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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Metella
|image = Metella (TFOP).jpg
|image=Metella.jpg
|alias=
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|species=[[Human]]
|species = Human
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
|spouse = Lobus Caecilius
|actor= [[Tracey Childs]]
|child=Evelina (The Fires of Pompeii)
|child2 = Quintus
|only= The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)
|actor= Tracey Childs
|clip = Peter Capaldi's 1st Appearance in Doctor Who - Doctor Who - Fires of Pompeii - BBC
}}
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'''Metella''', wife of [[Lobus Caecilius]] and mother of [[Quintus]] and [[Evelina (The Fires of Pompeii)|Evelina]], was a woman who lived in [[Pompeii]] in [[79]]. She was the most religiously devout of her family: she urged her son to pray to their household gods, and encouraged her daughter's [[psychic]] gift as a gift from the gods.


'''Metella''', wife of [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus]] and mother of [[Quintus|Quintus Caecilius Iucundus]] and [[Evelina|Caecilia Evelina]], was a woman who lived in Pompeii in [[79]]. She was the most religiously devout of her family: she urged her son to pray to their household gods, and encouraged her daughter's [[psychic]] gift as a gift from the gods.
With the rest of her family, Metella was rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city was buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By early [[80]], her family and she were living in [[Rome]]. Metella, religious as ever, was worshipping a new set of household gods: the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
Like her family, Metella was rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city was buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By early [[80]], she and her family were living in [[Rome]]. Metella, religious as ever, was worshipping a new set of household gods: the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]].
([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* The Caecilius family ([[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]], [[Metella Caecilius Iucundus|Metella]] and [[Quintus Caecilius Iucundus|Quintus]]) were based on--or at least named after--characters used in Latin textbooks, except for Evelina, who was created by [[James Moran]] so she could be a member of the [[Sibylline Sisterhood]].
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 6 October 2023

Metella, wife of Lobus Caecilius and mother of Quintus and Evelina, was a woman who lived in Pompeii in 79. She was the most religiously devout of her family: she urged her son to pray to their household gods, and encouraged her daughter's psychic gift as a gift from the gods.

With the rest of her family, Metella was rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city was buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By early 80, her family and she were living in Rome. Metella, religious as ever, was worshipping a new set of household gods: the Tenth Doctor and Donna. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)