Story arc

Listed below are story arcs that have featured in the DWU. They are presented in order of story, season or series production, which then lists the story arc present throughout those stories, season or series.

Television

 * Season 8 -
 * Season 12 - Nerva Beacon
 * Season 16 - The Key to Time
 * Season 18 - Journey in E-Space/Entropy
 * Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord
 * Series 1 - The Bad Wolf meme
 * Series 2 - The Torchwood Institute
 * Series 3 - Harold Saxon ("You Are Not Alone")
 * Series 4 - The Medusa Cascade, disappearing bees, lost worlds, the return of Rose Tyler
 * 2009 Specials - The Tenth Doctor's regeneration ("He will knock four times")
 * Series 5 - Cracks in Time, the Pandorica
 * Series 6 - The Silence, Eleventh Doctor's death, Amy Pond's pregnancy, River Song's identity
 * Series 7 - The Impossible Girl, the Great Intelligence, Eleventh Doctor's death at Trenzalore
 * Series 8 -, the Nethersphere, Clara Oswald and Danny Pink's relationship
 * Series 9 - The Hybrid, Ashildr
 * Series 10 - The Vault, 's rehabilitation
 * Series 11 - Graham O'Brien and Ryan Sinclair's relationship

Virgin New Adventures

 * Timewyrm: Genesys, Timewyrm: Exodus, Timewyrm: Apocalypse and Timewyrm: Revelation — The Timewyrm tetralogy
 * Love and War, Transit, The Highest Science, The Pit, Deceit, Lucifer Rising — Future History arc
 * Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum and No Future — The Alternate universe arc
 * Warchild, SLEEPY, Christmas on a Rational Planet, Cold Fusion, The Death of Art, Damaged Goods and So Vile a Sin — The Psi powers arc

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures

 * Alien Bodies, Unnatural History, Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two, The Taking of Planet 5, The Shadows of Avalon, The Ancestor Cell - Time Lords' future war with The Enemy
 * Longest Day, Legacy of the Daleks, Dreamstone Moon, Seeing I - Interference of the I and Sam's separation from the Doctor
 * The Shadows of Avalon, The Fall of Yquatine, Coldheart, The Space Age, The Banquo Legacy, The Ancestor Cell - loss of the TARDIS and travels in Compassion
 * The Ancestor Cell, The Burning, Casualties of War, The Turing Test, Endgame, Father Time, Escape Velocity - Lost memory and second exile in Earth
 * The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Hope, Anachrophobia, Trading Futures, The Book of the Still, The Crooked World, History 101, Camera Obscura - Introduction of Sabbath and the loss of the Doctor's second heart
 * Time Zero, The Infinity Race, The Domino Effect, Reckless Engineering, The Last Resort, Timeless, Emotional Chemistry, Sometime Never... - Alternate universe arc, culminating in the final confrontation with the Council of Eight and Sabbath

The Monthly Adventures

 * Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Minuet in Hell, Invaders from Mars, The Chimes of Midnight, Seasons of Fear, Embrace the Darkness, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland - The Web of Time arc
 * Zagreus, Scherzo, The Creed of the Kromon, The Natural History of Fear, The Twilight Kingdom, Faith Stealer, The Last, Caerdroia, The Next Life - Divergent Universe arc
 * The Eye of the Scorpion, The Church and the Crown, Nekromanteia, The Axis of Insanity, The Roof of the World, Three's a Crowd, The Council of Nicaea, The Kingmaker, Son of the Dragon, The Mind's Eye, The Bride of Peladon - Erimem joins the TARDIS crew
 * The Haunting of Thomas Brewster, The Boy That Time Forgot, Time Reef, A Perfect World - Thomas Brewster steals the TARDIS
 * The Condemned, The Doomwood Curse, Brotherhood of the Daleks, Return of the Krotons, The Raincloud Man, Patient Zero, Paper Cuts, Blue Forgotten Planet - Charlotte Pollard's travels with the "wrong" Doctor
 * Patient Zero, Blue Forgotten Planet, Mission of the Viyrans, Urban Myths, Urgent Calls, I.D., The Wishing Beast, The Vanity Box, Order of Simplicity - Virus Strain arc
 * The Magic Mousetrap, Enemy of The Daleks, The Angel of Scutari, Project: Destiny, A Death in The Family, Lurkers at Sunlights Edge, Robophobia, The Doomsday Quatrain, House of Blue Fire, Project: Nirvana, Protect and Survive, Black and White, Gods and Monsters - Black and White Tardis Arc, Elder Gods Arc.
 * Cobwebs, The Whispering Forest, The Cradle of the Snake, Heroes of Sontar, Kiss of Death, Rat Trap, The Emerald Tiger, The Jupiter Conjunction, The Butcher of Brisbane, Eldrad Must Die!, The Lady of Mercia, Prisoners of Fate, Mistfall, Equilibrium, The Entropy Plague - Older Nyssa joins the TARDIS crew, Richter's Syndrome, return to E-Space
 * You Are the Doctor and Other Stories, A Life of Crime, Fiesta of the Damned, Maker of Demons, The High Price of Parking, The Blood Furnace, The Silurian Candidate, Red Planets, The Dispossessed, The Quantum Possibility Engine - Mel's new travels with the Doctor and Ace

Eighth Doctor Adventures

 * Blood of the Daleks, Human Resources, Grand Theft Cosmos, The Vengeance of Morbius, Orbis, Worldwide Web — Headhunter saga
 * Situation Vacant, Nevermore, The Book of Kells, The Resurrection of Mars, Lucie Miller, To the Death - The revenge of the Monk.

Doctor Who Magazine

 * Voyager, Polly the Glot, Once Upon a Time Lord - Task for Voyager
 * Ground Zero, Fire and Brimstone, The Final Chapter, Wormwood - Fight against Threshold
 * The Fallen, The Road to Hell, The Company of Thieves, The Glorious Dead - Fight for The Glory.
 * Supernature, Planet Bollywood, The Golden Ones, The Screams of Death, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Apotheosis, The Child of Time  - Chiyoko arc
 *  The Chains of Olympus, Sticks & Stones, The Cornucopia Caper, The Broken Man, Hunters of the Burning Stone - What is buried in man?

Prose

 * Where Angels Fear, The Mary-Sue Extrusion, Dead Romance, Return to the Fractured Planet, Twilight of the Gods - Dellahan gods arc

Audio

 * to be added

Television

 * Series 2 — The resurrection of Owen Harper, Jack's past, John Hart
 * Series 3 — Children being controlled by the 456
 * Series 4 — Miracle Day

Audio

 * Aliens Among Us - The Sorvix, Ng
 * God Among Us - God, the Committee

Television

 * Series 1 — The Great Cataclysm

Television

 * Series 1 - Corakinus, April's heart, the Cabinet of Souls, Miss Quill's arn, the Governors

Trilogies
Similar to the story arcs but consisting of three stories, numerous trilogies have been formed in novels, television stories and audio stories.

Television

 * Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate: The E-Space trilogy
 * The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, Castrovalva: The Return of
 * Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment: The Black Guardian
 * Dragonfire, Silver Nemesis, The Curse of Fenric: Fenric
 * The End of the World, New Earth, Gridlock: The Face of Boe
 * Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks: The Dalek Civil War trilogy
 * The End of Time, The Day of the Doctor, Hell Bent: Return of the Time Lords
 * The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Name of the Doctor: The Great Intelligence trilogy
 * Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie of the Land: The Monks trilogy

Prose

 * Cat's Cradle: Warhead, Warlock, Warchild — Andrew Cartmel's War trilogy
 * Sky Pirates!, Death and Diplomacy, Oblivion — Dave Stone's Clockwork trilogy
 * The Scales of Injustice, Business Unusual, Instruments of Darkness — Gary Russell's C19 trilogy
 * First Frontier, The Dark Path, The Face of the Enemy- David A. McIntee's Master trilogy

Audio

 * The Reaping, The Gathering, The Harvest: Cybermen trilogy
 * Project: Twilight, Project: Lazarus, Project: Destiny: The Forge (more specifically exploring the fate of Cassandra Schofield)
 * Project: Lazarus, Arrangements for War, Thicker Than Water: Evelyn Smythe's departure, Világ
 * The Condemned, The Raincloud Man, The Crimes of Thomas Brewster: Patricia Menzies' meetings with the Doctor
 * The Judgement of Isskar, The Destroyer of Delights, The Chaos Pool: The Key 2 Time trilogy
 * The Crimes of Thomas Brewster, The Feast of Axos, Industrial Evolution: The return of Thomas Brewster
 * City of Spires, The Wreck of the Titan, Legend of the Cybermen: The Land of Fiction trilogy
 * Protect and Survive, Black and White, Gods and Monsters: The Black and White TARDIS trilogy
 * The Burning Prince, The Acheron Pulse, The Shadow Heart: The Drashani Empire trilogy
 * 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men, 1963: The Space Race, 1963: The Assassination Games: The 1963 trilogy
 * The Widow's Assassin, Masters of Earth, The Rani Elite: Peri's new travels with the Doctor
 * The Defectors, Last of the Cybermen, The Secret History: The locum Doctors trilogy
 * And You Will Obey Me, Vampire of the Mind, The Two Masters: The Multi-Master Trilogy (to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Master's debut)
 * The Helliax Rift, Hour of the Cybermen, Warlock's Cross: The UNIT trilogy
 * The Monsters of Gokroth, The Moons of Vulpana, An Alien Werewolf in London: Mags