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'''Caecilia Evelina''', daughter of marble merchant [[Lobus Caecilius]] and his wife, [[Metella]], was a young Roman woman living in [[Pompeii]] on the eve of its destruction.
'''Evelina''', daughter of marble merchant [[Lobus Caecilius]] and his wife, [[Metella]], was a young Roman woman living in [[Pompeii]] on the eve of its destruction.


Evelina showed some precognitive abilities, and so was promised to the [[Sibylline Sisterhood]], a local cult of oracles influenced by the alien [[Pyrovile]]s, as a consecrated priestess.
Evelina showed some precognitive abilities, and so was promised to the [[Sibylline Sisterhood]], a local cult of oracles influenced by the alien [[Pyrovile]]s, as a consecrated priestess.
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Like her parents and brother, [[Quintus|Quintus]], Evelina was spared from Pompeii's destruction by the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s timely intervention.
Like her parents and brother, [[Quintus|Quintus]], Evelina was spared from Pompeii's destruction by the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s timely intervention.


Her [[psychic]] abilities vanished with the Pyroviles and the city - the Doctor explained that her ability to see the future was due to [[Mount Vesuvius]]' eruption being so powerful that it cracked open a [[Time rift|rift in time]] for a second and the effects echoed backward through time - so she was free to be an ordinary young woman once more and date, to her father's consternation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
Her [[psychic]] abilities vanished with the Pyroviles and the city - the Doctor explained that her ability to see the future was due to [[Mount Vesuvius]]' eruption being so powerful that it cracked open a [[Time rift|rift in time]] for a second and the effects echoed backward through time - so she was free to be an ordinary young woman once more and date, to her father's consternation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''){{NameSort}}
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* The [[Caecilius]] family ([[Lobus Caecilius|Caecilius]], [[Metella|Metella]] and [[Quintus|Quintus]]) were based upon characters used in the Cambridge Latin Course textbooks (Book 1), who were in turn based on actual historical characters, but Evelina was invented by [[James Moran]] so that she could be a member of the Sibylline Sisterhood.
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Revision as of 00:01, 2 March 2014

Evelina, daughter of marble merchant Lobus Caecilius and his wife, Metella, was a young Roman woman living in Pompeii on the eve of its destruction.

Evelina showed some precognitive abilities, and so was promised to the Sibylline Sisterhood, a local cult of oracles influenced by the alien Pyroviles, as a consecrated priestess.

Like her parents and brother, Quintus, Evelina was spared from Pompeii's destruction by the Tenth Doctor's timely intervention.

Her psychic abilities vanished with the Pyroviles and the city - the Doctor explained that her ability to see the future was due to Mount Vesuvius' eruption being so powerful that it cracked open a rift in time for a second and the effects echoed backward through time - so she was free to be an ordinary young woman once more and date, to her father's consternation. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)