Theory:Timeline - Rhys Williams

This page lists appearances of Rhys Williams 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. 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.

2007

 * TV: Everything Changes
 * Gwen joins Torchwood Three.


 * TV: Day One
 * Gwen's first day on the job.


 * TV: Ghost Machine
 * Gwen is still inexperienced with weapons. Set 66 years after 1941.


 * PROSE: Another Life
 * Set between Ghost Machine and Cyberwoman, as Gwen has been trained by Jack to use firearms and Ianto is being duplicitous about his business in the Hub's basement.


 * PROSE: Border Princess
 * Set in October 2007.


 * PROSE: Slow Decay
 * Ianto is acting strangely around a chamber in the Hub's basement, setting this before Cyberwoman.


 * TV: Cyberwoman


 * TV: Small Worlds


 * TV: Countrycide


 * TV: Out of Time
 * Set between 18 December and 26 December 2007. Rhys continues to grow annoyed by Gwen's distancing from him.

2008

 * TV: Combat
 * Owen is visibly upset by the events of Out of Time in this story. He calls off his affair with Gwen.


 * AUDIO: Hidden


 * TV: End of Days
 * Continues where Captain Jack Harkness left off. Jack disappears from Torchwood.


 * TV: Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang
 * Gwen has started taking charge more in Jack's absence, in comparison to Captain Jack Harkness, where Owen was said to be second-in-command. Gwen is now engaged to Rhys.


 * AUDIO: Everyone Says Hello


 * TV: Meat


 * TV: Adam


 * PROSE: The Twilight Streets
 * Set between Adam and Reset.


 * TV: Dead Man Walking
 * Continues where Reset left off. Owen is resurrected, but with no lifesigns.


 * PROSE: Pack Animals
 * Set after Owen's undeath and before Gwen's wedding.


 * TV: Something Borrowed


 * TV: Adrift


 * TV: Fragments


 * TV: Exit Wounds
 * Continues where Fragments left off. Owen and Tosh die.

2009

 * PROSE: Bay of the Dead


 * PROSE: The House That Jack Built


 * PROSE: Almost Perfect


 * During the 2009 Dalek Invasion, Gwen calls Rhys, and tells him to stay indoors and call her mother. (TV: The Stolen Earth)


 * AUDIO: The Dead Line


 * AUDIO: Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue


 * AUDIO: Ghost Train


 * AUDIO: The Devil and Miss Carew


 * AUDIO: Outbreak
 * Norton Folgate is aware that Ianto will die soon.


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day One


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Two


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Three


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Four


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five


 * PROSE: First Born

2010

 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five (epilogue)
 * 6 months later, Rhys accompanies Gwen as they see Jack leave Earth.

2011

 * TV: The New World
 * Jack returns to Earth.


 * TV: Rendition
 * Jack and Gwen are taken to America.


 * TV: Dead of Night


 * TV: Escape to LA


 * TV: The Categories of Life


 * TV: The Middle Men


 * TV: Immortal Sins


 * TV: End of the Road
 * Jack and Gwen return to the UK, along with Esther after End of the Road. The New World through End of the Road flow into one another.


 * TV: The Gathering
 * Takes place a few months after End of the Road.


 * TV: The Blood Line
 * Continues where The Gathering left off.


 * AUDIO: Army of One
 * Set after The Blood Line, with Gwen and Rhys still in the United States.


 * AUDIO: Fallout
 * Set after The Blood Line, with Gwen and Rhys still in the United States.


 * PROSE: Exodus Code
 * Set "months" after the end of The Blood Line. Gwen and Rhys have returned to Wales.

2016

 * AUDIO: Forgotten Lives


 * AUDIO: Visiting Hours


 * AUDIO: Made You Look


 * AUDIO: We Always Get Out Alive

2017-2019

 * COMIC: World Without End


 * AUDIO: Orr


 * AUDIO: Love Rat


 * AUDIO: A Kill to a View


 * AUDIO: Zero Hour


 * AUDIO: The Empty Hand


 * AUDIO: Tagged


 * AUDIO: Escape Room


 * AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn
 * Gwen leaves Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: ''Future Pain


 * AUDIO: Sargasso
 * Rhys refers to Gwen leaving Torchwood, placing this after Herald of the Dawn.