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On one occasion, the Monk discovered an abandoned ship manned by [[Robot|robots]] and full of [[time scoop]] technology. He took the ship to [[Loch Ness]] in [[1979]] with plans to use the time scoop to depopulate the planet and sell it to an alien race. Before doing that, he used the scoop to bring a [[plesiosaurus]] to the loch, increasing the amount of [[Loch Ness Monster]] sightings and attracting attention to the loch. | On one occasion, the Monk discovered an abandoned ship manned by [[Robot|robots]] and full of [[time scoop]] technology. He took the ship to [[Loch Ness]] in [[1979]] with plans to use the time scoop to depopulate the planet and sell it to an alien race. Before doing that, he used the scoop to bring a [[plesiosaurus]] to the loch, increasing the amount of [[Loch Ness Monster]] sightings and attracting attention to the loch. | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clive Finch]] came to the loch to see the monster and discovered the Monk's plan. The Doctor used [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to take control of the ship and had its robots restrain the Monk. The Doctor | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clive Finch]] came to the loch to see the monster and discovered the Monk's plan. The Doctor used [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to take control of the ship and had its robots restrain the Monk. The Doctor found his TARDIS, disguised as a plain white wardrobe, and decided it would be best to let Mortimus go. The Doctor retrieved a [[memory worm]], erased Mortimus' [[knowledge]] of the plan, along with the rest of his short-term memory, and sent him away in his TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'') | ||
==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
This incarnation of the Monk, much like his predecessors, enjoyed meddling with history to suit his own selfish ends. Mortimus, in particular, was considerably more jovial than those that came before him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'') | This incarnation of the Monk, much like his predecessors, enjoyed meddling with history to suit his own selfish ends. Mortimus, in particular, was considerably more jovial than those that came before him, but his schemes lacked any attempt of moral justification. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'') | ||
He deemed the Twelfth Doctor a 'killjoy' whose insistence upon causality was 'naïve and boring'. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'') | |||
==Appearance and clothing== | ==Appearance and clothing== | ||
