[identity profile] merlocmod.livejournal.com
Remember that I was planning to regularly rewatch the episodes from the start in order to systematically look at what locations we know about and what we've missed...? No, me neither! :-D

Seriously, though, this is a project I definitely want to continue - though it takes rather more time than I'd anticipated, and I will have to keep juggling it with other things.

This weekend I looked at episode 103 The Mark of Nimueh, and posted about it to the website here. I also took the opportunity to update the Chislehurst Caves and Penshurst Place entries. I hope you find this interesting!
[identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com

[livejournal.com profile] merlocmod  and I visited Penshurst Place in July to see where they'd filmed the first episode of Merlin. It's a lovely manor house with extensive gardens. The Baron's Hall was instantly recognizable but alas we weren't allowed to take pictures (although I snuck a few in - although you can buy postcards of the hall and the stairway where Merlin stood). The self-guided tour of the house was lovely, too, but the area where they'd filmed the scene with Merlin being thrown into the dungeons was not open to the public.

It was well worth a trip, though, if nothing else than the gardens are gorgeous. All of my pictures are on the merlinlocation flickr account.

I'd give it 2 pointy hats (maybe more if you like gardens).

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[identity profile] merlocmod.livejournal.com

Here I am at long last, following up on my rewatch of episode 101…

The Valiant episode is very Camelot-centric, but hopefully you'll still find it interesting!

You can view the post here on the Merlin Locations website. But please be warned it's very image-heavy!

[identity profile] merlocmod.livejournal.com

This community, the website, and indeed the whole Merlin Locations thing, grew quite randomly. For me it all started with a visit to Puzzlewood and Speech House Lake on 25 April 2009; I fell in love with both in different ways. I thought that only a few people might share my interest in these places - not only for their own sake, I mean, but as filming locations for our beloved Merlin. I was astonished and happy to be wrong about that!

From there I investigated the obvious locations such as the Chateau de Pierrefonds, and also other more obscure locations when prompted by clues in DVD extras such as the video diaries or by information provided by fellow Locations Geeks. It was all pretty random. But I always thought we should at some stage start at the beginning, and go through the episodes in a more systematic way. Also, it seemed that people enjoyed my weekly updates on each episode's locations during the third and fourth seasons. Hence the first of these 'rewatch' posts on the website.

You can view the post here. But please be warned it's very very image-heavy!

[identity profile] mrs-leary.livejournal.com

Penshurst Place is a manor house with a heart dating back to medieval times. It is perhaps best known as being the home of Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and solider. His indirect descendant, also named Philip Sidney, still lives there today with his family.

how it's used in Merlin

The Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place was used as the banqueting hall in the early episodes The Dragon's Call (the feast during which Lady Helen sings) and Valiant (the celebration after the tournament). The chandeliers with which Merlin kills Mary Collins were created with CGI (when we first pan down past them) and rubber (when one falls on the evil sorceress).

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