Doctor Who: 14 Cool Details James Moran Just Revealed About The Fires Of Pompeii

2. A Scene Was Cut Showing The Family Inside The TARDIS

Doctor Who The Fires of Pompeii David Tennant Catherine Tate Donna Noble
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After Donna pleads with him to save someone from the eruption, the Doctor returns to Caecilius and his family and whisks them away from the danger.

In the next shot, we see Pompeii being ravaged by a billowing cloud of smoke and fire, while the survivors watch from the hills.

The way this whole sequence is staged and edited means that we never get to see Caecilius' family inside the TARDIS, but in an earlier version of the script, Moran did write this in as a short little moment. The family would've been huddled in the corner of the TARDIS, terrified, shocked, and probably quite confused. Can't blame them.

In another tweet, Moran revealed that this scene was never shot, because - as the crew discovered at the scripting stage - it spoiled the triumphant vibe of the Doctor's rescue.

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