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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Metella Caecilius Iucundus
|image = Metella (TFOP).jpg
|image=[[image:Metella.jpg|250px]]
|alias=
|alias=
|race= [[Human]]
|species = Human
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|home era= [[Early_human_history#1st_century_A.D.|A.D.79]]
|spouse = Lobus Caecilius
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
|child=Evelina (The Fires of Pompeii)
|actor= [[Tracey Childs]]
|child2 = Quintus
}} {{Template:Quote
|only= The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)
|1 = Doctor, you bring bad luck to this house.
|actor= Tracey Childs
|2 = Metella
|clip = Peter Capaldi's 1st Appearance in Doctor Who - Doctor Who - Fires of Pompeii - BBC
}}
}}
'''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 Caecilius Iucundus''', wife of [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]] and mother of [[Quintus]] and [[Evelina]], was a woman who lived in Pompeii in [[Early_human_history#1st_century_A.D.|A.D. 79]]. She is the most religiously devout of her family: she urges her son to pray to their household gods, and encourages 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 is rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city is buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By early [[Early_human_history#1st_century_A.D.|A.D. 80]], she and her family are living in [[Rome]]. Metella, religious as ever, is worshipping a new set of household gods: [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]].
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([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')


==Behind the Scenes==
[[Category:1st century individuals]]
*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]].
[[Category:Human parents]]
[[Category:1st century individuals|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]
[[Category:Humans who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS]]
[[Category:Humans|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]
[[Category:Pompeii residents]]
[[Category:Rome residents]]

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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