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Pick the Taskmaster’s locket from its pocket

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Mental

Objective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

Taskmaster House (UK)

Spaces:

The Lab (Taskmaster UK)

Task brief

The task brief is tucked into the front of Alex’s jacket, in the lab. The brief for the task is as follows:

Pick the Taskmaster’s locket from its pocket.

Every time you pick an incorrect pocket, you must high five Alex.

If you touch, tamper with, or peek into a pocket, you must pick it.

Fewest pockets picked wins.

You have a maximum of 15 minutes.

Your time starts now.

Task notes

Alex is wearing a suit jacket to which 108 external pockets have been added, each containing a single item. He is standing on a TM-branded, circular, red marker spot, and manually rotating himself on the spot. When questioned about this, he insists that he is standing on a turntable.
Also in the lab, there is a narrow set of wooden shelves mounted on an easel, where the contestants may place any items they extract from Alex’s many pockets.
The locket they are searching for (which is shaped like an envelope, and contains a small lock of Alex’s hair) has actually been hidden in a pocket in their own task outfit by either the make-up artist or sound man. There are several clues to this fact hidden in Alex’s pockets, including: a note which warns the contestants not to trust sound people or make-up artists; three stones with the letters ‘Y’, ‘O’, and ‘U’ on them; a compass pointing to the contestant’s own name; a tiny framed picture of the contestant; and another note simply telling the contestants that the locket is in their own pocket.
Other items to be found in Alex’s pockets include: a lipstick; a jar of Chinese Five Spice; a matchbox containing a single raisin; a small map of the house; some nail clippers; a tea light candle; a disposable lighter; a bottle cap; a marble; a squeaky rubber duck; a dog biscuit; a model of a dog turd; a minidisc; a deflated balloon; a condom; at least eight modelling clay rockets (as seen in the previous episode’s ‘Put a rocket in your pocket’ task; a bag of ‘yellow’; an Alex Horne business card; a small container of milk; a padlock; some keys; a party popper; two googly eyes; and a picture of former contestant Richard Herring on a red fish (i.e. a ‘Red Herring’ – similar to the joke used during series 13’s ‘Find all 10 ducks in the lab’ task).
Emma's prize task submission in a later episode involves a QR code which links to a page containing easter eggs, including the full list of the contents of Alex's pockets. In case that site ever goes down, a copy of the list may be found here.