Doctor Who: 14 Cool Details James Moran Just Revealed About The Fires Of Pompeii
1. Moran Wrote A Brand-New Sequel Scene - And You Can Watch It Right Now
If you want to watch the scene before having it spoiled, do so now!
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As with most of the other recent Doctor Who watch-alongs, some of the people who made the main episode have reunited to create an extra little scene for us, and this one serves as a sequel to The Fires of Pompeii.
Called The Descendants of Pompeii, this Moran-penned, lockdown-themed minisode stars Tracey Childs and Francesca Fowler (who played Caecilius' wife and daughter, respectively, in the main episode) as ancestors of Caecilius, discussing the fact that they might have a "guardian angel" watching over them.
Then, at the end of the scene, an "additional caller" - hinted to be the Doctor - is revealed to have been lurking in their video chat the whole time. Spooky.
Obviously the production values aren't very high here, but it's still amazing that we're getting brand-new Doctor Who content like this, over a decade after The Fires of Pompeii was first broadcast. If only they could've persuaded Capaldi to return too.
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The Fires of Pompeii: where do you rank the episode within Series 4, the Tennant era, and NuWho as a whole? Let us know in the comments section!