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|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
|actor= [[Tracey Childs]]  
|actor= [[Tracey Childs]]  
}}'''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]]'')
}}'''Metella''' Caecilius Iucundus, wife of [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]] and mother of [[Quintus]] and [[Evelina]], was a woman who lived in Pompeii in [[79]] AD. 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.
Like her family, Metella is rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city is buried under the askes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By [[80]] A.D., 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]].
([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')


==Behind the Scenes==
==Behind the Scenes==
*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.
*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:1st century individuals|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]
[[Category:1st century individuals|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]
[[Category:Humans|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]
[[Category:Humans|Caecilius Iucundus, Metella]]

Revision as of 20:37, 19 June 2008

Metella Caecilius Iucundus, wife of Caecilius and mother of Quintus and Evelina, was a woman who lived in Pompeii in 79 AD. 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. Like her family, Metella is rescued from Pompeii shortly before the city is buried under the askes of Mount Vesuvius' explosion. By 80 A.D., she and her family are living in Rome. Metella, religious as ever, is worshipping a new set of household gods: the Doctor and Donna. (DW: The Fires of Pompeii)

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