Theory:Timeline - Edward Travers

This page lists the appearances of Professor Edward Travers in the order in which he experienced them.

Meeting the Doctor

 * PROSE: Foreword to the Past
 * Set in 1935, during Travers expedition to the Himalayas, but before he encounters the Second Doctor during the events of The Abominable Snowmen.


 * TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * In 1935, Travers meets the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon for the first time whilst on the hunt for Yeti in the Himalayas. Together they defeat the Great Intelligence for the first time.


 * PROSE: Times Squared
 * Set directly after The Abominable Snowmen.

Adventures with Wells

 * PROSE: Time and Again
 * Set directly after Times Squared.


 * PROSE: Other Wars, Other Worlds
 * Travers recalls the events of Times Squared. He has yet to have any children but knows he will have a son and daughter in the future. He is sent to a parallel world with H. G. Wells.


 * PROSE: The City of Dr Moreau
 * Travers is once again flung into an alternate reality with H. G. Wells.

World War Two

 * PROSE: The Flaming Soldier
 * Set in 1942.

Set in the 1940s.
 * PROSE: Vampires of the Night


 * PROSE: Home Fires Burn
 * Set in 1943.

Return of the Great Intelligence

 * PROSE: Fear of the Web
 * Set directly before The Web of Fear, with Travers visiting Silverstein's Yeti collection.


 * TV: The Web of Fear
 * Travers is reunited with the Second Doctor and Jamie for the first time since The Abominable Snowmen, which he believes was forty years ago. They fight the Great Intelligence for a second time.


 * PROSE: One Cold Step
 * Set in April 1969. Travers recalls the recent events of The Web of Fear.


 * PROSE: The Schizoid Earth
 * Set in April 1969.


 * PROSE: The Dogs of War
 * Set in May 1969.

Set in July 1969.
 * PROSE: Moon Blink


 * PROSE: The Lost Skin
 * Set in October 1969.


 * PROSE: Home for Christmas
 * Set in December 1969.


 * PROSE: Slouching Towards Det-Sen
 * Set in December 1969.


 * PROSE: Night of the Intelligence
 * According to this account, Travers dies in January 1970 and his consciousness ascends to the astral plane.


 * AUDIO: Time of the Intelligence
 * According to this account, Travers is still alive in the 1970s.


 * HOMEVID: Downtime
 * Set in 1995. According to this account, Travers died in December 1980 and his body was possessed by the Great Intelligence.