Baldrick, who in the first series was the most intelligent of the main trio, became more stupid, an idea proposed by Ben Elton to make him "the stupidest person in the history of...human beings", and to act as a foil to Blackadder's new-found intelligence.
Baldrick, som i den första serien förmodligen var den smartaste i trion blev mycket dummare, en idé av Ben Elton som ville göra honom till "den dummaste personen i historien av... mänskliga varelser", samt en motsats till den nu smarta Blackadder.