Doctor Who | 4x2 'The Fires of Pompeii'
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That moment of Donna putting her hands over the Doctor's so he doesn't have to do it alone is the moment that Donna became my favorite companion and part of the reason she's stayed my favorite, even all these years later.
Kimberly Kohn
2023-07-02 02:55:30 +0000 UTCThe Easter eggs in this episode alone are FANTASTIC! not just for the plot Easter eggs but character Easter eggs as well! Gotta love a rewatch!
BtsOT79798
2023-06-22 21:47:19 +0000 UTCThis episode is brilliant!! In my top 20 for sure. Not quite top 10 though, they're all still to come, but this episode is fantastic. You're spot on when you say Donna has more fire than Rose or Martha. Donna is sassy and funny and a total badass. She doesn't let The Doctor get away with anything lol and if he does something wrong she's the first person to tell him. And I think he loves that about her. It also cracks me up how disgusted both The Doctor and Donna were when that guy thought they were married, there's definitely no romantic connection there and that makes a nice change after two in a row. You're right about the budget. It doesn't get really big until season 5, that's when it started airing in America and they got a lucrative deal for joint airing/streaming rights. But season 4 definitely got a budget boost after the success of the first three seasons. The CGI doesn't look as crap anymore. 😂 My favourite scene from this episode is definitely when Evelina and the fortune teller man were predicting The Doctor and Donna's future. I get chills from that every time. I'm sure you've guessed what "she is returning" means already given the ending of 4x01, but I won't say it in case you haven't. And when he tells Donna "there's something on your back" that always creeps me out and what it means is crazy, all I can say. And also you might've noticed the Pyrovile lady say that the planet of the Pyroviles has been lost, and remember in the last episode Miss Foster said that the Adipose planet has been lost... Hmmmm... 👀 I look forward to the next episode. I absolutely LOVE the aliens in it. 😊
Siobhan Linehan
2023-06-22 04:24:49 +0000 UTCSo fun fact, while Caecilius did not invent the word volcano, he WAS a real person, who really lived and died in Pompeii. When I was learning Latin, the stories had a son named Quintus and a wife named Matella; I don't know if Quintus was real though.
Abigail Friedman
2023-06-22 01:26:19 +0000 UTCI love this episode, definitely up in my top 10-15 episodes. The moment when the two seers are just spouting out random facts about Doctor and Donna give me chills every time! It's so creepy. And yes, definitely a much bigger effects budget in season 4.
SeeJay
2023-06-22 00:30:08 +0000 UTCSo, as we see in this episode, Donna loves the Doctor, but it's platonic love. She has absolutely no romantic feelings for him so she can remain more objective than both Rose and Martha. They tend to go with whatever the Doctor wants until it's almost too late, while Donna is able to see things from a different perspective as she's not falling over every action and word of the Doctor. So far, all the companions you've seen have a great deal of compassion, but Rose and Martha aren't fully capable of showing to others as they save a good deal of it for the Doctor. Sure they show compassion for others, but they're so focused on the Doctor that they put themselves at risk a lot, as well as others without meaning to. All the companions are great for balancing out the Doctor, but Donna is the best at it because of her lack of physical attraction to the Doctor :)
Ilsuk Yang
2023-06-21 15:17:24 +0000 UTCi love this duo, donna brings some much needed humanity to the doctor for sure and you're right she definitely challenges him in a way that rose and martha didn't, it's refreshing to have a companion that doesn't have a giant crush on him and instead is just so excited to travel and learn and explore. can't wait to watch it all unfold with u!
Grace
2023-06-21 14:36:40 +0000 UTC
