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The Fires of Vulcan
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Script release:	The Audio Scripts
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Mel
Main enemy:	Eumachia
Main setting:	Pompeii, 23-24 August 79 and 1980
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Steve Lyons
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Jason Haigh-Ellery and Gary Russell
Post production:	Alistair Lock
Cover by:	Clayton Hickman
Release details
Release number:	12
Release date:	September 2000
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	7F/A
ISBN 1-903654-02-5
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The Fires of Vulcan was the twelfth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. This was the third full story to feature Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor but the first audio story to feature Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush, a role which she last played in the non-canonical Children in Need sketch Dimensions in Time in 1993. This was also writer Steve Lyons' first contribution to an audio story,

Publisher's summary Edit

Two thousand years ago, a cataclysmic volcanic eruption wiped the Roman city of Pompeii from the face of the Earth. It also buried the Doctor's TARDIS...

Arriving in Pompeii one day before the disaster, the Seventh Doctor and Mel find themselves separated from their ship and entangled in local politics. With time running out, they fight to escape from the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. But how can they succeed when history itself is working against them?

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References Edit

The Doctor Edit

During his fifth incarnation, the Doctor was contacted by UNIT, who told him that they had found his TARDIS encased in rock at Pompeii during an archaeological excavation in 1980.

Individuals Edit

Mel states that she is a vegetarian. Valeria Hedone responds that she has never heard of Vegetaria.
Mel made a replica of Mount Vesuvius out of papier mâchè while at primary school.

Earth history Edit

According to the Roman calendar, 23 August is the tenth day before the Calends of September.

Notes Edit

An illustrated preview for this story appeared in Doctor Who Magazine issue 295 with art by Lee Sullivan.
Muriel Frost becomes the first character created for the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip to be featured in an audio drama. She will later be followed by Frobisher, Izzy Sinclair, Maxwell Edison and others.
Steven Wickham (Murranus) is better known for his recurring roles as Joseph the Porter in the Bernice Summerfield audio series and Valyes in the Gallifrey audio series.
Although this was the first audio drama to feature Mel in terms of release date, it is her final chronological appearance in the main range.
This audio drama was recorded on 11 and 12 March 2000 at The Moat Studios.

Continuity Edit

An older version of the Seventh Doctor would later return to Pompeii in August 79 in the company of Ace (PROSE: The Algebra of Ice), as would the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) and his future travelling companion Captain Jack Harkness, on multiple occasions (TV: The Doctor Dances).
The Seventh Doctor is unaware that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was triggered by his tenth incarnation in order to kill the Pyrovile. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

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