Site Notes


A word from the webmistress -- that's me, Scarlett. This bit explains updates and stuff for those who want to read a lot.

Summer/Fall 2005 -- Not much to report, aside from merging the Blackadder (character) fanlisting with the site, which is cool. I've updated the quiz on the front page, and tweaked a few things here and there. Other than that, not much to read here. :)

Spring/Summer 2005 -- Hmm... no new updates. Um. So. Er...

Winter 2004 -- Well!  I've finally updated this poor site.  The wallpapers have been revamped, plus a lot of other little corrections/updates throughout the site.  And - this is a shock! - I finally completed the cast bio page.  I started working on including every single guest actor and extra, and got about halfway through my list of significant actors, when I came across an excellent Blackadder site that pretty much already has the information that I was going to include here.  So, because I couldn't do it any better than that site can, I urge you to visit The Blackadder LogBook for all those finicky little details about important guest actors and more.

However, I did update several of the actors' bios that I have already, and I added Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Robert East, Rik Mayall, and Helen Atkinson-Wood to the page.  I decided to leave off the guest actors (like Peter Cook, Tom Baker, Geoffrey Palmer...) because (1), The Blackadder LogBook does an excellent job of writing about them, and (2), there were so many of them!  Have you any idea how many famous and nearly-famous people were on Blackadder?!  It drove me nuts trying to sift through them!  So, to tell the truth, I was rather relieved to find the LogBook because it meant that I didn't have to continue my sifting (I had written some pretty spiffy bios though, so I was sad to scrap those!).

So - I made good on my promise to someday finish the cast page.  *pats self on the back*  Hope you enjoy it!

Site News: I edited quite a few wallpapers, and removed a few too.  The ones I took down were mind-bogglingly rubbishy, so I just figured they had to go.  I made the majority of the wallpapers a few years (!) ago, and I had not yet acquired, shall we say, the digital imaging prowess I now possess.  OK, OK, I'm still no great shakes, but I'm much better with Photoshop than I used to be! :)

I've changed the pages a bit; they now each have a .php extension so that it will be much easier for me to make more frequent updates.  I've added a custom 404 Error page that includes a site map because I'm sure Google and other sites will still link to the individual pages with the .html extension for awhile.  This isn't very interesting to anyone but me, but I thought maybe someone would enjoy reading all that. ;)

Cheery bye!My nifty little signature :)

Blackadder's 20th Anniversary! (June 2002)

I'm leaving this bit up because the 20th anniversary was so cool, I don't want to delete it!

20th Anniversary, yay!  Of course it's well past the anniversary date now, but we celebrated at the time, didn't we?  Come on, we all voted for Beer!  Yay Beer!  As I said before, of course Beer is the favourite among we rabid Blackie fans.  It's fantastically rude, a bit absurd, and heavy on the wordplay.  Beer is a testament to the talents of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton - writing gods if there ever were! :)

Or to put it more simply: It's got turnips and Puritans.  What's not to love?

Site FAQ -- a collection of questions I anticipate others might ask. Actually, I don't think anyone would ask them, but it's a good read. ;)

Is there a place I should go to post messages about Blackadder?
Yes, you silly person, go to the Blackadder Hall message board. There's also a great board at the Blackadder Reference Site. And then there's mine, but not many people post there -- it's there in case someone really, really needs to post something stupid. You would think that Baldrick would have filled it up by now. It's also used as a pseudo-guestbook.

Is Baldrick really that stupid?
Yes.

Why do you keep changing your site colors and format?
Because I...don't know why, I just do. I know, it's annoying, but I've settled on this look for now. It's too much work to go through and change everything now. Update - Yes, I know, I did it again. But I like it, so you should too. *blows raspberry*  Just kidding. ;)

Or am I?

Yes, I am.:)

Or am I?

Where do you get your images? Are you using copyrighted images? *menacing glare*
Well duh, they're all copyrighted by the BBC. Blackadder is made by and owned by the BBC. I don't own Blackadder. If I did, I'd be very happy. But I don't. So the graphics I find are from various sources on the web. The sites I've gotten piccies from are listed in my Ultimate Links Index. However, I don't remember where I got all the pics, because I saved them all to my hard drive before I started making a site and didn't start using them till later. But because I'm not selling the graphics I edit, I hope that that's ok. Plus, it could be argued that this site is used for educational purposes. A little history here, a little there, you got an educational site. Whoo!

How do you design your graphics?
Adobe PhotoShop Elements.

Why are you so darn talented?
Aw shucks, now who asked that? Whoops. I'm making this FAQ up. A heh heh heh...

Is there a Blackadder FAQ? I mean a real one, not this pathetic thing.
Yes -- at Blackadder Hall.

Why is there a Blackadder brewery site?
Because someone makes a draught called "Blackadder". Good name, though we know Blackadder can't take his ale...

Do you have any other sites?
Yes.

What about?
Stuff. ;)  Go to lunaestas.com and see. :D

Do you have a life?
No. I mean, yeah, sure.

Site Map

The foremost cartographers of the land have finally done something.

  • Home - home (well, duh). The front page of the site, with news and updates listed.
  • Cast Info - a detailed look into the cast. Who played who, what they do in real life, and mini photo galleries for each "big-time celeb"
  • History - a detailed explanation of Blackadder
  • Media - wallpapers, some screen caps, and music
  • Art Gallery - art work contributed by fans, slowly gaining more viewers and contributors
  • Ultimate Links Index - a listing of every link to BA I've found or had sent to me (kudos to Jeanster!)
  • Better than Baldrick - the stupidest and best quotes of Baldrick
  • Forum - a forum (could you have guessed?:)
  • E-Cards - a Blackadder e-card system
  • Email - email me, Scarlett (aka Queenie, but most everywhere on the web I'm just Scarlett), creator of the site you see before you! Yay! I welcome emails that have substance (info or content for the site), or just little emails to say "hello!". I deplore spam, so please don't send me any. In lieu of sending me email, you can just post on the forum, because I personally respond to any post directed to me. It's a rather homey atmos there, I think!