Posted by neilg
on 9/15/2008, 12:47 pm, in reply to "Re: 25th Anniversary - Episode Rewatch - "Night Of No Tomorrow""
Yes, I don't see the point of Merlin being there, except that its perhaps a short-hand for Magician. But then, logically, it confuses the whole notion of this being a distinct plane or place which is fairly clearly implied by the opening credits - are we back in Medieval England now? I can hear the confused viewer asking.
Magicname would have kept us firmly in the world of the fantastic, not some kind of alternative past.
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: I really dislike the use of the name “Merlin” in this episode.
: This story has nothing to do with the Arthurian legend; why drag
: in Merlin? Would it have been so hard to say something like,
: “Magicname, the greatest wizard the Realm has ever known”?