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"Merlin star Colin Morgan has spoken about the show coming to an end. In a new video released by the BBC, the Irish actor insisted that the fantasy drama has &amp;quot;definitely - after five years - run its natural course&amp;quot;.   &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s come to its highest point - it&amp;#039;s grown and grown each year,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It has become darker, it has become stronger, characters have grown up, the audience has grown up with it and... we want to end on its strongest point. I think we&amp;#039;ve achieved that.&amp;quot; Morgan also hinted at the show&amp;#039;s conclusion, suggesting that the fifth and final series of Merlin is charged with a feeling of &amp;quot;impending doom&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Merlin is shown that Arthur (Bradley James) will die at Mordred&amp;#039;s (Alexander Vlahos) hand,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;That hangs over his head, so as a result he has become a little bit more ruthless, a little bit more focused, and a lot more grown-up and a lot more adult in his decisions. &amp;quot;But I think there&amp;#039;s a part of him that knows it&amp;#039;s coming and that he&amp;#039;ll try all he can to prevent it, but there&amp;#039;s greater things at work.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Merlin Julian Murphy Q&amp;amp;A: &amp;#039;Any movie would be a reboot&amp;#039;  In a final message to Merlin fans, the 26-year-old expressed his desire to send out a &amp;quot;massive thank you&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;The support and the absolute encouragement that we&amp;#039;ve received from people has just been off the scale,&amp;quot; he said. Merlin will conclude this Christmas with a two-part series finale. &amp;gt; Poll: Is it the right time for Merlin to end? &amp;gt; Merlin final series: Colin Morgan, Anthony Head on show end "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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