The Persistence of Memory (short story)

 was the twelfth short story in Twelve Doctors of Christmas, featuring the Twelfth Doctor as well as the return of Clive Finch.

Summary
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Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor
 * CJ
 * The Monk
 * Mr Singh

Music

 * CJ is completely sick of Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody", which is now six years old.

Foods and beverages

 * The Doctor is fond of Spangles, and came to 20th century Earth specifically to purchase them.

Events

 * The Doctor mentions that he usually has "somebody" accompanying him in the TARDIS, but "she" is currently attending an end-of-term Christmas party.

Continuity

 * CJ mentions the Mary Celeste, to which the Doctor notes the Daleks as being responsible for the ship's mysterious disappearance. (TV: The Chase)
 * The Doctor refers to the Zygon's Skarasen as being the Loch Ness Monster. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
 * The Monk has survived the Time War. Before his regeneration, he voiced his intention to deal with the Doctor. (AUDIO: Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated)
 * The Monk refers to himself as Mortimus, (PROSE: No Future) and recalls the Doctor once calling him the Meddling Monk. (TV: The Time Meddler)
 * The Monk says that the Time Lords are hiding themselves away. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor)
 * Clive sees pictures of London invaded by shop dummies. The Doctor realises later that this is Clive's fate. (TV: Rose)