss Morgaine did enjoy this one

An episode of Starstrider can be seen here: https://youtu.be/zgGT_gKuakM. Funnily enough, I had no memory of it when Canadanne mentioned it earlier, but I do now dimly remember watching a few episodes of it. At the time, I associated McCoy only with Tiswas and Jigsaw, so it had to be before he became the 7th Doctor, although I didn't recall the series being as early as 1984; if pressed I'd have said about 1986 or 87. Roger Sloman is the host, and you might recognise him from plenty of TV in the 1980s and 90s, especially playing bureaucratic, by-the-book types, or yokelly farmer figures. Remember Three Fingered Pete from the sixth episode of The Black Adder? "Good shot! Looks like I'm going to have to... cheat." That was him. The odd thing about Starstrider in this episode is that he looks like he's wearing Lord Fear's cloak, while, unfortunate sign of the times, blacking up as Ah Wok! Another sign of the times is the kids in the audience laughing much too loudly under clear instruction from the floor manager whenever something silly happens. Notice how the contestant on the bucking buffalo gets away with saying The Rocky Mountains are in South Africa, then changing it to South America, and she is still given the point, even though the Rockies are of course in NORTH America. The only regular round I can remember is the one where the have to walk on the lit up slabs. Step on a pink slab you score ten points, step on a white one you lose ten. The only other thing I very vaguely remember for some reason is a scene in one instalment where Wart (SlyMac's character) tries to find a purpose for a toffee apple, and Starstrider tries to explain that Wart has to "put it in himself," which seems decidedly naughty for a kids' show. They come from a planet where no one eats, where eating is a completely abstract concept, and so Wart spends the whole show experimenting with stuffing the stick up his nose, and in other places, before inadvertently eating the apple and finding he rather likes the sensation of taste. In short, not a terribly good show. And no, getting actually to the point; I have no memory at all of ANY episode I saw in which someone fell into lava. But then I doubt that I saw all the episodes, it wasn't exactly the highlight of my viewing week.

A parody of Vindaloo by Fat Les (1998). Music video with original lyrics in the description Where am I? In a room Sword, shield, cup, crown In the dungeon We begin on Level One Sidestep Nah nah nah, nah nah nah Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Nah nah nah (enter), nah nah nah (stranger) Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Nah nah nah, nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah We're on a quest We're gonna quest the whole way through Knightmare Can I introduce you please To the well that's Mrs. G's? "Knit one, purl one "Drop one ... hurl one" Nah nah nah (shuddup), nah nah nah (Festus) Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Nah nah nah (falsehood), nah nah nah (first step) Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Nah nah nah (clue room), nah nah nah (DISMISS) Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah We're on a quest If it goes wrong we'll get an "Ooh... ...Nasty" Me and me knapack and helmet and sprite We're in a void of blue Me and me knapack and helmet and sprite And a wellway to Level Two Wellway Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, where we'll meet bold black McGrew We're on a quest Is he a Scot, is that untrue? Verrey Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, where a spell from Merlin's due We're on a quest Two out of two or it just won't do Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, Level Two, nah nah Level Two, Level Two, watch for goblin retinues We're on a quest Brace for the horn, don't follow through Knightmare