Doctor Who. The Complete 4th Series, Disc 2

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Originally broadcast in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel in 2008.
Bonus features: David's video diaries, deleted scenes, teasers & trailers, retrospective featurette, children in need "Time crash", audio commentary.
Partners in crime -- Fire of Pompeii -- Planet of the Ood.
David Tennant, Catherine Tate.
The Doctor and Donna travel back to Pompeii in AD 79 on the eve of the infamous eruption, investigate a series of grisly murders with the help of Agatha Christie, journey to the homeworld of the sinister Ood, face an old enemy of the Doctor's, and more.
DVD 9, NTSC, Dolby Digital stereo, 5.1 surround sound, widescreen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great submitted by ljq on July 16, 2011, 3:32pm I like Fire of Pompeii the best

Grand submitted by brady.emmett on August 1, 2011, 10:10am I really love Doctor Who, having only been introduced to it with the rebooted series. Season 4 is among my favorites. At first I wasn't terribly keen on Donna Noble as the companion. She has a tendency to be shrill. When I got the fact that Donna really becomes the Doctor's best friend, my impression of the whole season changed. Donna is no Rose or Martha or Amy, because she is Donna. And that makes it wonderful, all on its very own. David Tennant continues to be an awesome Doctor and owns the role.

Incredible submitted by Parzival on August 18, 2011, 3:29pm Donna Noble is my favorite companion so far. The writers of this series are very creative.

Donna Noble and the tenth Doctor submitted by Josie Brown on June 28, 2013, 11:12am Although my favorite companion is Rose Tyler, Donna Noble would have to be my second. She is funny, brave, and overall an amazing companion to the tenth doctor.
Fire of Pompeii is the most riveting episode and The Planet of the Ood is weird, but interesting.

Catherine Tate returns submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 19, 2013, 9:47pm The fourth series really starts with "Partners in Crime," in which the Doctor reconnects with Donna, whom we met in the previous year's Christmas special "The Runaway Bride." Donna is one of my favorite companions as she is brash, loud and takes no nonsense from anyone. Best of all, she is not in love with the Doctor, unlike so many of his previous companions. She returns to adventuring with the Doctor in this series, which makes it one of my favorite series.

This "Doctor Who" series then continues with a bang--literally as the Doctor and Donna travel to Pompeii on the eve of the volcanic eruption. The episode has some hilarious lines but also lots of sad parts. One could also interpret the portrayal of the religious group as anti-Pagan.

The pair then travel to the Ood world and confront slavery. While this episode is depressing it does bring up the very real problem, which the Doctor points out when he notes that modern-day slaves most of the clothes people in the industrial world of the early 21st century wear. It is refreshing to see a science fiction series tackle this all-too-real problem.