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Merlin Love in the Time of Dragons (2008–2012) Online

Merlin Love in the Time of Dragons (2008–2012) Online
2008–2012 John Hurt Pauline Collins Eddie Marsan Alice Troughton
Original Title :
Love in the Time of Dragons
Genre :
TV Episode / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Year :
2008–2012
Directror :
Alice Troughton
Cast :
John Hurt,Pauline Collins,Eddie Marsan
Writer :
Julian Jones,Jake Michie
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
45min
Rating :
7.6/10

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Merlin Love in the Time of Dragons (2008–2012) Online

A healer is in Camelot using magic to heal the sick, and Gaius quickly realizes it is Alice, a woman whom he was about to marry many years earlier until she had to flee from Uther's persecution of sorcerers. Now Gaius is happy to work with Alice again in preparing potions, but he is unaware that Alice is being controlled by a mythical monster, a manticore, which urges her to poison the cold-hearted king. To break the manticore's hold over Alice and ultimately save her from execution, Gaius has to perform the magic that he possessed but had forsaken long ago.
Episode complete credited cast:
John Hurt John Hurt - The Dragon (voice)
Pauline Collins Pauline Collins - Alice
Eddie Marsan Eddie Marsan - The Manticore (voice)
Anthony Head Anthony Head - Uther Pendragon
Richard Wilson Richard Wilson - Gaius
Colin Morgan Colin Morgan - Merlin
Bradley James Bradley James - Arthur
Calum MacPherson Calum MacPherson - Evoric
Michael Cronin Michael Cronin - Geoffrey of Monmouth
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angel Coulby Angel Coulby - Gwen (credit only)
Katie McGrath Katie McGrath - Morgana (credit only)

Two actors in this episode were born a few miles from one another (though in differing years). Both of their hometowns are in the county of Devon (South-West England): Bradley James (Arthur) was born in the city of Exeter, while Pauline Collins (Alice) was born in the seaside town of Exmouth. Both places sit along the river Exe.


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Kaim

Kaim

Enter stage right, Pauline Collins of Shirley Valentine fame, in one of the worst scripts the series has ever seen, something about a former refugee from Camelot (she left during the Purge, she was a healer who used magic) who returns under the "thrall" of a creature she mistakenly summoned, and is now compelled to do its bidding.

Which bidding is to kill Uthor. (This is never explained) Seriously, the script is so bad that three minutes from the close they had to have the actress playing the healer (Collins) actually speak dialog that provides the missing backstory about how she first got under the thrall of the creature. (In other words, the story makes no sense until the last three minutes; and even then there are other remaining plot holes you could drive a truck through) The good news? The presence of Collins makes all this painless and fairly entertaining nonetheless. Nothing beats "star power."