Doctor Who (TV Series)
The Fires of Pompeii (2008)
Peter Capaldi: Caecilius
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Quotes
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[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?
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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?
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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!
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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...
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The Doctor : Cavaet emptor.
Caecillius : Oh, you're Celtic.
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Caecillius : [to Quintus] So, where were you last night, down the Thermopolium I bet, cavorting with Etrusci, Christians and all sorts?
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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.