Doctor Who Season 4 Episode 2 "The Fires of Pompeii" REACTION! 

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I really had wanted Donna back after the "Runaway Bride" However... when Donna put her hands on the plunger to share the burden (so the Doctor didn't have to take the full blame alone)… that's when she became one of my all time favorite companions.

Donna was right in the end. Yeah they had to die but u can still do something, even if its saving a single life. When the Doctor saved the family that's when he realized even when u can't save everyone u can still save someone. Emotions

God, Peter Capaldi has the most distinctive and awesome voice.

"We're in Pompeii, and it's volcano day!" Nobody ever catches it in reactions, but this is a reference to something Jack said in his first episode, when he's talking about being a con artist. He says that he once conned someone in Pompeii, but that he had to look out for "volcano day" while there.

Yes, that is Karen Gillan from Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji.

I dont think this one ever quite gets its due. Its not a big plot episode, but its just so solid and feels right. This is kind of the perfect episode I would show someone if they asked me why I watched Who.

I think this is the episode that sold me on Donna as a companion. And mad props to Catherine Tate. She's primarily known as a comedian, I didn't know she had such good dramatic skills too.

When Lucius said: "She is returning" and "There is something on your back". He wasn't wrong!

Just remember This dude 8:30 & This girl 3:28

Donna had it pretty rough the first real outting eh 😩 not all fun and games it's getting intense this season, also watch your back

something i love about this episode is that we have a future Doctor and Future companion in the same episode!

I screamed NO! when you almost missed the ROME, SIX MONTHS LATER 😱

Hide from it....run from it... the buffering still arrives.

That TARDIS scene with Donna begging the Doctor to help. Gets me every time!

Multiple events and aspects of this episode are significant. Some will be revealed sooner than others.

The exact moment you said buffer time RU-vid then just decided to die. YOU SPEAK THE PROPHECY!!!

11:44 "THERES SOMETHING ON YOUR BACK" holy shit i never noticed that.............. turn left................

The pushback that Donna gives to the Doctor is what made her probably my second favorite companion. He absolutely needed it at this point.

I honestly forgot what Capaldi looked like with dark hair still.

I love Donna for pushing that lever with him and I love her for reminding him he can sometimes save at least one person.

Happy Volcano Day!!

"Well this is sure to have some pretty big implications moving forward" Well, you're not wrong

Two episodes in, Donna is already worshipped as a God. How does she rank in your companion list?

"Is that Karen Gillan from Jumanji." Oh, christ that was funny.

Very good at pegging Karen Gillan, especially since she was waering kooky makeup and using a different accent.

The appearance of Peter Capaldi in this episode is where it all started. Him as number 12 was amazing!

I love this episode so much. It packed such an emotional punch and I loved how Donna was able to change the doctor in a way, by getting him to save someone. I love how she can challenge him. This is why she is my favorite companion and this episode will have a special place in my heart.

Anyone else notice the little call back to The Doctor Dances? Jack was talking about using Pompeii as a location for self cleaning operations, "...but you can't forget tot set your alarm for volcano day." Also, a sense of deja vu for the Doctor. It's not the first time he's sentences a population to burn. Finally, augur(Lucius' title) is an old fashioned, very old fashioned, word for someone with precognitive abilities.

Maybe this is how the Weeping Angels were originally created? That would have been an interesting callback. The sisters turn to stone and they already hold their hands over their eyes.....

Although I prefer Matt Smith's Doctor, I think season 4 with David Tennant is the best series overall, although that's not to say the following seasons aren't great too. Mostly!

An episode about the doctor stopping kids from smoking that good shit and getting stoned, always a hit.

I love the fact Peter capaldi became the doctor and the stalker is Amy pond 😊😊😊😊. Fucking love this show.

4:19 NOW THAT'S A FACE I LOVE also any fans realize this was a bootstrap paradox?

"is that Cassandra?" dawg im dEAD

I’ve been to Pompeii, mt Vesuvius literally looks like two different mountains today! That’s how devastating the volcanic eruption was, the mountain split into two and that much ash and earth rained down on Pompeii! My history teacher actually told us that you used to be able to go into the homes and sites to explore, but people were so shitty and selfish that they kept stealing stuff and carving their names into walls that you can no longer have that freedom. You have to explore the streets and you can’t go into the homes

Finally!!! Been waiting so long for you to react to one of my favourite who episodes

This is over a year ago, but I still have to add in this comment: in a canonical audio drama episode, the Seventh Doctor also was in Pompeii, meaning this is a weird instance where the Doctor was in this city, twice, doing completely different adventures.

Fam needs to get this on DVD/blue-ray is the only way to stop the buffering issues

Very good content as usual, always look forward to enjoying a reaction. :)

i love how you cut these i barely notices them and that make my brain just automatically put the pieces together

Keep the great work upmate /// I like the way you are taking it in

This episode reminds me of a debate, if you could go back in time to 9/11 would you try and stop it. The obvious first thought is yes, of course! But the deeper you dig in you start to think of firstly, no one is going to believe you and miss their flight, people are not going to leave their job and risk getting fired, people might start believing after the first plane hits but then officials will interrogate you, detain you, and even if it stopped everything after the first plane, everyone on the planes are still going to die. If you somehow stop the entire attack, and get the hijackers arrested or questioned because you know every plane involved and every hijacker name and they put an armed air marshal on all the planes, then the TSA would not have as tight security (I mean I wouldn't mind that personally) There would not be laws and regulations that, despite infringing on our privacy, do actually stop potential attacks. Finally, of course, because of all this lax security a year or two down the line there could be another attack, and instead of 2600 people dying (mostly from the planes' capacity) They might crash into stadiums full of people during the super bowl, schools with thousands of students, Universities, Military bases, Times square at new years... your involvement could result in ten times the casualties because of the results of preventing such an attack.

"Professional headass".... For example Archie Andrews

Oh yes.... Karen Gillan off of Guardians and the Galaxy/Avengers and Jumanji ;-) and Peter Capaldi off of Paddington and Thick Of It ;-) ... additionally - great episode after a great opener I thought this too WOW escalating things into dramatic intensive places for the final year of the RTD era!

I think it's pretty funny that Capaldi is in this episode, yknow, considering.

27:23 Dude! Honestly this will make a much bigger impact than you think

This woman turned into patrick star’s house 😂😂

This episode has such an intense ending

27:21 12th Doctor: "You have no idea."

27:21 "Well, this is sure to have some pretty big implications moving forward!" Mate, you're gonna look back on this moment in a few seasons and fucking piss yourself with how right you are.

10:24 I never noticed Tennant’s face after he said he got in on the rain and mist and wind😂

the line before the opening titles was a reference to when the doctor first met jack and he described different cons he did, and he said pompeii is good but you have to set your alarm for volcano day

Wow, i never realised they were dropping hints this early with the "something on your back"

Another planet that went missing. Oh so many callbacks and for shadowing

I love the cameo of the other sister as the father I love it

Heheheh I laughed SO hard when you said "pink and purple" because I was thinking to myself "HeatBlast was red and orange (is he still, IDK) last time I checked" until you stumbled over Chromastone's name. Also, you will see a few people from this episode show back up for long periods of time.

Pompeii was the first official archeological dig site in history

They're such a great team.

The theme tune and the logo come in at the end of the episode.

7:31. Hello! Hey, a straw would mean that you don't need to tilt your head back, and you can keep looking at your monitor. (Though I read that message about seeing what you missed, as you edit.) But for us, it could be a missed reaction that we aren't getting when your head is tilted back. 😉

Oooo can we talk about that vest tho 🥤🥤🥤

Oh, there are definitely going to be implications going forward. :D I have a feeling this was at least partly inspired by the Classic Who stories The Aztecs and The Romans.

Dude I forgot about this. I haven’t seen this reaction yet but I bet you’ll like it

The Doctor saves Peter Capaldi's character and his family of 4 from horrific deaths at the hands of hostile aliens, then Jack Harkness doesn't save Peter Capaldi's character and his family of 4 from horrific deaths at the hands of hostile aliens, then a girl who is not Arya Stark shows Peter Capaldi's character that the many-faced god is satisfied.

Ok guys we can put away the torches and the pitchforks. He saw the rest of the episode

4:30 'How do you move that?' Ancient Rome? Slaves, lots of slaves of course. Warning. There is a lot of foreshadowing in this episode.

I love this eposide 😍

Yo its me from yorkdale ur fan!!

I literally thought of Bionicle too ! xD

"You must forgive my friend, she's from Barcelona." Oh hey, Fawlty Towers reference.

Who's that strange Roman? He'll go far.

I have to work 3 hours late tonight until 8 but I'm definitely taking 31 minutes to watch this video and getting paid while I do it

This episode is surprisingly important in a few more seasons.

"big implications moving forward" you have no idea

No ones mentioned another reason this family in particular were the focus and saved. I may be mistaken and got this wrong, but the names of the family are in latin books in the uk when / if you learn latin in high school, its about this family, and their normal struggles, but also a couple of them escape Vesuvius in the stories.

The implications of this story... not even US knew them at the time... but it would forever leave an impression in our face

I spot on my little eye new from of Doctor and very talented actor ;)

4:23 CAPALDI UR CAME EARLIER THAN I THOUGHT XD

them cameos!

2:13 Oh Look! It's Amy Pond! 4:18 Oh Look! It's 1_!

Ayyy Peter capaldi!!!!!!

It's a good example of taking the old style of Dr Who and converting it to a modern 45 minute format. The story is pure old Who.

THE DOCTOR DONNA

Yes that was Karen Gillian

The amount of foreshadowing in that "she is returning" scene is pure lunacy! Awesome writing this season, you'll love it

Now this? THIS is some good shit.

everybody: karen gillan me: peter capaldi

All I see when I look at a Pyrovile is a Dark Souls boss

Nice Yu-Gi-Oh reference and chromastone is the Ben 10 alien

4:19 holy shit its the doctor from season 9 XD i never realized that.

Oh my god this is killing me waiting for the end of season4

the face has been chosen

Season 4 is probably my second favorite

Oho, Peter Capaldi episode! :p

And great video

27:21 Yes it does... _attack eyebrows!_

You never faster internet man.

The actor of Donna noble aka Catherine Tate is a comedian so I guarantee you loved her as a companion. I can’t wait till the day you post up your season final. Oof I bet you loved it

Remember this episode! There’s a slow simmering Easter egg in it.