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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Karen Gillan was later cast as [[Amy Pond]], first companion of the [[Eleventh Doctor]], played by [[Matt Smith]], beginning in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]]; coincidentally, Amy had an affinity for Romans. Unlike other guest actors who later played more prominent characters (such as [[Lalla Ward]] or [[Freema Agyeman]]), no attempt was made, either on-screen or in behind-the-scenes interviews, to connect the soothsayer to Amy.
* Karen Gillan was later cast as [[Amy Pond]], first companion of the [[Eleventh Doctor]], played by [[Matt Smith]], beginning in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]]; coincidentally, Amy had an affinity for Romans. Unlike other guest actors who later played more prominent characters (such as [[Lalla Ward]] or [[Freema Agyeman]]), no attempt was made, either on-screen or in behind-the-scenes interviews, to connect the soothsayer to Amy.
* Peter Calpadi who plays a prominent Roman in this episode is also cast as the Doctor after Matt Smith.


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Revision as of 14:31, 23 August 2015

A soothsayer was a member of the Sibylline Sisterhood in Pompeii in 79 AD. She had eyes painted on the back of her hands — a sign of the cult. She was the first of the Sisterhood to see the TARDIS, or "Blue Box", that had appeared in a prophecy. She had psychic powers from breathing in dust from Vesuvius that was converting her into a Pyrovile, and could see through time because of the rift activity there. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

Behind the scenes

  • Karen Gillan was later cast as Amy Pond, first companion of the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith, beginning in series 5; coincidentally, Amy had an affinity for Romans. Unlike other guest actors who later played more prominent characters (such as Lalla Ward or Freema Agyeman), no attempt was made, either on-screen or in behind-the-scenes interviews, to connect the soothsayer to Amy.