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|alias= | |image = Soothsayer pompei.jpg | ||
|image= | |species = Human | ||
|species=Human | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|origin= [[Earth]] | |death date = [[24 August]], [[79]] [[AD]], [[Pompeii]] | ||
|first cs = The Fires of Pompeii (TV story) | |||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (novelisation)}}}} | |||
|actor = Karen Gillan | |||
}} | |||
'''Mira the Soothsayer''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (novelisation)}}) was a member of the [[Sibylline Sisterhood]] in Pompeii in [[79]] AD. | |||
== Biography == | |||
=== Early life === | |||
Mira remembered being an observant child. Her family were often ridiculed for their beliefs. She was five years old when the [[Pyrovile]]s arrived, and saw the sudden change in culture: when the visions of [[augur]]s became accurate, they were suddenly revered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (novelisation)}}) | |||
=== Arrival of the Blue Box === | |||
Mira had eyes painted on the back of her hands, a sign of the cult. She had psychic powers from breathing in dust from [[Vesuvius]] that was converting her into one of the Pyroviles, and could see through time because of the rift activity there. | |||
She was the first of the Sisterhood to see [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], or "Blue Box", which had appeared in one of their original [[prophecy|prophecies]]. She communed with [[Spurrina]] telepathically to alert the Sisters about the arrival of the Blue Box. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) | |||
Mira doubted her Sisters' judgement for the first time when the [[High Priestess (The Fires of Pompeii)|High Priestess]] dismissed the [[Sibylline Oracles]] as outdated, and promised an endless [[empire]] of [[Pompeii]], despite the recent omens, and gained approval from Spurrina. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (novelisation)}}) She was killed during the [[eruption of Mount Vesuvius]] the following day. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011}}) | |||
== Appearance == | |||
One account described the Soothsayer's appearance as having a "[[Amy Pond|Pond]]-y air to her". ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (game)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* | [[File:HistoryHunt.jpg|thumb|Amy Pond, who learnt of the Doctor's involvement in the destruction of Pompeii. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Amy's History Hunt (video game)|namedpart=Amy's Profile: Pompeii}})]] | ||
* Karen Gillan was later cast as [[Amy Pond]], first companion of the [[Eleventh Doctor]], beginning in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|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 Mira the Soothsayer to Amy. Incidentally, {{cs|Amy's History Hunt (video game)}} establishes that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] had told Amy of the events of ''The Fires of Pompeii''. | |||
* Mira is only named in [[James Moran]]'s {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (novelisation)}}. This was not derived from any information given in the televised version. | |||
* An introduction to ''The Fires of Pompeii'' published in [[TCH 57]] speculated that [[spatial genetic multiplicity]] could explain any in-universe resemblance between Mira and Amy Pond.<ref>[[TCH 57]], p. 106</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
=== References === | |||
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