What can you tell me about Merlin? How do they get round the obvious mistakes?

[KatyMac]

eg Merlin being a contemporary af Arthur despite being instrumental in Arthur birth ?

& he doesn't appear to be welsh - & I thought that was definite

& when is it on

katy you need to be on Dr Who geeks

for some unconfirmed reason we are already discussing it

come, come

bring your copy of Malory in the original Middle English

Noooo

Dr WHo is for Dr Who

You can't talk about 'other' stuff on it

Let Merlin have it's own home

Well I have read sme Malory (a very long time ago) but I do claim to being slightly more interested in Merlin/Arthur as history rather than myth

mebbe we should just have a generic fantasy thread, so that serenity can still drivel on about Jensen Ackles on it

Saturday at 7(ish)

I like having something on a Saturday evening to bribe/threaten the children with when I need some peace and quiet in the afternoon!

So I hope it will be a big hit

How funny !!!

Both threads have been linked to the other one !!

Ooh can I join the generic thread so I can mutter about Jared Padalecki at the same time?

Damn! Owing to my sons' obsession with watching past episodes of Top Gear on Dave, I missed all but the last 15 minutes of this programme. I had completely forgotten it was on and it was only when Top Gear ended and they wanted to watch LOTR for the 50th time that I wrestled the remote from their hands and found Merlin.

I am a huge Merlin fan, have been for decades. All I can think is WHEN IS THIS REPEATED so I can catch up on what I missed?

Its on iplayer. Here is the link -

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/

If you have on demand on your digibox then you will find it on there too. Enjoy!!

Hey Dr H I'll join you re Jared Pad - it's not often I find someone who favours Sam over Dean. We Sam-ites have to stick together!

Thanks wintera. I discovered it on the bbc website and have just watched it. Well, it has a long way to go imo, but I will look forward to next week's episode. I have read too many versions of Merlin to be a purist about any of them.

I pointed out to DP that tomatoes hadn't been brught back from the Americas yet, but he just sighed and said 'it's all fantasy, not real, you know!'

LOL Blu, I didn't think of that one! I did cringe at Merlin's use of the phrase "ok" and the very modern looking clothing, but I can see anachronisms are going to be this production's strong point.

Not to mention 'prat'

The shoes and "Gwen" annoyed me the most

Scifi - Tis the shoulders

Oh Gwen is so annoying.

I liked the old hag though.

This is a very acceptable replacement for Robin Hood and Arthur, though not quite as fit as Guy of Gisbourne, might be just the ticket for a saturday evening. Why this fashion for 12 year olds in lead roles though? Is it just that I am an old gimmer?

Hmmm. Immediately identified with old hag.

Things are not looking good.

LB, are you saying you fancy Arthur? Oooh you dirty old woman!

They are at least older than teenagers

How old are they exactly?

22 and 24