This decision can be made at any time between two games, so long as there is time for some available team member to return to the cell where the lock-in took place, open the door, deposit one of the team's crystals and return to the rest of the team with the rescued team member. The contestant has no choice as to whether they play an automatic lock-in game or not they will always hope not to have to play one! Once a player has been locked in, the captain must choose whether to buy them out or not. touching the floor with any part of their body) then they are locked in at once regardless of whether they have obtained the crystal or not. If a player attempts an automatic lock-in game and fails to perform some specified part of the task, or performs some forbidden action (e.g. Some games were designated as "automatic lock-in" games. Skill - Testing dexterity and marksmanship.Mental - Basically, word-association and mathematical puzzles.Physical - Emphasis on being agile, strong and flexible.
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Each series of Crystal Maze used approximately 50 different games.
Make a magic square - a puzzle from Medieval zone.Īs explained earlier, the purpose of winning each game was to win a time crystal (one of which can be seen in the picture illustrated here). The performance in the Crystal Dome determines if a prize is won or not. where remaining team members aim to grab flying golden tokens (but avoid grabbing silver tokens) and post them through a letterbox. Once all the time zones have been visited, each time crystal is converted into 5 seconds inside the Crystal Dome. They could be released and play a further part in the show, but only if the team sacrificed one of the team's time crystals. Any contestant who failed to get out of the cell within the time limit (regardless of whether they had the time crystal or not) was locked in the cell. Completing a game correctly caused a contraption of some variety to release a time crystal.Įach game was given a time limit of between 2 and 3 minutes. The remainder of the team must remain outside the cell, although they are usually allowed to help (or hinder) their team-mate by shouting encouragement and suggestions. Although the contestants work as a team, each game is played by a nominated, individual player who enters the cell. In each zone, the team play three or four games (see below) which are housed in one of six chambers. The show in briefĮach show, a different team of six contestants (three male and three female) are led around the Maze by their host Richard O'Brien (pictured). In later series, Industrial Zone was replaced with Ocean Zone. The hunt began for a new location, which turned out to be a disused aircraft hangar in North Weald (north-east London).Ĭomputer graphic of the maze. However, by the time planning for the second series began, both of the suitable studios were already booked up. For the first series, the set was built in Shepperton Studios - one of only two studios in the country that were large enough to accommodate the Maze. The maze cost something in the region of £250,000 to build and was approximately the size of two football pitches. In later series, Industrial was replaced with Ocean - a sunken ship called the S.
Mumsey, the fortune teller (Sandra Caron, original series 1, 2 & 4)Īuntie Sabrina (Sandra Caron, original series 3)Ĭhatsworth Television for Channel 4, 15 February 1990 to 10 August 1995 (78 episodes in 6 series + 5 specials)įizz in association with Little Lion for Channel 4, 16 October 2016įizz and RDF West for Channel 4, 23 June 2017 to 31 December 2020 (45 episodes in 3 series)īefore the show itself, a few words about the structure of the Maze - a huge, custom-built set which was the largest in Europe.
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