Theory:Timeline - Class

This page lists appearances of the Coal Hill defenders entrusted with the protection of Coal Hill Academy by the Twelfth Doctor. 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.

Coming together

 * TV: For Tonight We Might Die
 * Set during 12 and 14 October 2016. The Coal Hill defenders form after the Shadow Kin attack the Coal Hill Academy prom via the Coal Hill Space-Time Rift looking for the Cabinet of Souls. The Twelfth Doctor arrives to help the defenders and set them on course to fight off further incursions from the Rift.


 * AUDIO: Sweet Nothings
 * Quill refers to the head teacher using male pronouns, setting this before Armitage's death in The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo.


 * TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
 * Set a week after For Tonight We Might Die, during 24 and 27 October 2016, though the Coal Hill defenders have not seen Ram since the prom, since he is still recovering from the loss of Rachel and his leg, while the other defenders are adjusting to the existence of the space-time rift. Headmaster Armitage is killed by the Leaf Dragon.


 * ( DIARY ENTRY )
 * Charlie informs Matteusz of the events of The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, and Armitage's death. (AUDIO: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince)


 * AUDIO: The Creeper
 * Explicitly set during Halloween 2016.


 * PROSE: Joyride
 * A few weeks have passed since For Tonight We Might Die. Coal Hill Academy is currently in between head teachers, setting this between The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo and Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart. Matteusz does not yet live with Charlie, setting this before Nightvisiting as well.

Defending Coal Hill

 * TV: Nightvisiting
 * Set the night of 3 November 2016. Matteusz is kicked out by his parents for being gay, and he moves in with Charlie, with both declaring their love. After defeating the Lankin, Ram and April share their first kiss.


 * ( DIARY EXTRACT )
 * Matteusz has moved in with Charlie and Quill, and Charlie writes in his diary about their declarations of love. (AUDIO: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince)


 * PROSE: The Stone House
 * Set across five consecutive days from Monday to Friday. Matteusz has moved in with Charlie, and April and Ram have started dating, setting this after Nightvisiting. Quill wonders if her students have been replaced again, setting this after Joyride. Charlie and Matteusz are comfortable being intimate via their mobile phones, setting this prior to events within What She Does Next Will Astound You. Quill mentions the Daleks, but she makes no indication that she has ever encountered one.


 * AUDIO: Now You Know...
 * Tanya has given up trying to hack the Pentagon, setting this after The Stone House.


 * AUDIO: Catfish
 * Matteusz has recently been kicked out by his parents and Ram and April are a couple, setting this shortly after Nightvisiting. Also set after Now You Know, as Tanya is now happy to assist Matteusz with homework when he needs help. Ram says he hasn't seen Tanya for some time, suggesting an additional setting after stories they both interact in.


 * PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You
 * It is implied the story starts on a Monday, and then goes on for several days, at least up to the next Sunday. A few weeks have passed since The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, and Matteusz is living with Charlie and Quill, but Ram and April are not in a solid relationship, setting this between Nightvisiting and Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart. Ram's friend Neil is hospitalised with severe burns after a truthordare.com challenge goes wrong.


 * ( SEGMANT )
 * Sometime after Neil's accident, Seraphin is kidnapped after being sponsored by truthordare.com. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You)


 * AUDIO: The Soers' Ditch
 * Charlie and Matteusz live together, setting this after Nightvisiting. Charlie is surprised to hear Matteusz say that he loves him, presumably setting this before Tell Me You Love Me.


 * AUDIO: Tell Me You Love Me
 * Set on a Friday afternoon. Charlie and Matteusz have recently admitted that they love each other, setting this shortly after Nightvisiting.


 * AUDIO: In Remembrance
 * Implicitly set after The Stone House.


 * ( SEGMANT )
 * A month after Seraphin's kidnapping, Ram's phone is stolen, and his messages are posted online the following day. Charlie and Matteusz end up uncomfortable being intimate via their mobile phones and make an agreement to not do so anymore. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You)


 * AUDIO: Life Experience
 * Explicitly set on a Monday.


 * TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart
 * Dorothea Ames replaces the recently deceased Mr Armitage as head of Coal Hill Academy. Quill has been on Earth for a few months now. April gains significant powers from her connection to Corakinus and even heals her mother's paralysis. Ending leads directly into Brave-ish Heart.


 * TV: Brave-ish Heart
 * Set as late as early December 2016, as Ram and April have known each other for a month. April becomes King of the Shadow Kin. Ames agrees to arrange for the Arn to be removed from Quill's head after school on the following Monday.


 * ( DIARY EXTRACT )
 * Matteusz reads Charlie's most recent diary entry after the events of Brave-ish Heart. They have an argument about Charlie's desire to use the Cabinet of Souls. They reconcile and visit an ice cream shop together. (AUDIO: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince)

After parents' evening

 * ( SEGMANT )
 * Sometime after Ames's deal with Quill about removing the Arn, the Coal Hill defenders deal with truthordare.com. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You)


 * AUDIO: Gifted
 * Ram mentions meeting Shadow Kin, dragons and grief monsters, setting this after Nightvisiting. The current headteacher of Coal Hill Academy is a woman, setting this aster Brave-ish Heart. April begins composing "The Lost".


 * AUDIO: Everybody Loves Reagan
 * Ram and April are dating and Tanya mentions the new headteacher, setting this after Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart. The events of Nightvisiting were a few weeks ago. Tanya mentions that mock exams are upcoming, setting this before Mock


 * AUDIO: Mock
 * The Headteacher of Coal Hill Academy is a woman, setting this after Brave-ish Heart.

Falling apart

 * TV: Detained
 * Set over a week after Brave-ish Heart. The Defenders confess their secrets to each other due to the influence of a mysterious asteroid, leading to them falling out.


 * TV: The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did
 * Set concurrently with Detained. Quill travels with Ames and Ballon in a Metaphysical engine in order to collect the items necessary for the removal of her Arn. The Arn is successfully removed and Quill becomes pregnant with Ballon's child, though Ames forces her to kill Ballon in a fight to the death.


 * ( DIARY ENTRY )
 * In the week following their entrapment in the no-time, no-space, the Defenders still haven't spoken to each other, but Charlie, has started to seek out medical help for his anxiety, knows that April has been having increasing dreams of Corakinus. Quill is still in hibernation. Charlie recalls the "past few weeks" involving Daleks, Reagan, the Emphani, Soers and Halloween Night. (AUDIO: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince)


 * AUDIO: Queen of Rhodia
 * Set The Metaphysical Engine or What Quill Did and The Lost, with Quill still in her hibernation, though she awakens after Charlie faces her fever dreams made manifest, leading directly into The Lost.


 * TV: The Lost
 * Set a few months after For Tonight We Might Die, and a week has passed since Detained, during which the defenders have been avoiding each other while Quill hibernated due to her pregnancy. Charlie kills April in order to defeat Corakinus, however she is resurrected in his body due to their shared heart by the Cabinet of Souls.

After ending the Shadow Kin

 * ( SEGMENT )
 * The Chair of the Governors gets ahold of Charlie's diary and reads his perspective on the events of The Lost. The Governors are attempting to restore April to her natural body. (AUDIO: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince)