Theory:Timeline - Gwen Cooper

This page lists appearances of Gwen Cooper in the order in which she 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.

2005

 * AUDIO: One Rule
 * Gwen appears as a police officer alongside Andy Davidson.

2007

 * TV: Everything Changes
 * Gwen joins Torchwood Three.


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


 * TV: Cyberwoman
 * TV: Small Worlds
 * AUDIO: Hidden
 * TV: Countrycide
 * Gwen begins an affair with Owen Harper.


 * TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts
 * 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
 * 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.


 * TV: Sleeper
 * TV: To the Last Man
 * Occurs on Friday 20th of June, 114 years after 1894. Gwen has her first and only encounter with Tommy Brockless, who is annually defrosted for the last time. Thus, she has been at Torchwood for no longer than exactly one year.


 * 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.


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


 * 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.


 * TV: From Out of the Rain
 * TV: Adrift
 * AUDIO: Believe
 * Gwen mentions the Nostrovite, placing this story after Something Borrowed. The Team have reason not to trust Jack.


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


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


 * AUDIO: In the Shadows (introduction)
 * Gwen attempts to send a message to Owen and Tosh in the afterlife.


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

2009

 * 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.


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day One
 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Two
 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Three
 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Four
 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five
 * COMIC: Shrouded
 * AUDIO: The House of the Dead
 * Shrouded and The House of the Dead are set in the six-month gap at the end of Children of Earth: Day Five. Shrouded takes place at Ianto's funeral after Ianto dies in Day Four. Jack leaves Earth at the end of Children of Earth: Day Five. Days One through Five flow into one another.


 * PROSE: First Born

2010

 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five (epilogue)
 * 6 months later, Jack leaves Earth.

2011

 * PROSE: The Men Who Sold the World
 * Prequel to The New World.


 * TV: The New World
 * Jack returns to Earth.


 * TV: Rendition
 * Jack and Gwen are taken to America.


 * TV: Dead of Night
 * TV: Escape to LA
 * TV: The Categories of Life
 * TV: The Middle Men
 * TV: Immortal Sins
 * TV: End of the Road
 * Jack and Gwen return to the UK, along with Esther after End of the Road. The New World through End of the Road flow into one another.


 * TV: The Gathering
 * Takes place a few months after End of the Road.


 * TV: The Blood Line
 * Continues where The Gathering left off.

2012

 * AUDIO: Army of One
 * AUDIO: Fallout
 * PROSE: Exodus Code

2016

 * AUDIO: Forgotten Lives


 * AUDIO: More Than This


 * AUDIO: Made You Look


 * AUDIO: We Always Get Out Alive


 * AUDIO: Night of the Fendahl


 * AUDIO: Smashed

2017

 * COMIC: World Without End
 * COMIC: Station Zero
 * AUDIO: Visiting Hours
 * AUDIO: Changes Everything
 * Having been "dumped" by the crew of the Ice Maiden, Jack has returned to duty at Torchwood Cardiff.


 * AUDIO: Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy
 * AUDIO: Orr
 * AUDIO: Superiority Complex
 * AUDIO: Love Rat
 * AUDIO: Zero Hour
 * AUDIO: The Empty Hand
 * AUDIO: Poker Face
 * AUDIO: Tagged
 * AUDIO: Escape Room
 * AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn
 * AUDIO: Future Pain

Later

 * Following the 2021 Dalek revolution, Jack makes contact with Gwen. Gwen now has a son and tells Jack of her Dalek encounter. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)

4421

 * AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive

Alternate Timeline

 * AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack

Unplaced

 * 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
 * TV: Web of Lies
 * COMIC: The Return of the Vostok
 * AUDIO: Dissected
 * 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.