Theory:Timeline - Shoreditch

This page lists the order of stories taking place in Shoreditch, home to Coal Hill School and Totter's Lane. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. For evidence of any particular date please see Theory:Timeline - Doctor Who universe.

17th century

 * 1601 - AUDIO: The Hollow Crown
 * The Doctor accidentally pilots the TARDIS to Shoreditch in 1601 when trying to take Barbara and Ian home.

Early 20th century

 * April 1938 - PROSE: The Albino's Dancer


 * 1952 - PROSE: Amorality Tale

1962

 * 11 October 1962 - PROSE: The Time Travellers
 * Ian Chesterton bumps into an older, alternate version of himself on the way to Coal Hill School.


 * 1962 - AUDIO: The Light at the End

1963

 * 1963 - PROSE: Losing the Audience
 * The First Doctor and Susan briefly arrive at 76 Totter's Lane in 1963, but then depart.


 * 1963 - PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story
 * Flashbacks to the Doctor and Susan arriving at Totter's Lane.


 * 1963 - COMIC: The Test of Time
 * ends on the TARDIS's arrival in Totter's Lane


 * 27 March-4 April 1963 - PROSE: Time and Relative


 * June 1963 - AUDIO: Home Again, Home Again
 * The TARDIS lands near Coal Hill before Ian and Barbara left the area 5 months later. Ian and Barbara each encounter past versions of each other, before deciding to continue travelling aboard the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: The Splintered Gate
 * Set in summer, Barbara and Ian both work at Coal Hill School. No year is given.


 * 7 August 1963 - AUDIO: The Shoreditch Intervention


 * 22 October 1963 - COMIC: Operation Proteus


 * October 1963 - AUDIO: Hunters of Earth


 * 1963 - AUDIO: An Unearthly Woman


 * 1 November 1963 - PROSE: The Time Travellers
 * An alternate version of Ian Chesterton briefly visits the Doctor at 76 Totter's Lane.


 * 17 November - 22 November 1963 - PROSE: Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary
 * This story is episodic and also covers later events.


 * November 1963 - PROSE: Playtime


 * 20 November 1963 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill


 * 21-22 November 1963 - TV: An Unearthly Child


 * 22 November 1963 - PROSE: Those left Behind
 * The Doctor returns to Shoreditch the day he left in An Unearthly Child.


 * 23 November 1963 - PROSE: Those Left Behind


 * 23 November 1963 - AUDIO: The Light at the End


 * 29/30 November 1963 - TV: Remembrance of the Daleks


 * 30 November 1963 - AUDIO: In Remembrance
 * Charlie Smith's accidental arrival in 1963 through a space-time tear occurs on this day; coincides with some of the events of Remembrance of the Daleks.


 * December 1963 - PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story

1964

 * 16 March 1964 - PROSE: The Time Travellers
 * An older, alternate version of Ian Chesterton watches on as the possessions of his younger self are confiscated following his disapperance.


 * 23 November 1964 - PROSE: A Long Night

1966

 * 20 July 1966 - PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story

Late 20th century

 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill
 * Some time after 1963, the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane visit Coal Hill.


 * 1985 - TV: Attack of the Cybermen

2013

 * 2013 - PROSE: Normality


 * 2013 - TV: The Day of the Doctor

2014

 * 2014 - TV: Into the Dalek


 * 2014 - COMIC: The Monsters of Coal Hill School


 * 2014 - TV: Time Heist


 * 2014 - TV: The Caretaker


 * 2014 - COMIC: The Fractures


 * 2014 - TV: Kill the Moon


 * 2014 - AUDIO: War Wounds


 * 2014 - COMIC: Doctor in a Bottle


 * 2014 - TV: In the Forest of the Night

2015

 * 2015 - TV: The Magician's Apprentice


 * 201X - COMIC: Witch Hunt


 * 201X - COMIC: Beauty Sleep

2016

 * 2016 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill
 * Coal Hill is about to undergo renovations to become Coal Hill Academy.


 * 12-14 October 2016 - TV: For Tonight We Might Die


 * October 2016 - PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You


 * 24-27 October 2016 - TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo


 * October 2016 - PROSE: Joyride


 * 31 October 2016 - AUDIO: The Creeper


 * 3-4 November 2016 - TV: Nightvisiting


 * November 2016 - PROSE: The Stone House


 * Mid-November 2016 - TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart


 * November 2016 - TV: Detained/The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did


 * December 2016 - TV: The Lost

23rd century

 * October c. 2213 - AUDIO: All Hands on Deck

Currently Unplaced

 * AUDIO: Gifted
 * AUDIO: Life Experience
 * AUDIO: Tell Me You Love Me
 * AUDIO: Everybody Loves Reagan
 * AUDIO: Now You Know...
 * AUDIO: In Remembrance (partly unplaced)
 * AUDIO: The Soers' Ditch (audio story)
 * AUDIO: Catfish 
 * AUDIO: Sweet Nothings
 * AUDIO: Mock
 * AUDIO: Queen of Rhodia
 * AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond
 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane
 * COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone
 * COMIC: Spirits of the Jungle