My List of Spoilery Goodness for Merlin Series 3 (will be updated as information comes in.)
Please be aware that this stuff is spoilery and could possibly ruin your Merlin experience next series.
SPOILER LINE. You have been warned
A whole hell of a lot of awesome here thanks to the tv.com forum and boom-moo-http://www.tv.com/merlin/show/75429/spoilers-thread/topic/90585-1331284/msgs.html?page=0&tag=pagination;1 For those of you not wanting to bother to flip to the above link, read it all right here:
-Freya and Excalibur are in the same lake. Source Freya is coming back, she'll help Merlin getting the sword back and their emotional relationship will have continuation. Source
-Emilia Fox has confirmed on Saturday Kitchen (January 9th, 2010) that she'll be around for series 3. Source and small article here
-Santiago Cabrera is gonna appear in one episode of season 3. Source
-Gaius may become less present in Series 3, depending on the producers' decisions so Richard Wilson gets time out to do other things. Source
-The title sequence needs an update. Does this mean changes in the cast as well as in the images of the opening credits? Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x10.
-The Great Dragon is gonna stay out of Camelot for series 3. Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-The Crystal of Neahtid is part of a crystal cave which one day might be visited (according to some versions of the legend, Nimueh traps Merlin inside the cave). Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-It will take a long time for Uther to realise that Morgana has turned her back on him. Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-Sir Leon lives and will be back in series 3, squee!
-They are going to keep the balance between dark and comic moments.
-Lancelot will return to throw a spanner in the works to add barriers to Arthur and Guinevere.
-The marriage between Arthur and Guinevere will happen after Arthur is king.
Source: Johnny Capps in blogtalkradio March 8th, 2010 (Starts about 25 minutes 30 sec in).
-Filming Extra report on filming location [Forest of Dean], roles portrayed [bandit, bloodguard] and plot [there's a sword fight]. Source
-"You're going to see huge changes in the relationship between Arthur and Merlin. Arthur's going down the path of being more king-like, but he's going to be a more understanding king that Uther would be. And Merlin wouldn't want to reveal that he has magic if he thought [Arthur] was going to have the same attitude as his father. I think it'd be the wrong time, but as the series progresses, you see times when Merlin is kind of assessing the situation. He's becoming more like the "adviser" of the legends that we know." Source
-They are considering to introduce a Dragon egg at some point!
Source: Julian Murphy in the Radio 4 show Here Be Dragons.
-Irish actor Eoin Macken lands a role in Merlin Source
-Cenred's man without arms
Source
-"In the way the writers and producers moved everything on quite briskly from series 1 to series 2 - none of us expected Arthur and Gwen in the second episode - they are moving us all on in series 3. You'll see a lot of our relationships moving on quite far in series 3."
-"Some things that were going to happen with Morgana have been pushed on into series 3."
Source: Angel Coulby in SFX magazine July 2010.
-Georgia King lands a role in Merlin. Source
-Miriam Margoyles lands a role in Merlin Source
-Arthur and Guinevere's relationship will be tested.
-Arthur's relationship with his father is really put into tests as he learns the truth about his mother, which is disturbing information for him.
Source
-A year has passed, a lot of stuff has happened and Camelot is in the middle of a war.
-Arthur and Merlin get involved in a bar brawl.
Source
-Uther is heavily involved in the first three episodes of series 3.
-Then there are two episodes in which Arthur and Merlin go out on a road trip.
Source
-The first two episodes are like a movie. Two parter? Source
-Series 3 is being written to appeal to both adults and kids, adjusting plotlines to a fanbase that is growing older.
-Both Merlin and Arthur have matured. Merlin is more the wise adviser from legend.
-Merlin, being a dragonlord now and more mature has acquired new magical skills, something that is apparently different to all we've seen so far. It is not known if this new magic use will be revealed to anyone.
-At this point in their filming (block 2), Merlin has not yet been exposed.
-We'll learn more about Guinevere's past, everything she does reconciles her with what she will become: a noble person and very forgiving when a member of her family appears in Camelot.
-Morgana's relationship with Merlin will continue to deteriorate to the point that there's no coming back from where things were left in series 2.
Source: MCM Merlin Panel May 29th 2010 (link will be available soon).
Rumours & Unconfirmed Sources:
-Michelle Ryan has confirmed she'll be back in season 3.
-Mordred has also been in talks for Series 3, it is reported he may be involved in Nimueh's return in some way.
-Morgana has apparently fully graduated to "villain" status.
Morgana and Morgause are having a storyline together for season 3: "Friend and me were out and about in London on Wednesday [March 24th 2010] and actually met Katie McGrath. Very down to earth, sweet as can be and took a few minutes to talk to us when we approached her. We told her we hope Morgana gets more screentime this series. Katie laughed some and said she's going to be doing all her scenes in Cardiff with Emilia Fox because they have their own story this year!" -----> This hasn't been proven wrong because it's highly possible Morgana DOES have her own separate storyline and that this bit in Pierrefonds was another part of her storyline.
April 8th
-Morgana can be seen walking along the courtyard in a light blue dress and a new purple cloak. She is wearing some thick gloves that don't seem to match the outfit
-Uther, looking enchanted or drugged, staggers into the courtyard and over to the well. As he looks in, he jerks back as if terrified. Is there a hand reaching out from inside the well? Uther can be seen later on curled up lying on the ground
-Arthur and Sir Leon walk along the corridor with a serious look exchanging some words with Merlin following them right behind
-Merlin rushes towards Gwen and asks her if she's seen Arthur. She, looking sad or upset, replies that he is in the Council Chamber
-Morgana can be seen wearing Ygraine's dress, all torn up. Katie said that it wasn't Morgana's dress
April 9th
-Gaius is in the market, and old woman is pleading, holding his hands, begging him for something but he angrily fobbs her off shouting "Off, off!" and then walks away. Arthur enters the village with some knights, ordering them to search some houses, and he witnesses the exchange
-Gaius, Sir Leon and Merlin check out a dead knight in the castle grounds. Sir Leon has a big knife in his hand that apparently was in the knight.
-Arthur and Merlin have a exchange in the battlements
-Merlin and Morgana in her white and gold dress, have a scene in the market
April 12th
-Nightshoot: Camelot seems to be under attack, with evident signs of battle and struggle covering the courtyard: servants putting fires out, others are helping injured people.
-Merlin runs across the courtyard.
Uther, dressed in his chainmail and armour, walks down the steps and, sword in hand, runs across the courtyard to join the battle.
-Arthur is in the battlements with his knights defending Camelot.
April 13th
-The courtyard, knights and peasants show the same signs of struggle as the day before. There is fire and a lot of smoke.
-Camelot is under attack, apparently having been infiltrated by skeletons.
-Arthur walks into the courtyard helping an injured Camelot knight, he sends him to Gaius and calls on Merlin, who comes down the main steps, looks around distressed and joins Arthur. They have this exchange:
Arthur: (angry) Merlin! Where the hell have you been?
Merlin: Nowhere!
Arthur: Merlin, you're starting to make a habit out of this. What's the excuse this time?
Merlin: (quiet)
Arthur: Come on, Merlin, you can do better than that. Merlin: (points at approaching skeleton)
(Arthur turns around and fights the skeleton)
-Sir Leon and Uther have a scene on the drawbridge.
April 14th
-Arthur is in the battlements with his knights.
-Arthur has a scene in the market where he is up a barricade leading Camelot people and his knights. It involves quite a lot of encouraging yelling.
-Andreas Petrides can be seen teaching swordfighting routines to Sarracen looking warriors and also to Camelot knights.
-Peasants can be seen carrying their belongings either leaving Camelot or arriving and seeking protection.
-Morgana has a scene on the battlements in a red silk dress and a red velvet cloak. She also has a scene on the drawbridge.
-Andreas does a stunt and falls off the battlements.
-Merlin has a scene in the drawbridge.
April 15th
-Uther can be seen practicing sword fighting routines with Andreas
-There's filming inside in the crypt and in the Griffin hall. Every once in a while the Camelot knights are called in to join. There's a lot of 'For the love of Camelot!'
-Morgana is wearing a costume that has been described as 'designer chainmail'.
April 16th
-Merlin, Arthur and some Camelot knights enter Camelot on horseback.
-A Camelot Knight is carrying Morgana in his arms, wrapped in his cloak. She is wearing a dark purple dress that looks burnt. She is barefoot. Her feet, legs and face have dark stains and her hair messy, wearing traces of leaves on it.
-After seeing Morgana being taken away, Arthur has an exchange with Merlin in the courtyard. He snaps his fingers in Merlin's face, very frustrated and trying to get Merlin's attention, but Merlin seems lost in his own thoughts. Arthur says something like "Ok, now Morgana is back. Don't mention.....anymore."
-Arthur and Merlin (in a different set of clothing) walk along the gallery in the courtyard talking.
-Sir Leon and some Camelot knights arrive on horseback and look concerned towards Camelot.
¬-Merlin stunt is around.
April 19th
-Morgana is wearing her white and silver dress.
April 20th
-Arthur is training his knights in the castle grounds and arrogantly praising his own sword fighting skills. He makes a comment about his knights being able to defeat a blind man, so he challenges them by fighting blindfolded.
-Gaius and Merlin are watching the fighting practice for some reason. Merlin has his eyes glued on Arthur the entire time during the fighting, occasionally taking a break to talk to Gaius. Merlin seems to think the blindfold thing is ridiculous, because he laughs at Arthur when he approaches him and Arthur says something like "what, you still think you could take me apart?" in a teasing and light-hearted way.
Change Sheets for episode 3x02:
-Battlements: Arthur rescues one of his knights (France)
-Courtyard: 3 skeletons attack Merlin and Arthur (France)
-Castle North Corridor: 2 more skeletons attack, Arthur tells Merlin to go (UK)
-Mezzanine corridor: Arthur battles with the skeleton and his right hand gets injured, glove is torn (France).
-Castle Phoenix Corridor: Arthur wants to get Uther to safety, Gaius tells ¿no? (UK)
-Castle North Corridor: Arthur and his knights fight the 2 skeletons (UK)
Having gotten the first glimpse at the trailer, here's some notes, If you're down this far, I really should NOT have to tell you spoilers are abundant here...
Dead person attacks Gwen (or Gwen gets frightened by dead person)
Someone falls off a wall
Morgana comes back and she's not feeling friendly, although she's pretending like she is. She's clearly gotten some power in the last year because she's handling something that looks sort of like a wand or a staff. She MAY be the one who slams the staff on the floor and makes Merlin all wobbly.
Morgause uses a spell. Again.
Sidhe staff returns (yay, Merlin!)
Some blonde chick eats a bug
Pixie. Appears to be a pixie. It has ears and it's small and it looks like trouble.
Uther bald?
Uther/Arthur hug
Lots of slapping
There's a formal feast because Bradley was wearing a new silver crown very similar to the gold one he wore back in series 1.
Someone spits drink in Leon's face (now THAT'S not nice)
Gawain. Oh yeah. Ga. Wain. Oh, mother of God he looks like Lancelot...
Someone with funny bumps on their face
Miriam Margolyes' character is magical and blows off what appears to be a prison door
Arthur turned into a donkey and Gwen has the oddest look on her face while she's looking at him
Merlin winds up tied up in the forest and is shouting for the dragon in Dragonlord speak
Arthur kneels before someone besides Daddy
Uther's gone practically psycho looking for Morgana and apparently a lot of knights have died; Gaius calls him on it.
Question: Could the man that Arthur is kneeling in front of be his maternal grandfather? Arthur's never met that side of the family-I would assume that Arthur would have no need to kneel in front of ANYONE but someone who was his family. I guess it could be his uncle or something, but grandfather seems much more plausible.
SPOILER LINE. You have been warned
A whole hell of a lot of awesome here thanks to the tv.com forum and boom-moo-http://www.tv.com/merlin/show/75429/spoilers-thread/topic/90585-1331284/msgs.html?page=0&tag=pagination;1 For those of you not wanting to bother to flip to the above link, read it all right here:
-Freya and Excalibur are in the same lake. Source Freya is coming back, she'll help Merlin getting the sword back and their emotional relationship will have continuation. Source
-Emilia Fox has confirmed on Saturday Kitchen (January 9th, 2010) that she'll be around for series 3. Source and small article here
-Santiago Cabrera is gonna appear in one episode of season 3. Source
-Gaius may become less present in Series 3, depending on the producers' decisions so Richard Wilson gets time out to do other things. Source
-The title sequence needs an update. Does this mean changes in the cast as well as in the images of the opening credits? Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x10.
-The Great Dragon is gonna stay out of Camelot for series 3. Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-The Crystal of Neahtid is part of a crystal cave which one day might be visited (according to some versions of the legend, Nimueh traps Merlin inside the cave). Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-It will take a long time for Uther to realise that Morgana has turned her back on him. Source: Julian Murphy in the audio commentary for episode 2x11.
-Sir Leon lives and will be back in series 3, squee!
-They are going to keep the balance between dark and comic moments.
-Lancelot will return to throw a spanner in the works to add barriers to Arthur and Guinevere.
-The marriage between Arthur and Guinevere will happen after Arthur is king.
Source: Johnny Capps in blogtalkradio March 8th, 2010 (Starts about 25 minutes 30 sec in).
-Filming Extra report on filming location [Forest of Dean], roles portrayed [bandit, bloodguard] and plot [there's a sword fight]. Source
-"You're going to see huge changes in the relationship between Arthur and Merlin. Arthur's going down the path of being more king-like, but he's going to be a more understanding king that Uther would be. And Merlin wouldn't want to reveal that he has magic if he thought [Arthur] was going to have the same attitude as his father. I think it'd be the wrong time, but as the series progresses, you see times when Merlin is kind of assessing the situation. He's becoming more like the "adviser" of the legends that we know." Source
-They are considering to introduce a Dragon egg at some point!
Source: Julian Murphy in the Radio 4 show Here Be Dragons.
-Irish actor Eoin Macken lands a role in Merlin Source
-Cenred's man without arms
Source
-"In the way the writers and producers moved everything on quite briskly from series 1 to series 2 - none of us expected Arthur and Gwen in the second episode - they are moving us all on in series 3. You'll see a lot of our relationships moving on quite far in series 3."
-"Some things that were going to happen with Morgana have been pushed on into series 3."
Source: Angel Coulby in SFX magazine July 2010.
-Georgia King lands a role in Merlin. Source
-Miriam Margoyles lands a role in Merlin Source
-Arthur and Guinevere's relationship will be tested.
-Arthur's relationship with his father is really put into tests as he learns the truth about his mother, which is disturbing information for him.
Source
-A year has passed, a lot of stuff has happened and Camelot is in the middle of a war.
-Arthur and Merlin get involved in a bar brawl.
Source
-Uther is heavily involved in the first three episodes of series 3.
-Then there are two episodes in which Arthur and Merlin go out on a road trip.
Source
-The first two episodes are like a movie. Two parter? Source
-Series 3 is being written to appeal to both adults and kids, adjusting plotlines to a fanbase that is growing older.
-Both Merlin and Arthur have matured. Merlin is more the wise adviser from legend.
-Merlin, being a dragonlord now and more mature has acquired new magical skills, something that is apparently different to all we've seen so far. It is not known if this new magic use will be revealed to anyone.
-At this point in their filming (block 2), Merlin has not yet been exposed.
-We'll learn more about Guinevere's past, everything she does reconciles her with what she will become: a noble person and very forgiving when a member of her family appears in Camelot.
-Morgana's relationship with Merlin will continue to deteriorate to the point that there's no coming back from where things were left in series 2.
Source: MCM Merlin Panel May 29th 2010 (link will be available soon).
Rumours & Unconfirmed Sources:
-Michelle Ryan has confirmed she'll be back in season 3.
-Mordred has also been in talks for Series 3, it is reported he may be involved in Nimueh's return in some way.
-Morgana has apparently fully graduated to "villain" status.
Morgana and Morgause are having a storyline together for season 3: "Friend and me were out and about in London on Wednesday [March 24th 2010] and actually met Katie McGrath. Very down to earth, sweet as can be and took a few minutes to talk to us when we approached her. We told her we hope Morgana gets more screentime this series. Katie laughed some and said she's going to be doing all her scenes in Cardiff with Emilia Fox because they have their own story this year!" -----> This hasn't been proven wrong because it's highly possible Morgana DOES have her own separate storyline and that this bit in Pierrefonds was another part of her storyline.
April 8th
-Morgana can be seen walking along the courtyard in a light blue dress and a new purple cloak. She is wearing some thick gloves that don't seem to match the outfit
-Uther, looking enchanted or drugged, staggers into the courtyard and over to the well. As he looks in, he jerks back as if terrified. Is there a hand reaching out from inside the well? Uther can be seen later on curled up lying on the ground
-Arthur and Sir Leon walk along the corridor with a serious look exchanging some words with Merlin following them right behind
-Merlin rushes towards Gwen and asks her if she's seen Arthur. She, looking sad or upset, replies that he is in the Council Chamber
-Morgana can be seen wearing Ygraine's dress, all torn up. Katie said that it wasn't Morgana's dress
April 9th
-Gaius is in the market, and old woman is pleading, holding his hands, begging him for something but he angrily fobbs her off shouting "Off, off!" and then walks away. Arthur enters the village with some knights, ordering them to search some houses, and he witnesses the exchange
-Gaius, Sir Leon and Merlin check out a dead knight in the castle grounds. Sir Leon has a big knife in his hand that apparently was in the knight.
-Arthur and Merlin have a exchange in the battlements
-Merlin and Morgana in her white and gold dress, have a scene in the market
April 12th
-Nightshoot: Camelot seems to be under attack, with evident signs of battle and struggle covering the courtyard: servants putting fires out, others are helping injured people.
-Merlin runs across the courtyard.
Uther, dressed in his chainmail and armour, walks down the steps and, sword in hand, runs across the courtyard to join the battle.
-Arthur is in the battlements with his knights defending Camelot.
April 13th
-The courtyard, knights and peasants show the same signs of struggle as the day before. There is fire and a lot of smoke.
-Camelot is under attack, apparently having been infiltrated by skeletons.
-Arthur walks into the courtyard helping an injured Camelot knight, he sends him to Gaius and calls on Merlin, who comes down the main steps, looks around distressed and joins Arthur. They have this exchange:
Arthur: (angry) Merlin! Where the hell have you been?
Merlin: Nowhere!
Arthur: Merlin, you're starting to make a habit out of this. What's the excuse this time?
Merlin: (quiet)
Arthur: Come on, Merlin, you can do better than that. Merlin: (points at approaching skeleton)
(Arthur turns around and fights the skeleton)
-Sir Leon and Uther have a scene on the drawbridge.
April 14th
-Arthur is in the battlements with his knights.
-Arthur has a scene in the market where he is up a barricade leading Camelot people and his knights. It involves quite a lot of encouraging yelling.
-Andreas Petrides can be seen teaching swordfighting routines to Sarracen looking warriors and also to Camelot knights.
-Peasants can be seen carrying their belongings either leaving Camelot or arriving and seeking protection.
-Morgana has a scene on the battlements in a red silk dress and a red velvet cloak. She also has a scene on the drawbridge.
-Andreas does a stunt and falls off the battlements.
-Merlin has a scene in the drawbridge.
April 15th
-Uther can be seen practicing sword fighting routines with Andreas
-There's filming inside in the crypt and in the Griffin hall. Every once in a while the Camelot knights are called in to join. There's a lot of 'For the love of Camelot!'
-Morgana is wearing a costume that has been described as 'designer chainmail'.
April 16th
-Merlin, Arthur and some Camelot knights enter Camelot on horseback.
-A Camelot Knight is carrying Morgana in his arms, wrapped in his cloak. She is wearing a dark purple dress that looks burnt. She is barefoot. Her feet, legs and face have dark stains and her hair messy, wearing traces of leaves on it.
-After seeing Morgana being taken away, Arthur has an exchange with Merlin in the courtyard. He snaps his fingers in Merlin's face, very frustrated and trying to get Merlin's attention, but Merlin seems lost in his own thoughts. Arthur says something like "Ok, now Morgana is back. Don't mention.....anymore."
-Arthur and Merlin (in a different set of clothing) walk along the gallery in the courtyard talking.
-Sir Leon and some Camelot knights arrive on horseback and look concerned towards Camelot.
¬-Merlin stunt is around.
April 19th
-Morgana is wearing her white and silver dress.
April 20th
-Arthur is training his knights in the castle grounds and arrogantly praising his own sword fighting skills. He makes a comment about his knights being able to defeat a blind man, so he challenges them by fighting blindfolded.
-Gaius and Merlin are watching the fighting practice for some reason. Merlin has his eyes glued on Arthur the entire time during the fighting, occasionally taking a break to talk to Gaius. Merlin seems to think the blindfold thing is ridiculous, because he laughs at Arthur when he approaches him and Arthur says something like "what, you still think you could take me apart?" in a teasing and light-hearted way.
Change Sheets for episode 3x02:
-Battlements: Arthur rescues one of his knights (France)
-Courtyard: 3 skeletons attack Merlin and Arthur (France)
-Castle North Corridor: 2 more skeletons attack, Arthur tells Merlin to go (UK)
-Mezzanine corridor: Arthur battles with the skeleton and his right hand gets injured, glove is torn (France).
-Castle Phoenix Corridor: Arthur wants to get Uther to safety, Gaius tells ¿no? (UK)
-Castle North Corridor: Arthur and his knights fight the 2 skeletons (UK)
Having gotten the first glimpse at the trailer, here's some notes, If you're down this far, I really should NOT have to tell you spoilers are abundant here...
Dead person attacks Gwen (or Gwen gets frightened by dead person)
Someone falls off a wall
Morgana comes back and she's not feeling friendly, although she's pretending like she is. She's clearly gotten some power in the last year because she's handling something that looks sort of like a wand or a staff. She MAY be the one who slams the staff on the floor and makes Merlin all wobbly.
Morgause uses a spell. Again.
Sidhe staff returns (yay, Merlin!)
Some blonde chick eats a bug
Pixie. Appears to be a pixie. It has ears and it's small and it looks like trouble.
Uther bald?
Uther/Arthur hug
Lots of slapping
There's a formal feast because Bradley was wearing a new silver crown very similar to the gold one he wore back in series 1.
Someone spits drink in Leon's face (now THAT'S not nice)
Gawain. Oh yeah. Ga. Wain. Oh, mother of God he looks like Lancelot...
Someone with funny bumps on their face
Miriam Margolyes' character is magical and blows off what appears to be a prison door
Arthur turned into a donkey and Gwen has the oddest look on her face while she's looking at him
Merlin winds up tied up in the forest and is shouting for the dragon in Dragonlord speak
Arthur kneels before someone besides Daddy
Uther's gone practically psycho looking for Morgana and apparently a lot of knights have died; Gaius calls him on it.
Question: Could the man that Arthur is kneeling in front of be his maternal grandfather? Arthur's never met that side of the family-I would assume that Arthur would have no need to kneel in front of ANYONE but someone who was his family. I guess it could be his uncle or something, but grandfather seems much more plausible.