Stallholder – Phil Cornwell
Soothsayer – Karen Gillan
Spurrina – Sasha Behar
Thalina – Lorraine Burroughs
Caecilius – Peter Capaldi
Metella – Tracey Childs
Evelina – Francesca Fowler
Quintus – Francois Pandolfo
High Priestess – Victoria Wicks
Major Domo – Gerard Bell
Lucius – Phil Davis
1st Assistant Director – Dan Mumford
2nd Assistant Director – Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Location Manager – Gareth Skelding
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Assistant Production Co-ordinator – Debi Griffiths
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Production Runner – Nicola Brown
Floor Runners – Heddi Joy Taylor, Andy Newbury
Drivers – Wayne Humphreys, Darren Lean
Contracts Assistants – Lisa Hayward, Kath Blackman
Continuity – Sheila Johnston
Script Editor – Brian Minchin
Camera Operator – Rory Taylor, Julian Barber
Focus Puller – Steve Rees
Camera Assistants – Jon Vidgen, Tom Hartley
Grip – John Robinson
Boom Operators – Jeff Welch, Bryn Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Electricians – Steve Slocombe, Clive Johnson, Ben Griffiths
Stunt Co-ordinator – Tom Lucy
Stunt Performers – Gordon Seed, Jo McLaren
Choreographer – Ailsa Berk
Chief Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Art Department Production Manager – Jonathan Marquand Allison
Supervising Art Director – Arwel Wyn Jones
Associate Designer – James North
Art Department Coordinators – Anna Coote, Amy Pope
Set Decorator – Tim Dickel
Set Decorator (Rome) – Cristina Onori
Assistant Set Decorator (Rome) – Raffaella Giovannetti
Props Buyer – Catherine Samuel
Standby Art Director – Jamie MacWilliam
Design Assistants – Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne, Al Roberts
Storyboard Artist – Richard Shaun Williams
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter – Will Pope
Standby Painter – Ellen Woods
Standby Rigger – Keith Freeman
Property Masters – Paul Aitken, Phil Lyons
Dressing Chargehand – Matthew Wild
Forward Dresser – Stuart Mackay
Senior Props Maker – Barry Jones
Props Makers – Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto, Jon Grundon
Practical Electrician – Albert James
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Scenic Artists – John Pinkerton, John Whalley
Construction Chargehands – Scott Fisher, Allen Jones
Construction Workshop Manager – Mark Hill
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer – Rose Goodhart
Costume Assistants – Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin
Make-Up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro, Morag Smith
Casting Associates – Andy Brierley, Amy Rogers
VFX Editor – Ceres Doyle
Assistant Editor – Carmen Roberts
Post Production Supervisors – Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
Post Production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Danny Hargreaves
Prosthetics Designer – Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor – Rob Mayor
Prosthetic Make Up Artist – Sarah Lockwood
Prosthetic Technician – Jon Moore
On Line Editor – Matthew Clarke, Mark Bright
Colourist – Mick Vincent
3D Artists – Adam Burne, Jean-Claude Deguara, Nick Webber, Andy Guest, Neil Roche, Ruth Bailey
2D Artists – Russell Horth, Bryan Bartlett, Murray Barber, Adrian Cirulli
Matte Painters – Simon Wicker, Alex Fort, Charlie Bennett
VFX Co-ordinators – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson
VFX Production Assistant – Marianne Paton
On Set VFX Supervisor – Tim Barter
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jefferies
Foley Editor – Kelly Angell
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
Line Producer Italy – Guido Cerasuolo
With Thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Cinecitta Studios, Rome
ORIGINAL THEME MUSIC – RON GRAINER
CASTING DIRECTOR – ANDY PRYOR CDG
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE – JULIE SCOTT
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT – OLIVER AGER
SOUND RECORDIST – JULIAN HOWARTH
COSTUME DESIGNER – LOUISE PAGE
MAKE UP DESIGNER – BARBARA SOUTHCOTT
MUSIC – MURRAY GOLD
VISUAL EFFECTS – THE MILL
VISUAL FX PRODUCERS – WILL COHEN, MARIE JONES
VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR – DAVE HOUGHTON
SPECIAL EFFECTS – ANY EFFECTS
PROSTHETICS – MILLENNIUM FX
EDITOR – MIKE HOPKINS
PRODUCTION DESIGNER – EDWARD THOMAS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – ERNIE VINCZE BSC
PRODUCTION MANAGER – TRACIE SIMPSON
The Doctor and Donna land in Pompeii on the eve of Vesuvius erupting ΓÇö a fixed point in time the Doctor insists cannot be changed. But stone-bodied aliens called the Pyrovile are secretly converting the population and feeding on the volcano’s energy, planning to use it to terraform Earth. The Doctor and Donna face a genuine moral horror: cause the eruption themselves, killing twenty thousand people, or allow the Pyrovile to survive and doom the planet. Donna’s insistence that they at least save one family gives the resolution its emotional weight.
ΓÇ£The Fires of PompeiiΓÇ¥ follows the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble in ancient Pompeii on the day of Mount VesuviusΓÇÖs eruption. They discover that alien forces are influencing the disaster and must decide whether to intervene.
The Pyroviles are alien beings that turn humans into stone-like creatures. They are using the volcanic environment to power their invasion and awaken beneath Pompeii.
The Doctor faces a moral dilemma and ultimately chooses not to prevent the eruption, as it is a fixed point in time. This decision highlights the limits of time travel interference.
Caecilius is a Roman citizen whose family the Doctor and Donna interact with. His storyline becomes symbolically important in later episodes due to the DoctorΓÇÖs influence on his survival.
This episode explores fixed points in time and moral responsibility in Doctor Who, especially through the Tenth Doctor and DonnaΓÇÖs contrasting emotional response to historical tragedy.
