Pompei sure was a crowded place.

By coincidence or design, I made it through the 12th Big Finish release yesterday. That audio drama is called "The Fires of Vulcan" ... It stars the Seventh Doctor with his companion Mel, in Pompei the day the mountain goes boom and becomes a volcano.

I've also just seen last week's episode of the new Doctor Who called "Fires of Pompei" where the Tenth Doctor and his companion Donna are in, you guessed it, Pompei.

Now, with the stories developed as they are, there is no overlapping of stories, the Doctors don't cross paths or anything. But I love the image of the Seventh Doctor staring at the mountain, absolutely knowing it's about to explode, but not knowing it's his own future self making it go boom.

Yes, I'm a geek. I like these things.

Also tonight was a Sarah Jane story, the first part of the Gorgon adventure ... It's hilarious the way the old woman describes the Sontarans. "Big potatoes" and so on ... Yeah, I know they're back for a two-parter coming up shortly ... I'm sure that really was coincidence. They probably didn't know it would be happening while writing that episode. Still ... Anything is possible.