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 * TV: Dragonfire
 * On Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel bump into Sabalom Glitz again, and also meet a time-displaced 16-year-old girl named Ace. While Mel leaves to travel with Glitz, the Doctor offers to let Ace travel with him in the TARDIS, and she accepts.


 * TV: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Ace encounters the Daleks for the first time. According to Head Games, this was the first time she doubted the Doctor's motives.


 * TV: The Happiness Patrol
 * Broadcasted out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, to accommodate real world timing into the broadcast schedule.


 * TV: Silver Nemesis
 * Broadcasted out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, to accommodate with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Doctor Who. Ace encounters the Cybermen for the first time. The Doctor spots a chess set in Lady Peinforte's home and realises that Fenric is orchestrating events in his favour.


 * TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * Broadcasted out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, due to a delay brought about by the 1988 Olympics, explained how Ace was wearing Flowerchild's earring in Silver Nemesis, despite acquiring it during this serial.


 * TV: Battlefield
 * Broadcast out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, to accommodate real world timing into the broadcast schedule. Ace meets the Brigadier for the first time in her life, while the Doctor meets him for the first time since his sixth regeneration.


 * TV: Ghost Light
 * Broadcast out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, to accommodate real world timing into the broadcast schedule.


 * PROSE: The Colony of Lies
 * Ace references the events of Ghost Light.


 * TV: The Curse of Fenric
 * Broadcast out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, as the episode's theme fitted well with the Halloween broadcast slot. Fenric's master plan reaches its climax, but the Doctor is able to best his foe again. Ace is gifted an authentic cap insignia of the Red Army by Captain Sorin.


 * TV: Survival
 * Broadcast out-of-production-order on John Nathan-Turner's orders, to accommodate real world timing into the broadcast schedule. The novelisation details how the Doctor and Ace have returned to Earth for the first time since The Curse of Fenric, which was a week before. Ace encounters for the first time on Cheetah World, and both become infected with the Cheetah virus, though Ace begins to recover by the serial's conclusion.


 * AUDIO: Thin Ice
 * This is Ace's first encounter with an Ice Warrior. The Doctor claims to have never delivered a baby before he delivers baby Raine Creevy. The Doctor tries to get Ace accepted into the Time Lord Academy, but she turns down the offer and is rejected by the Time Lords.


 * AUDIO: Crime of the Century
 * Set almost immediately after Thin Ice. After defeating the Metatraxi, the Doctor offers Raine Creevy the chance to travel in the TARDIS, which she accepts.


 * AUDIO: Animal
 * Raine's first journey is to Margrave University in 2001, where, she discovers that her father has died. Upset by the revelation, Raine decides to stay at Margrave for a short time.


 * PROSE: Relative Dementias
 * Ace refers to her escape from the underwater spaceship in Battlefield, and meeting her grandmother during The Curse of Fenric. She is still under the legal drinking age. Miss Gallowglass gives a cryptic warning to the Doctor and Ace about the upcoming events of Independence Day.


 * AUDIO: Earth Aid
 * It has been some time since the Doctor and Ace last saw Raine, who decides to return to the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Stop the Pigeon
 * Ace is depicted with the same character traits she showed in Illegal Alien.


 * PROSE: Ace of Hearts
 * While Ace is asleep, the Doctor travels back in time to apologise to baby Ace for the events of Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric, and for the pain "yet to come".


 * PROSE: The Hollow Men
 * Though the book's blurb would place this between The Curse of Fenric and Survival, the earthbound environment sets this after Survival. The Doctor also has it noted that he should leave a settee for his younger self to land on in Perivale, a reference to Survival.


 * PROSE: Illegal Alien


 * PROSE: Matrix
 * The Doctor and Ace have just left the Blitz, placing this immediately after Illegal Alien. Ace is 17-years-old. The Valeyard uses the Dark Matrix to briefly reawaken the Cheetah virus within her, presumably amplifying her continued difficulties with the virus.


 * PROSE: Storm Harvest
 * Set immediately after Matrix.


 * AUDIO: The Genocide Machine
 * The Doctor and Ace meet Bev Tarrant.


 * PROSE: Prime Time
 * Ace refers to the recent events of Storm Harvest and The Genocide Machine. The Doctor refers to his encounter with the Master from Stop the Pigeon. The Doctor discovers Ace's future dead body, and tries to keep her out of danger, leading into Heritage.


 * PROSE: Heritage
 * It has been months since Ace went anywhere interesting and the Doctor is still paranoid about Ace's potential death. Ace hasn't yet worn her special sunglasses from the New Adventures era, setting this before Timewyrm: Genesys.


 * PROSE: Loving the Alien
 * Sequel to Illegal Alien. Set several weeks after Heritage, with the Doctor still recovering from Mel’s death. Ace is killed by George Limb, but the Doctor manipulates events so that, when Limb's plans are thwarted by James Dean, the timeline recreates itself with Ace still alive, though slightly altered.


 * PROSE: Independence Day
 * Ace has more experienced and confident, and knows more about future technology than she used too.


 * PROSE: The Algebra of Ice
 * Set "more than twenty months" before Timewyrm: Revelation.


 * PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues

Trouble with the Timewyrm

 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys
 * When the Doctor restores Ace's memories, the first thing that she recalls is the events of Survival, and she still feels some of the after-effects of the Cheetah Virus. She knows about regeneration, and is aware that the Doctor has regenerated six times.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus
 * Set immediately after Timewyrm: Genesys.


 * PROSE: Endgame
 * The Seventh Doctor and Ace are observed visiting the Festival of Britain during Timewyrm: Exodus by an amnesiac Eighth Doctor.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse
 * Ace sees an animal in the TARDIS, foreshadowing Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible.


 * PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation
 * The Doctor and Ace have "only just left Kirith", setting this immediately after Timewyrm: Apocalypse. Ace is now in her early 20s.


 * PROSE: The Algebra of Ice: Epilogue
 * Visiting Ethan Amberglass whilst in hospital, the Doctor mentions the recent events of Timewyrm: Revelation.

The best of friends

 * COMIC: Fellow Travellers
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Distractions / The Mark of Mandragora
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. The Doctor mentions that he's recently been unable to take the TARDIS away from Earth. He has also been redecorating the TARDIS and has discarded his question mark pullover.


 * COMIC: Under Pressure
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Party Animals
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. The Doctor finally reaches Maruthea, just as his predecessor is leaving.


 * COMIC: The Chameleon Factor
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. The Doctor locates his old signet ring in the TARDIS control console and decides to resume wearing it. Complications caused by the ring result in the TARDIS interior changing to a new design.


 * COMIC: Seaside Rendezvous
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: The Good Soldier
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. The TARDIS' chameleon circuit is inexplicably working, and has changed the TARDIS's form into a Cadillac.


 * COMIC: A Glitch in Time
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Evening's Empire
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: Untitled
 * The Doctor is wearing his dark brown jacket underneath his duffle-coat, and Ace looks older than her television counterpart.


 * COMIC: The Grief
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. When listing the worst creatures she can imagine, Ace mentions the Daleks, the Timewyrm and the Cybermen.


 * PROSE: The Girl Who Stole the Stars
 * The Doctor, Ace and Raine, who is traveling in the TARDIS, have just left Smithwood Manor.


 * PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
 * Three years have passed since Ace left Perivale, and she hasn't seen her mum in the interim. The Doctor hasn't been to Alaska, and Ace has learnt how to swear in eleven alien languages. The Doctor and Ace decide they should go their separate ways at the end.

Beginnings as Time's champion

 * PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead
 * The Doctor and Ace reunite in Turkey.


 * COMIC: Ravens
 * Set during Cat's Cradle: Warhead, according to Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark
 * Ace can still feel the biological effects of being on the Cheetah planet. The TARDIS gets infected by demonic protoplasm.


 * COMIC: Metamorphosis
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Memorial
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: Nightshade


 * COMIC: Cat Litter
 * An opening annotation places this story directly after the consecutive events of Memorial and Nightshade, which is supported by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: Meridians


 * PROSE: Cathedral Heart
 * The Doctor is making a cube in his lab that Ace must not know about, setting this shortly before Love and War.


 * PROSE: Love and War
 * The Doctor is acquainted with Abslom Daak, setting this after Nemesis of the Daleks. Ace claims that the events of Nightshade occurred some months ago.


 * After saving Heaven, the weary Doctor travels alone in the Time Vortex for a long time, "visiting some worlds and drifting past others in the process. "


 * PROSE: Love and War: Epilogue
 * Returning to the 26th century, Ace leaves the Doctor after realising that his manipulations resulted in the death of Jan Rydd, a man she had fallen in love with. Bernice Summerfield agrees to travel with the Doctor in her place, but only after he promises not to play games with her life.


 * PROSE: Transit


 * COMIC: Pureblood
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures. The Doctor says that Benny has just joined his company.


 * COMIC: Flashback
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Younger and Wiser
 * The Doctor is alone with Bernice and wears his light jacket, placing this shortly after Pureblood.


 * PROSE: The Highest Science


 * PROSE: Playback
 * As the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS, he calls out to Benny.


 * PROSE: Continuity Errors


 * PROSE: How You Get There


 * PROSE: The Pit
 * The Doctor inexplicably has a sonic screwdriver.

Ace returns

 * PROSE: Deceit
 * Several days following the events of The Pit, Benny wonders how much the destruction of the Seven Planets affected the Doctor. Three years after leaving the Doctor on Heaven, Ace decides to return to the TARDIS, but no longer trusts the Doctor. The TARDIS is cured of the protoplasm infection from Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark.


 * PROSE: Lucifer Rising


 * PROSE: Cold War
 * Ace is more curt and aggressive, setting this not long after her return in Deceit.


 * COMIC: Final Genesis
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: White Darkness
 * The Doctor and an Old One are in an antagonistic relationship, setting this before their truce in Signs and Wonders. The Doctor begins wearing a cream linen suit and fedora.


 * PROSE: Shadowmind
 * Ace still keeps track of her age. The Doctor decides he needs a holiday, leading into Birthright and Iceberg.


 * PROSE: Birthright
 * The Doctor gives Bernice the keys to the TARDIS, and leaves her in control, having arranged for it to crash in Victorian London, leading directly into Iceberg.


 * PROSE: Iceberg
 * Set at the same time as Birthright, with the events of both novels occurring concurrently for the Doctor, Ace and Benny.


 * PROSE: Birthright
 * Set concurrently with the events of Iceberg, with the Doctor being absent for the majority of Birthright. The Doctor's deceptions cost him Benny's trust.


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * COMIC: Cuckoo
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.

Struggling with alternate timelines

 * PROSE: Blood Heat
 * A few months have passed since Deceit, but the events of Birthright are recent. The TARDIS falls through a puncture in the Time Vortex, and the Doctor later realises that someone is toying with time. The Doctor acquires a new sonic screwdriver from the possessions of his deceased alternate third incarnation, and also takes that Doctor's TARDIS after his is lost in a tar pit.


 * PROSE: The Dimension Riders
 * Ace still does not trust the Doctor, nor does the TARDIS from the alternate world. The Doctor discovers that the one who created the Silurian Earth has successfully altered the flow of time in the real universe.


 * PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird
 * The Doctor fixes the chameleon circuit in his new TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Conundrum
 * Its been a week since The Left-Handed Hummingbird, with the Doctor spending most of this time in the sick bay. Benny decides to stay with the Doctor after struggling with her inability to trust him. The Doctor learns history is going to change again, and he sets out to find the cause, leading into No Future.


 * PROSE: No Future
 * The Doctor discovers that has been corrupting the timeline as a revenge stunt, but is able to defeat his enemy and regain Ace's trust. He also smashes the chameleon circuit of his TARDIS with a hammer, destroying it. The Doctor thinks he killed the Master in Survival, despite having spoken of him in the present tense during Deceit.

Amicable travels

 * PROSE: Tragedy Day
 * Set shortly after No Future, with the Doctor having found "a spring in [his] step" from his battle with Mortimus. The Doctor has had experience with delivering babies, setting this after Thin Ice.


 * PROSE: Question Mark Pyjamas
 * Ace refers to the recent events of No Future.


 * COMIC: Uninvited Guest
 * Placement established by Interweaving with the New Adventures.


 * PROSE: Legacy
 * The TARDIS has been to Olleril recently, setting this shortly after Tragedy Day. As far as Ace knows, this is the first time she has seen an Ice Warrior. Benny, who has never been on Mars before this point in her life, takes a temporary leave of absence from the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Citadel of Dreams
 * Though the book's blurb would place this immediately after Survival, the Doctor is wearing his cream linen suit from White Darkness, and Ace is depicted with the confidence and general demeanour she had in the Virgin New Adventures. With Benny absent, this must take place during her brief leave-of-absence.


 * PROSE: Theatre of War
 * Benny returns to the TARDIS after her temporary leave of absence that started in Legacy.


 * PROSE: All-Consuming Fire


 * AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge
 * Set between All-Consuming Fire and Blood Harvest.


 * COMIC: The Last Word
 * The Doctor is wearing his white suit from White Darkness, though the TARDIS console room is the one from before Final Genesis.


 * PROSE: Virgin Lands


 * AUDIO: The Dark Flame
 * Set after The Shadow of the Scourge.


 * PROSE: The Last Emperor
 * The Doctor sends Ace and Benny on a mission to Antarctica.


 * PROSE: Blood Harvest
 * The Doctor, Benny and Ace end up in E-space, where they find Romana and return her to Gallifrey, where she opts to remain.


 * PROSE: Strange England
 * Some time has passed since Blood Harvest, with Ace getting trigger-happy due to the lack of dangerous adventures.


 * PROSE: First Frontier
 * The Doctor and Ace encounter for the first time since Survival. Ace fatally shoots the Master, but he is able to regenerate into . Ace considers leaving the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: St Anthony's Fire
 * Ace has her head shaved clean.


 * PROSE: Falls the Shadow
 * Ace's hair is still re-growing from the events of St Anthony's Fire.


 * PROSE: Parasite
 * It has been at least a full year since No Future. Ace is still thinking about when she'll leave the Doctor.


 * PROSE: Warlock
 * The Doctor, Ace and Benny have been at Smithwood Manor for almost a year.


 * PROSE: Set Piece
 * Ace is 26-years-old and the Doctor celebrates his 1000th birthday. After an ordeal with the Robot Ants, Ace leaves the TARDIS crew to become "Time's Vigilante".

Alone with Benny

 * PROSE: Infinite Requiem
 * Set Piece was the Doctor's last previous adventure.


 * PROSE: Sanctuary
 * The TARDIS has only just left Gadrell Major, setting this immediately after Infinite Requiem.


 * PROSE: Human Nature
 * The Doctor changes himself into a human to understand Benny's grief over the death of Guy de Carnac, which happened in Sanctuary. After he resumes his Time Lord identity, he is given a cat named Wolsey as a pet.


 * PROSE: The Trials of Tara


 * PROSE: The Also People
 * The Doctor rescues Kadiatu from a slave ship.


 * PROSE: Of the Mermaid and Jupiter


 * PROSE: Larkspur


 * AUDIO: ''Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code'


 * AUDIO: The Hesitation Deviation

Chris and Roz

 * PROSE: Original Sin
 * The Doctor and Benny are joined by Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, who wish to escape the corruption and manipulation rife on Earth in their time.


 * PROSE: Sky Pirates!
 * Three-odd subjective years have passed since Love and War. Two days have passed since Original Sin, however this time was spent inside the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Zamper
 * Set immediately after Sky Pirates!


 * PROSE: Toy Soldiers


 * PROSE: Head Games
 * Ending leads directly into The Also People.


 * PROSE: The Also People


 * PROSE: Shakedown


 * PROSE: Just War
 * Ending leads directly into Warchild.


 * PROSE: Warchild


 * PROSE: Sleepy


 * PROSE: Death and Diplomacy
 * Set immediately after Sleepy. Jason Kane proposes to Benny, and she accepts, leading into Happy Endings.


 * PROSE: Happy Endings
 * Benny leaves the Doctor's company after her wedding to Jason Kane. The Doctor retrieves his original TARDIS from the Charrl after it was lost to him during Blood Heat.


 * PROSE: GodEngine
 * The Doctor, Roz and Chris have only just left Benny and Jason's wedding, setting this immediately after Happy Endings.


 * PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet
 * The Doctor, Roz and Chris have only just left Mars, setting this immediately after GodEngine.


 * PROSE: Cold Fusion
 * In the audio adaptation, the Doctor mentions the events of The Day of the Doctor and The Sirens of Time.


 * PROSE: The Nuclear Option


 * PROSE: Anteus


 * PROSE: Return of the Living Dad
 * The Doctor, Roz and Chris spend a couple of months in 21st century Earth. The Doctor hints to Benny that he knows the circumstances of his regeneration.


 * PROSE: The Death of Art
 * Chris unsuccessfully pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, setting this after Cold Fusion. It has been a few days since they witnessed Benny's reunion with her father in Return of the Living Dad, and the Doctor has been wandering the TARDIS alone during this time.


 * PROSE: Damaged Goods
 * When they arrive in New York City, the Doctor reassures his companions that the causal loop has been broken, setting this shortly after The Death of Art. Ending leads directly into So Vile a Sin.


 * PROSE: So Vile a Sin
 * Roz dies leading her sister's forces into battle against the army of Emperor Walid as part of Leabie's revolution. The Doctor suffers a one sided heart attack at her funeral, and has a vision of Death tormenting him about his coming demise, which he confirms he knows the criteria behind. The Doctor begins wearing the clothes from Doctor Who.

Champion's end

 * PROSE: Bad Therapy
 * Set several weeks after So Vile a Sin, but nothing much has happened in the interim.


 * PROSE: Culture War


 * PROSE: The Southwell Park Mermaid
 * The Doctor and Chris have recovered from the shock of Roz' death.


 * PROSE: No Room


 * PROSE: Eternity Weeps


 * PROSE: The Room With No Doors
 * Set shortly after Eternity Weeps, with Chris still traumatised by Liz's death. The Doctor knows that "Time won't have her Champion for much longer." He thinks of his next of kin and family, leading into Lungbarrow.


 * The Doctor leaves Chris behind to take Penelope Gate and Joel Mintz back to their proper homes, and spends some time traveling on his own for a while afterwards.


 * PROSE: Bullet Time
 * Set during The Room With No Doors, when the Doctor leaves Chris and travels on his own.


 * PROSE: Lungbarrow
 * The Doctor returns to the House of Lungbarrow on Gallifrey, and also sees Ace there. Chris decides to travel alone using a Time ring given to him by Romana. The Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to pick up 's remains on Skaro, and is also given a new sonic screwdriver by Romana.


 * Many stories, such as Notre Dame du Temps and The Eleven, unambiguously establish that the Doctor did not immediately head for Skaro.

Klein's revenge

 * AUDIO: A Thousand Tiny Wings
 * The Doctor is wearing his linen suit and is wistful about travelling alone. After reencountering Elizabeth Klein, the Doctor insists on her accompanying him on his travels so that he can keep an eye on her, knowing she will continue to pose a threat to history.


 * AUDIO: Klein's Story
 * Set immediately after A Thousand Tiny Wings. The Doctor is using the TARDIS interior from Doctor Who.


 * AUDIO: Survival of the Fittest
 * After travelling together for a while, Klein takes her chance of revenge on the Doctor by stealing his TARDIS and abandoning him on the planet of the Vrill.


 * AUDIO: The Architects of History
 * After Klein is erased from history by the Time Lords, the Doctor visits UNIT to find a different version of Klein now working there. The Doctor is beginning to show signs of ageing; his hair is depicted as tufts growing out of the side of his head.

Unfinished business

 * AUDIO: Return of the Daleks
 * The Doctor spends a couple of decades in the Daleks' prison, presumably leaving him with his aged appearance from Doctor Who, and setting all stories with the older-looking Doctor after this one.


 * COMIC: Ground Zero
 * The Doctor is older looking and traveling with a teenaged Ace. Ace is killed and the TARDIS's white interior is damaged, with the intent being that it is about to change into the Victorian parlour interior seen in Doctor Who. Any placement for this story will be contentious because of Ace's apparent death, though it is revealed in Sometime Never... that the Council of Eight were attempting to eliminate the Doctor's past companions, but they were thwarted by the Eighth Doctor, resulting in the restoration of multiple timelines and free will to the Universe.


 * AUDIO: Excelis Decays
 * The TARDIS interior has been changed recently, and the Doctor is portrayed with the aged appearance he had in Doctor Who.


 * AUDIO: Project: Lazarus
 * Set after Excelis Decays, with the Doctor presented as older looking. He briefly considers returning to Gallifrey.


 * AUDIO: A Death in the Family
 * The Doctor traps Nobody No-One inside his head, but, after his younger self is killed, he "burns out of existence" when time catches up to him.


 * AUDIO: Master
 * The Doctor uses the alias "Vaughn Sutton", setting this after Excelis Decays. He also makes vague references to Benny, Chris and Roz, placing this after Original Sin as well. The Doctor has just "burned back into existence", setting this immediately after A Death in the Family.


 * AUDIO: The Wormery
 * The Doctor sombrely reflects on himself cleaning up after his younger self.


 * AUDIO: Valhalla
 * The Doctor is portrayed with the aged appearance he had in Doctor Who.


 * AUDIO: Kingdom of Silver
 * The Doctor is portrayed with the aged appearance he had in Doctor Who.


 * AUDIO: Keepsake
 * Set after Kingdom of Silver.


 * AUDIO: Frozen Time
 * The Doctor is portrayed with the aged appearance he had in Doctor Who.


 * AUDIO: Dominion
 * Raine Creevy is travelling with an older Doctor, and Ace is on Gallifrey. The TARDIS is using its Victorian parlour console room.

Search for the Persuasion machine

 * AUDIO: Persuasion
 * Set after Dominion, with the TARDIS control room having the Victorian parlour console room design from Doctor Who. The Doctor is nearing the end of his current life, and has been trying to eradicate evil before his end.


 * AUDIO: Starlight Robbery


 * AUDIO: Daleks Among Us

Nearing the end

 * PROSE: Companion Piece
 * The Doctor is using the Victorian parlour console room, and has a premonition of his upcoming death, though he doesn't recognise it as such.


 * AUDIO: The Two Masters
 * The Doctor is using the Victorian parlour console room, and recognises from Dominion.


 * AUDIO: The Eleven
 * After managing to capture the Eleven, the Doctor is cryptically informed of a task he has to complete for the High Council. This is presumably the task he was given in Lungbarrow, to retrieve 's remains from Skaro, setting this immediately prior to Doctor Who.


 * TV: Doctor Who
 * Transporting the Master's remains from Skaro to Gallifrey, the Doctor is shot in a San Francisco gang shootout. Taken to Walker General Hospital by Chang Lee, the Doctor dies when Dr. Grace Holloway's exploratory surgery damages his circulatory system. Despite the anaesthesia halting the process, the Doctor is able to regenerate into his next incarnation several hours later.