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 ==
to be added
== Characters ==
* Twelfth Doctor
* CJ
* The Monk
* Mr Singh
== Worldbuilding ==
=== 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.
== Notes ==
* The story title comes from Salvador Dalí's .
== 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)
Category:Twelve Doctors of Christmas short stories
Category:Twelfth Doctor short stories
Category:Stories set in Scotland
Category:Stories set in 1979
Category:The Monk stories
Category:Memory worm stories