Theory:Timeline - Harry Sullivan

This page lists appearances of Harry Sullivan 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.

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, The History of the Doctor, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, 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.

Early adventures

 * PROSE: The Face of the Enemy
 * The Brigadier meets Harry Sullivan for the first time.


 * TV: Robot
 * Harry joins the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith in the TARDIS.

The Nerva Beacon

 * TV: The Ark in Space
 * The travellers 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 travellers 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 and witnesses the creation of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: A Device of Death
 * Immediately after Genesis of the Daleks, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the Time Ring. 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.


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

Returning to UNIT

 * PROSE: Nanomorphosis
 * The TARDIS still needs time to recover from the solar flare radiation from 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. By the end of the story, the Doctor plans another attempt to answer the Brigadier's call.


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


 * 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
 * Ending leads 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.

Return to Duty

 * TV: The Android Invasion


 * PROSE: A New Life
 * The Doctor and Sarah leave UNIT HQ in the TARDIS without Harry. The Brigadier angrily questions Harry on their whereabouts.


 * PROSE: The Hospitality on Hankus


 * COMIC: The Psychic Jungle


 * PROSE: The Sinister Sponge


 * COMIC: Neuronic Nightmare


 * PROSE: Avast There!


 * PROSE: The Mission


 * COMIC: The Body Snatcher


 * PROSE: The Eye-Spiders of Pergross


 * PROSE: Detour to Diamedes


 * COMIC: Menace on Metalupiter


 * AUDIO: Double Trouble (short story)


 * PROSE: Secret of the Bald Planet


 * PROSE: The Heat-Seekers


 * PROSE: The Last Broadcast


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


 * PROSE: To Kill a Nandi Bear


 * PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass


 * PROSE: The Dragons of Prague


 * COMIC: The Transformed


 * COMIC: Official Secrets


 * AUDIO: How to Win Planets and Influence People


 * PROSE: Scratchman''


 * PROSE: Hello Goodbye''

Life after the Doctor

 * PROSE: Mutiny


 * PROSE: The Man from DOCTO(R)
 * Harry has left the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Suitors, Inc.
 * Sarah and Harry haven't seen the Doctor in years.


 * PROSE: Harry Sullivan's War
 * Set in 1983. It is roughly ten years since Harry left UNIT and gave up his travels in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: System Shock
 * Set in 1998. Harry is roughly 20 years older than when Sarah Jane last saw him, in The Android Invasion.


 * PROSE: Millennium Shock
 * Set in 1999.


 * AUDIO: Tuesday
 * Set in 2001.

Unplaced

 * COMIC: The Choice


 * COMIC: Endgame