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The Italian Job was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The Fires of Pompeii.

The title is a reference to the 1969 film of the same name.

Aspects of production covered[]

  • The difficulties of making the studio sets look consistent with the location filming.
  • Filming of the eruption sequences.

Additional topics covered[]

  • Cast and crew excitement about location filming for this story.

People interviewed[]

Music list[]

  • "Suburban Knights" by Hard-Fi, Album: Once Upon a Time in the West[1]
  • "This Song (Instrumental version)" by The Enemy, Album: We Live and Die in These Towns
  • "So Low, So High (Instrumental version)" by Maps, Album: We Can Create
  • "Crap Shootin'" by Mark Waterfield & Cameron Jenkins, Album: Alternative Country X-SERIES XCD065
  • "Banquet (Boys Noize Vox Mix)" by Bloc Party, Album: Thrive Mix presents Electro
  • "Drop Audio" by The Qemists feat. ID, Album: Drop Audio (Single)
  • "True Skool" by Coldcut feat. Roots Manuva, Album: Sound Mirrors
  • "Faithful" by Nigel Mullaney & Jonathan Jowett, Album: Groovemasters Chill Mix DWCD 0400
  • "I Shall Overcome (Instrumental version)" by Hard-Fi, Album: Once Upon a Time in the West

Crew[]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff

Sound

BBC Wales
© BBC MMVIII
Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


Elements retained in Cut Down[]

  • The decision to film in Rome, as other options were not as viable.
  • David's tour of the real Pompeii
  • Filming the eruption (briefly)

Home video releases[]

Series-4-boxset

Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD box set released on 17 November 2008.

Footnotes[]

  1. Episode 2 : The Italian Job. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 31 December 2018.
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