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BBCWales ave pecial ermission

to flhn on the ive acres f outdoorsets a detailedeconshuction f

AncientRome for anepisode etinPompeiin AD 79.This s he ust

time that therevivedseries as akenthe castabroad or filming.

"Weonlyhave wo days ere," aysdirectorColinTeague,sowehave o

make hemostof t. we fnished n

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ontoatruck,and hisbigjuggemaut

travelled cross urope.ti likeamiiitaryoperation." nother ssues

the anguage.we'vean talian hirdassistantirectorwho's een elpinguscommunicate ith theextras."

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wavinghisarmsabout. Slaves,soldie$ and stallholden stare

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hescriPt hat the eam

they'dhaveo shootboth day

dght scenesn Rome. Tonight,

gotour bigelfectsshot,"says

re. 'which is ever'4hrngdownonPompeii"

at Cinecitt]r,andash alls

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people fPompeiivocaburary

oran,wdterofTheF es

p e i, explairrs,T'bereh^d

big earthquakeabout 17Yea$heeruption of Vesuviusn

and eversincg herchad been

whichthey hought

gods umbling or shouting

makear olTeringo the

godsevery ime there

remor.They ust didn'tktrow.

it happened ow, would

world wasending.

then,havingno ideawhat

wag andwith their

andbeliefs,t must

absolutely errifying.

must have hought the

ad comedownto nP

o pieces."

Doctor andDonna arrive

: rpeiishortly efore

:usblows,leadingo

:le moral dilemrna:i: ? am thepeoplg thus

--i: courseof history

-i. do nothing?

theTime Lord's

--..mpanionwill have

:-- !a]. aDdMoran rcveals

:-: i: not b€enCathedne

, J:::a. the esponsibility

-i::-aileDo an all-new

-\\ael I flrst got the ob.

theydidn t know CatherineTatewas

comingback,so hey were ryrngto

comeupwith a newcompamon

calledPenny.But they kePtsaYing,'Wereally oved t whenDonnawas

in theTardis,and that rclationship,'

so t wasobvious heYwanted o

move t in a differentdircction;

moreof an adult friend than

a wide-eyedounger irl."

Molan,who also criptedhe

archly r,onderfulorror llm

FEELINGTHE HEATTimo is running out ior the Doctol(Davld Tennant) and Donna(Cdtherlne

Tatel ard the peoDleof Pompcii - but

should the time tlavellers wa.n them?

Sele/arceand arec€ntepisode

of Torchwood,happetso havebeen

ahtge Who an since hildhood,

whichhe maginedwould makegetting nto theDoctort head

rattrereasy. u cohtruire. It was

oneof thehardesthings 'veever

hadto write. Theysay hat uPfront:

'It's hehardest ho$ o write or'

I thought.Fore!€ryotre lsg

mal b€t think you'll find that

I *'on t haveany ouble!' "

Some20 deleted ersionsof

DavidTennant'sopening ine ater,

he admits, I wentmad for awhile:

over40yearsof history . . . eight

million peoplewatchingeveryweek

. . . the en-year-old ersionof myself

watchingswell.. . thought,

'Am I going o have o phone hem

upand say: really apprcciatehis,

but you'll have o find someone lse,

becausecantcope!"'

He didnt, happily,asyouwill see.

Indeed,JamesMoran cameuP with

something alher explosive . . NG

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