RIP John

When Grimaldine mentioned the "dark stranger in a silver helmet" I assumed that he was referring to LF. The team didn't seem to pick up on that though.

Fear

To sum up for you, we rejoined the team where they left off, they carried on walking and passed through a portal.

Upon emerging from the other side of the portal, they found themselves in a pitch black room what what I now assume to be the troll whose legs we saw later on right behind them.

We then heard Lord Fear's voice saying "Two-nil" and they were pronounced dead. If they'd picked up the Nightsight potion from the clue room, they might have lived.

Fear

• What actually killed Team 2? Was it the troll we saw in Alex's quest? It was never really made too clear.

• Why did the middle advisor (the one who did most of the talking) call the dungeoneer "James" instead of "Alex" on more than one occasion this episode?

Fear

Yeah, he did look a little sad.

Probably to do with the fact that, over the last few seasons, his family has been reduced from having a major role to being nothing more than an occasional bit part.

Money must be tight in the Grimwold household these days, with the only income (so far as I can tell) being the appearance fees from his occasional (non-speaking, which pushes the fee down) roles over the last 2 Series'.

With those kind of money worries, and Festus to feed, I think you'd feel miserable too.

Fear

I agree, the Series is definitely picking up pace, and I loved the scene with Smirkenorff and Raptor.

That said though, I think Treguard and Majida giving the teams far too much help this Series, straying into making things blatantly obvious at times and therefore (in my opinion) taking some of the fun away from the show, where success or failur is supposed to depend on the teams making the right selections and using the spells at the appropriate time, without any outside help (I mean, I'm not averse to the odd bit of prompting, but it just seems to me like it's occuring far too often thus far this series).

Fear

PS: Alert the world's media, Hordriss actually admitted that he needed someone else to help him. That has to be a first (and a last, knowing that pompous old fool)

Some More Mysteries:

• Sidriss' father is, as we know, Hordriss. Who's her mother?

• LF at start of Series 7: "I ask for a Seneschal, they send me a tadpole" Who are the 'they' in question?

Nice to see the Bruce Forsyth puzzle claiming it's first victim. With hindsight, it seems so simple and so logical, but I remember not understanding it at all at the time.

i agree with those who have said that this Series seems slow in comparison to others, and the banter between Treguard and Majida is getting right on my nerves.

Fear

PS: Wow, the tortoise was Hordriss. I'm so shocked. I would never have guessed it was him.

"A World-Famous Racing Tortoise Called Nigel"

Does Hordriss actually have the ability to concoct a convincing disguise? You'd think with all the magic that the pompous old fool possesses, he would come up with something just a little more effective.

His trouble is that. whatever shape he's in, he can't be modest. Therefore, he couldn't just be any old tortoise, he had to be a "world famous tortoise (if there is such a thing)". As usual, his pomposity and arrogance rendered his disguise worthless.

Fear

OK, to hopefully try to clear up the apparent confusion and mix-up over screen names.

I, "LordFear", was actually the first of the three of us to register my user name, but have posted fairly infrequently since my registration (I also used to visit KM Chat most weeks, but constraints on my time have made that impossible of late), although the recent airings of Knightmare on Challenge have re-awakened my desire for discussion.

Next, we have "Lord Fear", who, although he/she registered after me, has, as can be seen by post count, been a more regular contributor to the forum.

I feel I speak for both of us when I say that there is no rivalry between us, and I certainly have no intention of causing any debates over the similarity of our names and any subsequent confusion.

I think it far more to everyone's advantage if we co-exist and stick to the topic at hand (discussing Knightmare).

Fear

PS: As for the other guy (Lord-Fear), from what I can gather, he was an irritating, offensive so-and-so whose sole aim was to upset and annoy people. We're far better off now that he is gone.

PPS: If "Lord Fear", or anyone else on the forum for that matter, wishes to contact me by instant message to discuss Knightmare or anything else, then by all means, feel free.

I definitely prefer the old helmet.

To the person who asked, yes, this is the series which starts with Lissard running round the Sewers Of Goth.

As for the new characters, I like Rothberry (then again, I'm just an MK fan in general), but I personally prefer Elita to Romanha, Skarkill to Raptor and Motley to Fidjit (or however you spell it).

Nice to see good old LF at his sarcastic best as always though. Some things never change.

Fear

Nice start to the season.

I get the feeling that the banter between Treguard and Majida will split people down the middle round here.

They'll either find it humourous and think it's a great addition or think it that it distracts from the quest itself and is nothing more than an annoyance.

Fear

Just out of interest, did anyone else spot the fire extinguisher in the corner of the screen just before the break, when Chris had taken leave of Sylvester Hands and was about to go through the door?

Great ending, all the more special for me since it's the first series ending that I actusally remember seeing when it was originally shown.

Fear

I agree with those have said that Mark Knight is indeed perfect as Lord Fear, but if we're looking for an alternative, I say Alan Rickman would be perfect.

He has the sarcastic humour down perfectly, whether as a good guy or a bad guy (see Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Dogma, Galaxy Quest and Die Hard for a start) and he, like MK himself has a very convincing sneering demeanour.

Fear

Season 2 question?

I must have missed that, would someone care to enlighten me?

Fear

I agree, it's an interesting theory, but I do have one small comment.

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN SERIES 7

You say that Team 6 wouldn't have been allowed to win "directly afterwards", yet in Series 7, we saw/will see two winning teams in succession (Team 6 and Team 7), so I doubt if the concern of having two straight winning teams had anything to do with any "conspiracy" since they "let" that exact thing happen in the very next series.

Fear

Nice to know that some of my old "friends" are still around.

Oh, and Skarkill, I don't pay you to go and lie down when you get a headache. Wait, what am I saying? I don't pay you at all.

As for the person who is obviously my biggest fan (they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery), I suggest that there is no need for us to have any kind of rivalry here. In fact, perhaps an alliance against some of the "nice guys" around here would be to both our benefits.

Fear

All in all, one of my favourite episodes of this series thus far, especially the part with LF and Skarkill, as mentioned earlier.

Fear

PS: Hi to anyone who may remember me (albeit it from quite a long time ago) from either the forum or the chat room. The one name I remember most would be Malefact, but I'm not sure if he/she is still around. I certainly hope so though.

Oh, and if Kully is still here, I'd be happy to resume our ongoing war anytime you like.

OK, here's one for your pathetic mortal brains to consider:

At the start of Series 7, when I meet Lissard for the first time, this is what I say:

"Oh Good, I ask for a Seneschal and he sends me a tadpole"

So my question to you all is, who is the 'he' in question there?

I've been trying to work it out and even I'm not sure, so see what you make of it.

Fear

Much as it is normally against my beliefs to engage in any form of conversation with mortals unless absolutely necessary, I feel compelled to add my address to this list:

ringsofsaturn2001@hotmail.com

Fear

Seriously though guys, feel free to add me for Knightmare chat or whatever else.