Location mentioned a couple of times by
Lord Fear during
spyglass scenes. The first was in
Series 5, when
Sylvester Hands was
slow to respond to his call, and Fear growled "
Drat the rat - I'll have him thrown in the snake pit if he ignores me!" The second was in
Series 6, when
Greystagg was apparently concerned about
Team 6 having come into possession of the
Hand of Atrab. Lord Fear assured her that he'd sent
Skarkill and his
goblins "
beyond the great snake pit and through the Mines of Malapith", so they were sure to catch the
dungeoneer.
As the snake pit was never seen, it's not clear whether it was meant as a tribute to
Raiders Of The Lost Ark, or simply the lair of the dreaded Khah as seen in
Series 3. [See:
giant reptile]
