Gaius Valerius Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet whose Latin works were the subject of an assignment for Hutchinson, who forced Tim Latimer to do it for him. (TV: Human Nature) Some of the poetry he wrote was what Evelyn Smythe described as "bawdy". When Evelyn and the Sixth Doctor visited Rome in what they thought was 101 BC, the Doctor cited Catullus as a Roman of undeniable cultural significance. Evelyn hoped to meet him and hear some of his work, but the Doctor said that he had died half a century earlier. (AUDIO: 100 BC)

Behind the scenes

 * In 100 BC, the Doctor says that Catullus died half a century before 101 BC. In the real world, however, Catullus lived not in the 2nd century BC, but the 1st century BC.