Dr Mary Bateman

There are familiar names. So we have Bedvir or Bedwyr, Gwalchmai, which doesn't sound very familiar, but it's the Welsh name for Gawain.

There are familiar names. So we have Bedvir or Bedwyr, Gwalchmai, which doesn't sound very familiar, but it's the Welsh name for Gawain.

And Arthur's wife here is Guinevere, which sounds very familiar.

And Arthur's wife here is Guinevere, which sounds very familiar.

And there's lots of weird names in Arthur's court as well.

And there's lots of weird names in Arthur's court as well.

Killuck.

Killuck.

Sight, son of Seer, who has amazing eyesight. Okay, that's good. Which sounds useful, but then you also have Penpingyan, who walks on his head to save his feet. LAUGHTER

Sight, son of Seer, who has amazing eyesight. Okay, that's good. Which sounds useful, but then you also have Penpingyan, who walks on his head to save his feet. LAUGHTER

Less useful.

Less useful.

I assume he's just walking around upside down on his hands all the time. But surely that's a superpower. Not a very helpful one. I don't think his nightly peak years are going to last him long, to be honest.

I assume he's just walking around upside down on his hands all the time. But surely that's a superpower. Not a very helpful one. I don't think his nightly peak years are going to last him long, to be honest.

Yes.

Yes.

No, maybe they left him behind. They don't all go on the quest, just the useful ones.

No, maybe they left him behind. They don't all go on the quest, just the useful ones.

Like a kind of rogue figure.

Like a kind of rogue figure.