Theory:Timeline - Norton Folgate

This page lists appearances of Norton Folgate in the order he 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.

Working for Torchwood One

 * AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack
 * Set in an alternate timeline 1947.


 * AUDIO: Ghost Mission
 * Norton Folgate came to the 2016 from 1953. He manipulates Andy Davidson into helping him recover Object One, which he brings back to 1953.


 * AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive
 * In 1953, Norton Folgate is interrogated by a group of mobsters. He plants Object 1 on the Mandrake Association, on a mission for the Committee.


 * AUDIO: Goodbye Piccadilly
 * Norton reunites with Andy once again, this time roping him into a plot to kill the leader of Torchwood One so that he can take over himself.


 * Following the events of Goodbye Piccadilly, Norton is sent to work with Lizbeth Hayhoe in Room 13, after his attempted takeover of Torchwood One fails. (AUDIO: Parasite'')


 * AUDIO: Madam, I’m
 * Norton is working with Lizbeth Hayhoe in Room 13, setting this between Goodbye Piccadilly and Parasite.


 * AUDIO: Parasite
 * Takes place after the defeat of the Fumifugium in 1952 by the Tenth Doctor. Norton and Andy recall the events of Goodbye Piccadilly. Norton takes control of Torchwood One alongside Gideon Lyme.


 * AUDIO: Outbreak
 * Norton is brought from 1955 to 2009 by Ianto Jones.

Joining Torchwood Three

 * In 1957, Norton boards Flight 405 to recover the lens for the Committee. However the plane becomes trapped in a time loop leaving him stuck for sixty years. (AUDIO: Eye of the Storm)


 * AUDIO: Night Watch


 * AUDIO: Flight 405
 * Norton recalls the events of Ghost Mission and Goodbye Piccadilly. He escapes Flight 405.


 * AUDIO: Hostile Environment


 * AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes
 * Norton has been working with Torchwood Three for several weeks.


 * AUDIO: Eye of the Storm
 * It is revealed that Norton boarded Flight 405 in 1957 and was trapped in a timeloop for 60 years. He betrays the committee and ends up trapped back on Flight 405.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.


 * AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive
 * In 4421, Norton aides Jeremiah Bash Henderson in infiltrating the Torchwood Archive and recovering the Last of Erebus to resurrect the Committee.