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• Miscellaneous: When Lancelot and Arthur are fighting in the river, Arthur falls back on some rocks and lets go of his mace, which flies back and strikes the camera. He then looks around for the camera, as if worried that he's ruined the take.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Full plate metal armor was not invented until about the year 1350, and not used in Europe until much later than that. Numerous such anachronisms (use of stirrups, weaponry) can be excused as being faithful to Malory's book, which followed the conventions of the time of making historical characters behave in a contemporary way.
  
  
• Boom mic visible: Boom mike reflected King Arthur's armour.
  
  

• Crew or equipment visible: During the wedding scene, the camera is reflected in Arthur's armor.
  
  
• Continuity: After killing Mordred, the spear in Arthur's chest disappears.
  
  
• Continuity: Distance between Mordred and Arthur in the spear scene.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Percival says that he sees Sir Gawain's body tied to a horse, but it is clearly not Liam Neeson, the actor who played Gawain.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: After casting his spell on Uther, Merlin turns toward the camera, showing the reflection of the cameraman and camera in his helmet.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Arthur jumps from Leondegrance's castle wall to take Uryens off his horse, and then appears to be trampled by that horse.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: During Merlin's speech to the knights, just prior to Arthur's announcement of the round table, etc., the hose supplying the gas for his flaming staff can be seen at its base.
  
  
• Continuity: When Lancelot is injured and Merlin heals him, Guinevere holds Lancelot's hand up close to her but in the next shot, their hands are resting on his body.
  
  

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