Theory:Timeline - Third Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Third Doctor 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, 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, Doc Oho's Book Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Whopix, 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.

Limiting factors
Any stories involving the Doctor travelling around several destinations in his TARDIS should take place following TV: The Three Doctors, prior to this he is limited to travels "on assignment" for the Time Lords. Any limited trip with Jo Grant must take place after TV: Colony in Space.

Any story where he is not on assignment but travelling freely with Jo must take place after TV: The Three Doctors and before TV: The Green Death. Any story with Sarah Jane Smith must take place after TV: The Time Warrior and before TV: Planet of the Spiders.

Timeline

 * Previous page: Second Doctor

UNIT career begins

 * The Second Doctor is captured by the Time Lords and put on trial, where he is sentenced to an exile on Earth in the 20th century and an forced regeneration. (TV: The War Games) However, he is able to stay the execution for a time, (PROSE: World Game) and manages to be exiled without regenerating. (COMIC: Action in Exile)


 * COMIC: The Night Walkers
 * The Time Lords are able to find and trap the Second Doctor, executing him with animated scarecrows that also set his TARDIS to dematerialise somewhere in the 20th century, as the Doctor's regeneration begins to conclude.


 * TV: Spearhead from Space
 * The Doctor completes his regeneration from his previous incarnation, but falls into a coma after his TARDIS lands in Oxley Woods. Upon awakening, he assists UNIT in combating the Nestene Consciousness's Auton invasion and is asked by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart to become UNIT's scientific advisor with Dr. Liz Shaw, and he accepts in return for a car and the proper facilities to repair his TARDIS in.


 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * The Brigadier unveils the promised car to the Doctor, who names her Bessie and begins work on refurbishment. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)


 * COMIC: The Arkwood Experiments


 * COMIC: The Multi-Mobile


 * COMIC: Insect


 * PROSE: The Mind Extractors


 * PROSE: The Ghouls of Grestonspey


 * PROSE: Caught in the Web
 * Liz is examining the leftovers of the Auton invasion, setting this shortly after Spearhead from Space.


 * PROSE: Invaders Invisible
 * The Doctor has not yet had an adventure on Earth without the Brigadier since his exile began.


 * PROSE: The Dark Planet


 * PROSE: Caverns of Horror


 * PROSE: A Universe Called Fred


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * The Doctor and Liz go to Stegmoor to investigate reports of a crashed Voord spaceship, but find nothing. (AUDIO: Beachhead)


 * AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones
 * RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain. The Doctor uses Venusian aikido for the first time in his third incarnation, setting this before Landbound.


 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * Shortly before his first encounter with the Silurians, the Doctor hooks Bessie up to the TARDIS during his repairs, unintentionally bestowing consciousness and reasoning to Bessie in the process. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)


 * TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * The Doctor finishes tinkering with Bessie, including adding the number plate WHO 1, and takes the car for its first test drive, despite Liz's disbelief in its capabilities on the road, setting this before any story where Liz sees the Doctor driving Bessie. The Doctor encounters the Silurians for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city at Wenley Moor destroyed on the Brigadier's orders after a young Silurian release a Silurian virus on humanity.

After the Wenley Moor massacre

 * ( SEGMENT )
 * Immediately after seeing the Silurian city destroyed, the Doctor leaves UNIT. After Bessie runs out of petrol, the Doctor saves Captain Ronald Henderson from attackers, and, learning of the loss of Henderson's ship, decides to return to UNIT. (AUDIO: Landbound)


 * AUDIO: Shadow of the Past
 * Set between The Silurians and Ambassadors of Death. The Doctor is still unhappy about the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz mentions Captain Yates, setting this after Vengeance of the Stones.


 * AUDIO: Old Soldiers
 * Set a few weeks after Doctor Who and the Silurians.

Working on the control console

 * TV: The Ambassadors of Death
 * The Doctor is still upset with the Brigadier for the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. The Doctor has removed the control console from the TARDIS control room and set it up in his UNIT lab in order to get it working again. Corporal John Benton has been promoted to Sergeant.


 * AUDIO: The Unzal Incursion
 * The Doctor and Liz recall the recent events of Doctor Who and the Silurians, which the Doctor is still resentful towards the Brigadier for. Sergeant Nicola Attah is seconded into UNIT to replace the recently promoted Sergeant Benton. The Doctor moves the TARDIS console from the lab to the garage, setting this between The Ambassadors of Death and Inferno.


 * PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas
 * Set around the Christmas period. Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites in Terror of the Autons as her reason for leaving. The TARDIS console has also been removed from within the ship, as it was in The Ambassadors of Death.


 * AUDIO: The Christmas Dimension
 * Set on Christmas Day.


 * PROSE: Prelude White Darkness
 * The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.


 * AUDIO: The Last Post
 * Concludes shortly before Inferno.


 * TV: Inferno
 * In an attempt to get his TARDIS working, the Doctor is transported to a different dimension, where the Earth is destroyed as a result of the Inferno Project. Returning to his own dimension before the destruction, the Doctor is able to prevent the Inferno Project from destroying his Earth.


 * PROSE: Still Lives
 * Set immediately after Inferno.


 * PROSE: The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back
 * The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind. He has been working with UNIT for "months" and the Brigadier has warned Liz about her tone before, suggesting a setting after Inferno. The TARDIS console is still disconnected from the control room.


 * AUDIO: The Annihilators
 * Despite being advertised as being set "slap bang in the middle of Season 7". the Doctor manages to reinstall the TARDIS console into the control room after removing it in The Ambassadors of Death. However, after fighting off an alien invasion with the Second Doctor, the timeline is reset and the Third Doctor is unsuccessful in reinstalling the console, setting this before Rivers of Light.


 * AUDIO: Rivers of Light
 * The Doctor returns to UNIT after hunting for Sensorites across Europe for several months. River Song has been acting as UNIT's scientific advisor in the meantime and has reinstalled the TARDIS console, setting this between Inferno and Terror of the Autons.

Continued work with Liz

 * COMIC: The Metal Eaters
 * The Doctor drives Bessie, setting this after Doctor Who and the Silurians.


 * COMIC: The Fishmen of Carpantha


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time


 * AUDIO: Blue Boxes
 * The events of The Ambassadors of Death are referred to.


 * AUDIO: Walls of Confinement
 * This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.


 * COMIC: Assassin from Space


 * COMIC: Undercover


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus


 * AUDIO: The Blame Game
 * It has been "months" since Spearhead from Space, and also mentions the events of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz has heard the Doctor's TARDIS materialise before, setting this after Inferno.


 * AUDIO: A Home From Home
 * Six months have passed since Spearhead from Space.


 * PROSE: Soldiers from Zolta
 * It is summer.


 * PROSE: The Science of Magic

Liz's last days with UNIT

 * PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune
 * Set between Inferno and Terror of the Autons, according to the back cover. Liz volunteers for a mission to Cambridge for a few days, as an opportunity to catch up with old friends. She claims that she is "always on the verge of leaving UNIT".


 * AUDIO: The Blue Tooth
 * An older Liz recalls that the experience with the Cybermen was one of many factors that lead to her decision to leave UNIT.


 * AUDIO: Binary
 * Liz openly states her intention to eventually leave UNIT.


 * PROSE: The Eye of the Giant
 * Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno. The TARDIS console is still disconnected.


 * PROSE: The Scales of Injustice
 * Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory. Yates recalls the recent events of The Eye of the Giant, which was the first time he had worked closely with the Doctor. Despite the events of Rivers of Light, the Doctor reinstalls the TARDIS console.


 * PROSE: Country of the Blind
 * According to this account, Liz is offered a position working at CERN and decides to tell the Doctor about the opportunity. However, after he reacts badly to the news, she decides that she must put her career first, and immediately leaves UNIT without saying goodbye to him.


 * PROSE: Reconnaissance
 * hypnotises Liz into wanting to leave UNIT and return to Cambridge University.


 * PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun
 * Set one month after the events of Inferno and immediately after Liz's farewell party. The Doctor is aware that Liz is leaving UNIT, which she believes he found out from the Brigadier. The Time Lords send the Doctor on a mission to stop Liz from becoming a dictator in the future, and then decide to release the Master from Shada in order to keep the Doctor busy.


 * PROSE: Hiccup in Time
 * One of the Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS sends Liz back in time to 1539. She is rescued and returned by the Doctor's future self, but is forced to return to Cambridge a day earlier than planned and avoid saying goodbye to the Doctor in order to fulfil the destiny trap.

Working without an assistant

 * AUDIO: The Rings of Ikiria
 * Set between Inferno and Terror of the Autons.


 * COMIC: Castaway


 * COMIC: Levitation


 * PROSE: Danse Macabre
 * With no travelling companion, the Doctor meets Horatio Nelson, whom he refers to as a personal friend in The Sea Devils.


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Robot


 * COMIC: Trial of Fire


 * COMIC: The Kingdom Builders


 * AUDIO: Taken For Granted
 * Set shortly before Terror of the Autons. The Doctor reprimands Sergeant Benton outside Jack Canning's office when he sees Benton dressed up like him.

Battles with the Master

 * TV: Terror of the Autons
 * The Doctor has been moved to a new laboratory. Jo Grant joins UNIT as the Doctor's new assistant, just in time for UNIT's first open battle with . The Doctor steals the dematerialisation circuit from the Master's TARDIS, stranding his old enemy on Earth with him after his failed alliance with the Nestene Consciousness forces him to flee.


 * COMIC: The Master Plan: Issue #4
 * Set during Terror of the Autons: Episode 2.


 * AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn
 * Months have passed for Liz since she left UNIT, and the Doctor now has a new assistant, setting this shortly after Terror of the Autons.


 * AUDIO: The Doll of Death
 * Though the audio's blurb places this 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.


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen Prologue: The Third Doctor
 * In an alternate timeline created by Rassilon and the Cybermen, the Doctor senses a time distortion during a brawl with the Master.


 * 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
 * The events of Inferno were "some time ago". While using the Keller Machine to interfere with the First World Peace Conference, the Master manages to reclaim his dematerialisation circuit from the Doctor and promptly leaves Earth in his TARDIS, stopping only to give the Doctor a taunting phone call. Benton hears the Master's voice for the first time.


 * 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.


 * AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant
 * Set during Jo's first year at UNIT. The Doctor doesn't have the TARDIS working yet, and UNIT considers the Master a threat to Earth safety, setting this between Terror of the Autons and The Claws of Axos.


 * TV: The Claws of Axos
 * The Doctor and UNIT face Axos at the Nuton Power Complex after the Master directs them to Earth to escape from them, forcing the two Time Lords to team up to trap Axos in a time loop, though the Master gets away in time. By tricking the Master into fixing it, as well as Axos unlocking the correct equations in his mind, the Doctor is able to restore his TARDIS back to working order, only to discover that the Time Lords had pre-programmed it to always return him to 20th century Earth in case he managed to escape his exile, turning him into a "galactic yo-yo".


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


 * PROSE: The Steward's Story


 * PROSE: The Tip of the Mind
 * The Doctor incorrectly believes that the Time Lords have lifted his exile, setting this between The Claws of Axos and Colony in Space.


 * AUDIO: The Mega
 * The Mega received advice from the Master, setting this after he got his TARDIS working in The Mind of Evil. The Nuton Power Complex is referenced, setting this after The Claws of Axos.


 * TV: Colony in Space
 * The UNIT HQ laboratory has been relocated to a smaller room. Jo sees inside the TARDIS for the first time when the Doctor is assigned a mission to 2472 Uxarieus by the Time Lords to keep the Master from harnessing the Doomsday Weapon, while also helping some colonists in their struggle against the Interplanetary Mining Corporation. After the Master is forced to retreat empty handed, the Time Lords return the Doctor and Jo to UNIT HQ the moment after they left.


 * TV: The Dæmons
 * Set primarily on 1 May. Drawn to Devil's End by news of a dig during Beltane, the Doctor, Jo and the UNIT team find the Master trying to strike an alliance with the Dæmon Azal. With help from the White Witch Olive Hawthorne, the Doctor and Jo are able to destroy Azal. With his plan foiled, the Master fails to escape and is finally arrested by UNIT.


 * PROSE: Bert the Landlord
 * Set during The Dæmons: Episode 4.

After the Master's arrest

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


 * PROSE: Court Hearing – Top Secret and Confidential
 * The Doctor attends the Master's trial, where he is tricked into acknowledging his intelligence in front of the world leaders, allowing the Master to talk his way out of the death sentence by showing his usefulness as a living prisoner.


 * AUDIO: Still Life
 * The TARDIS is not in working order, setting this before The Three Doctors. Jo is absent from UNIT for several weeks due to the effects of the Time Keeper.


 * COMIC: Gemini Plan


 * COMIC: Timebenders


 * PROSE: The Thing from Outer Space


 * AUDIO: Degrees of Truth
 * The events of Freedom are mentioned.


 * PROSE: The Flower Sour


 * Jo returns to UNIT. Shortly afterwards, her father passes away. (AUDIO: Still Life)


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


 * AUDIO: Gardeners' Worlds

Missions in time

 * TV: Day of the Daleks
 * Set around 13 September. Before she is correct by the Doctor, Jo was under the impression that the TARDIS had been in working order since the events of Colony in Space, but the Doctor confirms that he still does not have full control over it. The TARDIS control console has been removed from the control room again, and the Doctor is working in yet another laboratory. Jo encounters the Daleks and the Ogrons for the first time when they try to disrupt the Second World Peace Conference to ensure the the 22nd century Dalek invasion, but the Doctor is able to break the time loop and stop them.


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Set during Day of the Daleks: Episode 1.


 * The Doctor meets journalist James Stevens. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)


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


 * PROSE: Harvest of Time
 * Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still in prison. The Brigadier mentions the Daleks, setting this after Day of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask
 * Set sometime after The Dæmons, and not long before The Face of the Enemy, as the Master is being held in Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre.


 * 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 while taking the TARDIS on its first test run since he "got it working again". Jo encounters the Ice Warriors for the first time.


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


 * 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: Spoilsport
 * The Doctor recalls the events of 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 shortly before The Sea Devils.


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


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


 * AUDIO: Find and Replace
 * Set after The Sea Devils, as the Doctor is making a device to track the Master, which he completes in The Time Monster. Jo has encountered the Daleks, setting this after Day of the Daleks.


 * The Doctor, Jo and the Brigadier corner the Master in the Tower of London during his attempt to steal the British Crown Jewels. (AUDIO: Masterful)


 * 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.


 * PROSE: The Touch of the Nurazh
 * The events of The Mutants are mentioned. The Doctor briefly regenerates into his fourth incarnation, but the regeneration is aborted due to the Nurazh's interference.


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


 * AUDIO: Primord
 * Jo recalls the events of The Sea Devils. Jo and Liz meet for the first time, and the Doctor and Liz last saw each other in The Sentinels of the New Dawn.


 * COMIC: Change of Mind
 * The Doctor and Liz spend some time together and reference her departure from UNIT.


 * 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, setting this after Primord.


 * AUDIO: The Scream of Ghosts
 * Jo recalls her recent encounter with Liz, setting this shortly after Primord.


 * COMIC: The Master Plan: Issue #1
 * Still in his exile, the Doctor uses a previously unseen TARDIS control console to contact the Stormcage Containment Facility to get an update on the Master. He recalls the events of Colony in Space.


 * PROSE: Where the Heart Is
 * Set three years after Spearhead from Space. 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: The Monster in the Woods
 * The Doctor refers to the events of Day of the Daleks. UNIT are using Doc Dantalion's manor house as their headquarters, setting this after Where the Heart Is.


 * AUDIO: Poison of the Daleks
 * The Doctor mentions Peladon, setting this after The Curse of Peladon.


 * AUDIO: Operation: Hellfire
 * Jo has faced the Ogrons before, setting this after Day of the Daleks. The Doctor's TARDIS is still limited in its capabilities, and the Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords, setting this before The Three Doctors.


 * TV: The Time Monster
 * Jo comments on the TARDIS's new interior design, which the Doctor dismisses as a "redecoration".


 * PROSE: Morphology
 * According to an attached footnote, this is set after The Time Monster, with the Doctor recalling how the TARDIS "took a bit of a tumble during [his] recent battle against the Master."


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * The Doctor is using the control room from The Time Monster.


 * COMIC: Target Practice


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


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


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


 * WC: Doctors Assemble!
 * The Doctor doesn't have use of his TARDIS, setting this before The Three Doctors. He recognises his next incarnation on sight due to his "teeth and curls", setting this after The Touch of the Nurazh.


 * WC: U.N.I.T. On Call
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Day of the Daleks. He has not heard the phrase "timey wimey" before, setting this before The Heralds of Destruction as well. Jo also implies that she's been travelling with the Doctor for a while.


 * PROSE: Jigsaw
 * Set shortly before Verdigris.


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

Working on the TARDIS

 * 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
 * Set directly after The Three Doctors, with the Doctor's exile having just been rescinded. He plugs in his new dematerialisation circuit, and takes Jo to meet Iris and Tom for drinks.


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


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


 * AUDIO: The Hidden Realm
 * Jo is aware of the Doctor's regenerative abilities, setting this after The Three Doctors, but the TARDIS is not currently operational, suggesting this occurs before the Doctor completes his repairs and begins travelling with Jo.


 * COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction
 * The Doctor admits to Jo that he has come to find comfort in Earth since his exile was lifted, and that the reason he hasn't left entirely is because of his friends there. However, after defeating Ramón Salamander, he decides that it is finally time he resumed his travels again, and invites Jo to join him. Some of his abilities that were previously blocked by the Time Lords are still returning, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

Newfound freedoms

 * 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, taking Liz and Jo with him.


 * 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, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors. The Doctor takes a solo test flight in the TARDIS.


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


 * With his TARDIS working again after being restored to working order by the Time Lords, the Doctor visits Captain Henderson, months after their last meeting, to take him back to witness the loss of his ship. (AUDIO: Landbound)


 * AUDIO: The Mists of Time
 * Jo recalls that the events of this story occurred "sometime after" the events of The Doll of Death, and also recalls the events of Day of the Daleks. The Doctor, freed from his exile, takes the TARDIS on a test flight, suggesting a setting shortly after The Three Doctors, which, according to Jo, they do not immediately return home from.


 * NOTVALID: The Orphans of the Polyoptra
 * The Doctor has only recently been freed from his exile, and Jo mentions that they are taking the TARDIS for a "test drive", setting this shortly after The Three Doctors. The Doctor was aiming for the Acteon Galaxy, the home galaxy of Metebelis III.


 * TV: Carnival of Monsters
 * Setting off from Earth, the Doctor and Jo attempt to visit Metebelis III, but arrive on Inter Minor instead, where they are trapped in a Miniscope. Jo is sceptical of the Doctor's ability to pilot the TARDIS, with the novelisation stating that the Doctor and Jo are taking the TARDIS for a test flight shortly after the events of The Three Doctors.


 * AUDIO: Peepshow
 * Set during the epilogue of Carnival of Monsters. The Doctor is approached by River Song, who tells him he is "about to have his hearts broken", referring to Jo's upcoming departure from his company in 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, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * COMIC: Menace of the Molags


 * PROSE: Talons of Terror


 * PROSE: Old Father Saturn


 * PROSE: Galactic Gangster


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


 * PROSE: The Spear of Destiny
 * The Doctor has had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him recently, and his exile is still a sore subject of conversation for him, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * 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.


 * PROSE: Come Friendly Bombs...
 * The Doctor can control his TARDIS' flight, and Jo has apparently taken numerous lengthy trips in the TARDIS. The Doctor attempts to take Jo on a "proving trip" to a destination of her choice, suggesting a setting shortly after The Three Doctors. This story also demonstrates her awakening social conscience from The Green Death.


 * 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 traveling in the TARDIS for some time, but Jo is not familiar with the Doctor's trances, setting this before Frontier in Space.


 * 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: The Suns of Caresh
 * The Doctor and Jo are still aiming for Metebelis III. The Doctor tries to recalibrate the TARDIS' navigational system, and Jo mentions the events of Carnival of Monsters.


 * PROSE: Rock Star
 * According to a note in the About the Authors section of the Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership anthology, this is set between Carnival of Monsters and Frontier in Space,


 * AUDIO: Pop-Up
 * Jo sees the TARDIS food machine for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One


 * AUDIO: The Same Face
 * Jo recalls the events of The Three Doctors.


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The Doctor is currently travelling with Jo. (DWM 475) He 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.

Returning to Earth

 * TV: Frontier in Space
 * The Doctor and Jo are still wearing their clothes from Carnival of Monsters, and were aiming for Earth before having to make an emergency landing on a spaceship following a near-collision.


 * TV: Planet of the Daleks
 * Set immediately after Frontier in Space. After leaving Spiridon, Jo asks the Doctor to take them back to Earth.


 * AUDIO: The Conquest of Far
 * The Doctor and Jo have just left Spiridon, setting this immediately after Planet of the Daleks. Jo asks the Doctor if the TARDIS is always "going to go wrong" and arrive at the wrong destination, suggesting she is still new to travelling in the TARDIS without the Time Lords in control of it. After defeating the Daleks on Far, the Doctor and Jo resolve to return to Earth once more.


 * PROSE: Catastrophea
 * The Doctor and Jo have just left Spiridon, setting this immediately after Planet of the Daleks. The Doctor realises that Jo has matured since they first met, and expects that she will leave him soon. Following an adventure on Catastrophea, the Doctor sets a course for Earth.


 * 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. The Doctor and Jo appear to have abandoned their plans to return to Earth as they are now aiming for Metebelis III again.


 * AUDIO: The Tyrants of Logic
 * The Doctor is still adjusting to his newfound freedom, but speaks fondly of his time in exile. He has promised to get Jo back to Earth and gives her his TARDIS key, setting this shortly after Planet of the Daleks.

Back on Earth

 * PROSE: Dancing the Code
 * Set the week after Planet of the Daleks. The Doctor and Jo have spent the past few weeks trying and failing to get to Metebelis III.


 * PROSE: The Piper
 * The Doctor and Jo have recently returned to UNIT from Spiridon, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


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


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

Coming and going again

 * 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: Speed of Flight
 * According to the back cover, this is set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death. The Doctor is attempting to take Jo and Mike to Karfel for a date after Mike expressed interest in TARDIS travel during Dancing the Code, which is still fresh in both Mike and Jo's minds. Jo is beginning to grow unsure whether she wants to travel with the Doctor anymore.


 * The Doctor, Jo and Mike take a trip to Karfel, where they prevent the experiments of a scientist named Megelen on a local life form called Morloxes. (TV: Timelash)


 * PROSE: The Bad Guy
 * Jo lost her locket on their previous trip, suggesting a setting immediately after their visit to Karfel.


 * AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine
 * Jo refers to the events of Planet of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Havoc of Empires
 * The Doctor's exile has been rescinded recently by the Time Lords. Jo and Mike plan to take trips into history for their dates, and Mike has accompanied the Doctor and Jo to other planets before, setting this after Speed of Flight, but is treating time travel as a new experience.


 * AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Frontier in Space, and gave the TARDIS navigation systems an overhaul "a few days ago". Jo is becoming fed up with all her and the Doctor's trips in the TARDIS going wrong and putting them in danger.


 * AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans
 * The Doctor mentions Lava Worms, setting this after The Transcendence of Ephros.


 * AUDIO: Conspiracy in Space
 * The Doctor and Jo return to Draconia, setting this after Frontier in Space. They leave UNIT HQ at the beginning of the story, setting this after The Tyrants of Logic.


 * PROSE: The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge
 * Jo mentions her ability to resist Time Lord hypnosis, which she first demonstrated during Frontier in Space.


 * 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: Last of the Gaderene
 * Set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death, according to the book's back cover. Jo recalls the Doctor's various attempts to take her to Metebelis III.


 * 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: /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!


 * PROSE: Lost and Founded


 * PROSE: Once upon a Time Machine


 * AUDIO: Lost in the Wakefield Triangle


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


 * AUDIO: Waiting for Gadot
 * The Doctor and Jo visit the planet Erindra.


 * AUDIO: Time Tunnel
 * Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: Sphinx Lightning

Final adventures with Jo

 * 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: The Clean Air Act
 * Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after Come Friendly Bombs... and shortly before The Green Death.


 * TV: The Green Death
 * Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor Clifford Jones. In the novelisation, the Doctor implies that he is 725-years-old.


 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * Set during The Green Death: Episode 1, after the Doctor leaves Metebelis III and before he returns to UNIT, as the Doctor still has the Metebelis crystal in his possession.

Travelling alone

 * PROSE: She Knew
 * The Doctor is at a pub near Llanfairfach reflecting on Jo’s departure, setting this immediately after The Green Death.


 * PROSE: Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna
 * Jo has just recently left the Doctor, setting this shortly after The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon
 * The Doctor still misses Jo after she left in The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Landbound
 * The Doctor refers to Jo leaving him, setting this shortly after The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Council of War
 * Benton refers to the events of The Green Death.


 * After spending years inventing a device to save Jo from the time distortion, the Doctor travels to the 2010s and leaves the device with Petronella Osgood, along with a farewell letter for Jo. (AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant)


 * AUDIO: Terror of the Master
 * The Doctor is still saddened by Jo's recent departure, setting this shortly after The Green Death. He has begun work on the Whomobile, but it is not yet ready for use.

Solo actions

 * COMIC: The Vogan Slaves


 * COMIC: The Celluloid Midas


 * COMIC: Backtime


 * COMIC: The Eternal Present


 * PROSE: And Now for My Next Trick...


 * COMIC: *Sub Zero


 * COMIC: The Planet of the Daleks
 * Set directly after *Sub Zero.


 * COMIC: The Plant Master


 * COMIC: Ride to Nowhere


 * COMIC: The Hungry Planet


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time


 * COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere


 * COMIC: The Ugrakks


 * COMIC: Steelfist


 * COMIC: Zeron Invasion


 * PROSE: Countdown to TV Action
 * Set between Zeron Invasion and Deadly Choice.


 * COMIC: Deadly Choice


 * COMIC: Who is the Stranger


 * COMIC: The Glen of Sleeping


 * COMIC: The Threat from Beneath


 * COMIC: Back to the Sun


 * COMIC: Fogbound


 * PROSE: Smash Hit


 * COMIC: Secret of the Tower


 * COMIC: The Labyrinth


 * COMIC: The Spoilers


 * PROSE: The One Second Hour


 * COMIC: The Vortex


 * COMIC: The Unheard Voice

Temporary companions

 * COMIC: Children of the Evil Eye
 * On a mission for the Time Lords, the Doctor is taken prisoner on 32nd century Earth, and assisted in his escape by a young boy named Arnold. After overthrowing the young tyrant, Oswald, the Doctor invites Arnold to travel with him as he takes Oswald away from the vengeful Earth citizens.


 * COMIC: Nova
 * Follows directly on from Children of the Evil Eye, with the Doctor and Arnold leaving Oswald on another planet as his punishment. The Doctor begins the return journey to Earth to return Arnold to his home.


 * COMIC: The Amateur
 * The Doctor returns Arnold to his home so as not to alienate him from his time.


 * NOTVALID: The Game of Time & Space
 * The Doctor is traveling with Liz.


 * NOTVALID: Zanussi corporate video


 * COMIC: The Doctor Who History Tour No. 8.


 * TV: The Shrink
 * Advertisment for The Ultimate Adventure, with the Doctor mentioning his plans to visit Mold, Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford and Bristol, all locations where the play was performed.


 * NOTVALID: The Ultimate Adventure
 * According to one account, shortly after he saves the Marquis de Saint Epiman de Sinee de la Tour from the French Revolution, the Third Doctor and the Marquis, who renames himself "Jason", meet Crystal while stopping the Cybermen from kidnapping a US Envoy from the Number 10 nightclub, and she helps them combat the Dalek Emperor, and then joins them in the TARDIS with Zog, a slave from Deneb IV she had befriended. Other accounts, however, depict Jason and Crystal meeting the Sixth Doctor instead.


 * NOTVALID: The Skivers special


 * AUDIO: The Three Companions


 * AUDIO: The Time Vampire
 * The Doctor and Joshua Douglas part ways after ten years of companionship.

Alone again

 * COMIC: The Disintegrator


 * COMIC: The Test of Time


 * COMIC: Comic Relief Comic


 * COMIC: Untitled


 * PROSE: All-Consuming Fire


 * PROSE: Downtime


 * COMIC: Is Anyone There?


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess


 * PROSE: The Juror's Story


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


 * PROSE: Potential


 * COMIC: Size Control


 * PROSE: Dream Devils


 * PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 1
 * Set before The Time Warrior.


 * PROSE: Dateline to Deadline
 * Set between The Green Death and The Time Warrior.


 * COMIC: The Magician


 * PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill


 * AUDIO: A True Gentleman


 * NOTVALID: Legacy


 * COMIC: Day of the Tune


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * The Doctor was in the middle of making adjustments to Bessie when he was picked up by Bernice Summerfield. He has knowledge of TARDIS travel and recalls his attempts to get to Metebelis III, setting this after The Green Death.


 * NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 550
 * The Doctor is imprisoned at the Maximum security facility with his other incarnations.


 * NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 559
 * The Doctor has Christmas dinner with his other incarnations.


 * NOTVALID: Time Fracture
 * The Third Doctor unites with his other incarnations to help a group of people seal the Time Fracture.

Meeting Sarah Jane Smith

 * TV: The Time Warrior
 * The Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith, who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: The Paradise of Death
 * Set immediately after The Time Warrior, at least in this account, with the Doctor returning Sarah home to London. She meets the Brigadier for the first time and decides to officially join the Doctor's company.


 * TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * This account also depicts the Doctor returning Sarah home to London for the first time since they left the research centre in The Time Warrior. The Doctor proposes taking Sarah on a trip to Florana, leading directly into Death to the Daleks.

Detours to Florana

 * TV: Death to the Daleks
 * The Doctor and Sarah are traveling to Florana for a holiday, setting this almost immediately after Invasion of the Dinosaurs. Sarah Jane has her first encounter with the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space
 * In the novelisation, the TARDIS has returned immediately back to UNIT HQ following Death to the Daleks and is still recovering from the energy drainage sustained on Exxilon.


 * PROSE: Neptune
 * The Doctor has been trying to get Sarah Jane to Florana since they left London, but has failed to get her there several times already.


 * PROSE: The Hungry Bomb
 * The Doctor and Sarah finally make it to Florana, setting this after Death to the Daleks.

Continued voyages with Sarah

 * COMIC: Doomcloud


 * COMIC: Perils of Paris


 * COMIC: Who's Who?


 * PROSE: Before the Legend
 * Sarah Jane doesn't know much about the Doctor's origins, setting this before The Time Thief.


 * PROSE: The Time Thief
 * The Doctor tells Sarah Jane about Gallifrey and the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: Scorched Earth


 * PROSE: Signal S.O.S.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams
 * The Doctor is traveling Sarah Jane, as well as the Brigadier and Sergeant Benton. He drives the Whomobile, setting this after Invasion of the Dinosaurs.


 * PROSE: The Discourse of Flies
 * Sarah has already been to a number of alien worlds.


 * PROSE: Primitives


 * PROSE: The Dead Man's Story
 * The Doctor is travelling with Jeremy Fitzoliver.


 * PROSE: Sedna
 * Sequel to Neptune. The Doctor is still traveling with Jeremy, setting this immediately after The Dead Man's Story.


 * PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas


 * PROSE: The Lampblack Wars


 * AUDIO: Crime at the Cinema
 * Sarah has been travelling with the Doctor for only a few weeks.


 * PROSE: Interesting Times
 * The Doctor and Sarah are on their way back to UNIT HQ.


 * PROSE: Generation Gap


 * COMIC: In With the Tide
 * The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Doctor and Sarah have been absent from UNIT long enough for it to have been infiltrated by the Remoraxians. Liz, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are kidnapped by Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.


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


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill


 * COMIC: Invasion of the Scorpion Men


 * AUDIO: Decline of the Ancient Mariner


 * AUDIO: The Gulf
 * The Doctor and Sarah are on their way back to Earth.


 * AUDIO: The Devil's Hoofprints


 * AUDIO: Scourge of the Cybermen
 * Set between Death to the Daleks and The Monster of Peladon.

Time alone

 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set immediately before The Five Doctors, with an echo of Clara Oswald calling out to the Doctor just before he is sent to the Death Zone.


 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * The Doctor recognises Sarah Jane when he encounters her future self in the Death Zone, setting this after The Time Warrior. Sarah Jane, who has been taken to the Death Zone years after she left the TARDIS, tells the Doctor she will be present when he regenerates.


 * COMIC: The Metal-Eaters


 * COMIC: Lords of the Ether


 * COMIC: The Wanderers


 * COMIC: Petrified


 * PROSE: Shroud of Sorrow
 * The Doctor attends the Brigadier's funeral.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Whoah! 433
 * The Doctor salutes the Brigadier with his other incarnations.


 * PROSE: Five Card Draw
 * Though she is absent, the Doctor is currently traveling with Sarah Jane Smith.


 * NOTVALID: Dimensions in Time
 * The Third Doctor and his other incarnations are switched with the Seventh Doctor at Albert Square by 's time loop. He recognises Sarah Jane, setting this after The Time Warrior.


 * NOTVALID: Vodafone advertisement


 * NOTVALID: Surprise Surprise! special
 * Standing in for Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee, the Doctor gives a docile Dalek to David Peta as a pet.

Final voyages

 * PROSE: Numb
 * Set seven weeks after Invasion of the Dinosaurs.


 * PROSE: Separation Day
 * Sarah is wearing her leather jacket from The Monster of Peladon.


 * TV: The Monster of Peladon

Death on Dust

 * PROSE: Alien Bodies
 * Sarah Jane and the Doctor have just left Peladon, setting this immediately after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Interference: Shock Tactic
 * Set immediately after Alien Bodies, with the Doctor and Sarah intending to return to Earth. The Doctor discovers a door within the TARDIS that leads to his eighth incarnation, who attempts to warn him of Faction Paradox. The TARDIS lands on the planet Dust during the War in Heaven, on the same day when I.M. Foreman's Travelling Show arrived and the Faction Paradox warships approached the planet, leading directly into Interference: The Hour of the Geek.


 * PROSE: Interference: The Hour of the Geek
 * The Doctor defeats the Remote invasion, and resolves the apparent paradox of Foreman's original encounter with his future selves. However, due to the interference of Faction Paradox, the Doctor is shot by Magdelana Bishop, and begins to regenerate into his next incarnation.


 * PROSE: The Ancestor Cell
 * Aware of the perversion of history, the Third Doctor's "ghost" remains in the TARDIS until the Eighth Doctor confronts Grandfather Paradox during the Faction Paradox invasion of Gallifrey. The Third Doctor assists the Eighth Doctor in destroying Gallifrey and Kasterborous, forcing the universe to choose which is the real timeline.


 * The Eighth Doctor was uncertain which timeline would become real. Compassion initially told Fitz Kreiner that the Doctor's visit to Dust and the War in Heaven had been unwritten from history. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) However, when the Eighth Doctor eventually regained contact with the greater universe, history had been rewritten so that Gallifrey had never even existed, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) suggesting that the War had not been erased, but actually continued and ended in some other way. (PROSE: The Book of the War, The Story So Far...)

Avoiding Dust

 * PROSE: Amorality Tale
 * Set shortly after The Monster of Peladon, with the Doctor feeling morbid after his brush with death on Peladon.


 * PROSE: Island of Death
 * Sarah mentions her vacation in Sicily, setting this after The Ghosts of N-Space. The Doctor at one point feels his age and wonders if his regeneration is "around the corner"


 * AUDIO: Glorious Goodwood
 * Sarah recalls meeting Aggedor on Peladon, setting this after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Link
 * Sarah recalls visiting Peladon, setting this after The Monster of Peladon. However, she also claims that the only other alien planet she has visited is Exxilon.


 * PROSE: An Overture Too Early
 * The Brigadier informs the Doctor that Jo is sending back the Metebelis crystal that he gave her "months" ago during The Green Death, setting this shortly before Planet of the Spiders.

A slow demise

 * TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * Confronting the Great One of the Eight Legs, the Doctor receives a lethal dose of radiation, but is able to escape in the TARDIS.


 * Suffering severe radiation poisoning, the Doctor is stuck wandering around the time vortex for ten years due to lacking the energy to properly pilot the TARDIS. (PROSE: Love and War)


 * PROSE: Ancient Whispers
 * Slowly dying from radiation sickness, the Doctor is trying to find his way back to UNIT HQ from Metebelis III.


 * PROSE: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller
 * The Doctor is dying after being exposed to radiation.


 * TV: Planet of the Spiders: Epilogue
 * After the TARDIS finally lands back at UNIT HQ, the Doctor is able to regenerate into his next incarnation with assistance from K'anpo Rimpoche.


 * Next page: Fourth Doctor

Currently unplaced

 * These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Doctor's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.