Story arc

Listed below are story arcs that have featured in the DWU. They are presented in order of story, season or series production, which then lists the story arc present throughout those stories, season or series.

Doctor Who television stories

 * Season 8 -
 * Season 12 - Nerva Beacon
 * Season 16 - The Key to Time
 * Season 18 - Journey in E-Space/Entropy
 * Season 18/Season 19 - The Return of
 * Season 20 - The Black Guardian
 * Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord
 * Series 1 - The Bad Wolf meme
 * Series 2 - The Torchwood Institute
 * Series 3 - Harold Saxon ("You Are Not Alone")
 * Series 4 - The Medusa Cascade, disappearing bees, lost worlds, the return of Rose Tyler
 * 2009 Specials - The Tenth Doctor's regeneration ("He will knock four times")
 * Series 5 - Cracks in Time, the Pandorica
 * Series 6 - The Silence, Eleventh Doctor's death, Amy Pond's pregnancy, River Song's identity
 * Series 7 - The Impossible Girl, the Great Intelligence
 * Series 8 -, the Nethersphere
 * Series 9 - Ashildr, the Hybrid
 * Series 10 - The Vault, 's rehabilitation, the Monks

Virgin New Adventures

 * Timewyrm: Genesys, Timewyrm: Exodus, Timewyrm: Apocalypse and Timewyrm: Revelation — The Timewyrm tetralogy
 * Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, Cat's Cradle: Warhead and Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark — The Cat's Cradle trilogy
 * Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum and No Future — The Alternate universe arc
 * Warchild, SLEEPY, Christmas on a Rational Planet, Cold Fusion, The Death of Art, Damaged Goods and So Vile a Sin — The Psi powers arc

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures

 * Alien Bodies, Unnatural History, Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two, The Taking of Planet 5, The Shadows of Avalon, The Ancestor Cell - Time Lords' future war with The Enemy
 * Longest Day, Legacy of the Daleks, Dreamstone Moon, Seeing I - Interference of the I and Sam's separation from the Doctor
 * The Ancestor Cell, The Burning, Casualties of War, The Turing Test, Endgame, Father Time, Escape Velocity - Lost memory and second exile in Earth
 * The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Hope, Anachrophobia, Trading Futures, The Book of the Still, The Crooked World, History 101, Camera Obscura - Introduction of Sabbath and the loss of the Doctor's second heart
 * Time Zero, The Infinity Race, The Domino Effect, Reckless Engineering, The Last Resort, Timeless, Emotional Chemistry, Sometime Never... - Alternate universe arc, culminating in the final confrontation with the Council of Eight and Sabbath

Big Finish Adventures

 * Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Minuet in Hell, Invaders from Mars, The Chimes of Midnight, Seasons of Fear, Embrace the Darkness, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland - The Web of Time arc


 * Zagreus, Scherzo, The Creed of the Kromon, The Natural History of Fear, The Twilight Kingdom, Faith Stealer, The Last, Caerdroia, The Next Life - Divergent Universe arc
 * Patient Zero, Blue Forgotten Planet, Mission of the Viyrans, Urban Myths, Urgent Calls, I.D., The Wishing Beast, The Vanity Box,  Order of Simplicity - Virus Strain arc

The New Eighth Doctor Adventures

 * Blood of the Daleks, Human Resources, Grand Theft Cosmos, The Vengeance of Morbius, Orbis, Worldwide Web — Headhunter saga
 * Situation Vacant, Nevermore, The Book of Kells, The Resurrection of Mars, Lucie Miller, To the Death - The revenge of the Monk.

Doctor Who Magazine comic strips

 * Voyager, Polly the Glot, Once Upon a Time Lord - Task for Voyager
 * Ground Zero, Fire and Brimstone, The Final Chapter, Wormwood - Fight against Threshold
 * The Fallen, The Road to Hell, The Company of Thieves, The Glorious Dead - Fight for The Glory.
 * Supernature, Planet Bollywood, The Golden Ones, The Screams of Death, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Apotheosis, The Child of Time  - Chiyoko arc
 *  The Chains of Olympus, Sticks & Stones, The Cornucopia Caper, The Broken Man, Hunters of the Burning Stone - What is buried in man?

Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures

 * Where Angels Fear, The Mary-Sue Extrusion, Dead Romance, Return to the Fractured Planet, Twilight of the Gods - Dellahan gods arc

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series

 * to be added

Torchwood television stories

 * Series 2 — The resurrection of Owen Harper, Jack's past, John Hart
 * Series 3 — Children being controlled by the 456
 * Series 4 — Miracle Day

K9 television stories

 * Series 1 — The Great Cataclysm

Class television stories

 * Series 1 - Corakinus, April's heart, the Cabinet of Souls, Miss Quill's arn, the Governors

Trilogies
Similar to the story arcs but consisting of three stories, numerous trilogies have been formed in novels, television stories and audio stories.

In books

 * Cat's Cradle: Warhead, Warlock, Warchild — Andrew Cartmel's War trilogy
 * Sky Pirates!, Death and Diplomacy, Oblivion — Dave Stone's Clockwork trilogy
 * The Scales of Injustice, Business Unusual, Instruments of Darkness — Gary Russell's C19 trilogy
 * First Frontier, The Dark Path, The Face of the Enemy- David A. McIntee's Master trilogy

In audio dramas

 * The Reaping, The Gathering, The Harvest: Cybermen trilogy.
 * The Judgement of Isskar, The Destroyer of Delights, The Chaos Pool: The Key 2 Time trilogy
 * Project: Twilight, Project: Lazarus, Project: Destiny: The Forge (More specifically exploring the fate of Cassandra Schofield
 * City of Spires, The Wreck of the Titan, Legend of the Cybermen: The Land of Fiction trilogy
 * Protect and Survive, Black and White, Gods and Monsters: The Black and White TARDIS trilogy
 * The Burning Prince, The Acheron Pulse, The Shadow Heart: The Drashani Empire trilogy
 * 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men, 1963: The Space Race, 1963: The Assassination Games: The 1963 trilogy
 * The Defectors, Last of the Cybermen, The Secret History: The locum Doctors trilogy
 * And You Will Obey Me, Vampire of the Mind, The Two Masters: The Multi-Master Trilogy (to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Master's debut)

In TV series

 * The End of the World, New Earth, Gridlock: The Face of Boe
 * Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks: The Dalek Civil War trilogy
 * The End of Time, The Day of the Doctor, Hell Bent: Return of the Time Lords
 * The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Name of the Doctor: The Great Intelligence trilogy