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The Fires of Pompeii" is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 12 April 2008.
The episode takes place during the 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In the episode, the Doctor
is faced with a moral dilemma: whether to recuse from the situation or
to save the population of Pompeii. The Doctor's activities in Pompeii
are impeded by the rock-like Pyrovile, and their allies, the Sybilline
Sisterhood, who are using the volcano to convert the humans to
Pyroviles.




The episode was filmed in Rome's Cinecittà studios, and was the first time the Doctor Who production team took cast abroad for filming since its revival.[1]
The production of the episode was impeded by a fire near the sets
several weeks before filming and problems crossing into Europe.




Critics' opinion regarding the episode were mixed. The premise of
the episode—the moral dilemma the Doctor faces—and Donna's insistence
that he save the population of Pompeii were universally praised.
However, the episode's writing was criticised, in particular, the
characterisation of the supporting cast: the dialogue was described as
"one-dimensional"[2] and Peter Capaldi's and Phil Davis's dialogue as "whimpering and scowling".[3]











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Plot





Synopsis
The Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) arrive in what the Doctor believes to be first century Rome. After an earthquake, he realises he has materialised in Pompeii on 23 August 79, one day before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. When he returns to the TARDIS' location, he is told it was sold to a Lucius Caecilius Iucundus (Peter Capaldi), a marble sculptor.




The episode's antagonists are the Pyrovile, giant rock-like creatures resembling golems
whose home planet was destroyed. They operate secretly; the Sybilline
Sisterhood act as their proxies. They use the Sisterhood, which is
comprised of a high priestess (Victoria Wicks), Spurrina (Sasha Behar),
and Thalina (Lorraine Burroughs) to make prophecies while converting
them to stone. The Sisterhood is inducting Caecilius' daughter Evelina (Francesca Fowler) and is allied to the local augur Lucius (Phil Davis).
The Doctor is disturbed by their knowledge of his and Donna's personal
lives, and by Lucius' latest commission, a marble circuit board.




The Doctor breaks into Lucius' home and discovers that he is
creating an energy converter. He is accosted by Lucius, who sends a
Pyrovile to kill the Doctor. The confusion allows the Sisterhood to
kidnap Donna briefly; the Doctor follows them and frees Donna. They
escape into the Sisterhood's hypocaust system and travel into the centre of Mount Vesuvius.




Mount Vesuvius is being used by the Pyrovile to convert the human
race to Pyroviles. The Doctor realises the volcano will not erupt if
the energy converter is running, and subsequently switches it off,
triggering the eruption of Vesuvius. Despite Donna's efforts, she and
the Doctor are only able to save Caecilius' family, who watch Pompeii's
destruction from a vantage point.




The last scene takes place six months later in Rome. Caecilius'
family are shown to be successful: Caecilius is running a profiting
business, Evelina has a social life in comparison to her seclusion in
Pompeii, and his son Quintus (Francois Pandolfo) is training to become
a doctor. Before Quintus leaves, he pays tribute to the family's household gods, the Doctor and Donna.









Continuity
The Doctor refers to the eruption as "volcano day", a phrase used to refer to the eruption by Jack Harkness and the Ninth Doctor in "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances".[4][5] The Shadow Proclamation, an intergalactic code invoked in "Rose", "The Christmas Invasion", and "Partners in Crime" is used by the Doctor when speaking to the Pyrovile.[6][7][8] The Medusa Cascade, first mentioned by the Master in "Last of the Time Lords", is referenced;[9] executive producer Russell T Davies stated that the Cascade would "come back to haunt us".[10] The Doctor also alludes to the events of the 1965 serial The Romans, admitting "a little" responsibility for the Great Fire of Rome, which was depicted at the end of that story.[11] Writer James Moran
deliberately included the reference. The sale of the TARDIS as "modern
art" was also included as a reference to Moran's favourite serial, City of Death.[12] The location and historical significance are also shared by "The Fires of Vulcan", a Big Finish audio play from 2000 starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh...