The Booby and the Beast

The Booby and the Beast is the second episode of series two of the BBC television series Robin Hood. It was aired on Saturday 13 October 2007. The title is a play on Beauty and the Beast, incorporating the idea of a booby trap. The central plot revolves around the gang working out how to avoid booby traps.nIn Robin's first adventure after discovering the horrible truth about operation Shah Mat (a.k.a. Checkmate, a.k.a. Kill the King), Robin decides to break into the Sheriff of Nottingham's Strong Room.nRobin underestimates the Strong Room's array of deathly traps, Robin decides to think up an entirely new plan. He decides to track down the Strong Room's designers: unfortunately, Gisborne has killed most of them to ensure their silence. Robin finds the sole survivor: the now blind designer called Stephen and together, Stephen, Robin and his gang practise fighting the room's deadly traps.nBack in Nottingham Castle, the Sheriff orders Marian to pander to every whim of Count Frederick,...