From the Doctor Who Confidential for 'The Fires of Pompeii'. Learn about Pompeii history, and admire David's funky sunglasses. Doctor Who belongs to the BBC.
I remember having been in Pompeii when I was 11, during a schooltrip. It's funny seeing David going exactly where I had been. And also touching when I remember how sad it felt when we arrived to the molded dead people. I still feel a bit sad when I see it 8 years later.
1:19, "It is rather alarmingly smoking... Do we have to worry about that?" Dear David, YOU are rather alarmingly smoking, and you don't see us worrying about that.. ;P
I'm now imagining you running from around a corner, with this music in the background ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e4OgYrlnrDQ.html DOCTOOOR!
Molto bene! : ) I love that David is so sensitive about the plight of the victims of the volcano. I found this very moving. I'm not sure I could go there without crying.
I love the one thing about Doctor Who is that they go back and make sure the history is right. They research well. I love this. D.T. is so down to earth "Unless you were a slave." LOL Awesome. Thanks for posting this!
What's happening here?! I understood both the Italian tour guide and David's accent clearly. Don't tell me I'm the only one who's interested in hearing about Pompeii more than their accents? Well, and seeing David too.
Everyone seems to be complaining about excellence, but how many of you can speak a second language fluently? And if you can than I’m guessing your natural accent gets in the way
I think the guide's accent is superb, and I love David's as well. I'm from Oklahoma and I have an accent and I believe that "ya'll" is a real word. All peoples of the Earth speak differently. It petty to believe that one accent its better than another. All ya'll people need ta relax and sip on some sweet ice tea, ya hear? ;)
I feel this is why ancient history should be just as appreciated. 2000 years from now, the Holocaust and WWs will only be textbook chapters when all the voices of personal experience are long gone. Many people brush off ancient history because they feel too removed, or the documentation isn't as thorough to appeal. But that's what makes remembering these events just as precious.
i totally agree, events such as Pompeii or the Holocaust should not be forgotten. I recently went to Sydney for a school tour and we met a survivor of the Holocaust and her story was mesmerising. To think of these sort of things going on to be forgotten is wrong. Oh and BTW loving the sunnies David!!! Molto bene! :)
I visited Pompeii back in 2018 it was always was one of the places I wanted to visit because of the history that happened there. It's so sad walking in Pompeii just thinking of how many were trying to flee just to get covered by ash and suffocating.
I know the point of the episode was about the destruction of the city, but I wonder if during his trip they showed him the graffiti and all the raunchy tiles and such. Our tour guide pointed them out and had a giggle or three.
+Estrid Sophia Baun Ellegaard he chose the 12 doctor's regeneration to remeber himself that he has to save people. But maybe you know it and you are just kidding now :)
I am happy that david was in my Italy ^_^ guys we haven't your own accent !the guide speaks English very well....the important thing is that he knows many thing of Pompei!!
Wow. I always found Pompeii fascinating. :D When I was a kid I had a book that had pictures of the excavation and artifacts and I would read it over and over. Same with one I had on the Titanic. :D I'm so jealous.
i'm italian too and my accent is waaay worse even becouse i don't know spelling some words propely you know we speak as we read texts so there's many difference between being able to write english and being able to speak it , i'm shy too so it's even harder for me =D , watching DW in english with dubtitles helped me rly much anyway.
We see it as a fascinating preserved piece of history, but it was an entire city that was wiped out. It breaks my heart looking at those poor bodies. They must have suffered terribly.
@NikoKun i miss him too but like he said if he decided to stay he never would have left and we'd have him rolling out of the tardis in a wheel chair. he went out with a bang though and took the tardis console with him.
OH MY GOD!! I WENT THERE LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO AANNNDDD I SAT ON THOSE STEPPING STONES!!! AAAHHHHHHHHH i was running around touching the walls just incase he touched it lol
One of the most recent being Mount Unzen back in the early nineties (1991 if memory serves me correctly), were over 40 journalists were killed by a pyroclastic flow, they died in seconds. Very, very sad. Just a pile of ash was left of their remains.
@hikarufly It's awesome that you and Nanami21 recognize the difference between fluency and accuracy! I'm an ESL teacher, and I meet so many people (locals and students) who believe that a person has to have a 100% native-like accent in order to be "truly fluent". Obtaining a native-like accent is virtually impossible if you start learning a second language after age 13 or so.
Were they trying to learn as much as possible for the episode that took place there? Because... that means that the showrunners cared for their show, quite a lot
@unbeliveablebuttrue I've been there (I'm from rome), you can still see the people preserved in stone just as they were trying to escape or to protect their children, you can't stand there and watch without crying :(
omg! Doctor Who was here in Italy and i didnt know? plus,i'm italian, and i don't know how david could get what the guide was saying....at least ,i didn't.
Is there a particular reason that they have Anthony Head reading commentary for this seasons confidentials...it just seems like an odd thing to have him do....he starred in the School Reunion episode and everything i know..
Yeah I was in the Marines with a guy built like that. I could run 3 miles in about 18 minutes. But my bud, "Roach" was his name, could just fly. He ran it in the low 14 minutes area. David looks like he can fly like that. I've been a film maker for a while now, and that has to include acting sometimes, (If I'm making a film, I might as well be in it! LOL). Staying fit is a priority. You got to have have the energy for long shoots. And well...it's nice to hear girls say "OMG!". LOL
