Theory:Timeline - Ianto Jones

This page lists appearances of Ianto Jones 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.

Torchwood One

 * AUDIO: New Girl
 * AUDIO:  Through the Ruins
 * AUDIO: Uprising
 * AUDIO: The Law Machines
 * AUDIO: Blind Summit
 * AUDIO: 9 to 5

2007

 * TV: Fragments (Ianto Jones flashback)
 * After the fall of Torchwood One, Ianto joins Torchwood Three.


 * TV: Everything Changes
 * Gwen is recruited.


 * 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: Slow Decay
 * Ianto keeps something secret in the hub.


 * TV: Cyberwoman
 * AUDIO: Broken
 * TV: Small Worlds
 * AUDIO: Hidden
 * TV: Countrycide
 * Several references are made to the events of Cyberwoman.
 * TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts
 * Several stories take place during the course of Broken.


 * TV: They Keep Killing Suzie
 * Set three months after Everything Changes.


 * PROSE: Border Princess
 * Set in October 2007.


 * TV: Random Shoes
 * Set 14 years after 1992, can be attributed to rounding.


 * TV: Out of Time
 * Captain Jack Harkness places this story in the week ending December 24th.

2008

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


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


 * PROSE: Consequences: Kaleidoscope


 * AUDIO: Dinner and a Show
 * Set on Valentine's Day. Jack is currently missing and the events of The Last Beacon were several months ago.


 * 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: Fall to Earth
 * TV: Sleeper
 * Torchwood deals with an attack by Cell 114, and are made aware that other sleeper agents are on Earth.


 * AUDIO: Serenity
 * Set after Sleeper, Jack and Ianto spend a period of some weeks undercover to destroy the last of Cell 114.


 * TV: To the Last Man
 * Occurs on Friday 20th of June, 114 years after 1894.


 * AUDIO: Everyone Says Hello
 * TV: Meat
 * PROSE: The Twilight Streets
 * Set between Meat and Adam.


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

2009

 * TV: A Day in the Death
 * Set three days after Reset.


 * AUDIO: Corpse Day


 * AUDIO: In the Shadows


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


 * TV: Something Borrowed


 * PROSE: Skypoint
 * PROSE: Plant Life
 * Both stories set during the first day after Gwen’s return from honeymoon.


 * AUDIO: Believe
 * Gwen mentions the Nostrovite, placing this story after Something Borrowed.


 * TV: From Out of the Rain


 * TV: Adrift


 * PROSE: Monster
 * Set in 2009, before Exit Wounds.


 * TV: Fragments


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


 * AUDIO: Lost Souls
 * Martha meets Jack for the first time since Owen and Tosh's funeral.


 * TV: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End


 * PROSE: Almost Perfect


 * AUDIO: The Sin Eaters
 * The door to the Hub is still damaged from the Dalek attack.


 * PROSE: Bay of the Dead


 * PROSE: Into the Silence


 * PROSE: The House That Jack Built


 * PROSE: Risk Assessment


 * PROSE: The Undertaker's Gift


 * PROSE: Consequences: The Wrong Hands


 * PROSE: Consequences: Virus


 * AUDIO: Department X


 * AUDIO: Ghost Train


 * AUDIO: Asylum


 * AUDIO: Golden Age


 * AUDIO: The Dead Line


 * PROSE: Consequences: Consequences


 * AUDIO: The Devil and Miss Carew


 * AUDIO: Submission


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


 * AUDIO: Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue
 * The events of Dissected are referred to.


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day One


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Two


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Three


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Four
 * Ianto dies.

Unplaced

 * PROSE: Another Life
 * After Day One ~ Before Fragments


 * PROSE: Something in the Water
 * PROSE: Trace Memory
 * COMIC: The Legacy of Torchwood One!
 * COMIC: Jetsam
 * COMIC: Rift War!
 * PROSE: Harm's Way
 * PROSE: Black Water
 * PROSE: Mrs Acres
 * PROSE: The Beauty of Our Weapons
 * PROSE: The Book of Jahi
 * COMIC: Captain Jack and the Selkie
 * PROSE: Who by Fire
 * PROSE: Gordian
 * COMIC: Broken
 * COMIC: Fated to Pretend
 * COMIC: The Return of the Vostok
 * AUDIO: The Office of Never Was
 * AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack
 * AUDIO: The Last Beacon
 * AUDIO: Retirement Plan
 * AUDIO: Locker 15
 * AUDIO: The Rockery


 * AUDIO: Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4
 * Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh are all present in the hub. Jack and Ianto are in a relationship.


 * AUDIO: Ex Machina