The fires of Pompeii (2008)

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Review

This episode was first broadcast on April 12 2008. A brief and somewhat spoiler-ish summary of the plot: it's volcano day, and the Doctor must choose between two evils.

When this story is good, it's very good. Let's start by talking about when it sort of isn't:

And while we're at it, we may as well get a couple of 'WTF?' plot points out of the way:

Moving on to the good things about this episode:

My verdict:

Nice!

When this episode is good, it's very good.

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