Clive traveled through time to join the Real World cast through what experts believe to be a stargate. He came from the Medieval English township called Shropfordshimfinshiretonshire where his entire family had been killed by the plague, which he has as well. Despite his incredible hardships-- being tortured by the overlord is his own time and annoyed by his housemates in ours, his sense of humor and optimism is as infectious as his plague.