Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman.
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe met Caesar's parents, Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder and Aurelia, in 101 BC. (AUDIO: 100 BC)
The Fourth Doctor claimed to have saved Caesar from drowning in the River Tiber. (AUDIO: Phantoms of the Deep)
The Fifth Doctor claimed to have met Caesar, describing him as "a splendid chap." (PROSE: Empire of Death)
According to one account, the Doctor was the soothsayer who told Caesar to "beware the Ides of March." (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood)
The Tenth Doctor once offered to take Rose Tyler to see "Caesar crossing the Rubicon." (TV: Tooth and Claw)
Play
William Shakespeare wrote a play based on the life of Julius Caesar. General Mariah Learman planned to use her time machine to watch the premiere performance of this play. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
Behind the scenes
- The Sixth Doctor quoted some verses from Shakespeare's work to Peri Brown, who proved to know the excerpt, in TV: The Mark of the Rani. Although the play was not explicitly mentioned.
- Timothy Dalton portrayed Caesar in the 1999 film Cleopatra.
