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* [[Climactic Volcano Backdrop]]: ''Inside'' Vesuvius, no less.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: the Doctor's comment about the Great Fire of Rome is a reference back to "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2/E04 The Romans|The Romans]]" (way back with the First Doctor).
** It's [[Doctor Who/Recap/
** The Doctor admits that Donna was right - sometimes he needs someone to stop him.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: [[Justified Trope|justified]], most of the heat is being taken by the Pyroviles.
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'''The Doctor''': Oh, that'll be the day. }}
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Donna sharing the burden with the Doctor of having to cause Vesuvius's eruption, and later pleading with him to save just one family. It's not hard to see why the Doctor considered her to be his best friend.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The augur tells Donna that there is "something on her back". There will be, in [[Doctor Who/Recap/
* [[Happily Married]]: Caecillius and Metella.
* [[I'm Mr. Future Pop Culture Reference]] with bonus [[I Am Spartacus]] joke included absolutely free.
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