Dogfight (Gladiators)
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Dogfight was an event played during the initial UK series of Gladiators. In this event, contender and Gladiator battled in the air, suspended from zeppelin airships.
Both participants have a pressure pad held over their chest. On the whistle, both participants use their weapons to attack their opponent's pressure pad for the 30 second event. A direct hit to the pressure pad results in a shower of sparks. Should a participant receive two direct hits to their pressure pad, their safety harness releases and they drop onto the net below.
5 points are awarded to a contender for hitting the Gladiators pressure pad once, 10 points should they hit it twice. A contender will still receive 5 points should they hit the Gladiators pressure pad yet have their pad hit twice.
Participants may not grab their opponents weapon and a loss of a weapon results in disqualification.
Dogfight was introduced in the final full series of the initial UK Gladiators run. The song 'Up in a Puff of Smoke' by Polly Brown was played when participants were lifted into the air.
A contender loss in this event was marked by the music 'Another one bites the dust' by Queen.
The theme music for Dogfight was changed for unexplained reasons for the events third outing in which an edited version of the Pyramid
theme was played. By this point in the series, Pyramid had been axed from the events roster.
Dogfight did not return for the first series of the 2008 revival
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Rules
One contender and one Gladiator are strapped into giant zeppelin's and are raised into the sky, moving forward to meet over the middle of a raised safety net. Shortly before battle, the referee instructs the participants to 'arm the cistons' in reference to the weapon attached to the zeppelin which is shorter than a pugil stick but longer than a combat club.Both participants have a pressure pad held over their chest. On the whistle, both participants use their weapons to attack their opponent's pressure pad for the 30 second event. A direct hit to the pressure pad results in a shower of sparks. Should a participant receive two direct hits to their pressure pad, their safety harness releases and they drop onto the net below.
5 points are awarded to a contender for hitting the Gladiators pressure pad once, 10 points should they hit it twice. A contender will still receive 5 points should they hit the Gladiators pressure pad yet have their pad hit twice.
Participants may not grab their opponents weapon and a loss of a weapon results in disqualification.
UK
Years active: 1998Dogfight was introduced in the final full series of the initial UK Gladiators run. The song 'Up in a Puff of Smoke' by Polly Brown was played when participants were lifted into the air.
A contender loss in this event was marked by the music 'Another one bites the dust' by Queen.
The theme music for Dogfight was changed for unexplained reasons for the events third outing in which an edited version of the Pyramid
Pyramid (Gladiators)
Pyramid is an event played in several incarnations of the television series Gladiators. In this event played on a giant sponge Pyramid, two contenders must climb to the top whilst two Gladiators attempt to halt their progress.-Rules:...
theme was played. By this point in the series, Pyramid had been axed from the events roster.
Dogfight did not return for the first series of the 2008 revival
Gladiators (2008 UK TV series)
Gladiators was a British television series which aired on Sky1 from 11 May 2008 to 25 October 2009. It was filmed in Shepperton Studios and was produced by Shine Limited. It was a revival of the earlier series of the same name and based on the American version of the show. The US, UK and...
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