Pierrefonds: day two; probably still not quite what you're after...

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Bonsoir, Merlin fans!

Well, we had a lovely day at the Chateau today, and as you'll have already seen, one of the real highlights was being hipstamatised by DoP hero Dale McCready... ♥

I took rather more photos today! Heaps of Nathaniel Parker, as a favour for someone I met via flickr. Many of Dale, some of Julian, and some of goth!girl Katie.

We had glimpses of Colin, Bradley, Angel and Richard - we even got a wave from dear Richard! - along with Eoin and Rupert. But again most of the filming involving the main cast was taking place inside. A long day was had in the throne room, while we watched evil ninja knights marching around the courtyard.

The biggest shock of the day was...

MAJOR SPOILER!!!

Merlin has a fine new coat. It was so bizarre to see him dressed up a bit... I kind of thought, 'Colin! No, it can't be. But, Colin! What the hell is going on with the coat...?' I used to wish the poor lad would get a costume upgrade, but now it just seems a bit wrong. :-)

So again, I don't have very much chat or news, but here's a sampler of photos. The rest you can find on my flickr account.


Julian seemed to be doing some directing - and when he wasn't, he was doing producer things, like taking important phone calls.


Dale was shining like a ray of Antipodean sunshine... ♥


I liked the conjunction of the evil ninja knights and the pretty potted plant...


The lovely Nathaniel Parker. I am really looking forward to seeing what he brings to the show.


I am told Nat loves horses, and he certainly seemed comfortable riding this one, even though it was rather frisky.


Look, anything I say here will be completely inappropriate. Apples just have that effect on me... :-) Katie was done up very Goth!


The Throne Room was well lit, and Bradley and Angel were in there all day. Alas, I cannot report more!


Amusing myself while we were sitting on the steps, as recorded for posterity by Dale! :-D

And that's about it for the day. I hope I have more to report tomorrow, but unless there's something happening in the courtyard, it may be slim pickings again.

Comments

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Merlin's new coat is freaking me out. I don't know why but it is. It's beautiful but Merlin hasn't got an upgrade in years so why now? Can you tell me if it's quilted velvet? It looks like it from the pictures but real life is better.

[merlocmod.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yes, I'm now waiting to find out why, too! I hope it's for a good and interesting reason, whether the change was for an episode only, or it's a more ongoing thing...

Yes, it looked like quilted velvet to me, too. I only saw it from a distance, but that was exactly the impression it made on me.

Ah, so much to look forward to this season: good things anticipated, and puzzles to be solved! :-)