Theory:Timeline - Yvonne Hartman

This page lists appearances of Yvonne Hartman, and her counterpart from Pete's World, in the order in which they 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 that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

N-Space timeline

 * ( SEGMANT )
 * On 31 December 1999, Alex Hopkins calls Yvonne as he murders his team to spare them from what the Red Key had showed him. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)


 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * In 2003, Yvonne accidentally allows shapeshifters to escape Torchwood Tower. (AUDIO: Locker 15)


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * In 2004, Ianto Jones is recruited into Torchwood One by Yvonne. (AUDIO: Blind Summit)


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * In 2004, Suzie Costello calls Yvonne to inform her about the Ovid sex dolls. Yvonne speaks to Ianto. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)


 * AUDIO: One Rule
 * Set on 26 March 2005. Rajesh Singh is already monitoring the Void Ship.


 * AUDIO: New Girl
 * Set in 2005, a few months after One Rule.


 * AUDIO: Through the Ruins
 * Yvonne is on the run following the events of New Girl.


 * AUDIO: Uprising
 * Begins the day after Through the Ruins, and a month after Rachel took control of Torchwood at the end of New Girl.


 * AUDIO: My Guest Tonight
 * Set in 2005.


 * AUDIO: Lola
 * Set in 2005.


 * AUDIO: Less Majesty
 * Set in 2005.


 * AUDIO: The Law Machines
 * Set in 2006.


 * AUDIO: Blind Summit
 * Set in 2006.


 * AUDIO: 9 to 5
 * Set in 2006.


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * On 25 December 2006, Torchwood One provides Prime Minister Harriet Jones with the means to blow up an invading Sycorax ship. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)


 * AUDIO: Retirement Plan


 * AUDIO: Locker 15
 * Ianto has worked at Torchwood One for three years, setting this in 2007.


 * AUDIO: The Rockery
 * The Ghost Shifts have started, setting this after Infamy of the Zaross.


 * TV: Army of Ghosts
 * The Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jackie Tyler investigate the Ghost Shifts caused by Torchwood One, and reveals that the "ghosts" are actually the Cybusmen. The Void Ship opens to reveal the Cult of Skaro inside. Ending leads directly into Doomsday.


 * TV: Doomsday
 * Most of Torchwood One is wiped out during the Battle of Canary Wharf, including Yvonne Hartman, who is converted into a Cyberman.

Escaping to N-Space

 * ( REFERENCE )
 * Following the Battle of Canary Wharf, Yvonne passes through the Void into N-Space by happenstance and goes into hiding. (AUDIO: Poker Face)

Coming out of hiding

 * AUDIO: The Empty Hand
 * Yvonne reveals herself to Jack Harkness, leading into Poker Face.


 * AUDIO: Poker Face
 * Jack is ousted from Torchwood by Yvonne, who takes over from him as the new leader.

Leading Torchwood

 * AUDIO: Tagged
 * Yvonne meets Andy Davidson for the first time, and asks him to dinner.


 * AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn
 * Jack has become the new leader of Red Doors, but the organisation is destroyed by the combined efforts of Torchwood and 3Sol. However, a bomb they had planted beforehand causes the Rift to reopen. Another explosion occurs that the Sorvix see as a sign of God's arrival.


 * AUDIO: Future Pain
 * Set a few days after Herald of the Dawn. The Herald takes on the name "Ng", and is imprisoned in the Hub with Ro-Jedda by Yvonne. Torchwood destroys a plasmic psychovore that they believe to be the Sorvix's God. Yvonne kills Ro-Jedda after the Sorvix abandon Earth, resulting in the end of 3Sol, and releases Ng.


 * AUDIO: The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood


 * AUDIO: See No Evil
 * Cardiff is shrouded in darkness by a predator, resulting in Yvonne and Andy teaming up to resolve the crisis.


 * AUDIO: Night Watch
 * Set weeks after Future Pain. Yvonne's attempt to resurrect Ianto Jones with a pharadyne projector instead brings Norton Folgate to present-day Torchwood Three.


 * AUDIO: Flight 405
 * Follows directly on from Night Watch, with Yvonne and Norton recruiting Andy for a mission to recover the Lens from Flight 405.


 * AUDIO: Hostile Environment
 * Tyler Steele joins Torchwood Three when Yvonne allows him to live in the Hub.


 * AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes
 * Norton has been in Cardiff for "weeks" since his arrival at the end of Night Watch, and the events of The Empty Hand took place "last year". Andy discovers Yvonne's allegiance to the Committee.


 * AUDIO: Eye of the Storm
 * As the Committee cause the Sorvix power station to explode, a tsunami strikes Cardiff while Tyler and Yvonne are still in the Hub.


 * AUDIO: A Mother's Son
 * Set "around two months" after Eye of the Storm. The Committee make Yvonne their scapegoat for the tsunami during an inquiry, with Jack unknowingly helping them by exposing Yvonne's involvement to oust her from Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: Day Zero
 * Jack, Yvonne and God are all arrested by Andy, leading directly into Thoughts and Prayers.


 * AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers
 * Andy reveals he has been acting as a spy for Jack in the Disaster Recovery Committee. Following Jack and God's instructions, Yvonne and Orr destroy the Committee and their home planet with the Lens from Flight 405 before they can use their Rift Manipulator to bring their final form to Earth, though the Hub is destroyed as a result. Blamed for the whole disaster by the remnants of the Committee, Torchwood Three goes on the run, except for Yvonne, who is arrested again by Andy.

Continued serviced to Torchwood

 * WC: Incoming Message
 * Set in 2020. Yvonne sends a message to the people of the United Kingdom to urge them to self-isolate during the COVID-19 lockdown.


 * AUDIO: The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough
 * Yvonne recalls the events of Miracle Day, meaning she is the Yvonne of Pete's World, and setting this after Poker Face.