Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman.

In 101 BC, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe met Caesar's parents, Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder and Aurelia on two occasions and witnessed the birth of his elder sister Julia Caesar in January of that year. (AUDIO: 100 BC)

The Fourth Doctor claimed to have saved Caesar from drowning in the River Tiber. (AUDIO: Phantoms of the Deep)

The Fifth Doctor claimed to have met Caesar, describing him as "a splendid chap." (PROSE: Empire of Death)

According to one account, the Doctor was the soothsayer who told Caesar to "beware the Ides of March." (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood)

The Tenth Doctor once offered to take Rose Tyler to see "Caesar crossing the Rubicon." (TV: Tooth and Claw)

Play
William Shakespeare wrote a play based on the life of Julius Caesar. General Mariah Learman planned to use her time machine to watch the premiere performance of this play. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)

Behind the scenes

 * The Sixth Doctor quoted some verses from Shakespeare's work to Peri Brown, who proved to know the excerpt, in TV: The Mark of the Rani. However, the play was not explicitly mentioned.
 * Timothy Dalton portrayed Caesar in the 1999 film Cleopatra.