Theory:Timeline - Fourth Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Fourth 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. It is assumed, much like their TV story counterparts, that each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. 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 the Doctor, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Whopix, the Big Finish forums and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Companions
Any story with Sarah Jane Smith must take place before TV: The Hand of Fear.

Any story with Leela must take place after TV: The Face of Evil and before TV: The Invasion of Time.

Any story with K9 Mark I must take place after TV: The Invisible Enemy and before TV: The Invasion of Time. Any story with K9 Mark II must take place after TV: The Invasion of Time and before TV: Warriors' Gate.

Any story with Romana I must take place after TV: The Ribos Operation and before TV: Destiny of the Daleks. Any story with Romana II must take place after TV: Destiny of the Daleks and before TV: Warriors' Gate.

Any story with Adric must be set after TV: Full Circle.

Further complications
Like with the First and Second Doctor's timelines, tenuis issues are caused by the how the above dynamics are contradicted in secondary media.

For instance, several stories in prose and comics feature the Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry Sullivan traveling together outside of their television adventures. However, excusing the many stories where the characters are trying to reach Scotland, there are no logical places in these stories where a gap could exist. One must presume, although it is speculatory, that Harry briefly rejoined the TARDIS team sometime after leaving.

Similarly, the comics featured in early issues of Doctor Who Magazine feature the Doctor traveling alone with K9, and then later with Sharon Davies. Many presume that these take place before he met Romana, which is contradicted by references made to such things as the Black Guardian. Thus one has to presume that at some point, Romana II took a brief break from the TARDIS and rejoined the team later.

Costume
The Fourth Doctor has an advantage when dating his stories due to his costume. The Doctor started out with a short red blazer, a rainbow scarf, and tweed trousers. He soon switched to longer frock coats, in colors of grey, dark red, and dark brown. Eventually, his costume turned into the "red" version. This makes dating very simple when looking at how the Doctor is dressed.

Timeline

 * Previous page: Third Doctor

A new body

 * TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation inside his UNIT laboratory with the aid of K'anpo Rimpoche.


 * TV: Robot
 * Set immediately after Planet of the Spiders, with the Doctor's regeneration stabilising. Though he intends a fresh start by leaving UNIT behind, the Doctor accepts Sarah's offer to let her travel with him. UNIT doctor Harry Sullivan follows them into the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
 * Sneaking away from UNIT during the events of Robot, the Doctor visits the Mordee colony, and attempts to repair Xoanon.


 * AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pescatons
 * The Doctor visits Pesca and has his first encounter with Zor.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who Joins LEGO Dimensions
 * The Doctor is depicted wearing his clothes from Season 12 during his visit to Vorton.

The Nerva Beacon

 * TV: The Ark in Space
 * Harry is taking his first trip in the TARDIS, setting this directly after Robot. The TARDIS crew arrive at the Nerva Beacon due to Harry fiddling with TARDIS, and volunteer to beam down to Earth to do repairs, leading directly into The Sontaran Experiment.


 * TV: The Sontaran Experiment
 * The TARDIS crew fix the faulty equipment on Earth and beam back to the Nerva Beacon.


 * TV: Genesis of the Daleks
 * Set immediately after The Sontaran Experiment. The Time Lords intercept to transmat beam and give the Doctor a Time Ring and a mission on Skaro, where the Doctor meets Davros for the first time and witnesses the creation of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: A Device of Death
 * The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the Time Ring, setting this immediately after Genesis of the Daleks. The Doctor claims to be 748-years-old.


 * PROSE: The Last Thing You Ever See
 * The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are still using the Time Ring, setting this shortly after Genesis of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: Return of the Cybermen
 * Alternate account of Revenge of the Cybermen. The story was originally scripted with an ending that explained how it could take place within regular continuity. The Doctor would’ve been visited by a Time Lord messenger who would reveal that his involvement in Genesis of the Daleks has caused time anomalies (implied to be the Last Great Time War) and the Doctor is forced to relieve an alternate version of the same events again when time rewinds and changes, leading directly into Revenge of the Cybermen. However this ending was scrapped and does not appear on the final release.


 * TV: Revenge of the Cybermen
 * Just as they retrieve the TARDIS from the Nerva Beacon, the TARDIS crew receive a summons from the Brigadier, leading into Terror of the Zygons.

Returning to UNIT

 * PROSE: Nanomorphosis
 * The TARDIS is still recovering from solar flare radiation, setting this immediately after Revenge of the Cybermen.


 * AUDIO: #HarrySullivan
 * The Doctor is attempting to travel to Scotland, but the TARDIS is knocked off course and arrives on the Zephyr instead.


 * COMIC: Black Destiny
 * The Doctor and his companions expect to find Loch Ness on exiting the TARDIS, setting this shortly before Terror of the Zygons.


 * NOTVALID: Untitled #4
 * Harry is still considered a "new companion".


 * PROSE: Wolfsbane
 * The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are wearing their costumes from Terror of the Zygons. The TARDIS is knocked off course after an attempt to get to Scotland. After returning Godric to the Arthurian times, the TARDIS makes its way to Scotland, leading into Terror of the Zygons.


 * PROSE: Toil and Trouble
 * After fending off the Carrionites, the TARDIS lands in Scotland, leading directly into Terror of the Zygons.


 * TV: Terror of the Zygons
 * The TARDIS crew make it to Scotland, and Harry decides to remain on Earth with UNIT.

Journey to London

 * TV: Planet of Evil
 * Set immediately after Terror of the Zygons, with the TARDIS having just left Loch Ness for London, but arriving on Zeta Minor in 37166 instead.


 * PROSE: The Republican's Story
 * The Doctor and Sarah are trying to get back to London, and the Doctor claims to have travelled over thirty-thousand years to get to the 17th century, implying that this takes place immediately after Planet of Evil. The Doctor is blamed for the Great Fire of London, setting this before Pyramids of Mars.


 * PROSE: Rights
 * Sarah and the Doctor are still wearing the clothes they wore in Planet of Evil. Sarah Jane asks the Doctor to take her home, suggesting that they are still trying to get back to London.


 * TV: Pyramids of Mars
 * The Doctor and Sarah are still trying to get back to London.


 * PROSE: Scarab of Death
 * The Doctor and Sarah visit Beta Osiris. Sarah recalls their encounter with Sutekh, setting this after Pyramids of Mars.


 * PROSE: Old Flames
 * The Doctor is wearing a burgundy coat, and Sarah observes that he has been moody as of late, setting this shortly after Pyramids of Mars.


 * TV: The Android Invasion
 * The Doctor and Sarah make it to London after leaving for it in Terror of the Zygons, and enduring side-tracks during Planet of Evil and Pyramids of Mars.

Association with UNIT

 * The Doctor and Sarah Jane return to UNIT HQ, and base themselves on Earth, with the Doctor staying at a cottage and resuming use of Bessie, (COMIC: Death Flower, Return of the Daleks) while Sarah Jane continues working as an investigative reporter. (COMIC: The Hoaxers) However, they frequently take side trips, and are often accompanied by Harry. (PROSE: A New Life, The Hospitality on Hankus)


 * COMIC: Death Flower
 * The Doctor and Sarah Jane both comment on getting used to the Doctor's new face.


 * COMIC: Return of the Daleks
 * The Doctor's TARDIS is stolen by a Renegade Time Lord called Shazar. However, with the Time Lords' help, the Doctor is able to retrieve his ship.


 * While working with UNIT, the Doctor does research into Richard III for his book, Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)


 * PROSE: A New Life (1976)
 * The Doctor and Sarah leave UNIT HQ to take a trip in the TARDIS. The Brigadier is not happy, and questions Harry on their whereabouts.


 * PROSE: Managra
 * Though the book's blurb places this between Planet of Evil and Pyramids of Mars, the Doctor and Sarah aren't trying to get to London.


 * COMIC: Gaze of the Medusa
 * The Doctor and Sarah have faced Sutekh, and the TARDIS has its primary interior, setting this between Pyramids of Mars and The Masque of Mandragora. The Doctor claims the Brigadier will be angry if he returns without Sarah, and Sarah is excited to see the look on Harry's face when they tell him they met his great-grandparents.


 * PROSE: The Lost Generation
 * Sarah recalls the events of The Android Invasion.


 * COMIC: The Wreckers


 * COMIC: The Emperor's Spy


 * NOTVALID: Legacy
 * The Doctor is depicted wearing his clothes from Season 12.


 * PROSE: Scratchman
 * The Doctor alludes to the recent events of Terror of the Zygons and The Android Invasion. The TARDIS console room is white, setting this before The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: The Hospitality on Hankus


 * COMIC: The Psychic Jungle


 * PROSE: The Sinister Sponge


 * COMIC: The Sinister Sea


 * COMIC: Woden's Warriors


 * COMIC: Neuronic Nightmare


 * PROSE: Avast There!


 * PROSE: The Mission


 * COMIC: The Space Ghost


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The Doctor is currently travelling with Sarah Jane, (DWM 475) and using the main console control room. 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.


 * PROSE: War on Aquatica


 * PROSE: Cyclone Terror


 * PROSE: The Time Snatch


 * COMIC: The Body Snatcher


 * PROSE: The Eye-Spiders of Pergross


 * PROSE: Detour to Diamedes


 * PROSE: Double Trouble


 * COMIC: Menace on Metalupiter


 * PROSE: Secret of the Bald Planet


 * PROSE: The Heat-Seekers


 * PROSE: To Kill a Nandi Bear


 * PROSE: The Last Broadcast


 * PROSE: The Terror of the Darkness
 * The Doctor and Harry's cameo takes place immediately after The Last Broadcast.


 * PROSE: The Dragons of Prague


 * AUDIO: How to Win Planets and Influence People


 * PROSE: The Vampires of Crellium


 * PROSE: On the Slippery Trail


 * COMIC: The Dalek Revenge
 * The Time Lords take control of Bessie, and send the Doctor on a mission to defeat the Daleks on the planet Ercos.


 * COMIC: Virus
 * The Time Lords direct the TARDIS to a synthetic jungle inside a space station.


 * COMIC: Treasure Trail
 * The Time Lords direct the TARDIS to a vineyard in Italy so that the Doctor can save some art treasures.


 * TV: The Brain of Morbius
 * The Doctor complains about the Time Lords "messing about with the TARDIS", setting this after the comic stories set between The Dalek Revenge and Treasure Trail, where the Time Lord had been doing so.


 * PROSE: Evolution
 * Sarah refers to the recent events of The Brain of Morbius.


 * PROSE: Sarah Jane and the Temple of Eyes
 * Sarah Jane was temporarily blinded on a recent adventure, setting this shortly after The Brain of Morbius.


 * COMIC: Hubert's Folly
 * Set a few days after Treasure Trail.


 * PROSE: All Done with Mirrors


 * PROSE: The Duke of Dominoes


 * PROSE: Observer Effect
 * Sarah understands that it takes time for radio waves to travel between Mars and Earth, setting this after Pyramids of Mars.


 * COMIC: Counter-Rotation


 * COMIC: Mind Snatch


 * COMIC: The Hoaxers


 * PROSE: Conscription
 * Sarah claims it is Christmas in her time period.


 * PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass


 * PROSE: Blessed Are the Peacemakers


 * AUDIO: Chain Reaction


 * COMIC: The Tansbury Experiment


 * COMIC: The Mutant Strain


 * COMIC: Double Trouble


 * COMIC: Dredger


 * AUDIO: The Wondrous Box


 * AUDIO: Collector's Item


 * TV: The Seeds of Doom


 * The Doctor and Sarah visit Professor Chronotis at St Cedd's College in 1955. (PROSE: Cambridge Previsited)


 * PROSE: The Magic Box


 * PROSE: Which Way Out?


 * PROSE: System Shock
 * Set between The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora, according to the book's back cover. It has been one month, from her perspective, since Sarah Jane last saw Harry.

Final adventures with Sarah

 * AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pescatons
 * Set between The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: The Sleeping Beast


 * PROSE: The Sands of Tymus


 * COMIC: The Rival Robots


 * PROSE: A New Life (1978)


 * PROSE: Peaceful Solution
 * Sarah's absence is left unexplained.


 * COMIC: The Traitor


 * PROSE: The Sea of Faces


 * TV: The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Doctor begins using the secondary control room in the TARDIS.


 * NOTVALID: The Game of Time & Space
 * Sarah is depicted with her clothes from The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: The Android Maker of Calderon IV
 * Sarah recalls the events of The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: Eternity
 * The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Sarah go back in time to save the Eighth Doctor after he fails to kill a dictator as a baby.


 * PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia
 * NOTVALID: Disney Time 1975
 * The Doctor is on holiday, and stops in London to watch a series of Disney films. After watching Lady and the Tramp, he recieves a message from the Brigadier and rushes off to see him.


 * PROSE: Hello Goodbye
 * The Brigadier has summoned the Doctor using the Space-time telegraph. The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after The Masque of Mandragora.


 * PROSE: Dr. Fourth


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


 * AUDIO: Deleted Scenes


 * AUDIO: Exploration Earth: The Time Machine


 * COMIC: Jackals of Space
 * The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after The Masque of Mandragora.


 * COMIC: The Naked Flame
 * Sarah is wearing her Andy Pandy clothes, setting this shortly before The Hand of Fear.


 * TV: The Hand of Fear
 * Sarah decides she has had enough of life in the TARDIS, and the Doctor receives a summons from Gallifrey, forcing him to leave Sarah behind. Ending leads directly into The Deadly Assassin.

Coping without Sarah

 * TV: The Deadly Assassin
 * The Doctor crosses wits with on Gallifrey.


 * AUDIO: Out of Time
 * Set immediately after The Deadly Assassin, with the Doctor travelling to the Cathedral of Contemplation directly from the Capitol, and still being upset by his farewell to Sarah Jane.


 * PROSE: Ghost Ship
 * The Doctor broods over the lives lost on Gallifrey during The Deadly Assassin.


 * PROSE: Farewells
 * The Doctor visits Sarah Jane Smith to give her a proper farewell.


 * PROSE: Ode to Joy
 * The Doctor is travelling alone, and still feels melancholy because "she" is no longer with him.


 * PROSE: The Death Pit
 * In the extended adaptation called The Drosten's Curse, the Doctor mentions recently traveling through a virtual jungle, as he did in  The Deadly Assassin, and the TARDIS's secondary control room is being used.


 * AUDIO: Someone I Once Knew
 * Set in an alternate timeline where the Fourth Doctor is already married to River Song. The Doctor claims to have been on Gallifrey a week ago. After the timeline is negated, the Doctor briefly encounters River, but fails to recognise her.

Temporary companions

 * COMIC: The False Planet
 * The Doctor is assisted in finding Diloona by Andric.


 * COMIC: Doomcloud
 * The Doctor is traveling with Joan Brown.


 * COMIC: The Sea Devil
 * The Doctor is being assisted by Miss Young while he takes Bessie to investigate a meteorite crash in Scotland.


 * PROSE: Milena
 * As a favour to the ruler of Xenon, the Doctor takes Milena for a trip in the TARDIS.

Companionless travels

 * NOTVALID: Mind your step!


 * PROSE: Dr. Who and the Hell Planet


 * COMIC: The Fire Feeders


 * COMIC: Kling Dynasty


 * COMIC: The Sky Warrior


 * PROSE: Master of the Blackhole
 * The Doctor is using the secondary console room.


 * COMIC: Under Pressure


 * PROSE: The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor


 * COMIC: Untitled


 * PROSE: Down to Earth


 * PROSE: UNITed We Fall


 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * The Doctor is traveling alone in his bohemian attire. Images of Davros, Morbius, and are in his mind, setting this at least after The Deadly Assassin.


 * PROSE: Millennium Shock
 * Set between The Deadly Assassin and The Face of Evil, according to the book's back.


 * PROSE: Asylum
 * The Doctor meets Nyssa for the first time, but she is already well acquainted with him due to a future encounter.


 * PROSE: Wonderland


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess


 * PROSE: The Northern Heights


 * PROSE: The Baron Wastes


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


 * PROSE: Earth


 * PROSE: Callahuanca


 * PROSE: My Hero


 * PROSE: In Case of Emergencies


 * PROSE: The Nobility of Faith


 * PROSE: Machine Time


 * PROSE: Mutiny


 * PROSE: Only Connect

Travels with Oliver

 * PROSE: Attachments
 * The Doctor has been traveling with Oliver Day for several months. When Oliver gets amnesia, the Doctor takes him back to the site of their first meeting. After his memory begins returning, Oliver decides to continue his travels in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Plight of the Monkrah


 * PROSE: Puppeteer
 * After being possessed by the Puppeteer, Oliver decides to stay on Gondovan with Annajin Valentin.

Travelling alone

 * PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill


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


 * COMIC: Assimilation²


 * PROSE: Hamlet's Soliloquy
 * The Doctor has helped Shakespeare write Hamlet, setting this after The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor.


 * COMIC: Day of the Tune


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time


 * PROSE: Dear Humans


 * PROSE: Afterwords


 * NOTVALID: The Horror of Flat Holm


 * PROSE: Einstein and the Doctor
 * The Doctor meets Albert Einstein for the first time, setting this before The Stones of Blood.


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


 * AUDIO: Genetics of the Daleks
 * The Doctor is travelling alone and believes he has been sent on a mission by the Time Lords.


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

First adventures with Leela

 * TV: The Face of Evil
 * Following her banishment from the Sevateem tribe, Leela forces her way into the TARDIS, joining the Doctor in his travels.


 * PROSE: Last Man Running
 * Though the book's blurb places this after The Robots of Death, Leela believes the TARDIS is possessed and the Doctor is highly irritated by her presence, setting this immediately after The Face of Evil.


 * PROSE: Psi-ence Fiction
 * Leela visits Earth for the first time, although her experience there is erased from the timeline.


 * AUDIO: Dumb Waiter
 * The Doctor uses a Time Ring to send Leela back into his second incarnation's TARDIS. Leela's eyes are brown and she refers to the Doctor as "the Evil One" out of habit, setting this shortly after The Face of Evil.


 * COMIC: The Orb
 * The secondary console room is still in use, setting this before The Invisible Enemy. Leela has only recently joined the Doctor, and fears she will be abandoned after angering him.


 * TV: The Robots of Death
 * The Doctor explains transdimensional engineering to Leela, and is happy to have her in his company. He claims to be 750-years-old.


 * AUDIO: The Helm of Awe
 * Leela has not heard of the Brigadier, setting this before The Revisionists.


 * AUDIO: The Revisionists
 * Leela feels that she has been travelling with the Doctor for a few days, and has not had much fresh air due to travelling "between boxes" since she left her tribe. She yearns to be outdoors again. She mentions Storm Mine 4, setting this after The Robots of Death.


 * PROSE: Drift
 * The events of The Robots of Death are still fresh in Leela's mind.


 * AUDIO: The Beast of Muir
 * Leela is still adjusting to life in the TARDIS, and is unfamaliar with stun rods as weapons, setting this before Corpse Marker. She and the Doctor have not yet visited any planets similar to her home planet.


 * PROSE: Corpse Marker
 * Though Leela is depicted dressed in her second attire, the book's cover places this between Last Man Running and The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: Match of the Day


 * PROSE: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
 * Leela still shows particularly violent tendencies, setting this early in her travels.


 * PROSE: The Bushranger's Story
 * Leela has never seen a horse before, setting this before The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: The Prodigal Sun


 * AUDIO: The Ghost Trap
 * Leela has only been traveling with the Doctor for a few weeks, but has seen spaceships.


 * AUDIO: Black Dog
 * Leela is still new to traveling in the TARDIS, but has come to see the Doctor as part of her "tribe".


 * AUDIO: The Smallest Battle
 * Leela is still learning from the Doctor, setting this early in her adventures with him.

Educating Leela

 * TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * Battling Magnus Greel in 1889 London, the Doctor and Leela are aided by Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot.


 * AUDIO: Destination: Nerva
 * The Doctor and Leela have just parted ways with Jago and Litefoot, setting this immediately after The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * AUDIO: The Renaissance Man
 * Leela refers to the events of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * AUDIO: The Wrath of the Iceni
 * The Doctor and Leela have just visited the Morovanian Museum, setting this immediately after The Renaissance Man. Leela is aware of the concept of money. The Doctor decides to take Leela to visit the 21st century, leading directly into Energy of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks
 * The Doctor attempts to bring Leela to the year 2015, but they arrive in London 2025 instead and encounter the Daleks. Leela recalls her previous visit to London in The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * AUDIO: Trail of the White Worm
 * Ending leads directly into The Oseidon Adventure.


 * AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure
 * The Doctor and the Master meet for the first time since The Deadly Assassin.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End
 * The Doctor is currently using the secondary console room, setting this before it was disused in The Invisible Enemy. He indicates that he has had a recent encounter with the Master. Leela does not know about regeneration.


 * COMIC: The Mutants
 * The secondary console room is still in use, setting this before The Invisible Enemy.


 * AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead
 * The Doctor and Leela discuss their previous visit to London from The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Leela has a limited ability to read English.


 * AUDIO: The Devil's Armada
 * Leela is still wearing Victorian clothing from The Ghosts of Gralstead.


 * PROSE: The Living Wax


 * PROSE: Famine on Planet X


 * PROSE: The Planet of Dust


 * PROSE: Terror on Tantalogus


 * COMIC: The Power


 * PROSE: Flashback


 * COMIC: Emsone's Castle


 * PROSE: The Crocodiles from the Mist


 * COMIC: Rest and Re-Creation


 * PROSE: Eye of Heaven
 * Set between The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Horror of Fang Rock, according to the book's back cover. The Doctor and Leela visit London, setting this after Energy of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Brain of Socrates
 * Leela recalls the Victorian theatre from The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: The Destroyers


 * PROSE: The Sooner the Better


 * PROSE: The Very Last Picture Show
 * Leela still has brown eyes, setting this before Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: Stanley
 * Leela views jeans as ridiculous, setting this before Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: Shamans


 * AUDIO: Night of the Stormcrow


 * AUDIO: The King of Sontar
 * Authorial intent sets Series 3 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures between Season 14 and 15.


 * AUDIO: White Ghosts
 * Set a few days after The King of Sontar. Leela is able to read on her own.


 * AUDIO: The Crooked Man


 * AUDIO: The Evil One
 * Leela recalls her previous encounter with the Master in The Oseidon Adventure.


 * AUDIO: Last of the Colophon


 * AUDIO: Destroy the Infinite


 * AUDIO: The Abandoned


 * AUDIO: Zygon Hunt


 * AUDIO: Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade


 * AUDIO: String Theory


 * AUDIO: The Genesis Chamber


 * PROSE: Red Planet
 * In her travels with the Doctor, Leela has seen "false gods", metropolitan cities, and "Old Earth", but does not know about Christmas.


 * WC: Prequel - The Legacy of Time
 * The Doctor is using the secondary control room. He hears the Sixth Doctor's voice through the temporal distortion and decides to make an emergency landing after spilling his ginger beer on the TARDIS console.


 * The Doctor arrives on Hellan with Leela after making an emergency landing. (AUDIO: Collision Course)


 * AUDIO: The World Traders
 * Authorial intent sets Series 10 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures between Seasons 14 and 15.


 * AUDIO: The Day of the Comet


 * AUDIO: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook
 * Leela is still somewhat early on in her reading education.


 * AUDIO: The Primeval Design

Continued adventures with Leela

 * TV: Horror of Fang Rock
 * Due to pigment dispersal from witnessing an explosion, Leela's eye colour changes from brown to blue. She also wears jeans for the first time.


 * COMIC: The Devil's Mouth
 * Leela is wearing clothing similar to her clothes from Horror of Fang Rock.


 * COMIC: The Aqua-City
 * Leela is wearing trousers, setting this after Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: Dear Great Uncle Peter
 * Leela is wearing jeans, setting this shortly after Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: The Changeling Years


 * PROSE: One Bad Apple


 * AUDIO: The Foe from the Future
 * Leela knows about policemen, setting this after The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Her reading level has also advanced to the point where the Doctor is having her read him the works of Shakespeare, setting this after Series 3 of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.


 * AUDIO: The Valley of Death
 * Leela refers to the events of Horror of Fang Rock.


 * AUDIO: The Child


 * In 18th century Japan, the Doctor and Leela fight Inek of the Orimsei as he tries to use a dimensional gateway to escape, at the risk of the Japanese population. (AUDIO: Time in Office)


 * AUDIO: The Catalyst
 * Leela does not know about regeneration. The Doctor starts a fire to destroy all trace of the Z'nai virus.


 * AUDIO: Empathy Games
 * The TARDIS' secondary console room is damaged by the fire started in The Catalyst. The Time Vampire later confirms that this was the reason they moved console rooms, setting this immediately before The Invisible Enemy. Leela is unfamiliar with the concept of money.

Adopting K9

 * TV: The Invisible Enemy
 * The Doctor closes the secondary console room for redecoration, and takes Leela to the main console room for the first time as he moves back in to it. Leela is still learning to write her name. K9 is adopted by the Doctor on Professor Marius's insistence.


 * TV: Image of the Fendahl
 * K9 has only just joined the TARDIS crew, with the Doctor initially referring to him as an "it" and being unconcerned with him, but grows to accept K9 as his "dog" after a battle with the Fendahl.


 * The Doctor attempts to destroy the Fendahl skull by firing it into the Canthares supernova. (AUDIO: The Dalek Trap)


 * PROSE: Hamlet
 * The Doctor is hunting a second Fendahl skull, setting this shortly after Image of the Fendahl.


 * NOTVALID: No Such Thing As Robin Hood

Adventures with Leela and K9

 * PROSE: Crimson Dawn


 * PROSE: People of the Trees
 * Leela recalls being temporarily blinded during Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: Christmas Every Day
 * Leela mentions the Fendahl, setting this after Image of the Fendahl.


 * AUDIO: Death-Dealer
 * The Doctor teaches Leela about money for the first time, setting this after Empathy Games.


 * PROSE: Dark Horizons


 * AUDIO: The Exxilons


 * AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass


 * AUDIO: Requiem for the Rocket Men
 * Leela decides to leave the TARDIS to remain with Marshall, but she is kidnapped by after the Doctor leaves.


 * AUDIO: Death Match
 * According to K9, it has been roughly five days since the events of Requiem for the Rocket Men, but the Doctor hasn't "heard the voice of another living being" in the interim. Leela returns to the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: Suburban Hell
 * Leela recalls the recent death of Marshall in Death Match.


 * AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror


 * AUDIO: The Fate of Krelos
 * Ending leads directly into Return to Telos.


 * AUDIO: Return to Telos


 * PROSE: The Dogs of War
 * The Doctor is teaching Leela about chess, setting this shortly before The Sun Makers.


 * TV: The Sun Makers


 * PROSE: The Roots of Evil
 * Leela remembers seeing the steel hives of the Sun Makers during The Sun Makers.


 * COMIC: A Rare Gem
 * Leela and K9 are kidnapped by Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.


 * COMIC: Endgame
 * The Doctor joins with his other incarnations to rescue Leela and K9 from Adam and, and assists the other Doctors in saving their companions as well.

Final adventures with Leela

 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams
 * The Doctor is traveling with Leela, and depicted wearing his attire from Underworld. Leela is in her first outfit.


 * TV: Underworld


 * COMIC: Comic Relief Comic


 * AUDIO: The Sons of Kaldor
 * The Doctor and Leela are searching for a part needed to help repair K9, who is currently out of action.


 * AUDIO: The Crowmarsh Experiment
 * Colin Marshall is created from Leela's memories of Marshall, setting this after Death Match.


 * AUDIO: The Mind Runners
 * Ending leads directly into The Demon Rises.


 * AUDIO: The Demon Rises


 * AUDIO: The Shadow of London


 * AUDIO: The Bad Penny
 * K9 has broken down and requires a reboot. According to Leela, this has been happening often.


 * AUDIO: Kill the Doctor!
 * Ending leads directly into The Age of Sutekh.


 * AUDIO: The Age of Sutekh


 * AUDIO: Shadow of the Sun
 * Originally meant to take place during Series 13 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures. (BFX: Shadow of the Sun)


 * AUDIO: The Time Vampire
 * Months have passed since the secondary control room was destroyed by the fire in Empathy Games. K9 Mark I has been behaving oddly, prompting the Doctor to begin gathering the parts needed to build K9 Mark II.

Brief tenure as Lord President

 * TV: The Invasion of Time
 * After the Doctor uses his position as Lord President to propel an invasion of Gallifrey, Leela decides to stay on Gallifrey to marry Andred, and K9 elects to stay with her. Alone in the TARDIS, the Doctor decides to begin work on K9 Mark II.


 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set during The Invasion of Time, when the Doctor is moving around the Capitol.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys
 * The Doctor makes a message about the Timewyrm as a warning for himself using information he learnt from the Matrix during The Invasion of Time.

After the Presidency

 * AUDIO: Night of the Vashta Nerada
 * The Doctor says that his previous companion has just departed for "pastures new", the implication being that he is referring to Leela staying on Gallifrey.


 * PROSE: Those Left Behind
 * The Doctor is still building K9 Mark II, and stores him in a box on the TARDIS console room floor.


 * COMIC: The Snow Devils


 * COMIC: The Space Garden


 * COMIC: The Eerie Manor


 * COMIC: Guardian of the Tomb


 * COMIC: The Image Makers

Revisiting old adventures

 * COMIC: The Labyrinth


 * COMIC: Invasion


 * COMIC: The Spoilers


 * COMIC: Who is the Stranger


 * COMIC: The Unheard Voice


 * COMIC: The Duellists


 * COMIC: The Amateur


 * COMIC: The Magician


 * COMIC: The Wanderers


 * COMIC: The Metal-Eaters

Exploits with Ann

 * AUDIO: The Sinestran Kill
 * The Doctor begins putting together K9 Mark II, but is distracted by a distress signal. He meets WPC Ann Kelso and she joins him as his companion.


 * AUDIO: Planet of the Drashigs
 * Set immediately after The Sinestran Kill. The Doctor fully assembles and activates K9 MK II, and Ann takes her first trip to an alien planet.


 * AUDIO: The Enchantress of Numbers
 * K9 is still recharging after the recent events of Planet of the Drashigs.


 * AUDIO: The False Guardian


 * AUDIO: Time's Assassin
 * Follows on directly from The False Guardian.


 * AUDIO: Fever Island
 * The Doctor and Ann have just ejected the Chronon Wave Front from the TARDIS and are pushed back in time, setting this immediately after Time's Assassin.


 * AUDIO: The Perfect Prisoners
 * Following the revelation that Ann is in fact a Time Agent called Anya Kingdom, the Doctor and K9 part ways with her. The Doctor resolves to fix K9's dog whistle, which he does in The Ribos Operation.

New adventures with K9

 * COMIC: The Test of Time


 * AUDIO: The Power of the Daleks


 * PROSE: The Fear


 * PROSE: Timevault


 * PROSE: Time Shear


 * PROSE: Three Wise Men
 * The Doctor is illustrated as traveling with K9 in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Something Borrowed, Something Blue


 * AUDIO: I Am The Master


 * COMIC: The Swords of Kali
 * A photograph depicts the Doctor in his "post-Underworld" appearance. No mention is made by Tiger of him travelling with another companion.


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen Prologue: The Fourth Doctor
 * In an alternate timeline created by Rassilon and the Cybermen, K9 is cyber-converted during a Cyberman attack.

Quest for the Key to Time

 * TV: The Ribos Operation
 * The Doctor is given a quest by the White Guardian to assemble the Key to Time before the Black Guardian can, and is assigned a Time Lady named Romana as an assistant. The Doctor claims to be 756-years-old, but Romana tells him he is really 759-years-old.


 * COMIC: The Seventh Segment
 * Romana is wearing her outfit from The Ribos Operation.


 * PROSE: Tomb of Valdemar
 * Set between The Ribos Operation and The Pirate Planet, according to the back cover. The Doctor has only collected the First Segment so far. It is misplaced after Romana decides to study it and the Doctor sets about looking for it.


 * TV: The Pirate Planet
 * Set the morning after The Ribos Operation, with the Doctor sealing away the First Segment.


 * TV: The Stones of Blood
 * The Doctor and Romana have just recovered the Second Segment, setting this immediately after The Pirate Planet. The Doctor takes Romana to Earth for the first time.


 * PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang
 * The Doctor and Romana have just left Earth after recovering the Third segment of the Key to Time, setting this immediately after The Stones of Blood.


 * PROSE: X-Rani and the Ugly Mutants
 * PROSE: A Tricky Problem for the Doctor
 * PROSE: Light Fantastic
 * COMIC: Terror on Xaboi
 * PROSE: Reluctant Warriors
 * COMIC: The Weapon
 * PROSE: Return of the Electrids
 * PROSE: The Sleeping Guardians
 * Throughout the Doctor Who Annual 1980, the Doctor is travelling with Romana I and K9, but is not trying to assemble the Key to Time, nor is the randomiser in use, setting these stories during the break from the quest that ended in Heart of TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Heart of TARDIS
 * The Doctor is forced to resume his quest for the Key to Time.


 * PROSE: Pericles
 * The Doctor and Romana are searching for a segment to the Key to Time.


 * AUDIO: Ferril's Folly
 * The Doctor and Romana are searching for the Fourth Segment, setting this shortly before The Androids of Tara.


 * TV: The Androids of Tara


 * PROSE: The Glarn Strategy
 * The Doctor and Romana are looking for the Fifth Segment, setting this shortly before The Power of Kroll.


 * TV: The Power of Kroll


 * AUDIO: Luna Romana
 * The Doctor and Romana are looking for the Sixth Segment, setting this shortly before The Armageddon Factor.


 * TV: The Armageddon Factor
 * The Doctor and Romana complete their quest to assemble the Key to Time, but the Doctor orders it to disperse itself to stop the Back Guardian claiming it. The Doctor installs a randomiser into the TARDIS to elude the vengeful Black Guardian.

Hiding from the Black Guardian

 * AUDIO: The Auntie Matter
 * The Doctor and Romana are hiding from the Black Guardian in 1929 Hampshire, while K9 pilots the TARDIS around the universe to throw the Black Guardian off the Doctor's trail.


 * AUDIO: The Stealers from Saiph
 * The Doctor and Romana are taking a holiday in 1929 Antibes without K9, setting this during The Auntie Matter.


 * PROSE: Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen
 * The Doctor has only recently installed the randomizer.


 * AUDIO: The Sands of Life
 * Ending leads directly into War Against the Laan.


 * AUDIO: War Against the Laan
 * K9 is damaged after being affected by the time slippage.


 * AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar
 * The Doctor gives his age as 760-years-old.


 * AUDIO: The Doctor's First XI


 * AUDIO: The Warren Legacy


 * AUDIO: Phantoms of the Deep
 * Set one month after War Against the Laan, with K9 fully repaired from the damage caused by the time spillage.


 * AUDIO: The Dalek Contract
 * Romana encounters the Daleks for the first time. Ending leads directly into The Final Phase.


 * AUDIO: The Final Phase
 * Romana elects to continue travelling in the TARDIS instead of returning to Gallifrey.


 * NOTVALID: Dr Who and the Turgids


 * The Doctor and Romana investigated a mysterious painting. (AUDIO: Tales from the Vault)


 * PROSE: Prelude Falls the Shadow
 * The Doctor is travelling with K9 and a female companion, who speaks to him in the sames tones of the first incarnation of Romana.


 * NOTVALID: Merry Christmas Doctor Who


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!


 * PROSE: Doing Time
 * The Doctor's companion is wearing "a neat designer dress straight from the pages of a magazine", a description matching the first incarnation of Romana.


 * PROSE: Life from Lifelessness
 * The Doctor arrived in Prague due to the randomiser, setting this after The Armageddon Factor.


 * NOTVALID: Season 17 trailer
 * While having a rest, the Doctor is warned he will soon be facing the Daleks, setting this shortly before Destiny of the Daleks.

The new Romana

 * TV: Destiny of the Daleks
 * Romana regenerates into a new body. The Doctor encounters Davros for the first time since Genesis of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe
 * Set concurrently with Destiny of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: Victims
 * Romana is still wearing her outfit from Destiny of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Under Reykjavik
 * Romana is still wearing her outfit from Destiny of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: All Snug in Their Beds
 * Romana's recent regeneration is referenced, setting this shortly after Destiny of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Old Rogue
 * The Doctor plans to take Romana to Paris, leading into City of Death.


 * TV: City of Death
 * The Doctor and Romana fight Scaroth in 1979 Paris with the help of Duggan. It is implied that the Doctor hasn't used his sonic screwdriver since Destiny of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge


 * PROSE: Special Occasions: 2. Do You Love Anyone Enough?


 * PROSE: Special Occasions: 3. Better Watch Out, Better Take Care
 * Romana has recently been to Paris, setting this shortly after City of Death.


 * PROSE: Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys
 * Set on the same day as The Not-So-Sinister Sponge, Do You Love Anyone Enough? and Better Watch Out, Better Take Care.


 * PROSE: The Dying Days
 * The Doctor, Romana and K9 attend the Queen's re-coronation, and are spotted by the Brigadier.


 * PROSE: Beige Planet Mars
 * The Doctor, Romana and K9 attend the Mars Conference, and have a run in with Bernice Summerfield.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * Romana notes that she and the Doctor have been to Paris recently, setting this shortly after City of Death.


 * PROSE: The End of Now


 * PROSE: The Final Analysis


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * Romana encounters Ogrons with the Doctor for the first time, although she has already heard of them.


 * TV: The Creature from the Pit


 * AUDIO: The Pyralis Effect
 * Though the audio's blurb places this between Shada and The Leisure Hive, Romana does not yet have a sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Romance of Crime.


 * PROSE: The Romance of Crime
 * Set between The Creature from the Pit and Nightmare of Eden, according to the book's back cover. Romana has her own sonic screwdriver.


 * PROSE: The English Way of Death
 * Set after The Romance of Crime, according to the book's back cover. In the audio adaptation, the Doctor mentions recently visiting Paris, setting this shortly after City of Death.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One


 * TV: Nightmare of Eden


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Set during Nightmare of Eden.


 * AUDIO: The Beautiful People
 * The Doctor mentions recovering from the events of Nightmare of Eden.


 * PROSE: Breadcrumbs
 * Romana refers to the events of City of Death as being a year ago, before the Doctor spends a few weeks away from her.


 * PROSE: Child's Play


 * NOTVALID: Prime Computer advertisement: Step into the 80's!


 * TV: The Horns of Nimon
 * Romana reveals she has her own sonic screwdriver to the Doctor.


 * PROSE: Return of the Spiders


 * PROSE: The Little Things
 * The Doctor reveals to Romana that he has acquired a chrono-historical stress gauge. Romana uses her sonic screwdriver in the presence of the Doctor, setting this after The Horns of Nimon.


 * PROSE: The Clanging Chimes of Doom
 * The Doctor is still using the chrono-historical stress gauge from The Little Things.


 * PROSE: Present Tense
 * The Doctor's the chrono-historical stress gauge has been broken.


 * AUDIO: Babblesphere
 * The Doctor knows about Romana's sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Horns of Nimon.


 * AUDIO: Wave of Destruction
 * The Doctor and Romana are still worried about the Black Guardian's revenge, and Romana possess a sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Horns of Nimon.


 * AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle


 * AUDIO: The Paradox Planet
 * Ending leads directly into Legacy of Death.


 * AUDIO: Legacy of Death

The Shada conundrum

 * TV: Shada
 * After some punting, the Doctor and Romana have an adventure with Chronotis in Cambridge that leads them to Shada. According to one account, the events of Shada are overwritten by The Five Doctors, and, upon returning to the TARDIS, the Doctor decides to go to Brighton, leaving Shada to be experienced by the Eighth Doctor. In the novelisation, set without the interference of The Five Doctors, the Doctor claims to be 760-years-old.


 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * While they're punting, Borusa attempts to Time Scoop the Doctor and Romana to the Death Zone, but they get caught in a time eddy, overwriting the events of Shada. At the end of the special edition, they are returned to the events of Shada, allowing them to play out.


 * PROSE: Punting
 * Set during The Five Doctors, when the Doctor and Romana are trapped by the time scoop. As with the special edition account, they are returned to Cambridge, where they continue punting.


 * PROSE: Glass
 * Set during Shada, shortly after the Doctor defeats Skagra, but before he and Romana depart in the TARDIS.


 * Wiping his own memory, the Doctor locks Shada away in a forgotten part of space, and does not return until his eleventh incarnation. (COMIC: The One)

Continued travels with Romana

 * COMIC: Party Animals
 * The Doctor is trying to get to Brighton Pavillion, setting this shortly after Shada.


 * AUDIO: Gallery of Ghouls
 * The Doctor and Romana make it to Brighton, but arrive at too early a time in it's history to see the opening of the Brighton Pavillion. The Doctor has not seen K9 in "days".


 * AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax
 * The Doctor is beginning to think that the Black Guardian has grown bored of revenge on him and Romana.


 * AUDIO: The Pursuit of History
 * Ending leads directly into Casualties of Time.


 * AUDIO: Casualties of Time


 * PROSE: Colony of Death


 * PROSE: Alien Mind Games


 * PROSE: A Midsummer's Nightmare


 * COMIC: Every Dog Has His Day


 * PROSE: The Voton Terror


 * PROSE: Sweet Flower of Uthe


 * PROSE: Festival of Death
 * Set between Shada and The Leisure Hive, according to the back cover.


 * PROSE: Suitors, Inc.


 * PROSE: Checkpoint


 * PROSE: The Monster in the Wardrobe


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Shada.


 * COMIC: Time Lady of Means
 * Romana has a sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Horns of Nimon.


 * The Doctor and Romana visit Henlan. (AUDIO: Collision Course)


 * AUDIO: The Doomsday Contract
 * Romana has a sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Horns of Nimon.


 * PROSE: The Well-Mannered War
 * Set between Shada and The Leisure Hive, according to the book's back cover. The Doctor and Romana recall their previous encounter with Menlove Stokes in The Romance of Crime. The Black Guardian tracks the Doctor and Romana down, but is defeated and entrapped in the Time Vortex by the Doctor, but the Doctor and Romana also get trapped in the vortex in the ordeal.

Separated from Romana

 * According to one account, the Doctor drops Romana and K9 off at the Academia Stellaris on Sirius 5, while he continues to travel alone. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Star Beast) In the early Doctor Who Magazine issues, however, the Doctor is traveling with K9 Mark II. In these issues, he is depicted wearing his bohemian clothing and having the randomiser activated. In Timeslip, he expresses a desire to contact Romana, confirming their separation and suggesting that it was by forces beyond their control.


 * PROSE: The Doctor's Journal: Entry 2481/B-3


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Iron Legion
 * The Doctor decides to go on holiday to Benidorm.


 * COMIC: City of the Damned
 * Follows on directly from Doctor Who and the Iron Legion.


 * PROSE: The Doctor's Journal: Entry 3512/A-7


 * COMIC: K-9's Finest Hour: Prologue
 * K9 is kidnapped, and the Doctor goes looking for him.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time
 * The Doctor is traveling alone, and not using the secondary control room.


 * WC: Doctors Assemble!
 * The Doctor has been in contact with Sarah Jane Smith, and is currently trapped in the TARDIS with "no Romana, [and] no K9". He uses the TARDIS tuner to contact his other incarnations.


 * COMIC: K-9's Finest Hour: Epilogue
 * The Doctor finds K9.


 * COMIC: Timeslip
 * The Doctor wishes to get in contact with Romana, claiming that things have been moving slowly in her absence. The Movellans appear in the Doctor's vision, setting this after Destiny of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Two-Timer


 * PROSE: Stowaway

Adventures with Sharon

 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast
 * The Doctor fails to arrive in Benidorm again, and refers to the Black Guardian, setting this after The Armageddon Factor. After capturing war criminal Beep the Meep, the Doctor offers Sharon Davies a trip home in the TARDIS. According to the audio adaptation, in which K9 is absent, the Doctor is currently traveling with Romana.


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom
 * Set immediately after Doctor Who and the Star Beast, with the Doctor failing to return Sharon home. Sharon decides to put off returning to Blackcastle for a while in favour of continuing her travels with the Doctor.


 * PROSE: Evil Egg


 * PROSE: Sands of Time


 * PROSE: Mind-Jump


 * PROSE: The Hole Truth


 * PROSE: Breakdown


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Time Witch
 * Sharon changes her hairstyle and is aged four years by a malfunctioning chrono-compensator. The Doctor claims to be losing track of his true age.


 * COMIC: Dragon's Claw


 * COMIC: The Collector
 * Due to her ageing in Doctor Who and the Time Witch, Sharon is now unsure as to whether she wants to return home to Blackcastle.


 * COMIC: Dreamers of Death
 * Sharon, feeling her aging has made it impossible to return home, leaves the TARDIS to stay with Vernon Allen on Unicepter IV.

Nest Cottage

 * AUDIO: The Stuff of Nightmares
 * The Doctor arrives in Hexford and begins investigating the Hornets. He uses Nest Cottage as his base of operations. He recalls his encounter with the Wrarth Warriors from Doctor Who and the Star Beast.


 * AUDIO: The Dead Shoes
 * A week has passed since The Stuff of Nightmares. The Doctor meets Fenella Wibbsey and brings her back to 21st century Hexford, where she becomes his housekeeper at Nest Cottage. He discovers that the Hornets have encountered him before in 1832, and decides to go there to continue his investigation, leading directly into The Circus of Doom.


 * AUDIO: The Circus of Doom


 * AUDIO: A Sting in the Tale
 * The Doctor rescues Captain the Wolfhound from the Hornets and brings him back to Nest Cottage.


 * A few weeks after his arrival in Hexford, the Doctor invites Mike Yates to Nest Cottage and he is told about the events of The Robots of Death, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and Image of the Fendahl. The Doctor begins to recount his encounters with the Hornets since his arrival at Nest Cottage to Mike, (AUDIO: The Stuff of Nightmares) such as his visit to Cromer in 1932, (AUDIO: The Dead Shoes) Blandford in 1832, (AUDIO: The Circus of Doom) and finally Northumbria in 1036. Once he has brought Mike up to speed with his encounters with the Hornets, the Doctor decides to seek out the Hornet Queen, leading into Hive of Horror. (AUDIO: A Sting in the Tale)


 * AUDIO: Hive of Horror
 * The Doctor departs Nest Cottage and leaves Captain under the care of Mike. He alludes to having K9 waiting in the TARDIS.

Returning to Nest Cottage

 * AUDIO: The Relics of Time
 * The Doctor returns to Nest Cottage after a year of traveling alone. Despite the events of The Wrath of the Iceni, the Doctor claims not to have visited the 1st century since his last regeneration, setting this before The Doctor's Cross Word.


 * AUDIO: The Demon of Paris
 * Follows on directly from The Relics of Time.


 * AUDIO: A Shard of Ice
 * Follows on directly from The Demon of Paris


 * AUDIO: Starfall
 * Follows on directly from A Shard of Ice.


 * AUDIO: Sepulchre


 * AUDIO: Tsar Wars
 * Follows on directly from Sepulchre.


 * AUDIO: The Broken Crown
 * Follows on directly from Tsar Wars.


 * AUDIO: Aladdin Time
 * Follows on directly from The Broken Crown. The Doctor leaves Nest Cottage once more.

Unfinished business at Nest Cottage

 * AUDIO: The Hexford Invasion
 * The Doctor has spent much longer than nine months away from Nest Cottage.


 * The Doctor and Mrs. Wibbsey go on many adventures on their way to saving Yates and all of Hexford. (AUDIO: Survivors in Space)


 * AUDIO: Survivors in Space
 * The Doctor departs from Nest Cottage again.

More adventures with K9

 * COMIC: The Touchdown on Deneb-7


 * PROSE: The Doctor's Cross Word


 * PROSE: Direct Action
 * The Doctor is wearing "a suede burgundy coat, a wide-brimmed hat and a multi-coloured scarf". He appears to be traveling alone.


 * COMIC: The Life Bringer!
 * The Doctor has changed his clothes to a burgundy design, and the randomiser is still in effect.


 * COMIC: War of the Words


 * COMIC: Spider-God


 * COMIC: The Deal


 * COMIC: End of the Line


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors


 * COMIC: Junk-Yard Demon


 * COMIC: The Neutron Knights


 * NOTVALID: Dimensions in Time
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy coat. He sends a message to his other incarnations to warn them of 's plot. He appears to be travelling alone.


 * COMIC: Star Beast II
 * The Doctor arrives at Sharon's wedding, setting this after Dreamers of Death. He is wearing his burgundy coat.


 * COMIC: Junk-Yard Demon II
 * Sequel to Junkyard Demon.


 * AUDIO: Waiting for Gadot
 * The Doctor is travelling alone and wearing his burgundy coat.


 * AUDIO: The Thing from the Sea
 * The Doctor returns to Nest Cottage in his burgundy coat, and shares an adventure with Mrs. Fenella Wibbsey.


 * PROSE: Possibilies
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy coat.


 * AUDIO: The Winged Coven
 * Set after The Thing from the Sea. The Doctor visits Nest Cottage and has Mrs. Fenella Wibbsey as a companion. He is wearing his brown coat.


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * The Doctor is recruited by Bernice Summerfield to help Romana to fly a TARDIS. He recognises both Leela and Romana II, setting this at least after Destiny of the Daleks.

Final travels with Romana

 * The Doctor and K9 somehow reunite with Romana, and she resumes traveling with them.


 * PROSE: Into the Silent Land
 * After switching his old clothes for a burgundy design, the Doctor decides to take Romana to Brighton.


 * PROSE: The Beast Inside
 * Romana is surprised that the Doctor now wears a burgundy coat, feeling it reflects a more morose and sombre mood.


 * PROSE: I Was a Monster!!!
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy outfit.


 * PROSE: Insider Dealing
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy outfit.


 * AUDIO: Luna Romana
 * The Doctor refers to the events of Doctor Who and the Iron Legion, and is wearing his burgundy outfit.


 * PROSE: Said Alice


 * AUDIO: The Beast of Kravenos
 * Authorial intent places this story, and the rest of the Series 6 audios, early in Season 18, with the Doctor wearing his burgundy outfit, the Randomiser still effect, and the Season 18 theme tune being used.


 * AUDIO: The Eternal Battle


 * AUDIO: The Silent Scream


 * AUDIO: Dethras
 * The Doctor recalls bypassing the randomiser in his last few adventures, setting this immediately after The Beast of Kravenos, The Eternal Battle, and The Silent Scream. The Doctor decides to try to get to Brighton again, setting this before The Leisure Hive.


 * AUDIO: The Haunting of Malkin Place


 * AUDIO: Subterranea


 * AUDIO: The Movellan Grave


 * NOTVALID: Prime Computer advertisement: Dr. Who meets his match
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy coat.


 * TV: The Leisure Hive
 * After a holiday in Brighton, the Doctor completely removes the randomiser to give it for the Tachyon Recreation Generator on Argolis. K9 is damaged after rolling into the sea without his water defences.


 * AUDIO: The Skin of the Sleek
 * K9 was recently damaged in Brighton, setting this shortly after The Leisure Hive. Ending leads directly into The Thief Who Stole Time.


 * AUDIO: The Thief Who Stole Time
 * K9 is still damaged.


 * NOTVALID: Prime Computer advertisement: Dr. Who and the Aliens
 * The Doctor is wearing his burgundy coat.


 * TV: Meglos
 * Romana is still wearing her clothes from The Leisure Hive and K9 is still in a damaged state. After repairing K9, the TARDIS is contacted by the Time Lords, who order Romana back to Gallifrey, leading directly into Full Circle.

Trapped in E-Space

 * TV: Full Circle
 * En route to Gallifrey, the TARDIS gets sucked into E-Space via a CVE. Adric stows away on the TARDIS.


 * TV: State of Decay


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set during State of Decay.


 * PROSE: Pathfinders
 * Set immediately after State of Decay.


 * AUDIO: The Invasion of E-Space
 * The Doctor and Romana have been in E-Space for two months. They encounter an artificially created CVE, but it closes before they are able to return to N-Space through it. Romana decides to stall returning to N-Space.


 * PROSE: O, Darkness
 * A Full Life implies that this is set after The Invasion of E-Space. Adric recalls the events of State of Decay.


 * AUDIO: A Full Life
 * Adric mentions the imprisonments he endured during The Invasion of E-Space and O, Darkness. The Doctor and Romana die, but, after some years, Adric is able to change time so that they live.


 * AUDIO: Purgatory 12
 * Set between State of Decay and Warrior's Gate. The Doctor has noticed that Romana is stalling their return to N-Space and questions her about it, setting this after The Invasion of E-Space. Ending leads directly into Chase the Night.


 * AUDIO: Chase the Night


 * AUDIO: The Planet of Witches
 * Romana's sonic screwdriver is destroyed, but she resolves to create a new one.


 * AUDIO: The Quest of the Engineer
 * The TARDIS crew have been searching for a CVE for months by now.


 * TV: Warriors' Gate
 * As the Doctor and Adric escape E-Space, Romana elects to remain and help the enslaved Tharils release themselves from captivity, with K9 staying with her due to damage from the time winds preventing him from crossings back into N-Space.

Return to N-Space

 * PROSE: Planet of the Elves
 * Set between Warriors' Gate and The Keeper of Traken, with Adric visiting his first planet in N-Space, while the Doctor cleans the TARDIS, saddened by Romana's departure.


 * TV: The Keeper of Traken
 * Having recently returned to N-Space, the Doctor and Adric are summoned to Traken by the Keeper of Traken to deal with a Melkur. With the aid of Consul Tremas and his daughter, Nyssa, the Doctor and Adric foil 's plan to steal the Source.


 * NOTVALID: A Moment from 'Doctor Who' 1


 * PROSE: Inter-Galactic Cat
 * PROSE: Conundrum
 * PROSE: Planet of Paradise
 * COMIC: Plague World
 * PROSE: Just a Small Problem
 * During Doctor Who Annual 1982, K9 Mark III has been assembled, and the Doctor is wearing his bohemian attire while traveling with Adric, but is illustrated in his burgundy coat for Just a Small Problem.

Final adventures

 * Sensing his time drawing to a close, (PROSE: Still Need a Title!) the Doctor drops K9 Mark III off for Sarah Jane, (TV: A Girl's Best Friend) which saddens Adric. (PROSE: A Boy's Tale)


 * PROSE: Mauritz


 * AUDIO: Erasure


 * TV: Logopolis
 * Accidentally picking up Tegan Jovanka as a stowaway, the Doctor and Adric learn that has stolen Tremas's body. Informed of his coming regeneration by the Watcher, the Doctor is reunited with Nyssa on Logopolis, where the Master accidentally starts the collapse of the universe. Forced to join forces to broadcast a CVE signal from Pharos Project, the Doctor is critically injured after he falls from the antenna while stopping the Master's betrayal, and is forced to regenerate into his next incarnation with the assistance of the Watcher.


 * Next page: Fifth Doctor

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