Theory:Timeline - Second Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Second Doctor in the order in which he experienced them. This timeline is based on observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events in each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is based in part on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as DocOhoReviews, Doc Oho's Book Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Database, Whopix, the 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.

Companions
Time placement of Second Doctor stories has a lot to do with looking at the companions. Any story featuring only Ben Jackson and Polly Wright must take place before TV: The Highlanders; any story featuring Jamie McCrimmon must take place after TV: The Highlanders. Any story with Victoria Waterfield must take place after TV: The Evil of the Daleks and before TV: Fury from the Deep. Any story with Zoe Heriot must be set during or after TV: The Wheel in Space.

Where it gets tricky is when the Second Doctor is with un-televised companions, or with Jamie alone. A lot of these stories are often said to occur during Season 6B, a fan-opined spot on the timeline after the Doctor's trial on Gallifrey in The War Games, as the Second Doctor is not seen regenerating into his third incarnation in that serial. Thus it is possible to imagine, as TV Comic writers and Terrance Dicks did, that the Second Doctor survived for an unspecified period of time after The War Games.

TV Comics placement
The Second Doctor's travels with John and Gillian are very problematic to place in the Doctor's timeline, as they are inexplicably traveling with him by The Extortioner, with no explanation given as to how this relate to their travels with the First Doctor. A possibility emerges, unintentionally, in The Nameless City where the Doctor has not seen the Master in a long time despite being close set to The Dark Path but Jamie doesn't know the Doctors origins, meaning it cannot be set in season 6b. Thus there is a gap during the event of The Dark Path and Nameless City, without Jamie, which is perfectly placed by the John and Gillian travels.

The stories Conundrum and The Land of Happy Endings hypothesise that these adventures are either stories created by The Master of the Land of Fiction or the Doctor's dreams.

A changed man

 * TV: The Tenth Planet
 * The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation.


 * TV: The Power of the Daleks
 * Set immediately after The Tenth Planet, with the Doctor adjusting to his new body as he faces the Daleks on Vulcan.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End
 * Whilst leaving Vulcan, the Doctor, Ben and Polly briefly encounter an apparition of a Charley Pollard from an alternate timeline.


 * COMIC: The Chameleon Factor
 * The Doctor has only just regenerated, and is mourning the loss of his old signet ring.


 * PROSE: Pluto
 * Set almost immediately after The Power of the Daleks, with Ben finally accepting the Doctor's change of appearance.


 * AUDIO: The Curator's Egg
 * The Doctor's memory is still hazy after his regeneration, setting this shortly after The Power of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse
 * Shortly after regenerating, the Doctor meets Lilith on Kirith.


 * PROSE: The Sour Note


 * PROSE: The Dream Masters


 * COMIC: The Tests of Trefus


 * PROSE: The Word of Asiries
 * No explanations are given about the absence of Ben and Polly.


 * PROSE: Only a Matter of Time
 * References are made to the Doctor's recent regeneration.


 * PROSE: Planet of Bones


 * PROSE: When Starlight Grows Cold
 * The Doctor claims this is the first time the TARDIS has ever managed a short hop.


 * COMIC: World Without Night


 * PROSE: H.M.S. TARDIS


 * PROSE: The King of Golden Death


 * AUDIO: Lost and Found


 * PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People
 * Three weeks have passed since The Power of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Murder Game
 * The Doctor creates a temporary sonic device, and resolves to begin work on a permanent version when he gets back to the TARDIS, leading to the creation of the sonic screwdriver.


 * PROSE: Dying in the Sun
 * Ben and Polly are well adjusted to the Second Doctor, setting this shortly before The Highlanders. The Doctor says that he has not been in America for some time, setting this before Wonderland as well.


 * PROSE: The Feast


 * PROSE: Wonderland
 * The Doctor unlocks a door with a prototype sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Murder Game.

A new best friend

 * TV: The Highlanders
 * The Doctor, Ben and Polly meet Jamie McCrimmon, who joins them aboard the TARDIS.


 * TV: The Underwater Menace
 * Set immediately after The Highlanders, with Jamie marvelling at the sight of the TARDIS interior.


 * TV: The Moonbase
 * Set immediately after The Underwater Menace. Ending leads directly into The Macra Terror.


 * COMIC: Prologue: The Second Doctor
 * In an alternate timeline created by Rassilon and the Cybermen, the Doctor is partially converted into a Cyberman during The Moonbase.


 * TV: The Macra Terror


 * PROSE: Something at the Door
 * Ben and Polly are showing Jamie around the inside of the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: Resistance
 * The Doctor has only recently regenerated.


 * AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead


 * AUDIO: The Three Companions: Polly's Story
 * Set between Resistance and The Faceless Ones.


 * PROSE: The Slave War


 * AUDIO: The Forbidden Time


 * AUDIO: The Selachian Gambit
 * Jamie and Ben refer to the events of Resistance.


 * AUDIO: House of Cards
 * Jamie refers to the events of the The Selachian Gambit.


 * COMIC: Card Conundrum


 * AUDIO: The Yes Men
 * The Doctor is trying to return Polly and Ben to 1966, setting this shortly before The Faceless Ones.


 * AUDIO: The Night Witches
 * The Doctor is teaching his companions how to fly the TARDIS, and they recall the events of The Yes Men.


 * AUDIO: The Forsaken


 * AUDIO: The Outliers


 * AUDIO: The Morton Legacy
 * Despite the events of The Feast, Ben and Polly claim this is their first visit to London in their past, suggesting this takes place before The Roundheads.


 * PROSE: The Roundheads
 * Jamie has started to consider the TARDIS to be home, setting this late in his early travels.


 * TV: The Faceless Ones
 * Having landed on the day they left, Ben and Polly decide to remain behind at Gatwick Airport. Ending leads directly into The Evil of the Daleks.

Looking after Victoria

 * TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * After her father dies protecting him from the Daleks, the Doctor takes on the orphaned Victoria Waterfield as a companion.


 * TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * Victoria is introduced to the TARDIS, setting this immediately after The Evil of the Daleks. The Doctor tells her that he is around 450-years-old in Earth terms.


 * AUDIO: Return to Telos
 * Set in an aborted timeline during The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 1, when Jamie and Hayden entered the weapons testing room.


 * PROSE: The Age of Ambition
 * Victoria has not fully accepted her new life aboard the TARDIS. She recalls visiting Telos, setting this shortly after The Tomb of the Cybermen.


 * AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator
 * Victoria is still very new to seeing other time periods. The Doctor also gives Victoria a brief talk regarding the extraordinary nature of her new life as a time traveller, echoing the conversation that they had in The Tomb of the Cybermen.


 * AUDIO: The Way Forwards
 * Victoria has only been travelling with the Doctor for a short time, setting this shortly after The Tomb of the Cybermen.


 * PROSE: Dr. Second
 * The Doctor has not encountered a Yeti before, setting this before The Abominable Snowmen.


 * PROSE: The Lost
 * Jamie tells Victoria he has not yet learned to write.


 * AUDIO: The Story of Extinction
 * Victoria is teaching Jamie to read, starting with letters.


 * PROSE: Lords of the Galaxy


 * PROSE: Follow the Phantoms


 * PROSE: Mastermind of Space


 * PROSE: The Celestial Toyshop


 * PROSE: Valley of Dragons


 * PROSE: Planet from Nowhere


 * COMIC: Atoms Infinite


 * PROSE: Happy as Queeg


 * PROSE: World of Ice


 * PROSE: The Microtron Men


 * PROSE: Death to Mufl


 * COMIC: Freedom by Fire


 * PROSE: Heart of TARDIS
 * The Doctor still feels "new" to his body. Jamie has learned to write in English, albeit not very well.


 * PROSE: Independence Day


 * TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * The Doctor meets Professor Edward Travers and faces the Great Intelligence for the first time at a Tibetan monastery.


 * TV: The Ice Warriors
 * Jamie initially thinks that the TARDIS has only landed further up the Tibetan mountain, setting this immediately after The Abominable Snowmen.

Missions with Jamie

 * AUDIO: The Black Hole
 * The TARDIS console room is still a mess from the previous landing in The Ice Warriors. Meeting another Time Lord called Pavo, the Doctor and Jamie are asked to visit Joinson Dastari, while Victoria decides to remain with Pavo to study graphology. The Doctor is given a Stattenheim remote control.


 * The Doctor and Jamie almost visit the Space Station Camera, but leave immediately upon seeing the Sontarans attacking. (AUDIO: The Black Hole)


 * PROSE: The Time Eater
 * Jamie gets his first look at the Stattenheim remote control, setting this before The Two Doctors. Since Jamie's not described as an adult, and considering the The Two Doctors follows directly on from World Game, with no plausible gap in between, this must occur during The Black Hole.


 * The Doctor and Jamie visit the City of Owls and help out the people of Mackenzie. (AUDIO: The Black Hole)


 * AUDIO: The Black Hole
 * After "a couple of weeks" of adventures, the Doctor and Jamie return for Victoria, and learn that "Pavo" was in disguise. After assisting the real Pavo in foiling the Monk's plan, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria have their memories of the events erased.

Final adventures with Victoria

 * PROSE: The Last Emperor


 * PROSE: Dreams of Empire
 * The Doctor uses his new sonic screwdriver, which he had previously resolved to create in The Murder Game.


 * PROSE: Combat Rock
 * The Doctor refers to the tropical beach as "a welcome change", setting this before The Enemy of the World.


 * PROSE: Face-Painter


 * PROSE: The Farmer's Story


 * PROSE: Saint Nicholas's Bones


 * PROSE: On a Pedestal
 * Authorial intent places this between The Ice Warriors and The Enemy of the World.


 * AUDIO: The Elysian Blade
 * Victoria sees an hallucination of her deceased father for the first time, setting this before Father Figure.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse
 * Set during the very beginning of The Enemy of the World: Episode 1.


 * TV: The Enemy of the World


 * TV: The Web of Fear
 * Set immediately after The Enemy of the World. The Doctor has his first formal encounter with Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.


 * PROSE: The Ambush!
 * Set during The Web of Fear: Episode 2. Depicts the moment the Doctor was introduced to Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart.


 * PROSE: Downtime
 * Continues on from the ending of The Web of Fear: Episode 6.


 * PROSE: Father Figure
 * Set shortly after The Web of Fear, with London still recovering from the Yeti invasion.


 * COMIC: Bringer of Darkness
 * Victoria welcomes a peaceful change from "the horrors of the London Underground", referring to The Web of Fear.


 * AUDIO: The Emperor of Eternity
 * Upon learning that they are near Tibet, Jamie wonders if the TARDIS crew will encounter more of the Yeti from The Abominable Snowman.


 * PROSE: The Cutty Wren
 * The Doctor is testing his new sonic screwdriver, setting this just before Fury from the Deep.


 * AUDIO: Dumb Waiter
 * Set on Earth, shortly before Fury of the Deep.


 * PROSE: Screamager
 * After seeing far too much death in her travels, Victoria privately decides that she will leave the TARDIS soon.


 * PROSE: Twilight of the Gods
 * Victoria has been on the TARDIS for several months now, and starts thinking about leaving.


 * PROSE: The Dark Path
 * Immediately after Twilight of the Gods, the Doctor reunites with an old Time Lord friend, who succumbs to his inner darkness and becomes . Victoria decides that she shall leave the TARDIS at their next stop on Earth. Any story set on Earth where Victoria is considering leaving must take place before this story.


 * AUDIO: Year of the Drex Olympics
 * The Doctor learns Venusian aikido on Venus.


 * PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice
 * Set shortly before Fury from the Deep.


 * TV: Fury from the Deep
 * Having found a surrogate family, Victoria parts with the Doctor and Jamie.

John and Gillian

 * After leaving Jamie in 1967, (COMIC: Invasion of the Quarks) most likely due to their disagreement on Victoria's departure, (TV: The Wheel in Space) the Doctor somehow reunites with his two grandchildren, John and Gillian, and travels with them for a while. (COMIC: The Extortioner)


 * COMIC: The Extortioner


 * COMIC: The Trodos Ambush
 * The Daleks recognise the Doctor from their encounter with him during The Power of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: The Doctor Strikes Back


 * COMIC: The Zombies


 * COMIC: Master of Spiders


 * COMIC: The Exterminator


 * COMIC: Barnabus


 * COMIC: Jungle Adventure


 * COMIC: The Monsters from the Past


 * COMIC: The TARDIS Worshippers


 * COMIC: Space War Two


 * COMIC: Egyptian Escapade


 * COMIC: Attack of the Daleks


 * COMIC: Pursued by the Trods


 * COMIC: The Coming of the Cybermen


 * COMIC: The Faithful Rocket Pack


 * COMIC: Flower Power


 * COMIC: The Witches


 * COMIC: Cyber-Mole


 * COMIC: The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas


 * COMIC: The Cyber Empire


 * COMIC: The Dyrons


 * COMIC: Return of the Witches


 * COMIC: Masquerade


 * COMIC: Dr. Who and the Space Pirates


 * COMIC: Car of the Century


 * COMIC: The Jokers


 * COMIC: The Time Museum


 * COMIC: The Electrodes


 * COMIC: Invasion of the Quarks
 * To protect them from the Quarks, the Doctor enrolls John and Gillian at the University of Zebedee, and then reunites with Jamie by happenstance. The Doctor knows the Quarks by reputation only, setting this before The Dominators.

Travelling with Jamie again

 * All stories that feature Jamie as a young man, and which have the Doctor with little control over the TARDIS, must be set between Invasion of the Quarks and The Wheel in Space.


 * AUDIO: The Last Day at Work
 * Jamie is still affected by Victoria's departure, setting this shortly after Fury of the Deep.


 * PROSE: Twin Piques


 * PROSE: The Nameless City
 * The Doctor knows that the Master hates him, setting this after The Dark Path. It is likely that this takes place after his travels with John and Gillian, to account for why the Doctor hasn't seen the Master for a "long time", while Jamie hasn't been traveling with the Doctor for very long.


 * COMIC: The Killer Wasps


 * COMIC: Ice Cap Terror
 * The Doctor addresses the whole world on television, leading him to be "known on the Earth", as would be referenced in The War Games.


 * PROSE: The Revolutionaries


 * COMIC: Jungle of Doom


 * COMIC: Father Time


 * AUDIO: Seven to One

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 * PROSE: ''[[One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)|One Step Forward, Two Steps


 * COMIC: Martha the Mechanical Housemaid


 * COMIC: Where is the Doctor?
 * The Doctor and Jamie attend the coronation of Elizabeth II.

Zoe joins the duo

 * TV: The Wheel in Space
 * Zoe Heriot hides aboard the TARDIS when it departs the Space Station W3 and joins the Doctor and Jamie in their travels.


 * TV: The Evil of the Daleks: Repeat
 * Set immediately after The Wheel in Space. The Doctor recounts the events of The Evil of the Daleks to Zoe.


 * AUDIO: Fear of the Daleks: Prologue
 * Set immediately after the The Evil of the Daleks repeat.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * Zoe and Jamie are wearing their clothes from The Wheel in Space.


 * PROSE: Undercurrents
 * Zoe experiences uncertainty for the first time in her life, and Jamie notes that it has not been long since she joined the crew of the TARDIS, setting this near the start of her travels.


 * PROSE: Foreign Devils
 * Zoe is more "accustomed to breathing the canned atmosphere of the Space Wheel", setting this shortly after she stowed aboard the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Mercury
 * Zoe is in her clothes from The Wheel in Space, and Jamie worries if the TARDIS is low on mercury again.


 * PROSE: The Colony of Lies
 * Zoe recalls the Cybermen's invasion of the Wheel in The Wheel in Space, but doesn't think of their invasion on 20th-century Earth from The Invasion, implying this takes place before then. She has also yet to meet the Daleks, setting this before Fear of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: Shadow of Death
 * Zoe has only just recently joined the TARDIS crew, while Jamie estimates that he has been travelling with the Doctor for "two or three" years. The Doctor explains to Zoe what the Hostile Action Displacement System is, setting this before The Krotons.


 * AUDIO: Little Doctors
 * Zoe as only recently joined the TARDIS crew, and is wearing her silver cat suit for the first time.


 * PROSE: Outstanding Balance
 * Zoe is wearing her silver cat suit.


 * PROSE: The Indestructible Man
 * Zoe notes that she has only been travelling with the Doctor for a short time, and that her hair has recently been cut into a bob, setting this before The Dominators.


 * AUDIO: Fear of the Daleks


 * AUDIO: The Uncertainty Principle

A busy few weeks

 * TV: The Dominators
 * Ending leads directly into The Mind Robber.


 * TV: The Mind Robber


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Set during The Mind Robber.


 * PROSE: Future Imperfect
 * The TARDIS is still rebuilding itself, setting this immediately after The Mind Robber. The Doctor returns to the Land of Fiction, only to be recruited into the events of The Three Doctors. The transition into his future appears to affect his memory, as he recognises Sergeant Benton from The Invasion, despite that event being in his near future.


 * TV: The Three Doctors


 * TV: The Invasion
 * Set immediately after the TARDIS finishes rebuilding itself after The Mind Robber. The Doctor is reunited with the newly promoted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, and introduced to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. He also meets Corporal Benton for the first time.


 * AUDIO: The Wreck of the World
 * The TARDIS is being repaired after being damaged by its escape from the Land of Fiction.


 * PROSE: Briefly Noted
 * Set sometime after The Three Doctors, with the Doctor replacing his destroyed recorder.


 * AUDIO: Prison in Space
 * Zoe refers to the recent events of The Dominators. Jamie has been travelling with the Doctor for "years now." Zoe's assimilation into the World Federation of Women may account for her sudden wardrobe change in The Krotons.


 * AUDIO: The Rosemariners


 * AUDIO: The Queen of Time


 * AUDIO: The Dying Light
 * Jamie mentions witnessing a volcanic eruption on Dulkis, setting this after The Invasion.


 * AUDIO: The Isos Network
 * Set a few days after The Invasion, with the TARDIS following a Cyber-ship that escaped destruction.


 * TV: The Krotons


 * COMIC: Land of the Blind
 * Jamie and Zoe are wearing their outfits from The Krotons.


 * PROSE: The Avant Guardian
 * The Doctor is repairing the HADS, setting this shortly after The Krotons.


 * AUDIO: The Horror of Hy-Brasil
 * Jamie recalls the events of The Dominators.


 * PROSE: Visiting Hours
 * Set between The Krotons and The Seeds of Death. Zoe is mentioned as having been separated from the Doctor and Jamie.


 * PROSE: Please Shut the Gate
 * Jamie mentions the Ice Warriors, and Zoe doesn't react to it, setting this before she encounters them in The Seeds of Death.


 * AUDIO: The Memory Cheats
 * Set between The Krotons and The Seeds of Death. Jamie plays football for the first time in his life.


 * PROSE: Mirth, or Walking Spirits
 * Set before The Seeds of Death.


 * PROSE: Homework
 * Set shortly before The Seeds of Death.


 * TV: The Seeds of Death


 * PROSE: The Room with All the Doors
 * Before he was in the Multivarium, the Doctor was fighting the Ice Warriors on the Moon with Jamie and Zoe, setting this during The Seeds of Death.


 * AUDIO: The Glorious Revolution
 * James believes the TARDIS hasn't left London due to it landing during the rain, setting this immediately after The Seeds of Death.


 * PROSE: Lepidoptery for Beginners
 * Set shortly after The Seeds of Death.


 * AUDIO: Tales from the Vault
 * The Doctor investigates some mysterious robberies.


 * PROSE:  Prelude First Frontier 
 * Zoe is mentioned to have stayed behind in the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End


 * PROSE: The Final Sanction
 * Set between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates.


 * AUDIO: Echoes of Grey
 * Set between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates.


 * AUDIO: The Apocalypse Mirror


 * PROSE: The Wheel of Ice
 * Last of the Cybermen sets The Wheel of Ice immediately before The Space Pirates.


 * TV: The Space Pirates


 * AUDIO: Last of the Cybermen
 * The Doctor is switched with his sixth incarnation by . This adventure explicitly takes place a few weeks after The Isos Network, and just after The Space Pirates.

Final adventures with Jamie and Zoe

 * PROSE: The Menagerie
 * Jamie recalls the events of The Space Pirates.


 * AUDIO: The Iron Maid


 * PROSE: That Which Went Away


 * PROSE: Goodwill Toward Men
 * Jamie alludes to the events of The Mind Robber.


 * PROSE: The Scruffy Piper
 * The Doctor is traveling with Jamie and Zoe, but makes them stay in the TARDIS upon seeing the armed guards.


 * AUDIO: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish


 * PROSE: A Comedy of Terrors


 * PROSE: The Anti-Hero


 * PROSE: Vortex of Fear
 * The events of The Seeds of Death are mentioned.


 * PROSE: The Dragons of Kekokro


 * PROSE: The Singing Crystals


 * COMIC: The Vampire Plants


 * PROSE: The Mystery of the Marie Celeste


 * PROSE: Grip of Ice


 * PROSE: Man Friday


 * PROSE: Slave of Shran


 * COMIC: Robot King


 * PROSE: Run the Gauntlet


 * PROSE: A Thousand & One Doors


 * PROSE: uPVC
 * Conversation about the vortex suggests that this is set after Vortex of Fear.


 * AUDIO: The Integral
 * Zoe has been travelling with the Doctor and Jamie for a few weeks.


 * PROSE: The True Tragedy of Macbeth


 * AUDIO: A Stain of Red in the Sand


 * PROSE: One Small Step...
 * The Doctor has faced the Krotons, setting this after The Krotons.


 * AUDIO: The Jigsaw War


 * AUDIO: The Five Dimensional Man


 * PROSE: Constant Companion


 * AUDIO: Lords of the Red Planet
 * Zoe has met the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Seeds of Death.


 * PROSE: Aliens and Predators
 * Zoe recalls the events of The Invasion.


 * COMIC: Bazaar Adventures
 * Zoe mentions the T-Mat from The Seeds of Death. She and Jamie are kidnapped Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.


 * COMIC: Endgame
 * The Doctor joins with his other incarnations to rescue Jamie and Zoe from Adam and, and assists the other Doctors in saving their companions as well.


 * PROSE: Favourite Star
 * The Doctor does some exploring on his own while Jamie and Zoe are taking in the sights.


 * AUDIO: The Way of the Empty Hand
 * Set long after Year of the Drex Olympics, with the Venusian aikido skills the Doctor practiced having gone "rusty". Zoe recalls facing Cybermen, Ice Warriors and the Quarks.


 * AUDIO: Second Chances
 * Zoe has encountered the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Seeds of Death.


 * AUDIO: The British Invasion


 * AUDIO: The Tactics of Defeat
 * Zoe mentions the Brigadier, setting this after The Invasion.


 * PROSE: Fallen Angel
 * Foreshadows The War Games.


 * AUDIO: The Edge
 * Jamie tells Provost Curtis that he has encountered Ice Warriors, Robot Yeti, and space pirates.

Trial

 * TV: The War Games (Episode 1–Episode 9)
 * Needing their help to stop the War Lords, the Doctor surrenders his location to the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set during The War Games: Episode 9, just before the Doctor uses the hypercube.


 * PROSE: War Crimes
 * The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are attempting to flee from the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: The Thousand Years of Christmas
 * The Doctor is fleeing from the Time Lords.


 * TV: The War Games (Episode 10)
 * After Jamie and Zoe are returned home with their memories of him wiped, the Doctor stands trial before the Time Lords. His sentence is an exile to Earth in the 20th century and an enforced regeneration.

After the trial

 * PROSE: World Game
 * Follows directly from The War Games, with the Doctor's sentence revoked on the condition that he works as a "hired gun" for the Celestial Intervention Agency, with Serena acting as his companion, though she is killed during their first mission.


 * PROSE: Players
 * Set during World Game, after the Doctor asks to be sent to World War II to see if the soldiers from the War Games have been sent home.


 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * The Doctor visits the Brigadier at a UNIT reunion, though he claims to be "bending" the Laws of Time to do so. The Doctor remembers Jamie and Zoe's memories being wiped during The War Games. He has flecks of grey in his hair.


 * COMIC: Day of the Tune
 * The Doctor has a tint of grey in his hair, setting this near The Five Doctors.


 * PROSE: Mother's Little Helper
 * The Doctor has grey-hair and is travelling alone, setting this shortly before The Two Doctors.


 * PROSE: World Game
 * After taking a few stops along the way, the Doctor returns to the Celestial Intervention Agency, though now sports grey hair brought on by stress. The Doctor bargains to have Jamie returned to him to ensure his silence on Serena's death. Ending leads into The Two Doctors, with a grey-haired Doctor and an older Jamie going to meet Joinson Dastari at the Space Station Camera.

Working with Jamie

 * All stories that feature Jamie as a young adult, and which has the Doctor in control of the TARDIS and able to remember afterwards, must be set during Season 6B.


 * TV: The Two Doctors


 * PROSE: Across Silent Seas
 * Jamie is wearing his clothes from The Two Doctors.


 * AUDIO: Helicon Prime
 * Jamie still believes Victoria to be away on her graphology studies, as he said in The Two Doctors, but the Doctor is using his sonic screwdriver, which he didn't use until Victoria left in Fury from the Deep, thus placing this story in Season 6B.


 * PROSE: All of Beyond
 * Set shortly after Helicon Prime.


 * AUDIO: The Old Rogue
 * The Doctor and Jamie imprison Arkinen on Earth in the hope that he can be rehabilitated. The Fourth Doctor later recalls this incident, thus placing this story in Season 6B.


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Jamie go back in time to kill a dictator as a baby. However, the Doctor is unable to go through with the act.


 * PROSE: The Christmas Presence
 * The Doctor has complete control of the TARDIS, placing this in Season 6B.


 * PROSE: That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress
 * The Doctor and Jamie are explicitly working for the Doctor's people.


 * After these adventures, Jamie is returned to his own time by the CIA, and the Doctor continues his adventures alone. Presumably, his travels with Jamie caused his hair's stress-induced greyness to return to its old black colour.

Working alone

 * PROSE: The Juror's Story


 * PROSE: Lares Domestici


 * PROSE: Daleks Invade Zaos


 * PROSE: Dust
 * The Doctor is wearing the same waistcoat he wore in Daleks Invade Zaos.


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The Doctor helps in the saving of Gallifrey on the last day of the Last Great Time War, and, in the novelisation, has a tea party with his other incarnations in the Under-Gallery as a celebration.


 * COMIC: The Mark of Terror
 * The Doctor encounters the Blenhim and destroys their fleet.


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess


 * PROSE: The Sleeping Beast
 * On Rimba, the Doctor meets the Guerners.


 * PROSE: The Feast of Seven... Eight (and Nine)


 * PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill


 * PROSE: Greenaway


 * PROSE: Blue Road Dance


 * AUDIO: The Piltdown Men


 * TV: The Name of the Doctor


 * COMIC: The Duellists


 * COMIC: Eskimo Joe


 * COMIC: Peril at 60 Fathoms


 * PROSE: The Steward's Story


 * COMIC: The Champion


 * COMIC: The Entertainer


 * COMIC: Operation Wurlitzer


 * PROSE: The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas


 * COMIC: Death Race


 * COMIC: Test Flight


 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * The Doctor recognises, setting this after The Five Doctors.


 * PROSE: Loop the Loup


 * PROSE: Reunion
 * The Doctor is investigating a time distortion, setting this during Season 6B.


 * PROSE: Five Card Draw


 * PROSE: Golem


 * PROSE: Pass It On


 * PROSE: Scientific Adviser
 * Sequel story to The Invasion. The Doctor describes the Brigadier as an "old soldier", setting this after The Five Doctors.

Hiding in luxury

 * Unable to hide behind CIA protection, the Doctor has his sentence of exile to Earth enforced, but he is able to escape before he can be forcibly regenerated.


 * COMIC: Action in Exile
 * Recently exiled, the Doctor takes up residence in the Carlton Grange Hotel in London during the 1960s.


 * COMIC: The Mark of Terror


 * COMIC: The Brotherhood
 * The Doctor claims to be 500-years-old.


 * COMIC: U.F.O.


 * COMIC: The Night Walkers
 * Ensnared by a Time Lord trap, the Doctor is forced to regenerate into his next incarnation by scarecrows animated by the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse
 * Set during the Doctor's regeneration.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until evidence presents itself that provides a clue as to where they happen in relation to other entries. Some of these are part of ongoing storylines that could present evidence towards the end of the plot.