The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)

 was the twelfth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. This was the third full story to feature Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor in title role, but the first audio story to feature Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush a role she last played in 1987's Dragonfire. This was writer Steve Lyons' first contribution to an audio story, he wrote several more for several of Big Finish's audio ranges.

Publisher's summary
Two thousand years ago, a cataclysmic volcanic eruption wiped the Roman city of Pompeii from the face of the Earth. It also buried the Doctor's TARDIS...

Arriving in Pompeii one day before the disaster, the Seventh Doctor and Mel find themselves separated from their ship and entangled in local politics. With time running out, they fight to escape from the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. But how can they succeed when history itself is working against them?

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
 * Professor Scalini - Anthony Keetch
 * Captain Muriel Frost - Karen Henson
 * Tibernus - Robert Curbishley
 * Popidius Celsinus - Andy Coleman
 * Valeria Hedone - Nicky Goldie
 * Murranus - Steven Wickham
 * Eumachia - Lisa Hollander
 * Aglae - Gemma Bissix
 * Priest - Toby Longworth
 * Roman Legionary - Robert Curbishley

The Doctor

 * The Doctor while in his fifth incarnation was contacted by UNIT, who told him that they had found his TARDIS encased in rock at Pompeii during an archaeological excavation in 1980.

Individuals

 * Mel states she is a vegetarian.

Continuity

 * An older version of the Seventh Doctor would later return to Pompeii in August 79 in the company of Ace (PROSE: The Algebra of Ice), as would the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) as would his future travelling companion Captain Jack Harkness on multiple occasions (TV: The Doctor Dances).
 * The Fires of Vulcan occurs before PROSE: Pulling Strings