Theory:Timeline - Jo Grant

This page lists appearances of Jo Grant in the order in which she experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as DocOhoReviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Big Finish forums, The Whoniverse and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Additionally there are statements on the back of Virgin Missing Adventures and many BBC Past Doctor Adventures novels that state between which TV stories the novel takes place between. These can be used to narrow the field, and should be viewed as the only placing for these novels.

Assistant to the Doctor

 * AUDIO: Taken For Granted


 * TV: Terror of the Autons
 * Jo joins UNIT as the Third Doctor's new assistant, just in time for UNIT's first open battle with.


 * AUDIO: The Doll of Death
 * Though the audio's blurb places it between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks, Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting this before The Claws of Axos.


 * PROSE: Dark Intruders


 * PROSE: War in the Abyss


 * PROSE: Hunt to the Death


 * PROSE: Doorway into Nowhere
 * The Master is still trapped on Earth, setting this before The Mind of Evil.


 * PROSE: The Claw


 * PROSE: Saucer of Fate


 * PROSE: The Phaser Aliens


 * AUDIO: Damascus


 * TV: The Mind of Evil


 * PROSE: Deadly Reunion
 * The Master has a working TARDIS, setting this after The Mind of Evil.


 * PROSE: Angel
 * The Doctor is visibly chafing at his confinement to 20th century Earth.


 * PROSE: A Visit to the Cinema

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 * PROSE: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties:
 * The Doctor hasn't seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.


 * TV: The Claws of Axos
 * From a deal with the Master, the Doctor is able to restore his TARDIS back to working order, only to discover the Time Lords have programmed it to always return him to 20th century Earth.


 * PROSE: The Thousand Years of Christmas
 * The Doctor has just discovered that even if he can now depart with the TARDIS, he will be drawn back to Earth, setting this after The Claws of Axos.


 * COMIC: Change of Mind


 * PROSE: The Tip of the Mind
 * The Doctor incorrectly believes that the Time Lords have lifted his exile.


 * AUDIO: The Mega
 * The events of The Claws of Axos are referred to.


 * TV: Colony in Space
 * Jo Grant's first visit to another planet.


 * TV: The Dæmons
 * After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat, the Master is arrested by UNIT.


 * PROSE: Freedom
 * Set after the Master's arrest in The Dæmons.


 * AUDIO: Degrees of Truth
 * Set after The Dæmons, the Freedom Corporation inciden is also mentioned, setting it after Freedom.


 * COMIC: Gemini Plan


 * COMIC: Timebenders


 * PROSE: The Thing from Outer Space


 * AUDIO: Gardeners' Worlds


 * AUDIO: The Magician's Oath
 * Set between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask
 * Set sometime after The Dæmons, and no long before The Face of the Enemy.

Missions in Time

 * TV: Day of the Daleks


 * AUDIO: Horrors of War
 * Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still imprisonsed


 * PROSE: The Monster in the Woods
 * The Doctor refers to the events of Day of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Harvest of Time
 * Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still in prison.


 * PROSE: The Face of the Enemy: Prologue
 * The Doctor and Jo leave for Peladon, setting this during The Curse of Peladon: Episode 1.


 * TV: The Curse of Peladon
 * The Doctor visits Peladon for the first time.


 * PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch
 * The Doctor and Jo have the same outfits they wore in The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Spoilsport


 * PROSE: The Face of the Enemy: Epilogue
 * The Doctor and Jo return to UNIT almost immediately after The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Honest Living
 * Set shortly after The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: The Switching
 * The Master changes the internal configuration of the Doctor's TARDIS, setting this after The Curse of Peladon, and before The Sea Devils, as the Master is sent to Fortress Island.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this before The Sea Devils.


 * TV: The Sea Devils
 * Aided by the Sea Devils, whom the Doctor encounters for the first time, the Master is able to escape his prison sentence on Fortress Island.


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set immediately after The Sea Devils.


 * PROSE: The Seismologist's Story


 * COMIC: Under Pressure
 * Jo fails to recognise the Fourth Doctor, setting this before The Touch of the Nurazh.


 * TV: The Mutants


 * AUDIO: The Other Woman
 * Set after The Mutants, as Jo hasn't been in the TARDIS very often, the Master is free and the Doctor is anticipating being freed from his exile soon.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q"


 * AUDIO: Prisoners of the Lake
 * Authorial intent places this between Day of the Daleks and The Time Monster.


 * AUDIO: Storm of the Horofax
 * The Doctor is still in exile, and refers to the events of Colony in Space and The Mutants. Jo recalls the events of Terror of the Autons and The Claws of Axos.


 * PROSE: The Touch of the Nurazh
 * The events of The Mutants are mentioned.


 * PROSE: Where the Heart Is
 * The Doctor lists his work for the Time Lords, with The Mutants being the last one he mentions. This is also where UNIT acquires the manor house seen in The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: Rags
 * Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, setting this after Day of the Daleks. Likewise, the Doctor confesses that sheep have never filled him with dread before, setting this before Verdigris.


 * TV: The Time Monster


 * PROSE: Morphology
 * A footnote states that this story takes place after The Time Monster.


 * COMIC: Target Practice


 * PROSE: The Suns of Caresh: Prologue
 * The Doctor visits Professor Child's dig.


 * COMIC: Where's the Doctor?
 * The Doctor and Jo attend the coronation of Elizabeth II in Bessie.


 * AUDIO: Tales from the Vault
 * The Doctor investigates a mysterious infantryman's jacket.


 * AUDIO: Primord
 * The Doctor and Liz last met in Sentinels of the New Dawn. Jo and Liz meet for the first time.


 * AUDIO: The Scream of Ghosts


 * PROSE: Jigsaw
 * Set shortly before Verdigris.


 * PROSE: Verdigris
 * Ending leads directly into The Three Doctors.


 * TV: The Three Doctors
 * The Doctor's knowledge of time travel is restored to him as a reward for defeating Omega. However, he doesn't leave immediately, as he needs to fix up the TARDIS further.


 * PROSE: Verdigris: Epilogue
 * The Doctor's exile has just been rescinded.


 * AUDIO: The Scorchies
 * The Scorchies song mentions the Gell guards, setting this after The Three Doctors. The Doctor is still working on the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Hiccup in Time
 * With the TARDIS in his control again, the Doctor rescues Liz from 1539.


 * AUDIO: The Defectors
 * The Doctor is switched with his seventh incarnation by . Jo refers to the crisis of The Three Doctors, and, at the beginning, acts as if she hasn't travelled in the TARDIS yet, setting this shortly after that story.

Travelling in Time and Space

 * PROSE: The Wages of Sin
 * The Doctor goes on his first test flight into the past since his time travel knowledge was returned in The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: Deep Stretch
 * The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, but he still feels uneasy when it is mentioned.


 * AUDIO: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant
 * In the first artificial scenario, the Brigadier refers to the Doctor recently being released from his exile on Earth by the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: The Spear of Destiny
 * The Doctor has had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him recently.


 * PROSE: Losing Track of Time
 * Jo is still new to time travel, but the Doctor has complete control of the TARDIS, setting this after The Three Doctors.


 * COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction
 * The Doctor admits that he now finds comfort in Earth and returns regularly to see his friends there.


 * AUDIO: The Havoc of Empires
 * This is Mike's first trip in the TARDIS, and the Doctor's exile has been rescinded by the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: Come Friendly Bombs...
 * The Doctor can control his TARDIS' flight, and Jo has apparently taken numerous lengthy trips in the TARDIS, setting this after The Three Doctors. This story also demonstrates her awakening social conscience, which leads into The Green Death.


 * PROSE: Listen - The Stars


 * PROSE: Out of the Green Mist


 * COMIC: The Time Thief


 * PROSE: The Fathom Trap
 * The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted.


 * COMIC: Menace of the Molags


 * PROSE: Talons of Terror


 * PROSE: Old Father Saturn


 * PROSE: Galactic Gangster


 * TV: Carnival of Monsters


 * PROSE: The Suns of Caresh
 * The Doctor tries to recalibrate the TARDIS’ navigational system and Jo mentions having accidentally visited Inter Minor in Carnival of Monsters.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One


 * PROSE: The House That Jack Built


 * PROSE: Revenge of the Phantoms


 * COMIC: Dead on Arrival


 * PROSE: Fugitives from Chance


 * COMIC: After the Revolution


 * PROSE: The Battle Within
 * The Doctor and Jo have been travelling in the TARDIS for some time, but Jo is not familiar with the Doctor's trances, setting this before Frontier in Space.


 * AUDIO: The Mists of Time
 * Due to her memory trouble, Jo erroneously thinks this story happens immediately after The Doll of Death, but she later recalls the events of Day of the Daleks. As the TARDIS is free from Earth exile, this story must be set at least after The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: Rock Star
 * Set between Carnival of Monsters and Frontier in Space.


 * PROSE: Lost and Founded
 * Set before Frontier in Space.


 * PROSE: Once upon a Time Machine
 * Set before Frontier in Space.


 * AUDIO: Pop-Up


 * TV: Frontier in Space


 * TV: Planet of the Daleks
 * Set immediately after Frontier in Space. After leaving Spiridon, the Doctor and Jo decide to return to Earth.


 * AUDIO: The Conquest of Far
 * The Doctor and Jo have just left Spiridon, setting this immediately after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Catastrophea
 * Continues immediately on from Planet of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros
 * The Doctor refers to the recent events of Frontier in Space.


 * AUDIO: The Tyrants of Logic
 * The Doctor is still adjusting to his newfound freedom, but speaks hondly of his time in exile. He has promised to get Jo back to Earth and gives her his TARDIS key.


 * AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans
 * The Doctor and Jo discuss the events of The Three Doctors and Carnival of Monsters. The Doctor mentions Lava Worms placing this after The Transcendence of Ephros.


 * PROSE: The Piper
 * The Doctor has recently been to Spiridon, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Nightdreamers
 * Jo is still musing on her romance with Latep from Planet of the Daleks, and begins to think about how her days with the Doctor might be coming to an end.


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!


 * PROSE: Dancing the Code
 * Set a week after Planet of the Daleks and before Speed of Flight.


 * AUDIO: The Hidden Realm
 * Jo is aware of the Doctor regenerative abilities, setting this after The Three Doctors, but the TARDIS is not currently operational, implying that the damage done in Dancing the Code is to blame.


 * PROSE: Dr. Third
 * Jo knows the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Curse of Peledon. Liz is in the same area as the UNIT HQ, and is acquainted with Jo, implying that this is also set after The Wages of Sin.


 * PROSE: Salt of the Earth
 * Jo has pale skin from spending lots of time inside the Doctor's lab.


 * PROSE: Hidden Talent
 * Latep from Planet of the Daleks is mentioned, and Jo has been back on Earth for "a bit."


 * AUDIO: Time Tunnel
 * The events of The Three Doctors are alluded to.


 * AUDIO: Lost in the Wakefield Triangle


 * PROSE: Echoes
 * The Doctor seems able to control the TARDIS, and, although he speaks of Jo in the present tense, she is not traveling with him at the moment. Possibly set before Last of the Gaderene or Speed of Flight, where the Doctor is shown returning to UNIT after taking some solo trips.


 * PROSE: Potential
 * Set before The Green Death. Possibly set before Last of the Gaderene or Speed of Flight, where the Doctor is shown returning to UNIT after taking some solo trips.


 * PROSE: Speed of Flight
 * The Doctor is attempting to take Jo and Mike to Karfel, leading into the Third Doctor's part of Timelash.


 * TV: Timelash
 * Though he does not appear, the Doctor's trip to Karfel is mentioned throughout the episode, and evidence of him and Jo being there is also present.


 * PROSE: The Bad Guy
 * Set immediately after the Third Doctor's part of Timelash.


 * PROSE: /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet


 * AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine
 * Jo refers to when the Doctor went into a coma during Planet of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End
 * The Doctor and Jo briefly encounter an apparition of a Charley Pollard from an alternate timeline.


 * PROSE: Legacy
 * The Doctor and Jo visit Pakha. The Doctor notices for the first time that Jo has grown up a lot since their first meeting.


 * PROSE: Hide and Seek
 * The Doctor notes that Jo is beginning to grow up.


 * PROSE: The Christmas Inversion
 * Mike is displeased to find himself traveling in the TARDIS, suggesting he has already travelled within it. The Doctor tells Jo that she will leave him when she feels the time is right.


 * PROSE: ...And Eternity in an Hour
 * Jo is familiar with the Doctor's trances that make his skin ice-cold, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Jo go back in time to kill a dictator as a baby. However, the Doctor sees his sixth incarnation doing the same, and leaves him to do it.


 * PROSE: Last of the Gaderene
 * This adventure takes place between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Sphinx Lightning


 * PROSE: The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge


 * TV: The Green Death
 * Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor Clifford Jones.

After the Doctor

 * PROSE: Girls' Night In
 * Set in the 90s, this story depicts an alternative meeting between Sarah Jane and Jo than depicted in Death of the the Doctor.


 * PROSE: Genocide
 * Set in the 90s. This story depicts an alternate take on Jo's life with Cliff than depicted in Death of the Doctor.


 * TV: Death of the Doctor
 * An older Jo, now a grandmother, meets Sarah Jane Smith and the Eleventh Doctor in 2010.

Travelling with Iris Wildthyme

 * AUDIO: Find and Replace
 * Meets Iris in December 2010.


 * AUDIO: The Elixir of Doom

Later Life

 * AUDIO: Tidal Wave
 * Jo recalls recently meeting a younger-looking Doctor.


 * AUDIO: United


 * AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant
 * Jo has Thirteen grandchildren, setting this after Death of the Doctor. She is also good friends with Petronella Osgood, setting this after Tidal Wave.

Currently Unplaced

 * AUDIO: Companion Piece
 * Jo is kidnapped by The Nine.


 * AUDIO: The Green Life


 * AUDIO: The Same Face
 * Jo recalls The Three Doctors.