Theory:Timeline - Andy Davidson

This page lists appearances of Andy Davidson in the order in which he 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 that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

2005

 * AUDIO: One Rule
 * Andy and Gwen Cooper are members of the Cardiff police force.

2007

 * TV: Everything Changes


 * TV: Day One


 * PROSE: Another Life

2008

 * TV: End of Days
 * Andy meets Jack Harkness for the first time, and is informed of Torchwood.


 * TV: Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang


 * PROSE: Trace Memory
 * Set in 2008.


 * AUDIO: In the Shadows
 * Jack gives Gwen two plane tickets to Paris, setting this shortly before Adam.


 * PROSE: Pack Animals
 * Begins on 31 October and continues into early November. Owen is undead, setting this after A Day in the Death.


 * TV: Adrift
 * Andy asks Gwen to look into the case of Jonah Bevan. He has become interested in joining Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: Corpse Day
 * Representing Torchwood and the police, Andy and Owen Harper work together to investigate a cold case with suspected alien involvement, developing a friendship. Owen knows that people can be taken by the rift, setting this after Adrift.


 * AUDIO: The Hope
 * Owen and Andy are friends, setting this after Corpse Day.


 * AUDIO: The Three Monkeys


 * AUDIO: Gooseberry
 * Owen and Andy are friends, setting this after Corpse Day, though have a falling out that ends their friendship.


 * TV: Exit Wounds


 * AUDIO: Lost Souls


 * PROSE: They Keep Killing Andy
 * 1909 was "nearly one hundred years ago", setting this around 2008.

2009

 * PROSE: I May Be Some Time


 * PROSE: Ashes to Ashes


 * AUDIO: Asylum
 * Andy learns about the true nature of Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive
 * In 2009, Andy goes on a date and attempts to brag about Torchwood.


 * PROSE: We All Go Through
 * Set circa September 2009. Simon Peters feeds Jack and Ianto to the Rift, erasing them from history and creating an alternate timeline where Gwen has been running Torchwood alone for years. Andy Helps Gwen and Rhys invesitgate the recent disappearances in Cardiff.


 * AUDIO: Outbreak
 * Norton comments that Ianto will die soon, setting this shortly before Children of Earth.


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Two


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Three


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five


 * AUDIO: Coffee
 * Andy enters Baps and informs David and Kathy that Ianto died saving the world.


 * PROSE: Long Time Dead
 * Andy has been promoted to Sergeant following the events of Children of Earth: Day Five the previous month.

2011

 * TV: The New World


 * TV: Rendition


 * TV: The Categories of Life


 * TV: Immortal Sins


 * TV: End of the Road


 * TV: The Blood Line


 * AUDIO: Fallout
 * Set after The Blood Line, with Gwen and Rhys still in the United States.


 * AUDIO: Mr Invincible
 * The events of Fallout were weeks ago.


 * PROSE: Exodus Code
 * The Miracle ended a few months ago. Andy recalls the events of Fallout.

2016

 * AUDIO: More Than This


 * AUDIO: Ghost Mission
 * Set in 2016. Almost ten years have passed since Gwen joined Torchwood in Everything Changes, and she has recently started trying to set up operations in Cardiff again. Andy meets Norton Folgate for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Goodbye Piccadilly
 * Andy is brought back to the 1950s by Norton in an attempt to seize control of Torchwood One.

2017 - 2019

 * AUDIO: Love Rat


 * AUDIO: Zero Hour


 * AUDIO: The Empty Hand
 * Andy was implanted with a quantum splice and hypnotised by Helen White to stir up his aggression as part of Ro-Jedda's plan to discredit the police. He shot and killed an unarmed refugee, although he retained no memory of it.


 * AUDIO: Tagged
 * Andy meets Yvonne Hartman for the first time. He is currently being kept at a desk job in the police station due to the events of The Empty Hand.


 * AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn


 * AUDIO: Future Pain
 * Set a few days after Herald of the Dawn.


 * AUDIO: See No Evil
 * Set several weeks after Future Pain.


 * AUDIO: Flight 405
 * Andy recalls the events of Goodbye Piccadilly, and asks Norton about Alejandro, suggesting that they haven’t seen each other in the interim.


 * AUDIO: Hostile Environment


 * AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes
 * The events of The Empty Hand took place "last year".


 * AUDIO: Eye of the Storm


 * AUDIO: A Mother's Son
 * Set around two months after Eye of the Storm. Andy has been appointed director of the Disaster Recovery Committee.


 * AUDIO: Day Zero
 * Jack, Yvonne and God are all arrested by the Disaster Recovery Committee.


 * AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers
 * Set immediately after Day Zero. The Hub is destroyed again, and Torchwood goes on the run from the Committee. Yvonne stays behind and Andy is forced to arrest her.

2020

 * AUDIO: Red Base
 * Andy is on a mission for Torchwood, likely setting this after Thoughts and Prayers.


 * AUDIO: Must-See TV
 * Andy arrives in London to check up on Tania Bell and her mission to keep the Eighth Doctor out of harm's way.


 * AUDIO: Divine Intervention
 * Andy meets the Doctor for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Dead Time
 * The events of Thoughts and Prayers were a few months ago and Torchwood is still inactive.


 * AUDIO: UNIT Dating


 * AUDIO: The Long Way Round


 * AUDIO: Patience
 * Andy visits an alien planet for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Snow


 * AUDIO: What Just Happened?


 * AUDIO: Parasite
 * Andy travels back to the 1950s using a vortex manipulator after picking up a time disturbance relating to Norton on the Torchwood computer. He is "sort-of" working for Torchwood and claims to have a lot of experience with time travel.

2021

 * AUDIO: Ashenden
 * Before he can watch the new James Bond movie, Andy is pulled back in time to the 1950s to assist Norton. Based on real world information, he was most likely taken from Autumn 2021.