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[[Dream crab]]s pacified their prey by placing them within a telepathically-induced dream state while consuming their [[brain]]s. They died if their prey escaped their dreams, but could create dreams within dreams to prevent this from happening. The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]], [[Shona McCullough]], [[Ashley Carter]], [[Fiona Bellows]] and [[Albert Smithe]] experienced shared dream states induced by dream crabs, but escaped with the aid of a dream version of [[Santa Claus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'')

The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]], [[Fiona Bellows]], Professor [[Albert Smithe]], [[Shona McCullough]] and [[Ashley Carter]] were trapped in a shared dream by [[dream crab]]s from across time and space. Their minds reacted by bringing them all together at a research station in the [[North Pole]] where the part of their minds that had surrendered were represented by copies of themselves with dream crabs on them and their subconscious fighting back was represented by [[Santa Claus]]. Inside the dream, Clara was put into another dream where she dreamed [[Danny Pink]] was still alive and she was with him until the Doctor entered that dream and convinced her to wake up from it with the help of Danny. In the shared dream, the Doctor convinced the others of the truth using their manuals after figuring out that Santa wasn't real then helped them apparently wake up. However, he later realised they were all still in the dream as there were four people with crabs yet only four instruction manuals and he and Clara had seen Santa before coming. Smithe was killed when he was attacked by his dream crab self, meaning he died in reality, but the Doctor and the others escaped by dreaming Santa flying them home. The symbolism of the group escaping from where they were trapped in the dream allowed them to wake up one by one in the real world, causing the dream crabs to die until only the Doctor and Clara were left. The Doctor believed he woke up but ended up in another dream which represented his regrets regarding Clara as he dreamed he came back sixty-two years late before another appearance by Santa caused him to realise the truth and wake up for real. As Clara didn't want to wake up on her own, the Doctor removed the dream crab from her and, remembering his dream, invited her to rejoin him as a [[companion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'')