Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Fires of Pompeii (2008)

Peter Capaldi: Caecilius

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Quotes 

• [When The Doctor or Donna talk to the Pompeiians, foreign phrases are not being translated into Latin] 

  Caecillius : [discussing a prior earthquake]  After the great earthquake 17 years ago... An awful lot of damage, but we rebuilt.

  The Doctor : Didn't you think of moving away? On, no, then again, San Francisco.

  Caecillius : That's a new restaurant in Naples, isn't it?

• Caecillius : Who are you?

  The Doctor : I am... Spartacus.

  Donna Noble : And so am I.

  Caecillius : Mr. and Mrs. Spartacus?

  The Doctor : Oh, no no no, we're not married.

  Donna Noble : [overlapping the Doctor]  We're not together.

  Caecillius : Oh, brother and sister? Yes, of course, you look very much alike.

  The Doctor , Donna Noble : [looking at each other; surprised and a bit disgruntled]  Really?

• Caecillius : [seeing the volcanic eruption]  The great god Vulcan must be enraged! It's so volcanic! It's like some sort of... volcano! All those people!

• The Doctor : But, the soothsayers, they all consume the vapors, yeah?

  Caecillius : That's how they see.

  The Doctor : [putting on glasses and leaning into the hypocaust]  Ipso facto.

  Caecillius : [looking over behind the Doctor]  Look, you...

• The Doctor : Cavaet emptor.

  Caecillius : Oh, you're Celtic.

• Caecillius : [to Quintus]  So, where were you last night, down the Thermopolium I bet, cavorting with Etrusci, Christians and all sorts?

• The Doctor : Oh, yes. But don't mind me; don't want to disturb the status quo.

  Caecillius : [to Lucius in undertone]  He's Celtic.