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* BBC4 broadcast three related programmes on the same evening as the original broadcast; "Earth: the Power of the Planet" (an episode about volcanoes) at 2010BST, "Pompeii: the Last Day" at 2110BST, and "10 Things You Didn't Know About Volcanoes" (actually broadcast at 0155BST the following morning). The ''[[Radio Times]]'' listing for The Fires of Pompeii made reference to "Pompeii: the Last Day". | * BBC4 broadcast three related programmes on the same evening as the original broadcast; "Earth: the Power of the Planet" (an episode about volcanoes) at 2010BST, "Pompeii: the Last Day" at 2110BST, and "10 Things You Didn't Know About Volcanoes" (actually broadcast at 0155BST the following morning). The ''[[Radio Times]]'' listing for The Fires of Pompeii made reference to "Pompeii: the Last Day". | ||
* The fountain in this story is reused as the [[cloning]] vat in ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''. | * The fountain in this story is reused as the [[cloning]] vat in ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''. | ||
*This episode saw the debut ''Doctor Who'' appearance of two actors who would later go on to have regular roles within the show: Karen Gillan would become the [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh Doctor's]] companion [[Amy Pond]] while Peter Capaldi would go on to play the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. | |||
* In an email to Ben Cook in ''The Writer's Tale'', Davies suggests that the escape pod the Doctor and Donna use to trigger the eruption and then flee Vesuvius might be a reworked [[Sontaran]] globe-ship, since they would need the ships for the upcoming Sontaran double episode. Whether or not they actually did so is unclear. | * In an email to Ben Cook in ''The Writer's Tale'', Davies suggests that the escape pod the Doctor and Donna use to trigger the eruption and then flee Vesuvius might be a reworked [[Sontaran]] globe-ship, since they would need the ships for the upcoming Sontaran double episode. Whether or not they actually did so is unclear. | ||
* The "Petrus Dextrus" in [[Lucius Petrus Dextrus]] translates roughly to "stone right-hand". This is a reference to his right arm, which had turned to stone. | * The "Petrus Dextrus" in [[Lucius Petrus Dextrus]] translates roughly to "stone right-hand". This is a reference to his right arm, which had turned to stone. | ||
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*This episode's events were deeply engraved in the Doctor's subconscious. So when he regenerated into the [[Twelfth Doctor]], his subconscious chose the face of [[Caecilius]] to remind him to always try saving someone, no matter what the consequences were. | *This episode's events were deeply engraved in the Doctor's subconscious. So when he regenerated into the [[Twelfth Doctor]], his subconscious chose the face of [[Caecilius]] to remind him to always try saving someone, no matter what the consequences were. | ||
*According to David Tennant on the episode commentary track, when the Doctor breaks off Lucius's arm, the original script had the Doctor throw it on the ground to break it into pieces. Tennant requested that this part be taken out, as he figured it was far too violent and destructive for the Doctor. Both him and Catherine Tate still consider the final cut to be "aggressive" by the Doctor's usual standards. | *According to David Tennant on the episode commentary track, when the Doctor breaks off Lucius's arm, the original script had the Doctor throw it on the ground to break it into pieces. Tennant requested that this part be taken out, as he figured it was far too violent and destructive for the Doctor. Both him and Catherine Tate still consider the final cut to be "aggressive" by the Doctor's usual standards. | ||
*[[Francesca Fowler]] suffered from a bad case of food poisoning during the filming of this episode, which has since been said to have helped contribute towards [[Evelina]]'s ill appearance. | *[[Francesca Fowler]] suffered from a bad case of food poisoning during the filming of this episode, which has since been said to have helped contribute towards [[Evelina (The Fires of Pompeii)|Evelina]]'s ill appearance. | ||
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