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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Metella Caecilius Iucundus
|image = Metella (TFOP).jpg
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|alias=
|race= [[Human]]
|species = Human
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|home era= [[79]]
|spouse = Lobus Caecilius
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
|child=Evelina (The Fires of Pompeii)
|actor= [[Tracey Childs]]
|child2 = Quintus
}}'''Metella''' was the Wife of [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]] and the mother of [[Quintus]] and [[Evelina]]. She was a woman that lived in Pompeii in [[79]] AD. On the day before Vesuvius erupted she saw her daughter have a vision of the future. This prophecy was in fact the future that [[Pyrovile]] had planned. Her husband bought a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue box]] which he thought was modern art but was really [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor's]] TARDIS. Later that day the Doctor arrived at her home claiming that the blue box was his. Later when [[Lucius Petrus Dextrus]] arrived he brought with him She part of an ancient Pyrovile spacecraft which she and her family thought were plans for future buildings. Later that day after her son and The Doctor had left to go to Lucius' house he summoned a Pyrovillian Foot soldier which attacked her family and killed one of their servants. On the day of the eruption she and her family huddled up as ash and rock fell on them. Donna while in the TARDIS asked the Doctor to go and save them, so he rescued them in the TARDIS. She and her family plus The Doctor and Donna watched from afar on a hill as Pompeii was burried under ash and rock. Six Months later she was happily living in [[Rome]] and thankful to The Doctor and Donna by worshipping them as the Household Gods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
|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.


==Behind the Scenes==
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]]'')
*The Caecilius family ([[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]], [[Metella Caecilius Iucundus|Metella]] and [[Quintus Caecilius Iucundus|Quintus]]) were based upon characters used in latin text books. Except for Evelina who was created by [[James Moran]] so she could be a member of the [[Sibylline Sisterhood]]. Metella however was not mentioned in the tomb of Caecillius as no other wife of Caecillius was mentioned ether.
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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)

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