Blackadder: Back & Forth finds it has actually worked. They are now in the Cretaceous Period, where they are attacked by a "Tyrannosaurus". They throw away their wager items but are eventually able to knock it out using the underpants. Blackadder comments that one of lifes mystery has been solved and that the dinosaurs were actually wiped out by Baldrick's underpants. Baldrick admits that, as he never got round to writing the dates on the dials, they cannot return to the present. Blackadder and Baldrick return to Blackadder Hall but during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Miranda Richardson) who, mistaking him for his
Blackadder the Third decided not to continue playing the character of Lord Percy for fear of being typecast, although he appeared in a guest role in episode three. In addition to McInnerny, Stephen Fry and Miranda Richardson, who had played major parts in "Blackadder II", appeared in guest roles. Fry and McInnerny would return as regular performers for the fourth series of "Blackadder". The opening theme is this time a minuet played on a harpsichord, oboe and cello over close-ups of Blackadder searching a bookcase. The credits and title appear on the books' spines, and each has a condition and script to match