Theory talk:Timeline - Class

The Episode 3-4 Gap
To explain; the first three episodes are a simple affair as is Joyride. The last three episodes and Queen of Rhodia are also simple and quite tied together. But everything between that is a bit more difficult.

Most people seem to try to explain some of the issues with fitting the audios into the Nightvisiting to The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did gap by placing them post Brave-ish Heart to avoid any conflict - but this is simply unworkable as a wholesale solution. Dorothea explicitly states to Quill that she'll see her on Monday about getting the Arn out of her head. This means the gap between Brave-ish Heart and The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did is, at best, a period of a week (if BH occurs on a Monday) and, at worst, three days (if occurring on a Friday).

Taking it on at its best, some stories cannot fit that gap (Now You Know... requires an explicit five day gap between its fourth and fifth day of events, Life Experience as it occurs on a Monday and leaves little room for Tanya & Ram to end up in detention, Catfish requires seven days, Everybody Loves Reagan requires five days & then notes that mock exams are on the way...)

There are stories that can fit into this proposed seven days (albeit, rather tightly) - Mock,In Remembrance and Tell Me You Love Me are workable candidates.

I've amended the timeline to bring it more in line with this idea but I'm curious to hear others' thoughts on the matter. JDPManjoume ☎  04:18, August 23, 2020 (UTC)

The Dorothea Ames Gifted debacle
I've looked at the timeline for Class a fair bit since the audios came out, and have been trying to figure out a way best to fit things... I've now added some of my points to this page and reordered as required based on them. But there's one notable sticking point - and Big Finish seemed determined to dodge around it by being very vague - and that's of Dorothea Ames.

I've noted the complexity of the Eps 3-4 gap as is but, however, regardless of how we place stories... there is one notable stumbling point. Gifted makes note of a female headteacher, but doesn't say it is Dorothea. And doesn't make any references to events beyond the first three episodes. I've currently placed it where I have, out of lack of ability to decide.

The story makes no note of the very notable events of Eps 4 & 5. And April and Ram are presented as a not-yet-stable relationship, whereas by the time we reach Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart, their relationship seems a lot more solid. Placing it before would seem like the option, then? Well... Though we never have the headteacher in question featured, it's mentioned that she has confiscated Ram's phone. Thus, it doesn't seem easy to relegate this as pre-Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart at that point, because Ram is noticeably surprised and unaware of her when Dorothea first makes herself known to them. Unless we started speculating without due evidence that it wasn't Dorothea but a different female head - which, of course, we're not going to do here! - then it leaves rather a difficult situation for placing that particular story. JDPManjoume ☎  04:18, August 23, 2020 (UTC)

What She Does Next Will Astound You
Okay, so I know authorial intent sticks the majority of WESDNWAY within that aforementioned gap between Brave-ish Heart and Detained, but I'm struggling to pull out any definite evidence within the story itself to support this. There's also the matter of how to address this story, as various bits of it occur at unknown intervals as the plot builds up. The only definitively placed moment I can find is the three pages set on the day that Mr. Armitage is skinned by the Leaf Dragon. Should we be only finding a place for the majority of the story? And what thoughts do we have on the actual placement of it? JDPManjoume ☎  04:18, August 23, 2020 (UTC)