Have you spotted the latest Python reference in Game Of Thrones (Picture: HBO)

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GOT linguist David Peterson – who created Dothraki and High and Low Valyrian for the HBO series – has revealed in an interview on makinggameofthrones.com that there is a hidden Easter egg.

‘One of the biggest is from episode three this season,’ he explained.

‘There’s a scene where the Meereenese rider is challenging Daenerys’ champion. He’s shouting and Nathalie Emmanuel [Missandei] is translating – but she’s not translating what he’s saying. He’s actually saying a Low Valyrian translation of the French guy’s insults in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That was [creator] Dan Weiss’s idea and it was so hilarious that I had to do it.’




Here’s the GOT scene in question and here’s the original Monty Python clip:

This wouldn’t be the first time that the show based on George R. R. Martin’s books has given a nod to the Pythons – the pilot was shot in the same castle where Monty Python And The Holy Grail was filmed.

If Weiss has his way, this latest link may not be the last as he told Vanity Fair: ‘You’re very aware of the fact that at any given moment in the show you are probably no more than fifteen degrees away from Monty Python.

‘All you really need to do is turn it and take it there. And it’s so tempting sometimes, because it was another formative influence for me, and it would be really funny to steer it into Monty Python.’

Game Of Thrones continues on Monday on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.