Psychic powers and stone beasts run riot in old Pompeii, but can Donna dare the Doctor to change established history?
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Haha! Caecillius - anyone learn Latin from the orange Oxford Press books? Because I did in Year 7. And obviously James Moran did at some point.
First of all, Donna. I have to say, at the beginning she was kinda annoying, but after about ten minutes she settled into things.
The episode was good, I thought. It's rare that we see the 'dark' side of the Doctor, and his involvement in causing the eruption of Vesuvius was done well. It's also rare that we (or at least I) see him in his Time Lord role, too. Usually, I just think of him as a fella running around time. This episode showed him all Time Lordy.
Oh, and a quick guess at the theme for this series - last week he told Supernanny off for something that was against the Shadow Proclamation. In this episode, he demanded the name of the Pyrovire (vyre?) under the Shadow Proclamation.
All in all, a good second episode.
EDIT: Before I forget - water pistol in his coat pocket? Haha! Has he got a TARDIS in the inside pocket or something?