Theory:Timeline - Fifth Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Fifth Doctor in the order in which he experienced them. This timeline is based on observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events in each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like their TV story counterparts, that each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is based in part on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Companions
Any story with Adric must take place before DW: Earthshock. Any story with Nyssa must take place before DW: Terminus. Any story with Tegan Jovanka must take place before DW: Resurrection of the Daleks. Any story with Turlough must take place after DW: Mawdryn Undead and before DW: Planet of Fire. Any story with Peri Brown must take place after DW: Planet of Fire.

Series basics
The Fifth Doctor's stories can be sorted roughly by which companions he travels with and also the medium in which the companions first appeared together.

TV created

 * Adric, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka
 * Nyssa, Tegan
 * Nyssa
 * Nyssa, Tegan
 * Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough
 * Tegan, Turlough
 * Turlough
 * Peri Brown

Audio created

 * Thomas Brewster
 * Erimem
 * Amy

Timeline

 * DW: Logopolis
 * DW: Castrovalva
 * DW: Four to Doomsday
 * DW: Kinda
 * DW: The Visitation
 * DW: Black Orchid
 * DW: Earthshock
 * DW: Time-Flight
 * DW: Arc of Infinity
 * DW: Snakedance
 * DW: Mawdryn Undead
 * DW: Terminus
 * DW: Enlightenment
 * DW: The King's Demons
 * DW: The Five Doctors
 * EDA: The Eight Doctors
 * The Eight Doctors takes place just after The Five Doctors


 * DW: Warriors of the Deep
 * DW: The Awakening
 * DW: Frontios
 * DW: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * DW: Planet of Fire
 * DW: The Caves of Androzani

Unplaced

 * DW: Time Crash
 * MA: Goth Opera
 * MA: The Crystal Bucephalus
 * MA: Lords of the Storm
 * MA: The Sands of Time
 * MA: Cold Fusion
 * PDA: The Ultimate Treasure
 * PDA: Zeta Major
 * PDA: Deep Blue
 * PDA: Divided Loyalties
 * PDA: Imperial Moon
 * PDA: The King of Terror
 * PDA: Superior Beings
 * PDA: Warmonger
 * PDA: Fear of the Dark
 * PDA: Empire of Death
 * TN: Blood and Hope
 * DWAN: The Key of Vaga
 * DWAN: Planet of Fear
 * DWAN: Danger Down Below
 * DWAN: The God Machine
 * DWAN: The Armageddon Chrysalis
 * DWAN: The Haven
 * DWAN: The Penalty
 * DWAN: Night Flight to Nowhere
 * DWAN: The Oxaqua Incident
 * DWAN: Winter on Mesique
 * DWAN: The Creation of Camelot
 * DWAN: Class 4 Renegade
 * DWAN: The Volcanis Deal
 * DWAN: The Nemertines
 * DWAN: Fungus
 * DWMS: Catalogue of Events
 * RT: Birth of a Renegade
 * BE: A Victorian Interlude
 * BE: Time on a Vine
 * BE: Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat
 * DWY: Perfect Day
 * DWY: One Last Try
 * VD: Fascination
 * VD: Lackaday Express
 * VD: Lonely Days
 * VD: Past Reckoning
 * VD: Zeitgeist
 * ST: The Parliament of Rats
 * ST: The Eternity Contract
 * ST: Hot Ice
 * ST: A Town Called Eternity
 * ST: Five Card Draw
 * ST: Hearts of Stone
 * ST: Qualia
 * ST: The Canvey Angels
 * ST: The Comet's Tail
 * ST: Long Term
 * ST: Soul Mate
 * ST: Confabula
 * ST: The Glass Princess
 * ST: Light at the End of the Tunnel
 * ST: No Exit
 * ST: Greenaway
 * ST: The Immortals
 * ST: Graham Dilley Saves the World
 * ST: White Man's Burden
 * ST: Observation
 * ST: Lant Land
 * ST: The Gangster's Story
 * ST: The Assassin's Story
 * ST: The Juror's Story
 * ST: Flashpoint
 * ST: Categorical Imperative
 * ST: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
 * ST: Artificial Intelligence
 * ST: In the TARDIS: Christmas Day
 * ST: Never Seen Cairo
 * ST: Last Minute Shopping
 * ST: Lily
 * ST: The 57th
 * ST: A Life in the Day
 * ST: One Wednesday Afternoon
 * ST: Saturn
 * ST: Rome
 * ST: The Church of Saint Sebastian
 * ST: Comforts of Home
 * ST: Wake
 * ST: The Velvet Dark
 * ST: Life After Queth
 * ST: Black and White
 * ST: Falling from Xi'an
 * ST: The Church of Football
 * ST: First Born
 * ST: Resonance
 * ST: Suspension and Disbelief
 * ST: Leap Second
 * ST: Men of the Earth
 * ST: The Misadventure of Mark Thorne
 * ST: There's Something About Mary
 * ST: Piecemeal
 * ST: Do You Believe in the Krampus?
 * ST: Far Away in a Manger
 * ST: Keeping It Real
 * ST: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
 * ST: Goths and Robbers
 * ST: God Send Me Well to Keep
 * ST: Gudok
 * ST: Tweaker
 * ST: Methuselah
 * ST: Curiosity
 * ST: The Man on the Phone
 * ST: Do You Smell Carrots?
 * ST: The Fall of the Druids
 * ST: The Deep
 * ST: Sock Pig
 * BFA: No Place Like Home
 * BFA: Cuddlesome
 * BFA: The Sirens of Time
 * BFA: Phantasmagoria
 * BFA: The Land of the Dead
 * BFA: Red Dawn
 * BFA: Winter for the Adept
 * BFA: The Mutant Phase
 * BFA: Loups-Garoux
 * BFA: The Eye of the Scorpion
 * BFA: Primeval
 * BFA: Spare Parts
 * BFA: The Church and the Crown
 * BFA: Nekromanteia
 * BFA: Creatures of Beauty
 * BFA: Omega
 * BFA: The Axis of Insanity
 * BFA: The Roof of the World
 * BFA: The Game
 * BFA: Three's a Crowd
 * BFA: The Council of Nicaea
 * BFA: Singularity
 * BFA: The Kingmaker
 * BFA: The Gathering
 * BFA: Circular Time
 * BFA: Renaissance of the Daleks
 * BFA: Excelis Dawns
 * BFA: Exotron
 * BFA: Urban Myths
 * BFA: Son of the Dragon
 * BFA: The Mind's Eye
 * BFA: Mission of the Viyrans
 * BFA: The Bride of Peladon
 * BFA: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster
 * BFA: The Boy that Time Forgot
 * BFA: Time Reef
 * BFA: A Perfect World
 * BFA: The Judgement of Isskar
 * BFA: The Destroyer of Delights
 * BFA: The Chaos Pool
 * BFA: Castle of Fear
 * BFA: The Eternal Summer
 * BFA: Plague of the Daleks
 * BFA: Cobwebs
 * BFA: The Whispering Forest
 * BFA: The Cradle of the Snake
 * BFA: The Four Doctors
 * BFA: Heroes of Sontar
 * BFA: Kiss of Death
 * BFA: Rat Trap
 * CC: The Darkening Eye
 * CC: The Three Companions
 * CC: Ringpullworld
 * CC: Peri and the Piscon Paradox
 * BFA: Return to the Web Planet
 * VG: Destiny of the Doctors
 * DWAN: On the Planet Isopterus
 * DWM: The Tides of Time
 * DWM: Stars Fell on Stockbridge
 * DWM: The Stockbridge Horror
 * DWM: Lunar Lagoon
 * DWM: 4-Dimensional Vistas
 * DWM: The Moderator
 * DWM: Time & Time Again
 * DWM: The Lunar Strangers
 * DWM: The Curse of the Scarab
 * DWM: The Stockbridge Child (flashback)
 * DWY: Blood Invocation
 * IDW: The Forgotten (flashback)