Rome


 * This article is about the city of Rome in the standard timeline. For the larger political entities, see Roman Empire and New Roman Empire. For information about versions of Rome and its empire in other timelines, see Alternate Rome. 

Rome was a city in Italy. It played an important role in Earth history, because it was the centre of the Roman Empire, a large empire in early Human history.

The Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki visited Rome in A.D.64. (DW: The Romans) In A.D. 79, the Caecilius family moved to Rome after the Doctor and Donna helped them escape the destruction of Pompeii. (DW: The Fires of Pompeii) The family apparently left behind a record of their escape. In 1923 a British archaeological survey of Rome by professor Livesy-Smythe turned up a scroll by Caecilius telling of the true fate of Pompeii. This expedition's findings alerted Torchwood Three to the existence of the Pyroviles. (Captain Jack's Monster Files)

The Pandorica was kept in Rome for many years: first brought to Rome in A.D. 118 and raided by the Franks in A.D. 420, it was came into possession of the Knights Templar in 1120 and was subsequently given to the Vatican in 1231. (DW:The Big Bang)

In 2006 Rome was one of the many locations affected by the Sycorax's blood control, causing people to stand on the top of the Coliseum ready to jump. (DW: The Christmas Invasion) In 2096, Rome was an independent city-state on a destitute Earth. (PDA: The Indestructible Man)

Behind the Scenes

 * In 2007, Rome's Cinecittà Studios played host to production of the episode The Fires of Pompeii; discounting some minor second unit work done for Daleks in Manhattan, this was the first Doctor Who adventure to be filmed outside the UK since Doctor Who in the 1990s.