We watched it again yesterday as Holly hadn't seen it. I was doing housework, so didn't sit & watch, but yes, it was emotional & usually, I don;t get emotional watching Doctor Who.
the DW confidential was interesting, DT went to Pompeii with a guide and was obviously quite moved. It's a strange place to visit, fascinating and upsetting at the same time, the archaeology is one thing but the human story is so distressing.
Whereas I watched it with Artyem, which is often an interesting experience because his memory is a Freak of Nature. First he pointed out that in the Pompeii he studied at school, the residents did indeed know about volcanos and were evacuating the place actively for days before the blowup. Then he recognised the names of a couple of members of the main family in the show from a Cambridge Latin Course he'd done at school, and starting predicting with hilarious accuracy the names of the various other characters as they turned up.
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Date: 2008-04-19 09:48 am (UTC)It's a strange place to visit, fascinating and upsetting at the same time, the archaeology is one thing but the human story is so distressing.
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Date: 2008-04-19 11:05 pm (UTC)Never a dull moment, watching tv with Artyem.
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