Merlin Season 2

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Season 2 Episode 1 - The Curse of Cornelius Sigan

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http://rapidshare.com/files/282637941/MLN_S02E01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/282676005/MLN_S02E01.part3.rar
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This week's actor in review:
Colin Morgan - Merlin

Merlin is brought up in a town beyond the borders of Albion by his mother Hunith. She sends him to Camelot because of a magical 'gift' that the boy has developed and Merlin is put into the care of kindly old court physician Gaius.

Gaius becomes quickly aware of the young man's abilities but warns him to keep them a secret as the use of magic is forbidden in King Uther's kingdom. Merlin soon meets Gwenhwyfar and then Prince Arthur. At first the arrogant Arthur dislikes him but it is not long before he notices the loyalty in Merlin and makes the young wizard his servant. Merlin also stumbles upon the Great Dragon, who is a prisoner beneath the castle and the creature tells him of his destiny. Merlin must protect the life of Prince Arthur!

Merlin then has to secretly stop a number of assassination attempts against Prince Arthur's life and he develops a friendship with both Gwen and King Uther's ward, Morgana. Most of the attacks on Camelot are a result of magic and often Merlin is the only one who can save the kingdom or at least empower Arthur into doing so.

One of the major differences that exist between this Merlin and the figure from more traditional tales is that he is the same age as Arthur. In most cases Merlin would be a wiser old man who's magic is actually involved in Arthur's conception and who has already acted as an advisor to Uther Pendragon.

Legend/Historical

Merlin is best known as a wizard or Druid in Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the Druid comes from Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' which combines the stories of Merlinus Caledonensis, a wizard and madman with the historical tales of Aurelius Ambrosius.






Text Source:

http://www.thependragon.co.uk/MerlinBBCMerlin.htm

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Season 2 Episode 2 - The Once and Future Queen

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http://rapidshare.com/files/286116841/MLN_S02E02.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/286162012/MLN_S02E02.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/286162015/MLN_S02E02.part4.rar

This Week's Merlin Actor Highlight:

Crook played the leading role of Paul Callow in the British comedy Three and Out, released on 25 April 2008. On 10 May 2008 he appeared in an episode of the BBC1 comedy/drama "Love Soup" playing the character Marty Cady and appeared in an episode of Andrew Davies' 2008 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit. He also provides his voice and movements to a character in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, which began filming in January 2009 and will be released in 2011.[2]

Crook will star in Wyndham Price's drama Abraham's Point as Comet Snape and appeared in City of Ember as Looper, and on TV will also be featured in the upcoming documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009). He also did Big Brother Celebrity Hijack and recently appeared in an ITV drama "Demons" (originally called "The Last Van Helsing") as a vampire named Dr. Gladiolus Hadilus Tradius Thrip. In January 2009, Crook featured in the second and third episodes of the third series of the E4 hit teen cult drama Skins. In the show Crook played psychotic Bristol gangster Johnny White. He has appeard in Merlin, for the first two episodes of the second season, as a man named Cedric, who tries to take Merlin's job as Arthur's right-hand man.