<![CDATA[Unintended Knightmare references on TV]]>Upon watching Power Rangers SPD this morning (don't ask!) one of the enemies in the show was someone called Morgana.

Not exactly spelled as we know it, but pronounciation-wise it's spot on.

Here's a bit more info:

http://www.rangercentral.com/prspd-villains.htm

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/1694/unintended-knightmare-references-on-tvRSS for NodeSun, 13 Sep 2026 07:28:08 GMTSun, 08 Oct 2006 18:47:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:02:18 GMT]]>In Mike & Angelo Series 7 Episode 5 (February 1995), from 5 minutes 40 seconds in, Angelo sprays homemade Cat Pong to get rid of suspected mice. The sound effect is very similar, if not identical, to a sound that many CITV viewers would have heard a few months earlier: the Reach Wand zapping runes in Knightmare Series 8.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53261https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53261Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:46:22 GMT]]>The Canadian TV series Sight Unseen, which started last year, features a clinically blind police detective who's guided by an assistant in a remote location.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53242https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53242Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:46:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:04:04 GMT]]>In Knightmare we had on occasion the urgent need to drink something NOW in Dot and Bubble there was the urgent need to pass water instead

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53081https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53081Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:04:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:25:39 GMT]]>

Today's new episode of Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble, has some sequences that are very reminiscent of Knightmare dungeoneering. There's even some quite definite sidestepping to the left.

I thought the same, haha! (I didn't notice the sidestepping though - it mostly seemed like early Series 1 with all that turning 90 degrees!) She also sounded exactly like Gretel in Ariadne's lair at one point. Do you think it was a deliberate Knightmare homage?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53080https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53080Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:25:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:49:36 GMT]]>The latest (and final) episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Life, Itself, has a scene in pink and purple woodland that immediately made me think of Knightmare Series 4.

Today's new episode of Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble, has some sequences that are very reminiscent of Knightmare dungeoneering. There's even some quite definite sidestepping to the left.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53079https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53079Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:49:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:19:11 GMT]]>I keep seeing a trailer for 'The Best of EarthxTV' on Freeview, featuring the captions "BIGGEST", "BADDEST", "BOLDEST". It feels like it should end with "BEST EQUIPPED" and maybe a "GOBLIN FODDER!!" for good measure.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53009https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53009Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:19:04 GMT]]>In Doctor Who serial The Celestial Toymaker (1966), the title character offers the Doctor power and invites the Doctor to serve him. This is reminiscent of some of Mogdred's interactions with dungeoneers. The Toymaker says this while looking a little like Mogdred in Series 4.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53005https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53005Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:19:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:36:17 GMT]]>Have I Got News For You featured this painting of Beatrice from The Divine Comedy, and my first thought was that she looks like she's being played by Juliet Henry-Massy!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53001https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53001Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:36:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:04:44 GMT]]>In yesterday's episode of Doctor Who, Wild Blue Yonder, gravity was referred to as mavity. This could be applied to the demise of Knightmare's second dungeoneer, who was drawn downwards after her team had made a Maeve error in not taking the comb from the clue room.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53000https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53000Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:04:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:16:11 GMT]]>Series 1 of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has a scene where a boy has evaded danger by climbing into a well.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52889https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52889Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:16:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:43:29 GMT]]>

...The Francis Urquhart trilogy.

Dungeoneer: Are you Hordriss?

Hordriss: You may think that; one couldn't possibly comment.

The original House of Cards TV series was repeated on Drama last weekend. The lead character's distinctive habit of continually breaking the fourth wall and addressing the audience was a strong reminder of Knightmare.

For some reason I had the urge to rewatch House of Cards. Series 1 started in November 1990: a month which saw an elf ("silly sprite") called Pickle assisting Treguard and dungeoneer Simon sidestepping to his left.

In episode 1 of House of Cards, Francis Urquhart talks about recruiting "elves and sprites to do my bidding". In the next scene, another character says, "Did you see that sidestep?"

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52656https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52656Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:43:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:44:26 GMT]]>On a recent BBC Four repeat of Top Of The Pops from 18/02/1993, Lenny Kravitz performed Are You Gonna Go My Way. If that's the entrance to the (non short cut) Corridor of Blades from Knightmare Series 8 behind him then no, I'm not gonna go his way.

Lenny Kravitz TOTP 1993.jpg

Lenny Kravitz TOTP 1993.jpg

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52605https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52605Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:44:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:29:30 GMT]]>The film Pride, currently available on BBC iPlayer after its TV showing earlier in June, has Jessie Cave (Knightmare Geek Week) among its cast. It also has a character named Cliff Barry.

The film Iron Sky: The Coming Race, also shown on TV recently, has references to "moon Nazis". I can imagine Treguard saying this.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52596https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52596Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:29:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:05:28 GMT]]>Browsing the TV guide, I notice the following synopsis for an episode of 'Ambulance: Code Red': "Paramedics rush a man to hospital after a circular saw incident, and an air ambulance helps a man crushed under a great weight." Is it just me or does this sound like the aftermath of the Knightmare Series 7 finale?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52562https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52562Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:05:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:45:22 GMT]]>I recently watched the first episode of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

In the introductory sequence, Marenghi says the legendary Brother Strange quote "Greetings Traveller" as well as give a nod to "The Powers That Be".

Elsewhere in the episode, you can see certain scenes that were clearly shot against a blue screen, akin to Knightmare itself.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52356https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52356Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:45:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:36:22 GMT]]>Star Trek: Picard has so far featured elf portals a.k.a. teleportation doorways (though admittedly older Star Trek episodes had examples, plus the obvious transporter pads) and a corridor with blocks that seem to slide from one wall to the other, reminding me of Knightmare's Block & Tackle.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51279https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51279Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:36:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:26:18 GMT]]>After Theresa May's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, it was somebody's job to collect the lost letters.

Letter F lost and found.jpg

Letter F lost and found.jpg

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50707https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50707Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:26:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 05 Aug 2017 13:33:31 GMT]]>

Marta, who accompanied Hordriss, spends her time ordering fish in the canteen and creating a series of 'Oneness' idents. Nothing suspicious about that.

Not even, it seems, when 'Marta' got Hordriss to appear in one of them.

oneness.jpg

oneness.jpg

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50617https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50617Sat, 05 Aug 2017 13:33:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:55:07 GMT]]>Rievaulx Abbey is on TV again this week, in Secret Britain (BBC1) on Wednesday at 9pm. And in last week's episode, they were shown a weather phenomenon known locally as 'dragon's breath'!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48293https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48293Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:55:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 04 Apr 2015 12:52:12 GMT]]>I was reading about the charity Combat Stress and couldn't help but be reminded of the name of a certain Knightmare obstacle.

One scene in 1990s The Tomorrow People serial The Rameses Connection features a cat shooting energy bolts in a room with Ancient Egyptian decor.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48274https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48274Sat, 04 Apr 2015 12:52:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:52:51 GMT]]>Mr Bean was shown attending the funeral of a "David Campbell" on Comic Relief this evening.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48222https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48222Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:52:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:02:28 GMT]]>

...The Francis Urquhart trilogy.

Dungeoneer: Are you Hordriss?

Hordriss: You may think that; one couldn't possibly comment.

The original House of Cards TV series was repeated on Drama last weekend. The lead character's distinctive habit of continually breaking the fourth wall and addressing the audience was a strong reminder of Knightmare.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/47543https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/47543Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:12:11 GMT]]>

If only the actor/stuntman who appeared in the Knightmare pilot had been called Richard Bonecarpark rather than Richard Bonehill then we'd have another unintended Knightmare reference for the annals now.

I was vaguely reminded of Knightmare during the part of the documentary where they added the eyeballs to the skull for the facial reconstruction - it was like seeing the life force animation in reverse. g

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/43856https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/43856Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:12:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references on TV on Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:49:05 GMT]]>I'm watching an episode of 'Allo Allo on Gold, and Herr Flick and von Schmallhausen are visiting a monastery that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Castle of Doom. Now why would that be...?

(ETA: Episode is called Eloping To England.)

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/43746https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/43746Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:49:05 GMT