Mira (The Fires of Pompeii)

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
Revision as of 17:32, 4 October 2009 by 23skidoo (talk | contribs) (→‎Behind the scenes: updated wording; don't need a source anymore)

Soothsayer is a member of the Sibylline Sisterhood that were in Pompeii in 79 CE. She has 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 as it has not been shown otherwise. (DW: The Fires of Pompeii)

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.

References