Theory:Timeline - Narvin

This page lists appearances of Narvin 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.

Early life

 * AUDIO: The Inquiry
 * Narvin is working on Project Alpha. Shortly afterwards he joins the Celestial Intervention Agency.


 * AUDIO: Dissolution
 * Narvin is keen to make a difference in the CIA.

Sub-Coordinator

 * AUDIO: Erasure
 * Narvin is serving as sub-coordinator under Vansell, the current the coordinator of the CIA, setting this before Zagreus.

Early days as Coordinator

 * Once coordinator of the CIA following Vansell's death, Narvin asks Romana to use the Oubliette of Eternity one last time, on the planet Bellascon. (AUDIO: Erasure)


 * AUDIO: The Quantum Possibility Engine
 * Narvin is the coordinator of the CIA and has met the Doctor before. Here he appears to meet Ace for the first time, placing this before Enemy Lines.


 * AUDIO: Inertia / Gallifrey
 * Narvin claims to be co-ordinator of the Celestial Intervention Agency and "advisor of presidents". He is willing to commit genocide and sacrifice thousands of Time Lords to save Gallifrey, suggesting a setting before his friendships with Leela and Romana.

The Timonic Fusion Device

 * AUDIO: Square One


 * AUDIO: The Inquiry


 * AUDIO: Weapon of Choice


 * AUDIO: A Blind Eye

The Return of Pandora

 * AUDIO: Lies


 * AUDIO: Spirit


 * AUDIO: Pandora


 * AUDIO: Insurgency


 * AUDIO: Imperiatrix

Civil war

 * AUDIO: Fractures


 * AUDIO: Warfare


 * AUDIO: Appropriation


 * AUDIO: Mindbomb


 * AUDIO: Panacea

Exploring alternate Gallifreys

 * AUDIO: Reborn


 * AUDIO: Disassembled


 * AUDIO: Annihilation


 * AUDIO: Forever


 * AUDIO: Emancipation


 * AUDIO: Evolution


 * AUDIO: Arbitration


 * AUDIO: Extermination

Return to Gallifrey Prime

 * AUDIO: Renaissance


 * AUDIO: Ascension


 * AUDIO: Intervention Earth


 * AUDIO: Enemy Lines
 * Becomes deputy coordinator.


 * AUDIO: Erasure
 * Narvin tells a story of an encounter with the Doctor to Leela, and admits that when they first met, he wouldn’t hear a bad word said about the CIA. Narvin and Leela have been friends for a few years now. Leela and Narvin visit the House of Heartshaven setting this after Panacea.

Preparing for war

 * AUDIO: The Death of Hope


 * AUDIO: The Reviled


 * AUDIO: Masterplan


 * AUDIO: Rule of the Eminence


 * AUDIO: Sins of the Father

Deputy Coordinator in the Time War

 * AUDIO: Celestial Intervention


 * AUDIO: Soldier Obscura


 * AUDIO: The Devil You Know


 * AUDIO: From the Flames
 * The Time War is ongoing but Livia is still President of Gallifrey, setting this between Celestial Intervention and Desperate Measures. Narvin says that the Master used to work for him, setting this after The Devil You Know. He also shows great disdain for the Master, implying a post-Devil setting once more.


 * AUDIO: The Master's Dalek Plan


 * AUDIO: Shockwave


 * AUDIO: He Who Wins
 * The Master reverts history to before From the Flames.


 * AUDIO: Desperate Measures
 * Rassilon is resurrected.


 * AUDIO: Havoc
 * Follows on directly from Desperate Measures.


 * AUDIO: The Castle of Kurnos 5
 * Narvin works for the CIA. The Master and Doctor, who are seemingly concurrent to Narvin, refer to Rassilon's resurrection. Narvin seemingly considers the Master an enemy, rather than an ally, setting this after The Devil You Know.


 * AUDIO: The Edge of Redemption
 * After the events of The Castle of Kurnos 5, Narvin and the Doctor devise a plan to stop the Master.


 * AUDIO: Partisans


 * AUDIO: Collateral


 * AUDIO: Assassins
 * Narvin and Romana flee from Gallifrey and the CIA are disbanded.

Banished from Gallifrey

 * AUDIO: Hostiles


 * AUDIO: Nevernor


 * AUDIO: Unity


 * AUDIO: Deception
 * Immediately after Unity. Narvin becomes separated from Leela but reunited with her at the end.


 * AUDIO: Dissolution
 * Takes place during Deception between Narvin’s separation from Leela and reunion with her.


 * AUDIO: Homecoming
 * Narvin and Livia detonate a Battle TARDIS with them aboard to save Gallifrey.

Working with the Resistance

 * AUDIO: The First Days of Phaidon
 * Roughly 70 or 80 years have passed for Narvin since the events of Homecoming and he is reunited with Leela for the first time since then. He is working for the Resistance alongside Erys and is travelling in a stolen TARDIS than is stuck in the form of an arcade machine.