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(Exit Wounds (and IIRC publicity material for Torchwood) confirms Dr. Sato and Tosh are the same person.)
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*Actress 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]]. This is the most recent example of an actor being cast in an ongoing role in ''Doctor Who'' after making a one-off guest appearance as another character, similar to [[Freema Agyeman]]'s one-off character [[Adeola Oshodi]] before her appearance as the Doctor's companion [[Martha Jones]], [[Eve Myles]] as the character [[Gwyneth]], and [[Naoko Mori]], credited as 'Doctor Sato', both on ''Doctor Who'', before their roles on ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]],'' as [[Gwen Cooper]] and[[ Toshiko Sato | Toshiko Sato, ]]respectively.
*Actress 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]]. This is the most recent example of an actor being cast in an ongoing role in ''Doctor Who'' after making a one-off guest appearance as another character, similar to [[Freema Agyeman]]'s one-off character [[Adeola Oshodi]] before her appearance as the Doctor's companion [[Martha Jones]] and [[Eve Myles]] as the character [[Gwyneth]], before her role on ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' as [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen Cooper.]]
*Coincidentally, Gillan played a Roman soothsayer in her first appearance, and a character that has a penchant for Romans as [[Amy Pond]].
*Coincidentally, Gillan played a Roman soothsayer in her first appearance, and a character that has a penchant for Romans as [[Amy Pond]].
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[[Category:1st century individuals]]

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A Soothsayer was a member of the Sibylline Sisterhood that were in Pompeii in 79 CE. She had eyes painted on the back of her hands - a sign of a soothsayer. She was the first of the Sisterhood to see the TARDIS, or "Blue Box", that had appeared in a prophecy. She had psychic powers due to breathing in dust from Vesuvius that was converting her into a Pyrovile, and could see time thanks to the rift activity there. It is likely that she died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (DW: The Fires of Pompeii)

Behind the scenes