"Doctor Who"
The Fires of Pompeii (2008)

Director:

Colin Teague

Writer:

James Moran (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

12 April 2008 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Doctor and Donna visit Pompeii in AD 79, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. |

Plot Keywords:

Eccentricity | Man With No Name | Action Heroine | Girl Heroine | Doctor Hero

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Catherine Tate	...	Donna Noble
Phil Cornwell	...	Stallholder
Karen Gillan	...	Soothsayer
Sasha Behar	...	Spurrina
Lorraine Burroughs	...	Thalina
Peter Capaldi	...	Caecillius
Tracey Childs	...	Metella
Francesca Fowler	...	Evelina
François Pandolfo	...	Quintus
Victoria Wicks	...	High Priestess
Gerard Bell	...	Major Domo
Philip Davis	...	Lucius (as Phil Davis)

Runtime:

UK:48 min

Certification:

UK:PG (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

BBC Wales

Trivia:

Caecilius, Metella and Quintus are all named after characters who appeared in the first book of the Cambridge Latin Course, which is set in Pompeii just before its destruction.

Quotes:

Donna Noble: [she and the Doctor have returned to find the TARDIS missing] You're telling me the TARDIS is gone?

Movie Connections:

References Spartacus (1960)

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