As legends and myths are told over the centuries, the stories begin to differ. This remains true of the Arthurian myths and legends. The BBC's Merlin series is set to differ much more, considering that it is a five-season television series aimed at teenagers and young adults who have grown up or are growing up in the 1990s and into the 21st century. It's a show aimed at people who are trying to figure out life and what they want to do for a living, at people who struggle to fit into society. With this in mind, what has the BBC changed and what has remained the same between most of the Arthurian legends and BBC Merlin? Many of the differences found were in the characters themselves. One of the first differences is Merlin himself. First, Merlin tends to be much older than Arthur, but in the BBC Merlin is only three or four years younger than Arthur. Due to this change, Merlin is not Arthur's mentor and advisor as he normally is, but is instead the prince's servant. In the series, Merlin uses an aging spell to disguise himself and makes him appear almost eighty years older. This disguise, Dragoon the Great, is similar to Merlin in most myths. Secondly, who the story revolves around is something anyone could figure out by looking at the names. The "Arthurian legend" has Arthur at its core, and most legends revolve around him as king in his efforts to unite Britain against the Anglo-Saxons. The same can be said of "Merlin", whose title is literally the same as the story in which it is found. Third, his relationships with some people have been altered, including Morgana Pendragon, or Morgan le Fey in the fairy tales, and Uthur. In some tales, Merlin and Uthur are actually on good terms, perhaps even friends. By contrast, Merlin and Uthur in the BBC series have a relationship you'd imagine between a king and his son's servant. Then there's Merlin and