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The Fires of Pompeii is the title of an episode from the 2008 season of the long-running program Doctor Who. It first aired in the UK on April 12, 2008. The SciFi Channel first aired the episode in the US on May 2nd of the same year.

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Synopsis

The Doctor and Donna travel back to the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD - the day before Mount Vesuvius is due to bury the city for centuries. Something, however, seems horribly wrong. The city's seers have mysteriously gained the power to predict the future with frightening accuracy, but none of them can foresee the terrible events of the very next day. Is there some intelligence orchestrating everything? Can or should the Doctor change history to avert the destruction of the city or must he let everyone die?