Theory:Timeline - Doctor Who universe/The Terrestrial Index

This page lists the linear order of classic series television stories in the Doctor Who universe timeline as given in History of Mankind according to Doctor Who, published as part of The Terrestrial Index. This timeline, which admits to the use of retroactive continuity and the disregarding of certain contradictory dates given in stories, is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

Early history

 * c. 2500 B.C. - TV: "Golden Death"/"Escape Switch" (Egypt)
 * c. 1500 B.C. - TV: The Time Monster (Atlantis)
 * c. 1200 B.C. - TV: ''The Myth Makers'
 * 64 - TV: The Romans
 * 1066 - TV: The Time Meddler
 * c. 1190 - TV: The Time Warrior
 * 1192 - TV: The Crusade
 * 1215 - TV: The King's Demons
 * 1289 - TV: Marco Polo
 * c. 1478 - TV: The Masque of Mandragora
 * 1480 - TV: The Aztecs
 * c. 1505 - TV: City of Death
 * 1572 - TV: The Massacre
 * c. 1650 - TV: The Smugglers
 * 1666 - TV: The Visitation
 * 1746 - TV: The Highlanders
 * 1794 - TV: The Reign of Terror
 * c. 1825 - TV: The Mark of the Rani
 * 1866 - TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * 1872 - TV: "Flight Through Eternity"
 * 1881 - TV: The Gunfighters
 * 1883 - TV: Ghost Light
 * c. 1890 - TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * c. 1891 - TV: Timelash (H. G. Wells)

20th century

 * c. 1904 - TV: Horror of Fang Rock
 * 1911: TV: Pyramids of Mars
 * 1925 - TV: Black Orchid
 * 1926 - TV: Carnival of Monsters
 * c. 1928 - TV: "The Feast of Steven"
 * c. 1934 - TV: The Leisure Hive (Brighton)
 * 1935 - TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * 1943 - TV: The Curse of Fenric
 * c. 1959 - TV: Delta and the Bannermen
 * c. 1960 - TV: "Volcano" (The Oval)
 * 1963 - TV: An Unearthly Child''
 * 1963 - TV: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * 1964 - TV: The Giants
 * 1965 - TV: "Flight Through Eternity", "The Planet of Decision"
 * 25 December 1965 - TV: "The Feast of Steven"
 * 1966 - TV: "Bell of Doom"
 * 1966 - TV: The War Machines/The Faceless Ones
 * 1966 - TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * Immediately following The Faceless Ones.


 * 1969 - TV: The Web of Fear
 * 1969 - TV: The Underwater Menace
 * 1969 - TV: Fury from the Deep
 * 1970 - TV: The Invasion
 * 1971 - TV: Spearhead from Space
 * 1971 - TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * 1971 - TV: The Ambassadors of Death
 * 1971 - TV: Inferno
 * 1972 - TV: Terror of the Autons
 * 1972 - TV: The Mind of Evil
 * 1972 - TV: The Claws of Axos
 * 1972 - TV: Colony in Space (Earth)
 * 1972 - TV: The Dæmons
 * 1973 - TV: Day of the Daleks
 * 1973 - TV: The Sea Devils
 * 1973 - TV: The Time Monster
 * 1974 - TV: The Three Doctors
 * 1974 - TV: The Green Death
 * 1975 - TV: The Time Warrior
 * 1975 - TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * 1975 - TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * 1975 - TV: Robot
 * 1976 - TV: Terror of the Zygons
 * 1976 - TV: Pyramids of Mars
 * This placement flatly contradicts Sarah Jane Smith's claim that she is from 1980 in Pyramids of Mars.


 * 1977 - TV: The Android Invasion
 * 1977 - TV: The Seeds of Doom
 * 1977 - TV: The Hand of Fear
 * 1977 - TV: Mawdryn Undead
 * 1978 - TV: Image of the Fendahl
 * 1979 - TV: The Pirate Planet
 * 1979 - TV: The Stones of Blood
 * 1979 - TV: City of Death
 * 1979 - TV: Shada
 * 1980 - TV: Meglos
 * 1981 - TV: Logopolis
 * 1981 - TV: A Girl's Best Friend
 * 1982 - TV: Time-Flight
 * 1983 - TV: Arc of Infinity
 * 1983 - TV: Mawdryn Undead
 * 1983 - TV: The Five Doctors
 * 1984 - TV: The Awakening
 * 1984 - TV: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * 1984 - TV: Planet of Fire
 * 1985 - TV: Attack of the Cybermen
 * 1985 - TV: The Two Doctors
 * 1986 - TV: The Tenth Planet
 * 23 November 1988 - TV: Silver Nemesis
 * 1989 - TV: Survival
 * 1992 - TV: Battlefield
 * 1996 - TV: "Journey into Terror" (Festival of Ghana)
 * Late 1990s - TV: Four to Doomsday

21st century

 * c. 2020 - TV: The Wheel in Space
 * 2030 - TV: The Enemy of the World
 * 2070 - TV: The Moonbase
 * 2084 - TV: Warriors of the Deep
 * c. 2090 - TV: The Seeds of Death

The Future

 * In the early 22nd century, the human ship Hydrax is lost in E-Space. (TV: State of Decay)
 * In the early 22nd century, a human ship crashes on Metebelis III. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)


 * TV: The Macra Terror
 * 2116 - TV: Nightmare of Eden
 * In 2160, the Daleks inflict plagues on Earth.
 * In 2164, the Daleks conquer the Earth, beginning the First Dalek War in which human colonies make failed attempts to intervene.


 * TV: Paradise Towers
 * The Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush visit Paradise Towers after its adult population had left to fight in the First Dalek War.


 * 2167 - TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * Earth is liberated from Dalek occupation thanks to the First Doctor.


 * TV: Day of the Daleks (alternate timeline)
 * The First Cyber Wars are fought in the early 23rd century.


 * c. 2220 - TV: The Power of the Daleks
 * 2290 - TV: The Leisure Hive
 * Late 23rd century - TV: Vengeance on Varos
 * 24th century - TV: ''The Happiness Patrol
 * c. 2310 - TV: The Twin Dilemma
 * 2379 - TV: Mindwarp
 * A typo gives the year as 2479 but places the story correctly.


 * 25th century - TV: Death to the Daleks
 * The Second Dalek War is fought.


 * 2472 - TV: Colony in Space
 * 25th century - TV: Terminus
 * "About the same time" as Colony in Space by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 2493 - TV: The Rescue
 * 25th century - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen
 * "Towards the tail end" of the 25th century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 26th century - TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * The beginning of the century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 2526 - TV: Earthshock
 * The Second Cyber Wars are fought.


 * TV: Attack of the Cybermen
 * c. 2530 - TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * "About the same time" as Attack of the Cybermen by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 2540 - TV: Frontier in Space
 * 2540 - TV: Planet of the Daleks
 * The Third Dalek War is fought.


 * 26th century - TV: Carnival of Monsters
 * 26th century - TV: The Space Museum
 * 26th century - TV: The Ribos Operation
 * 27th century - TV: Destiny of the Daleks
 * The beginning of the century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * Early 27th century - TV: "The Planet of Decision" (Mechanus)
 * 27th century - TV: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * "Towards the end" of the 27th century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * TV: Revelation of the Daleks
 * 2750 - TV: The Sensorites
 * TV: Kinda
 * TV: The Space Pirates
 * c. 2960 - TV: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * c. 2986 - TV: Terror of the Vervoids
 * 30th century - TV: The Mutants
 * "Towards the end" of the 30th century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 31st century - TV: The Ice Warriors
 * The beginning of the century by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * 31st century - TV: Snakedance
 * c. 3200 - TV: State of Decay
 * The first Dalek time machine is built and dispatched. (TV: The Chase)


 * c. 3700 - TV: The Curse of Peladon
 * 3750 - TV: The Monster of Peladon
 * 41st century - TV: Mission to the Unknown
 * 41st century - TV: The Daleks' Master Plan
 * TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * "A century or so" after The Daleks' Master Plan by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index. The Dalek Civil War results in the "Final End", the extinction of the Dalek race.


 * TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * 50th century - TV: The Invisible Enemy
 * TV: The Robots of Death
 * Within a hundred years of The Invisible Enemy by the reckoning of The Terrestrial Index.


 * TV: The Androids of Tara
 * TV: The Face of Evil
 * TV: The Sun Makers
 * Between 5000 and 10,000, the Haemovores emerge on Earth. One of them, the Ancient One, is brought back to 1943 by Fenric. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
 * It is believed that mankind reclaimed Earth around the year 10,000.


 * After 10,000 - TV: The Brain of Morbius
 * After c. 14,000 - TV: The Mysterious Planet
 * TV: Dragonfire
 * Alien tourists travel back in time to Earth. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen)


 * TV: The Ark in Space
 * TV: The Sontaran Experiment
 * TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * c. 37,166 - TV: Planet of Evil
 * TV: Frontios
 * c. 10,000,000 - TV: The Ark