My favourite cast member (as if you hadn't guessed) was Natasha Pope. She was great as the fiery wood-elf Lady Velda and provided a wonderfully menacing voice to the level 1 clue-room guardian Brangwen Shee. Finest of all were her two memorable appearances as the beautiful, but deadly sorceress Morghanna. (Sadly she didn't return in Knightmare in future years.)

Agreed - she is probably my favourite female cast member in terms of liking all the characters she played. It's a shame we didn't see more of Morghanna. Much love to Natasha & family.

Some great characters from S2 had gone but there were new characters who were at least as good, if not better.

The departure of Lillith could have made level 1 rather innocuous, yet 4 of the 12 teams failed to survive level 1 in S3, even without her intimidating presence, which made quests interesting from the very start.

Two new characters Motley & Hordriss were so popular that they became Knightmare legends.

My favourite cast member (as if you hadn't guessed) was Natasha Pope. She was great as the fiery wood-elf Lady Velda and provided a wonderfully menacing voice to the level 1 clue-room guardian Brangwen Shee. Finest of all were her two memorable appearances as the beautiful, but deadly sorceress Morghanna. (Sadly she didn't return in Knightmare in future years.)

There was far less humorous bantering, for a start.

Series 3 had a nice, clean-cut feel to it, without being too cutting-edge. I'd very much like to see this series recreated as the new Knightmare.

1. Leo (4)

2. Martin (11)

3. Ross (6)

4. Cliff (2)

5. Julie (10)

6. Chris (12)

7. Gavin (1)

8. Simon (3)

9. Scott (9)

10. Kelly (7)

11. James (5)

12. Douglas (8)

Thats IMO of course That was the beauty of the game though. Even the slightest error from that series indicated the certain dimise.

Douglas and co obviously came last, they made far too many mistakes in my point of view. However I did say once that Douglas was the basic dungeoneer, it wasn't his fault they got killed off because of his teamates poor observation.

Series 3 was nothing short of a fine series and its certainly captured the heart of every Knightmare fan on the forum. It was a new revolution, alas the rooms were the same at the time but the challenge from earlier series was certainly not the easiest.

It was the first series I caught up with few years ago and still remains at the tops for me. (The worst was Series 5 for me)

Second best would be series 8 in my view.

Series 4 would be the worst, but did introduce the corridor of blades, and was the only series with the hilarious Fatilla - who was gonna blip ya, and blop ya! lol

Series 3 was the best, but only slightly ahead of season 2 (which is my personal favourite; if that sounds like a paradox... well, I can't explain it).

Strange things happen in Knightmare so, understandably, the stangeness seems to live on inside the fans

After that, I'd probably say season 8. S4 to S7 always frustrate me for various reasons, the main ones being that they were largely set outdoors, and that there were far too many locations where there was no danger to the dungeoneers.

But maybe that was the idea! To get them into a false sense of security and then bunge them into a quick survival place like a causeway or corridor of blades!

And S1 was just too samey all the way through, not enough architectural variety, so to speak.

I suppose you can forgive Series 1 as they probably had less resources (so repeated a lot of the quests layouts to run smoother) and once they knew a particular room worked they wanted to just use it over and over again. I suppose there is only so many times you could hear "Casper the key, That's Me!" or "I'm not Ogarth, I am Granitas of Legend!" Always will have a soft spot for Series 1 for the rest would not have happened without it. In the wise words of Treguard:

"You may only go onwards, there is no turning back!"

After that, I'd probably say season 8. S4 to S7 always frustrate me for various reasons, the main ones being that they were largely set outdoors, and that there were far too many locations where there was no danger to the dungeoneers.

And S1 was just too samey all the way through, not enough architectural variety, so to speak.

I loved them all though.

I always liked the Minecart and the Cavernwights.

I thought all of it was incredible though.

And yes the fact that there were no helpers was the main reason the pace was much quicker in this series. I dont mind a bit of bartering and chit chat here and there but in the later series I found some of these interludes dragged on a bit too long for my liking.

                     SERIES 3 THE BEST!!

The fact that in series 3 the game progresses from room to room, corridor to corridor, cliffedge to cliffedge helps maintain the 'isolation' feel which the latter series (which went out in the country) failed to capture as much.

But its not just the rooms that made it great. The 'spooky' life force logo and the music (intro and in goblin walkways) also contributed to give a real sense of edge about the game.

Plus I found this series had a quicker pace to it which also helped.

Series 3 rocked. Nuff said.

1.  No time wastage with spy-glasses and banter between Treguard and his assistants.

2. Less forgiving gameplay (failure to get something right was fatal rather than the 'well, lets let the kidsies off until they reach level 3' of the later series).

3. It had some of the best and most imaginitive characters in it such as Motley, Melly, Merlin, Mrs Grimwold, Hordriss, Mogdred, and many characters all played by Natasha Pope.  Better still, these characters had at least 2 braincells to rub together.

4. The game was actually played in the dungeon where it should be where the dungeon was at its most advanced.

5. The lifeforce sequence was at its most realistic and interactive during series 3.  It played a bit in virtually every dwarf tunnel and room.

6. Treguard was espcially well spoken in this series, no doubt benefiting from a relaxing holiday somewhere exotic and giving a chance to show off his new tan.

If Challenge got the rights to one series, I am glad it was this one.