Theory:Timeline - Rose Tyler

This page lists appearances of Rose Tyler 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 that for each novel, comic or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

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 The Whoniverse, Doctor Who Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks databanks and the Big Finish forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Before the Doctor

 * TV: Father's Day
 * On the day of her father's death in 1987, the infant Rose Tyler comes into contact with her future self. Later in her childhood, Rose is told of this day by her mother.


 * PROSE: The Red Bicycle
 * "Santa Claus" anonymously gives her a bicycle, in Christmas, 1998.


 * TV: Army of Ghosts
 * Rose recalls that "nothing at all" happened to her before she met the Doctor.


 * TV: The End of Time
 * Following New Year 2005, Rose is walking home behind her mother when she comes across an apparent drunk in the shadows who predicts that she will have a "really great year".

Adventures with the Ninth Doctor

 * TV: Rose
 * Rose meets the Ninth Doctor and leaves home to join him in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: The Beast of Babylon
 * Takes place at the very end of Rose, Rose is convinced to join the Doctor when he tells her that the TARDIS travels in time.


 * TV: The End of the World
 * Rose takes her first trip in time, going into the future, where she witnesses the Earth come to a natural end. After the ordeal, the Doctor opens up to Rose about the Last Great Time War.


 * TV: The Unquiet Dead
 * Rose takes her first trip into her past. According to the Doctor, Rose is nineteen-years-old.


 * PROSE: Doctor vs Doctor
 * Rose has the same outfit she had between Rose and Aliens of London. The Doctor has the same jumper he wore in The Unquiet Dead.


 * TV:  Aliens of London
 * Returning to the Powell Estate, Rose's mother, Jackie, discovers Rose has been travelling with the Doctor; a full year has passed for her and Mickey, but only a few days have passed for Rose. Ending leads directly into World War Three; Rose and the Doctor face the Slitheen for the first time.


 * TV: World War Three
 * COMIC: The Love Invasion
 * Rose still has her first hairstyle.


 * AUDIO: The Window on the Moor
 * PROSE: The Clockwise Man
 * Rose thinks of Gwyneth from The Unquiet Dead and has travelled with the Doctor for more than a few days, setting this after World War Three.


 * PROSE: The Monsters Inside
 * Rose visits her first alien planet. The Slitheen family are mentioned, setting this after World War Three.


 * PROSE: The Masks of Makassar
 * The Doctor's dreamscape for Rose includes the Powell Estate and Jackie Tyler, setting this after World War Three.


 * PROSE: Winner Takes All
 * Jackie knows about Rose travelling with the Doctor, setting this after World War Three.


 * COMIC: Art Attack
 * Rose now has her second hairstyle.


 * COMIC: Mr Nobody
 * COMIC: The Cruel Sea
 * PROSE: Pitter-Patter
 * Rose is wearing the clothes she wore during Dalek.


 * TV: Dalek
 * Rose has changed her hairstyle. She has her first encounter with a Dalek. On her suggestion, the Doctor lets Adam Mitchell enter the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: The Other Side
 * Follows on from Dalek, leads to The Long Game.


 * TV: The Long Game
 * The Doctor sends Adam back home when he attempts to abuse future knowledge on his first trip.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * Rose accuses the Doctor of not wanting to visit her mother, placing this after World War Three. Captain Jack is mentioned, but the Doctor hasn't heard of him yet, setting this before The Empty Child.


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!
 * The Doctor and Rose visit the Powell Estate, setting this after World War Three.


 * TV: Father's Day
 * The Doctor takes Rose to 1987 to be with her father, Pete Tyler, as he dies, but she tries to change history by saving him, resulting in a brief fallout between the two. They make up when Pete ensures his demise to set history back on track.


 * COMIC: Four Doctors
 * The Doctor is entertaining Rose in a café, most likely placing this after her emotional ordeal in Father's Day.


 * COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit
 * The Doctor mentions the events of Father's Day.


 * AUDIO: Retail Therapy
 * Rose and the Doctor are returning to the Powell Estate from the Moons of Fordice. The Doctor feels that his "old body is wearing a bit".


 * COMIC: Mystery Date
 * Adam returns for revenge on the Doctor by kidnapping Rose, leading directly into Endgame.


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


 * TV: The Empty Child
 * Rose and the Doctor meet rouge Time Agent Jack Harkness while dealing with a plague in 1941 London. Ending leads directly into The Doctor Dances.


 * TV: The Doctor Dances
 * Intending to sacrifice himself to destroy the Empty Child plague, Jack is saved by the Doctor and joins the TARDIS crew.


 * PROSE: The Deviant Strain
 * PROSE: Only Human
 * Jack has not visited Rose's time before.


 * COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction
 * Jack tells the Unon that he has only just met the Doctor and Rose, placing this shortly after The Doctor Dances. The Doctor places his mind up for auction on Fluren's World.


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen
 * The Doctor and Rose bring Jack to the 21st century, placing this after Only Human.


 * COMIC: Hacked
 * Taggani mentions the Doctor putting his mind up for sale during Weapons of Past Destruction.


 * COMIC: Doctormania
 * The Doctor refers to the recent events of Weapons of Past Destruction and Hacked. After dealing with Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen's impersonation of him, the Doctor is called to San Francisco by Mickey Smith, leading directly into The Transformed.


 * COMIC: The Transformed
 * The Doctor helps Mickey deal with a gargoyle mutation caused by a wormhole, but one gargoyle that Rose befriended goes through the wormhole, leading into Official Secrets.


 * COMIC: Official Secrets
 * Tara Mishra joins the TARDIS. Jack finds a picture of himself dressed as a 17th century priest among the UNIT files.


 * COMIC: Slaver's Song
 * Follows on from Official Secrets, with the TARDIS team investigating the painting found in the UNIT files and taking Tara on her first trip back in time. After finding out someone he had executed may still be alive, Jack takes his leave of the TARDIS team.


 * PROSE: The Slist Show Christmas Special!
 * Jack's absence places this after Slaver's Song. Rose is less hostile towards Tara, but she is still considered a recent addition to the team.


 * COMIC: Sin-Eaters
 * The Doctor learns of the Sin-Eaters and frames himself for Tara's alleged murder to go undercover at the Hesguard Institute.


 * COMIC: Slaver's Song: Epilogue
 * The Doctor is arrested by the Judoon for Tara's murder, leading into Sin-Eaters.


 * COMIC: Sin-Eaters
 * COMIC: Secret Agent Man
 * COMIC: The Bidding War
 * Tara stays behind to help on 54th century Nomicae.


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * The Doctor arranges for Jack to collect Tara while he and Rose meet Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint in 1886.


 * TV: Boom Town
 * While reencountering the Margaret Blaine Slitheen, the Doctor's TARDIS severely damages the Cardiff rift. After a fight with Mickey, Rose learns that the heart of the TARDIS can be used to fulfil desires. With Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen regressed back into an egg, the Doctor intends to take her to a hatchery on Raxacoricofallapatorius.


 * PROSE: The Stealers of Dreams
 * Jackie mentions when Mickey took a trip to Cardiff during Boom Town.


 * AUDIO: Night of the Whisper
 * Rose has visited Raxacoricofallapatorius, setting this after Boom Town.
 * In Bad Wolf, the Doctor recalls that they went straight from Raxacoriofallapatorius to Kyoto in 1336. To reconcile this with the preceeding stories, the TARDIS must have visited Raxacoriofallapatorius a second time.


 * COMIC: Return of the Volsci
 * Set immediately before Bad Wolf, with the TARDIS team visiting Kyoto, Japan in 1336.


 * TV: Bad Wolf
 * Being abducted back to Satellite Five, the Doctor discovers that the Daleks somehow survived the Time War and were the ones responsible for delaying the human race's development in The Long Game. Ending leads directly into The Parting of the Ways.


 * TV: The Parting of the Ways
 * Finding that the Dalek Emperor has resurrected the Daleks by converting the human race, the Doctor sends Rose home to protect her from a delta wave he intends to use to kill both the humans and Daleks. Jack and the residents of Satellite Five are all killed by the Daleks. Before the Doctor can be killed, Rose, having used the heart of the TARDIS to absorb the Time Vortex, returns and atomises the Dalek fleet, and restores Jack to life. To save Rose from the power of the vortex, the Doctor absorbs the energy, causing cellular damage to his body, forcing him to regenerate into his next incarnation.

Adventures with the Tenth Doctor

 * TV: Children in Need Special
 * Set immediately after The Parting of the Ways, with the Doctor examining his new body and reassuring Rose that he is still the Doctor, before he suffers spasms brought on by the regeneration process, leading directly into The Christmas Invasion.


 * TV: The Christmas Invasion
 * Recovering from his regeneration trauma, the Doctor repels a Sycorax invasion, losing his hand in a swordfight with the leader. He then deposes Harriet Jones as Prime Minister after she orders the retreating Sycorax ship destroyed.


 * PROSE: The Final Darkness
 * Set during the events of The Christmas Invasion.


 * COMIC: The Betrothal of Sontar


 * PROSE: The Feast of the Drowned
 * The Doctor is still adjusting to his new body, mentioning how he was getting used to his new teeth. Mickey still harbours a small grudge against the Doctor.


 * COMIC: The Lodger
 * Returning to the Powell Estate, the Doctor is forced to lodger with Mickey after he forgets to lock the time settings and the TARDIS jumps a time track without him. Mickey mentions the Doctor's recent regeneration, and the two begin to form a strong friendship.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY32)
 * Rose is admiring a bracelet given to her by Mickey, setting this before School Reunion.


 * TV: New Earth
 * The Doctor and Rose leave the sunny Powell Estate for more adventures, starting with New Earth. After Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 helps him uncover a conspiracy at New New York Hospital, the Doctor learns from the Face of Boe that he will learn a secret message when he meets the Face again. Cassandra alludes to the Doctor's recent regeneration, stating some of his parts are "unused".


 * COMIC: Which Switch?
 * Set before the Doctor gets the in-flight stereo working in Tooth and Claw. Rose is wearing her outfit from New Earth.


 * COMIC: Mirror Image


 * COMIC: Down the Rabbit Hole


 * PROSE: The Stone Rose
 * Rose dreams of the events of New Earth. Jackie alludes to the Doctor's recent regeneration.


 * COMIC: Under the Volcano


 * COMIC: The Germ War


 * COMIC: Warfreekz!


 * PROSE: The Resurrection Casket
 * The Doctor mentions the events of New Earth.


 * TV: Tooth and Claw
 * The Doctor and Rose save Queen Victoria from a werewolf at Torchwood House.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY32)
 * The Doctor and Rose are trying to get to the Galapagos Islands.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY37)


 * AUDIO: Wednesdays For Beginners
 * Following an encounter with dragons, the Doctor and Rose nearly return to London in answer to a call from Jackie in 2007. As Mickey is still around the Powell Estate, this must take place before School Reunion.


 * COMIC: F.A.Q.


 * COMIC: The Futurists


 * COMIC: Interstellar Overdrive


 * PROSE: I am a Dalek
 * This is the Tenth Doctor's first encounter with a Dalek. The Doctor and Rose unsuccessfully attempt to visit the Moon. Rose is aware of her being the Bad Wolf entity, setting this at least after Tooth and Claw.


 * TV: School Reunion
 * The Doctor is reunited with Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark III while investigating the Krillitane at Deffry Vale High School with Rose and Mickey, which results in K9 sacrificing himself and being replaced with a newer model. With some prompting from Sarah Jane, the Doctor accepts Mickey's request to join the TARDIS team.


 * PROSE: A Dog's Life
 * Set during the events of School Reunion, when the Doctor reactivates K9.


 * TV: The Girl in the Fireplace
 * Mickey takes is first trip in the TARDIS, which lands on a 51st century spaceship filled with Clockwork Droids stalking Madame de Pompadour in 18th century France.


 * COMIC: The Green-Eyed Monster


 * TV: Rise of the Cybermen
 * Falling through a crack in time into a parallel universe where her father is a wealthy businessman, Rose and the Doctor sees the rise of the parallel universe's Cybermen. Ending leads directly into The Age of Steel.


 * TV: The Age of Steel
 * The Doctor, Rose and Mickey help the Preachers destroy John Lumic's Cyber-factory, with Pete killing Lumic to avenge his Jackie. Having witnessed the death of his counterpart, Mickey decides to stay and help the Preachers fight the ongoing Cyberman threat.


 * COMIC: Growing Terror
 * The Doctor and Rose learn that the survivors of Platform One are disappearing. Ending leads directly into Hyperstar Rising.


 * COMIC: Hyperstar Rising
 * Ending leads directly into Death Race Five Billion.


 * COMIC: Death Race Five Billion
 * Ending leads directly into The Macrobe Menace.


 * COMIC: The Macrobe Menace
 * Ending leads directly into The Hunt of Doom.


 * COMIC: The Hunt of Doom
 * Ending leads directly into Reunion of Fear.


 * COMIC: Reunion of Fear


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY2 17)
 * Rose is aware of K9, setting this after School Reunion.


 * COMIC: A Delicate Operation


 * COMIC: Blood and Tears


 * PROSE: Cuckoo-Spit


 * PROSE: The Cat Came Back


 * COMIC: Bizarre Zero


 * COMIC: Save the Humans!


 * TV: The Idiot's Lantern


 * PROSE: The Nightmare of Black Island
 * The Doctor mentions the events of New Earth.


 * PROSE: The Hero Factor


 * PROSE: Stamp of Approval
 * Rose mentions meeting Queen Victoria, setting this after Tooth and Claw.


 * PROSE: No Fun at the Fair


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY33)


 * TV: The Impossible Planet
 * The Doctor and Rose are separated from the TARDIS while aboard Sanctuary Base 6 on Krop Tor; a planet orbiting a black hole. The Doctor meets the Ood for the first time. Ending leads directly into The Satan Pit.


 * TV: The Satan Pit
 * Rose is told by the Beast that she will "die in battle so very soon." After the Doctor ensures the Beast's demise, he finds the TARDIS beneath Krop Tor and he and Rose depart.


 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * The Doctor and Rose battle a Hoix, as witnessed by Elton Pope, who the Doctor almost recognises.


 * PROSE: The Art of Destruction
 * The Krillitane are mentioned, placing this after School Reunion. Rose notes that she has "seen enough of hell lately", implying that this is set after The Satan Pit.


 * PROSE: The Price of Paradise
 * The Ood are mentioned, placing this after The Satan Pit. Rose considers The Stone Rose to be a recent happening.


 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * The Doctor and Rose confront Elton Pope after he upsets Jackie, and help him and LINDA kill the Abzorbaloff, at the cost of most of LINDA. However, the Doctor is able to preserve Ursula Blake in the concrete.


 * COMIC: Bat Attack!
 * The Doctor mentions being banished from England by Queen Victoria during Tooth and Claw.


 * COMIC: Triskaidekaphobia


 * COMIC: Smart Bombs


 * COMIC: Pinball Wizard


 * TV: Fear Her
 * The Doctor can feel that "a storm is approaching", foreshadowing Army of Ghosts.


 * GAME: Art Attack
 * Set during the events of Fear Her, when the Doctor is trapped by the Isolus.


 * COMIC: Opera of Doom!


 * PROSE: Gravestone House


 * PROSE: Untitled
 * Rose visits the Moon for the first time, setting this after I am a Dalek.


 * PROSE: No One Died


 * COMIC: Fried Death


 * COMIC: Gangster's Paradise


 * COMIC: A Date to Remember


 * COMIC: The Glutonoid Menace


 * TV: Army of Ghosts
 * Returning home, Rose and the Doctor find the world swept up in the ghost phenomenon which is ultimately revealed to be the start of a Cyberman invasion from the parallel Earth. Ending leads directly into Doomsday as Rose and Mickey face the Cult of Skaro.


 * TV: Doomsday
 * The Doctor and Rose end the Battle of Canary Wharf by banishing the Daleks and the Cybermen to the Void, only for Rose to nearly fall in as well, saved only by Pete's intervention, but permanently trapping her on the parallel world.

After the Doctor

 * Being years ahead of N-Space, Pete's World witnesses the darkness created by the detonation of the Reality bomb prematurely.


 * TV: Partners in Crime
 * Temporarily manifesting in her home world again, Rose comes across Donna Noble while searching for the Doctor.


 * TV: The Poison Sky
 * An image of Rose calling out for the Doctor appears within the TARDIS.


 * TV: Midnight
 * An image of Rose calling out for the Doctor appears while he is occupied within the Crusader 50.


 * TV: Turn Left
 * Working with UNIT in an alternate world created by a Time Beetle attached to Donna, Rose enables her to set history back on the right course, preventing the Doctor from being killed prematurely.


 * TV: The Stolen Earth
 * Rose returns to her home world in time to witness the invasion of Earth by the New Dalek Empire. Her reunion with the Doctor is interrupted when he is shot by a Dalek, forcing him to regenerate. Leads directly into Journey's End.


 * TV: Journey's End
 * Following The Stolen Earth, the Doctor avoids changing by channeling his regeneration energy into his severed hand which, through contact with Donna, is transformed into a biologically human duplicate of the Doctor. After the reality bomb is thwarted and the Daleks defeated, Rose bids farewell to the Doctor again as she returns to Pete's World with Jackie, now with the company of the second Doctor, while Mickey returns to his home Earth.