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This section contains screen and radio items directed at children on the theme of ancient Rome. Entries include details of creator, year of broadcast, genre and, where relevant, number of episodes.

Entries also are tagged according to subject matter, such as ‘gladiators’, ‘slavery’, ‘Boudicca’, ‘Roman Britain’ etc., and searches may be conducted by any of these elements.  

Title: Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii

Creator: Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson Series: Doctor Who Genre: Sci-Fi Year: 2008 Seasons/Episodes: May 2, 2008
Link: Visit Website Tags: Julius Caesar, Pompeii, Religion, Spartacus

Description: Instead of Rome, The Doctor and Donna Noble end up visiting Pompeii in AD 79, on the eve of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Before anyone even knew it was actually a volcano, the entire city is doomed for destruction.