Theory:Timeline - Third Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Third Doctor 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, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as DocOhoReviews, Doc Oho's Book Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Whopix, Big Finish forums, The Whoniverse and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Additionally there are statements on the back of Virgin Missing Adventures and many BBC Past Doctor Adventures novels that state between which TV stories the novel takes place between. These can be used to narrow the field, and should be viewed as the only placing for these novels.

Limiting factors
Any stories involving the Doctor travelling around several destinations in his TARDIS should take place following TV: The Three Doctors, prior to this he is limited to travels "on assignment" for the Time Lords. Any limited trip with Jo Grant must take place after TV: Colony in Space.

Any story where he is not on assignment but travelling freely with Jo must take place after TV: The Three Doctors and before TV: The Green Death. Any story with Sarah Jane Smith must take place after TV: The Time Warrior and before TV: Planet of the Spiders.

UNIT career begins

 * TV: Spearhead from Space
 * The Doctor has regenerated from his previous incarnation. Upon recovering, he assists UNIT in combating the Nestene Consciousness's Auton invasion and is asked by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart to become UNIT's scientific advisor with Dr. Liz Shaw, and he accepts in return for a car.


 * COMIC: The Arkwood Experiments


 * COMIC: The Multi-Mobile


 * COMIC: Insect


 * PROSE: The Mind Extractors


 * PROSE: The Ghouls of Grestonspey


 * PROSE: Caught in the Web
 * Liz is examining the leftovers of the Auton invasion, setting this shortly after Spearhead from Space.


 * PROSE: Invaders Invisible
 * The Doctor has not yet had an adventure on Earth without the Brigadier since his exile began.


 * PROSE: The Dark Planet


 * PROSE: Caverns of Horror


 * PROSE: A Universe Called Fred


 * COMIC: The Metal Eaters
 * The Doctor and Liz go to Stegmoor to investigate reports of a crashed Voord spaceship, but find nothing. (AUDIO: Beachhead)


 * COMIC: Assassin from Space


 * COMIC: Undercover


 * AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones
 * RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain. The Doctor uses Venusian aikido for the first time in his third incarnation, setting this before Landbound.


 * TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * The Doctor encounters the Silurians for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.

After the Wenley Moor massacre

 * Immediately after seeing the Silurian city destroyed, the Doctor leaves UNIT. After Bessie runs out of petrol, the Doctor saves Captain Ronald Henderson from attackers, and, learning of the loss of Henderson's ship, decides to return to UNIT. (AUDIO: Landbound)


 * PROSE: The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back
 * The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.


 * AUDIO: Shadow of the Past
 * The Doctor is still unhappy about the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz mentions Captain Yates, setting this after Vengeance of the Stones.


 * AUDIO: Old Soldiers
 * Set a few weeks after Doctor Who and the Silurians.


 * TV: The Ambassadors of Death
 * The Doctor has yet to forgive the Brigadier for the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Corporal Benton has only recently been promoted to Sergeant.


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time


 * AUDIO: The Christmas Dimension


 * PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas
 * Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites as her reason for leaving. The TARDIS console has also been removed from within the ship, as it was in The Ambassadors of Death.


 * AUDIO: Walls of Confinement
 * This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.


 * AUDIO: A Home From Home


 * PROSE: Prelude White Darkness
 * The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.


 * AUDIO: The Last Post
 * Concludes shortly before Inferno.


 * TV: Inferno
 * In an attempt to get his TARDIS working, the Doctor is transported to a different dimension, where the Earth is destroyed as a result of the Inferno Project. Returning to his own dimension before the destruction, the Doctor is able to prevent the Inferno Project from destroying it.


 * PROSE: Still Lives
 * Set immediately after Inferno.


 * COMIC: The Fishmen of Carpantha


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus


 * AUDIO: The Blame Game
 * It has been "months" since Spearhead from Space, and also mentions the events of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz has heard the Doctor's TARDIS materialise before, setting this after Inferno.


 * PROSE: Soldiers from Zolta
 * It is summer.


 * PROSE: The Science of Magic


 * PROSE: The Eye of the Giant
 * Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.


 * PROSE: Hiccup in Time
 * One of the Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS sends Liz back in time to 1539.

Liz resigns

 * AUDIO: The Blue Tooth
 * Liz decides to leave UNIT.


 * AUDIO: Binary
 * Liz announces her intentions to leave UNIT.


 * PROSE: The Scales of Injustice
 * Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.


 * PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun
 * Liz has just recently left UNIT.


 * AUDIO: The Rings of Ikiria
 * Set after Doctor Who and the Silurians.


 * COMIC: Castaway


 * COMIC: Levitation


 * PROSE: Danse Macabre
 * With no travelling companion, the Doctor meets Horatio Nelson, whom he refers to as a personal friend in The Sea Devils.


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Robot


 * COMIC: Trial of Fire


 * COMIC: The Kingdom Builders


 * PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune
 * Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.


 * PROSE: Reconnaissance
 * is at large, setting this after Prisoners of the Sun.


 * PROSE: Country of the Blind
 * Liz has decided to tell the Doctor about her decision to officially leave UNIT, setting this after the Doctor found out from the Brigadier during Prisoner of the Sun.


 * AUDIO: Taken For Granted
 * Set shortly before Terror of the Autons. The Doctor reprimands Sergeant Benton outside Jack Canning's office when he sees him dressed up like him.

Battles with the Master

 * TV: Terror of the Autons
 * Jo Grant joins UNIT as the Doctor's new assistant, just in time for UNIT's first open battle with . The Doctor steals a dematerialisation circuit from the Master's TARDIS, stranding his old enemy on Earth with him.


 * AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn
 * Months have passed for Liz since she left UNIT, and the Doctor now has a new assistant, setting this shortly after Terror of the Autons.


 * AUDIO: The Doll of Death
 * Though the audio's blurb places this between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks, Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting this before The Claws of Axos.


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen Prologue: The Third Doctor
 * In an alternate timeline created by Rassilon and the Cybermen, the Doctor senses a time distortion during a brawl with the Master.


 * PROSE: Dark Intruders


 * PROSE: War in the Abyss


 * PROSE: Hunt to the Death


 * PROSE: Doorway into Nowhere
 * The Master is still trapped on Earth, setting this before The Mind of Evil.


 * PROSE: The Claw


 * PROSE: Saucer of Fate


 * PROSE: The Phaser Aliens


 * AUDIO: Damascus


 * TV: The Mind of Evil
 * The Master reclaims his dematerialisation circuit, and promptly leaves in his TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Deadly Reunion
 * The Master has a working TARDIS, setting this after The Mind of Evil.


 * PROSE: Angel
 * The Doctor is visibly chafing at his confinement to 20th century Earth.


 * PROSE: A Visit to the Cinema

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 * PROSE: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties:
 * The Doctor hasn't seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.


 * AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant
 * Set during Jo's first year at UNIT. The Doctor doesn't have the TARDIS working yet, and UNIT considers the Master a threat to Earth safety, setting this between The Mind of Evil and Colony in Space.


 * TV: The Claws of Axos
 * From a deal with the Master, the Doctor is able to restore his TARDIS back to working order, only to discover the Time Lords had pre-programmed it to always return him to 20th century Earth in case he manged to escape his exile.


 * PROSE: The Thousand Years of Christmas
 * The Doctor has just discovered that even if he can now depart with the TARDIS, he will be drawn back to Earth, setting this shortly after The Claws of Axos.


 * PROSE: The Steward's Story


 * PROSE: The Tip of the Mind
 * The Doctor incorrectly believes that the Time Lords have lifted his exile, setting this between The Claws of Axos and Colony in Space


 * AUDIO: The Mega
 * The Mega received advice from the Master, setting this after he got his TARDIS working in The Mind of Evil. The Nuton Power Complex is referenced, setting this after The Claws of Axos.


 * TV: Colony in Space
 * Jo visits her first alien planet when the Doctor is assigned a mission to Uxarieus by the Time Lords.


 * TV: The Dæmons
 * After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat in Devil's End, the Master is arrested by UNIT.


 * PROSE: Bert the Landlord
 * Set during The Dæmons: Episode 4.

After the Master's arrest

 * PROSE: Freedom
 * Set after the Master's arrest in The Dæmons.


 * AUDIO: Still Life
 * The TARDIS is not in working order, setting this before The Three Doctos. Jo is absent from UNIT for several weeks due to the effects of the Time Keeper.


 * COMIC: Gemini Plan


 * COMIC: Timebenders


 * PROSE: The Thing from Outer Space


 * AUDIO: Degrees of Truth
 * The events of Freedom are mentioned.


 * PROSE: The Flower Sour


 * Jo returns to UNIT. Shortly afterwards, her father passes away. (AUDIO: Still Life)


 * AUDIO: The Magician's Oath
 * Set between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: Gardeners' Worlds

Missions in time

 * TV: Day of the Daleks


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Set during Day of the Daleks: Episode 1.


 * The Doctor meets journalist James Stevens. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)


 * AUDIO: Horrors of War
 * Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still imprisoned.


 * PROSE: The Monster in the Woods
 * The Doctor refers to the events of Day of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Harvest of Time
 * Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still in prison. The Brigadier mentions the Daleks, setting this after Day of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask
 * Set sometime after The Dæmons, and not long before The Face of the Enemy, as the Master is being held in Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre.


 * PROSE: The Face of the Enemy: Prologue
 * The Doctor and Jo leave for Peladon, setting this during The Curse of Peladon: Episode 1.


 * TV: The Curse of Peladon
 * The Doctor visits Peladon for the first time, while taking the TARDIS on its first test run since he "got it working again". Jo encounters the Ice Warriors for the first time.


 * PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch
 * The Doctor and Jo have the same outfits they wore in The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Spoilsport


 * PROSE: The Face of the Enemy: Epilogue
 * The Doctor and Jo return to UNIT almost immediately after The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Honest Living
 * Set shortly after The Curse of Peladon.


 * PROSE: The Switching
 * The Master changes the internal configuration of the Doctor's TARDIS, setting this after The Curse of Peladon, and before The Sea Devils, as the Master is sent to Fortress Island.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this shortly before The Sea Devils.


 * TV: The Sea Devils
 * Aided by the Sea Devils, the Master is able to escape his prison sentence on Fortress Island. The Doctor meets the Sea Devils for the first time.


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set immediately after The Sea Devils.


 * AUDIO: Find and Replace
 * Set after The Sea Devils, as the Doctor is making a device to track the Master and Jo has encountered the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Seismologist's Story


 * COMIC: Under Pressure
 * Jo fails to recognise the Fourth Doctor, setting this before The Touch of the Nurazh.


 * TV: The Mutants


 * AUDIO: The Other Woman
 * Set after The Mutants, as Jo hasn't been in the TARDIS very often, the Master is free and the Doctor is anticipating being freed from his exile soon.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q"


 * AUDIO: Prisoners of the Lake
 * Authorial intent places this between Day of the Daleks and The Time Monster.


 * AUDIO: Storm of the Horofax
 * The Doctor is still in exile, and refers to the events of Colony in Space and The Mutants.


 * PROSE: The Touch of the Nurazh
 * The events of The Mutants are mentioned. The Doctor briefly regenerates into his fourth incarnation, but the regeneration is aborted due to the Nurazh's interference.


 * PROSE: Where the Heart Is
 * Set three years after Spearhead from Space. The Doctor lists his work for the Time Lords, with The Mutants being the last one he mentions. This is also where UNIT acquires the manor house seen in The Three Doctors.


 * AUDIO: Primord
 * Jo recalls the events of The Sea Devils. Jo and Liz meet for the first time, and the Doctor and Liz last saw each other in The Sentinels of the New Dawn.


 * COMIC: Change of Mind
 * The Doctor and Liz spend some time together and reference her departure from UNIT, setting this after Primord.


 * AUDIO: The Scream of Ghosts
 * Jo recalls her recent encounter with Liz, setting this shortly after Primord.


 * AUDIO: Poison of the Daleks
 * The Doctor mentions Peladon, setting this after The Curse of Peladon.


 * AUDIO: Operation: Hellfire
 * Jo has faced the Ogrons before, setting this after Day of the Daleks. The Doctor's TARDIS is still limited in its capabilities, and the Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords, setting this before The Three Doctors.


 * WC: Doctors Assemble!
 * The Doctor doesn't have use of his TARDIS, setting this before The Three Doctors. He recognises his next incarnation on sight due to his "teeth and curls", setting this after The Touch of the Nurazh.


 * PROSE: Rags
 * Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, setting this after Day of the Daleks. The Doctor confesses that sheep have "never filled [him] with dread before", setting this before Verdigris.


 * TV: The Time Monster
 * Jo comments on the TARDIS's new interior design, which the Doctor dismisses as a "redecoration".


 * PROSE: Morphology
 * A footnote states that this story takes place after The Time Monster.


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * The Doctor is using the control room from The Time Monster.


 * COMIC: Target Practice


 * The Doctor visits Professor Child's dig. (PROSE: The Suns of Caresh)


 * COMIC: Where's the Doctor?
 * The Doctor and Jo attend the coronation of Elizabeth II in Bessie.


 * The Doctor investigates a mysterious infantryman's jacket. (AUDIO: Tales from the Vault)


 * PROSE: Jigsaw
 * Set shortly before Verdigris.


 * PROSE: Verdigris
 * Ending leads directly into The Three Doctors.

Working on the TARDIS

 * TV: The Three Doctors
 * The Doctor's knowledge of time travel is restored to him as a reward for defeating Omega. However, he doesn't leave immediately, as he needs to fix up the TARDIS further.


 * PROSE: Verdigris: Epilogue
 * The Doctor's exile has just been rescinded.


 * With the TARDIS in his control again, the Doctor rescues Liz from 1539. (PROSE: Hiccup in Time)


 * AUDIO: The Scorchies
 * The Scorchies song mentions the Gell guards, setting this after The Three Doctors. The Doctor is still working on the TARDIS.


 * With his TARDIS working again, the Doctor takes Captain Henderson back to witness the loss of his ship. (AUDIO: Landbound)


 * AUDIO: The Defectors
 * The Doctor is switched with his seventh incarnation by . Jo refers to the Omega crisis, but acts as if she hasn't travelled in the TARDIS yet, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

Newfound freedoms

 * PROSE: The Wages of Sin
 * The Doctor goes on his first test flight into the past since his time travel knowledge was returned in The Three Doctors, taking Liz and Jo with him.


 * PROSE: Deep Stretch
 * The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, but he still feels uneasy when it is mentioned, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * AUDIO: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant
 * In the first artificial scenario, the Brigadier refers to the Doctor recently being released from his exile on Earth by the Time Lords, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: The Spear of Destiny
 * The Doctor has had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him recently, and his exile is still a sore subject of conversation for him, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction
 * The Doctor admits to Jo that he has come to find comfort in Earth since his exile was lifted, and that he reason he keeps returning is to see his friends there. Some of his abilities that were previously blocked by the Time Lords are still returning, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: Losing Track of Time
 * Jo is still new to time travel, but the Doctor has complete control of the TARDIS, setting this after The Three Doctors.


 * AUDIO: The Havoc of Empires
 * The Doctor's exile has been rescinded recently by the Time Lords, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors. Jo and Mike plan to take trips into history for their dates, and Mike has accompanied the Doctor and Jo to other planets before, but is treating time travel as a new experience.


 * PROSE: Listen - The Stars


 * PROSE: Out of the Green Mist


 * COMIC: The Time Thief


 * PROSE: The Fathom Trap
 * The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.


 * COMIC: Menace of the Molags


 * PROSE: Talons of Terror


 * PROSE: Old Father Saturn


 * PROSE: Galactic Gangster


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The Doctor is currently travelling with Jo. (DWM 475) He helps in the saving of Gallifrey on the last day of the Last Great Time War, and, in the novelisation, has a tea party with his other incarnations in the Under Gallery as a celebration.

Continued voyages with Jo

 * AUDIO: The Same Face
 * Jo recalls the events of The Three Doctors.


 * TV: Carnival of Monsters


 * AUDIO: Peepshow
 * Set near the end of Carnival of Monsters, the Doctor is approached by River Song, who tells him he is "about to have his hearts broken", referring to Jo's upcoming departure from his company in The Green Death.


 * PROSE: The Suns of Caresh
 * The Doctor tries to recalibrate the TARDIS' navigational system, and Jo mentions the events of Carnival of Monsters.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One


 * PROSE: The House That Jack Built


 * PROSE: Revenge of the Phantoms


 * COMIC: Dead on Arrival


 * PROSE: Fugitives from Chance


 * COMIC: After the Revolution


 * PROSE: The Battle Within
 * The Doctor and Jo have been traveling in the TARDIS for some time, but Jo is not familiar with the Doctor's trances, setting this before Frontier in Space.


 * AUDIO: The Mists of Time
 * Due to her memory trouble, Jo erroneously thinks this story happens immediately after The Doll of Death, but she later recalls the events of Day of the Daleks. As the TARDIS is free from Earth exile, this story must be set at least after The Three Doctors.


 * PROSE: Rock Star
 * Set between Carnival of Monsters and Frontier in Space.


 * PROSE: Lost and Founded
 * Set before Frontier in Space.


 * PROSE: Once upon a Time Machine
 * Set before Frontier in Space.


 * AUDIO: Pop-Up


 * TV: Frontier in Space


 * TV: Planet of the Daleks
 * Set immediately after Frontier in Space. After leaving Spiridon, Jo asks the Doctor to take them back to Earth.

After Spiridon

 * AUDIO: The Conquest of Far
 * The Doctor and Jo have just left Spiridon, setting this immediately after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Catastrophea
 * Continues immediately on from Planet of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Tyrants of Logic
 * The Doctor is still adjusting to his newfound freedom, but speaks fondly of his time in exile. He has promised to get Jo back to Earth and gives her his TARDIS key, setting this shortly after Planet of the Daleks.


 * The Doctor and Jo eventually return to Earth from Spiridon.


 * PROSE: The Piper
 * The Doctor has recently been to Spiridon, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Nightdreamers
 * Jo is still musing on her romance with Latep from Planet of the Daleks, and begins to think about how her days with the Doctor might be coming to an end.


 * AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros
 * The Doctor refers to the recent events of Frontier in Space.


 * PROSE: Hidden Talent
 * Latep from Planet of the Daleks is mentioned, and Jo has been back on Earth for "a bit."


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!


 * PROSE: Dancing the Code
 * Set a week after Planet of the Daleks. The Doctor and Jo have spent the past few weeks trying and failing to get to Metebelis III.


 * AUDIO: The Hidden Realm
 * Jo is aware of the Doctor regenerative abilities, setting this after The Three Doctors, but the TARDIS is not currently operational, implying that the damage done in Dancing the Code is to blame.


 * PROSE: Dr. Third
 * Jo knows the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Curse of Peledon. Liz is in the same area as the UNIT HQ, and is acquainted with Jo, setting this after Primord.


 * AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans
 * The Doctor mentions Lava Worms, setting this after The Transcendence of Ephros.


 * PROSE: Salt of the Earth
 * Jo has pale skin from spending lots of time inside the Doctor's lab.


 * AUDIO: Lost in the Wakefield Triangle


 * AUDIO: Time Tunnel
 * Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Echoes
 * The Doctor seems able to control the TARDIS, and, although he speaks of Jo in the present tense, she is not traveling with him at the moment. Possibly set before Last of the Gaderene or Speed of Flight, where the Doctor is shown returning to UNIT after taking some solo trips.


 * PROSE: Potential
 * Set before The Green Death. Possibly set before Last of the Gaderene or Speed of Flight, where the Doctor is shown returning to UNIT after taking some solo trips.


 * PROSE: Speed of Flight
 * The Doctor is attempting to take Jo and Mike to Karfel, leading into of Timelash.


 * The Doctor, Jo and Mike take a trip to Karfel, where they prevent the experiments of a scientist named Megelen on a local life form called Morloxes. (TV: Timelash)


 * PROSE: The Bad Guy
 * Set immediately after Timelash.


 * PROSE: /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet


 * AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine
 * Jo refers to the events of Planet of the Daleks.

Final adventures with Jo

 * The Doctor and Jo briefly encounter an apparition of a Charley Pollard from an alternate timeline. (AUDIO: The Light at the End)


 * PROSE: Legacy
 * The Doctor and Jo visit Pakha. The Doctor notices for the first time that Jo has grown up a lot since their first meeting.


 * PROSE: Come Friendly Bombs...
 * The Doctor can control his TARDIS' flight, and Jo has apparently taken numerous lengthy trips in the TARDIS, setting this after The Three Doctors. This story also demonstrates her awakening social conscience, which leads into The Green Death.


 * PROSE: The Clean Air Act
 * Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after Come Friendly Bombs....


 * PROSE: Hide and Seek
 * The Doctor notes that Jo is beginning to grow up.


 * PROSE: The Christmas Inversion
 * Mike is displeased to find himself traveling in the TARDIS, suggesting he has already travelled within it. The Doctor tells Jo that she will leave him when she feels the time is right.


 * PROSE: ...And Eternity in an Hour
 * Jo is familiar with the Doctor's trances that make his skin ice-cold, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Jo go back in time to kill a dictator as a baby. However, the Doctor sees his sixth incarnation doing the same, and leaves him to do it.


 * PROSE: Last of the Gaderene
 * Set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Sphinx Lightning


 * PROSE: The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge


 * TV: The Green Death
 * Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor Clifford Jones.


 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * Set during The Green Death: Episode 1, after the Doctor leaves Metebelis III and before he returns to UNIT, as the Doctor still has the Metebelis crystal in his possession.

Travelling alone

 * PROSE: She Knew
 * Set immediately after The Green Death.


 * PROSE: Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna
 * Jo has just recently left the Doctor, setting this shortly after The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon
 * The Doctor still misses Jo after she left in The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Landbound
 * The Doctor refers to Jo leaving him, setting this shortly after The Green Death.


 * AUDIO: Council of War
 * Benton refers to the events of The Green Death.


 * After spending years inventing a device to save Jo from the time distortion, the Doctor travels to the 2010s and leaves the device with Petronella Osgood, along with a farewell letter for Jo. (AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant)

Solo actions

 * COMIC: The Vogan Slaves


 * COMIC: The Celluloid Midas


 * COMIC: Backtime


 * COMIC: The Eternal Present


 * PROSE: And Now for My Next Trick...


 * COMIC: *Sub Zero


 * COMIC: The Planet of the Daleks
 * Set directly after *Sub Zero.


 * COMIC: The Plant Master


 * COMIC: Ride to Nowhere


 * COMIC: The Hungry Planet


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time


 * COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere


 * COMIC: The Ugrakks


 * COMIC: Steelfist


 * COMIC: Zeron Invasion


 * PROSE: Countdown to TV Action
 * Set between Zeron Invasion and Deadly Choice.


 * COMIC: Deadly Choice


 * COMIC: Who is the Stranger


 * COMIC: The Glen of Sleeping


 * COMIC: The Threat from Beneath


 * COMIC: Back to the Sun


 * COMIC: Fogbound


 * PROSE: Smash Hit


 * COMIC: Secret of the Tower


 * COMIC: The Labyrinth


 * COMIC: The Spoilers


 * PROSE: The One Second Hour


 * COMIC: The Vortex


 * COMIC: The Unheard Voice

Temporary companions

 * COMIC: Children of the Evil Eye
 * On a mission for the Time Lords, the Doctor is taken prisoner on 32nd century Earth, and assisted in his escape by a young boy named Arnold. After overthrowing the young tyrant, Oswald, the Doctor invites Arnold to travel with him as he takes Oswald away from the vengeful Earth citizens.


 * COMIC: Nova
 * Follows directly on from Children of the Evil Eye, with the Doctor and Arnold leaving Oswald on another planet as his punishment. The Doctor begins the return journey to Earth to return Arnold to his home.


 * COMIC: The Amateur
 * The Doctor returns Arnold to his home so as not to alienate him from his time.


 * COMIC: The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour No. 8.


 * AUDIO: The Three Companions


 * AUDIO: The Time Vampire
 * The Doctor and Joshua Douglas part ways after ten years of companionship.

Alone again

 * COMIC: The Disintegrator


 * COMIC: The Test of Time


 * COMIC: Comic Relief Comic


 * COMIC: Untitled


 * PROSE: All-Consuming Fire


 * PROSE: Downtime


 * COMIC: Is Anyone There?


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess


 * PROSE: The Juror's Story


 * PROSE: The Feast of Seven... Eight (and Nine)


 * COMIC: Size Control


 * PROSE: Dream Devils


 * PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 1
 * Set before The Time Warrior.


 * PROSE: Dateline to Deadline
 * Set between The Green Death and The Time Warrior.


 * COMIC: The Magician


 * PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill


 * AUDIO: A True Gentleman


 * COMIC: Day of the Tune


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * The Doctor was in the middle of making adjustments to Bessie when he was picked up by Bernice Summerfield. He has knowledge of TARDIS travel and recalls his attempts to get to Metebelis III, setting this after The Green Death.

Meeting Sarah Jane Smith

 * TV: The Time Warrior
 * The Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith, who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: The Paradise of Death
 * Set immediately after The Time Warrior, with the Doctor returning Sarah home. She decides to officially join the Doctor's company.

Voyages with Sarah

 * PROSE: Before the Legend
 * Sarah Jane doesn't know much about the Doctor's origins.


 * PROSE: The Time Thief
 * The Doctor tells Sarah Jane about Gallifrey and the Time Lords.


 * PROSE: Scorched Earth


 * COMIC: Doomcloud


 * COMIC: Perils of Paris


 * COMIC: Who's Who?


 * TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * The Doctor is taking Sarah home to London, having initially "set off from the research centre".


 * PROSE: Neptune
 * The Doctor has been trying to get Sarah Jane to Florana since they left London in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, but has failed to get her there several times already.


 * TV: Death to the Daleks
 * The Doctor and Sarah are traveling to Florana for a holiday, setting this almost immediately after Invasion of the Dinosaurs. Sarah Jane has her first encounter with the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space
 * The TARDIS is still recovering from the energy drainage sustained in Death to the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Hungry Bomb
 * The Doctor and Sarah finally make it to Florana, setting this after Death to the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Interesting Times
 * Set after Death to the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End


 * PROSE: Signal S.O.S.


 * COMIC: In With the Tide
 * The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Doctor and Sarah have been absent from UNIT long enough for it to have been infiltrated by the Remoraxians. Liz, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are kidnapped by Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.


 * COMIC: Endgame
 * The Doctor joins with his other incarnations to rescue his friends from Adam and, and assists the other Doctors in saving their companions as well.


 * PROSE: Numb
 * Set seven weeks after Invasion of the Dinosaurs.


 * COMIC: Invasion of the Scorpion Men


 * PROSE: The Discourse of Flies
 * Sarah has already been to a number of alien worlds.


 * PROSE: Island of Death
 * Sarah mentions her vacation in Sicily, setting this after The Ghosts of N-Space.

Time alone

 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set immediately before The Five Doctors.


 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * The Doctor recognises Sarah Jane when he encounters her future self in the Death Zone, setting this between The Time Warrior and Planet of the Spiders.


 * COMIC: The Metal-Eaters


 * COMIC: Lords of the Ether


 * COMIC: The Wanderers


 * COMIC: Petrified


 * PROSE: Five Card Draw
 * Though she is absent, the Doctor is currently traveling with Sarah Jane Smith.

Final voyages

 * PROSE: Separation Day
 * Sarah is wearing her leather jacket from The Monster of Peladon.


 * TV: The Monster of Peladon

Death on Dust

 * PROSE: Alien Bodies
 * Sarah Jane and the Doctor have just left Peladon, setting this immediately after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Interference: Shock Tactic
 * Set immediately after Alien Bodies, with the Doctor and Sarah intending to return to Earth. The Doctor discovers a door within the TARDIS that leads to his eighth incarnation, who attempts to warn him of Faction Paradox. The TARDIS lands on the planet Dust during the War in Heaven, on the same day when I.M. Foreman's Travelling Show arrived and the Faction Paradox warships approached the planet, leading directly into Interference: The Hour of the Geek.


 * PROSE: Interference: The Hour of the Geek
 * The Doctor defeats the Remote invasion, and resolves the apparent paradox of Foreman's original encounter with his future selves. However, due to the interference of Faction Paradox, the Doctor is shot by Magdelana Bishop, and begins to regenerate into his next incarnation.


 * PROSE: The Ancestor Cell
 * Aware of the perversion of history, the Third Doctor's "ghost" remains in the TARDIS until the Eighth Doctor confronts Grandfather Paradox during the Faction Paradox invasion of Gallifrey. The Third Doctor assists the Eighth Doctor in destroying Gallifrey and Kasterborous, forcing the universe to choose whether the original or new timeline is the real timeline.


 * The Eighth Doctor was uncertain which timeline would become real. Compassion initially told Fitz Kreiner that the Doctor's visit to Dust and the War in Heaven had been unwritten from history. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) However, when the Eighth Doctor eventually regained contact with the greater universe, history had been rewritten so that Gallifrey had never even existed, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) suggesting that the War had not been erased, but actually continued and ended in some other way. (PROSE: The Book of the War, The Story So Far...)

Avoiding Dust

 * PROSE: Amorality Tale
 * Set between The Monster of Peladon and Planet of the Spiders, with the Doctor feeling morbid after his brush with death on Peladon.


 * PROSE: Primitives


 * PROSE: The Dead Man's Story
 * Set after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Sedna
 * Sequel to Neptune. The Doctor is traveling alone with Jeremy Fitzoliver, setting this immediately after The Dead Man's Story.


 * AUDIO: Glorious Goodwood
 * Sarah recalls meeting Aggedor on Peladon, setting this after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: The Lampblack Wars


 * PROSE: Link
 * Set after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Generation Gap


 * PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas
 * Set after The Monster of Peladon.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill


 * AUDIO: Decline of the Ancient Mariner


 * PROSE: An Overture Too Early
 * Set shortly before  Planet of the Spiders.

A slow demise

 * TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * Confronting the Great One of the Eight Legs, the Doctor receives a lethal dose of radiation, but is able to escape in the TARDIS.


 * Suffering severe radiation poisoning, the Doctor is stuck wandering around the time vortex for ten years due to lacking the energy to properly pilot the TARDIS. (PROSE: Love and War)


 * PROSE: Ancient Whispers
 * Slowly dying from radiation sickness, the Doctor is trying to find his way back to UNIT HQ from Metebelis III.


 * PROSE: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller
 * The Doctor is dying after being exposed to radiation.


 * TV: Planet of the Spiders: Epilogue
 * After the TARDIS finally lands back at UNIT HQ, the Doctor is able to regenerate into his next incarnation with assistance from K'anpo Rimpoche.

Currently unplaced

 * These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Doctor's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.


 * AUDIO: Waiting for Gadot