Shortly after his meeting with Rose, Clive and his family went on a shopping trip and were in [[Queen's Arcade]] when the [[Auton]]s were activated. Clive was amazed to realise that the stories he had heard about the Doctor were true and was approached by an Auton which drew its gun on him. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and was shot. His family fled for their lives, screaming. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
Shortly after his meeting with Rose, Clive and his family went on a shopping trip and were in [[Queen's Arcade]] when the [[Auton]]s were activated. Clive was amazed to realise that the stories he had heard about the Doctor were true and was approached by an Auton which drew its gun on him. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and was shot. His family fled for their lives, screaming. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
== Legacy ==
Some of Clive's possessions were taken by [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] and later found in the [[Black Archive]] by [[Cleo Proctor]] and [[Shawna Thompson]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
According to [[Russell T Davies]] in ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'', {{w|Mackenzie Crook}} was nearly cast to play Clive.
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'''Clive J Finch''' — known as '''CJ''' in his youth — was a [[human]] [[conspiracy theorist]] from [[Stoke Newington]] who lived on [[Juke Street]] with his wife and children. He collected information on [[the Doctor]], and ran a website, [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]].
== History ==
=== Childhood ===
Clive was born around either [[1961]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') or [[1965]] and was known as CJ in his youth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'')
In [[1963]], when Clive was just two years of age, his [[Gary Jonathan Finch|father]] was involved in the [[Shoreditch Incident|Shoreditch incident]] and was subsequently exterminated by an [[Imperial Dalek]]. Although his death was covered up by the military, Clive began to research. Clive discovered not only the Daleks but also [[the Doctor]]. This began a lifelong project into fully understanding the Doctor and their many incarnations, appearing throughout history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
[[File:The Persistence of Memory.jpg|thumb|left|Clive and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] at [[Loch Ness]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'')]]
In his childhood, Clive was interested in a variety of mysteries, including [[Big Foot]], [[Sasquatch]], the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'', [[Tibetan Yeti|yeti]], the [[Bermuda Triangle]], the [[Loch Ness Monster]], the [[Roswell crash]], and the [[panther]]s of [[Dartmoor]].
On [[24 December]] [[1975]], when Clive was fourteen, he encountered the [[Twelfth Doctor]] at a newsagents and noticed that the Doctor was using coins from [[1987]]. He followed the Doctor back to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and jumped in after him. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor decided to give Clive the gift of a quick trip in time and space. Clive decided that he wanted the Doctor to take him to [[Loch Ness]] in the summer of 1979 to try to find the monster. After an adventure involving a plot by [[The Monk|the Meddling Monk]] to depopulate the Earth and then sell it, the Doctor returned Clive to Christmas Eve. The Doctor used his mental powers to blur Clive's memories of the incident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'')
=== Adult life ===
Clive had a wife, [[Caroline Finch|Caroline]], who he met at [[Durham University]] when his [[UFO]] society and her [[Reclaim the Night Enclave]] groups had both booked the same venue. His group left, but Caroline tracked him down to a [[bar]] where she apologised. They talked together through the night. They later married and had two sons, [[Ben (Rose)|Ben]] and [[Clive's son|Michael]]. By [[2005]], the family were living on [[Juke Street]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[Security Bot (video game)|Security Bot]]'') and Clive was working as an [[estate agent]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
By [[2005]], Clive was maintaining a website, [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]], focused on the mysterious [[the Doctor|Doctor]] who kept appearing throughout recorded history. Some of the hundreds of [[readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|the readers]] of his website that sent in their experiences about the Doctor, addressed Clive directly; [[Josiah Rowe]] offered to find a [[scanner]] so he could send Clive a [[photograph]] and a [[letter]] from [[Josiah Rowe's grandfather|his grandfather]] from the [[First World War]], and [[A. Fergus]] asked if the Doctor was some sort of [[vigilante]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
After [[Rose Tyler]] met the [[Ninth Doctor]], she contacted Clive, and went to visit him for more information. Clive told her that "[[the Doctor (title)|the Doctor]]" was held to be a title handed down from father to son, while he believed that the Doctor was an immortal alien. He showed Rose photographs and drawings of the incarnation she had met, taken at several different points in history. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') He also showed her photos of other figures also known as "the Doctor", before asking her to take him with her to meet the Doctor, causing Rose to make her excuses and leave. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
=== Death ===
Shortly after his meeting with Rose, he and his family were on a shopping trip at [[Queen's Arcade]] when the [[Auton]]s were activated. Clive was amazed to realise that the stories he had heard about the Doctor were true. However, an Auton approached his family and drew its gun on Clive. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') He was then killed by the Auton, while his family fled for their lives screaming. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
At Clive's request, they travelled to Loch Ness in the summer of 1979 to find the Loch Ness Monster and, after an adventure involving a plot by the Monk to depopulate and sell the Earth, the Doctor returned Clive home and blurred his memories of the incident. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory)
Clive went on to investigate his father's death and learn of the Daleks and the Doctor, the latter of whom he made his lifelong mission to fully understand and to solve the mystery of their numerous incarnations across time. (PROSE: Rose)
After Rose Tyler met the Ninth Doctor, she contacted Clive and went to visit him for more information. Clive told her that "the Doctor" was held to be a title handed down from father to son, but he believed that the Doctor was an immortalalien. He showed Rose photographs and drawings of the incarnation she had met, taken at several different points in history. (TV: Rose) He also showed her photographs of other figures also known as "the Doctor" before asking her to take him with her to meet hers, causing Rose to make her excuses and leave. (PROSE: Rose)
Death
Shortly after his meeting with Rose, Clive and his family went on a shopping trip and were in Queen's Arcade when the Autons were activated. Clive was amazed to realise that the stories he had heard about the Doctor were true and was approached by an Auton which drew its gun on him. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, (TV: Rose) and was shot. His family fled for their lives, screaming. (TV: Rose, PROSE: Rose)
If a medium is not mentioned, then this incarnation did not have companions who were original to that medium; it does not mean that this Doctor failed to appear in that medium.
