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, such as DocOhoReviews, Doc Oho's Book Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Whopix, the Big Finish forum, The Whoniverse and The Divergent Universe forum. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Companions
Stories with Adric must take place before TV: Earthshock, while any story with Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka must take place before TV: Time-Flight, after TV: Arc of Infinity, before TV: Terminus, or after AUDIO: Cobwebs.

Any story with just Nyssa must be between TV: Time-Flight and TV: Arc of Infinity. Any story with Tegan and Turlough must take place between TV: Mawdryn Undead and TV: Resurrection of the Daleks. Any story with just Turlough must take place between TV: Resurrection of the Daleks and before TV: Planet of Fire, with any story with Peri Brown also occurring after Planet of Fire.

Any story where the Doctor is travelling alone can be placed between Autumn and Renaissance of the Daleks, The Waters of Amsterdam and The Elite, And You Will Obey Me and The King of Terror, and The Veiled Leopard and Son of the Dragon.

Costume
The Fifth Doctor wore two distinct costumes, with the first debuting with him in Castrovalva until it was ruined in Warriors of the Deep and outright replaced in The Awakening.

Sonic screwdriver
After his sonic screwdriver was destroyed in The Visitation, the Doctor elects not to replace it, setting any story where it utilizes the device as happening before The Visitation.

Early adventures

 * TV: Logopolis
 * The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation.


 * TV: Castrovalva
 * Set immediately after Logopolis, with the Doctor's regeneration still settling.


 * PROSE: The Comet's Tail
 * Set during Castrovalva: Part 1, when the Doctor is resting in the Zero Room before the Master interferes with the TARDIS navigational systems.


 * AUDIO: Psychodrome
 * Set two days after Logopolis.


 * PROSE: Cold Fusion
 * Set three days after Logopolis. Doctor is still recovering from his recent regeneration.


 * PROSE: Dr. Fifth
 * The Doctor is still in need of the Zero Room, implying he is still recovering from his recent regeneration, and still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.


 * COMIC: On the Planet Isopterus
 * Tegan is not concerned using the Doctor's dream-manipulating machine, setting this before Kinda.


 * PROSE: First Born
 * The Doctor still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.


 * PROSE: Resonance
 * The Doctor still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.


 * AUDIO: The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius
 * The Doctor still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.

Attempts to return to Heathrow

 * TV: Four to Doomsday
 * The Doctor begins trying to get the TARDIS to Heathrow Airport to return Tegan to her job as an air hostess. Nyssa collapses after a showdown with Monarch.


 * TV: Kinda
 * Set directly after Four to Doomsday, with Nyssa recuperating from her dizzy spell in the TARDIS throughout the crew's stay on Deva Loka.


 * AUDIO: Sock Pig
 * Authorial intent places this between Kinda and The Visitation. The Doctor is out for a night stroll on his own, and he still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.


 * TV: The Visitation
 * Set almost immediately after Kinda, with the Doctor reprimanding Adric for his actions, and Tegan still haunted by her possession. The Doctor's sonic screwdriver is destroyed by the Terileptil leader.


 * PROSE: Divided Loyalties
 * The Doctor has just escaped the Great Fire of London, setting this immediately after The Visitation. The Doctor avoids landing the TARDIS on a planet because he believes it would lead to another adventure, and instead allows the TARDIS to float in space. Tegan decides that she wants to remain with the TARDIS crew, and suggests that they take a holiday.


 * PROSE: The Immortals
 * The Doctor has recently regenerated, and Tegan is still upset about his failure to return her to Heathrow.


 * AUDIO: The Toy
 * Nyssa refers to the events of Kinda and is unsure if the Master is still alive.


 * AUDIO: The Star Men


 * TV: Black Orchid
 * Nyssa implies that this is the first time that they have been back in England since The Visitation.


 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * Set during Black Orchid: Part 1.


 * AUDIO: The Contingency Club
 * The Doctor has recently lost his sonic screwdriver, setting this shortly after The Visitation.


 * AUDIO: Zaltys
 * Tegan has given up on the Doctor's ability to get her back to Heathrow, and she and Adric believe the Master is dead, setting this before Smoke and Mirrors.


 * AUDIO: Smoke and Mirrors
 * The Doctor has recently lost his sonic screwdriver, setting this shortly after The Visitation. Houdini is the first historical figure that Tegan has met since beginning her travels with the Doctor, and this is the Doctor's first encounter with the Master since Castrovalva. Nyssa believes Tegan is beginning to enjoy her travels, something Tegan implies is correct.


 * AUDIO: Kingdom of Lies
 * Tegan, after some hesitation, admits to Adric that she has begun to enjoy traveling in the TARDIS. She recalls her brief piloting of the TARDIS from Four to Doomsday.


 * AUDIO: Ghost Walk
 * Nyssa's psychic potential from Kinda is reference.


 * AUDIO: Serpent in the Silver Mask
 * Set sometime after The Visitation, with the Doctor looking for components to build a new sonic screwdriver.


 * COMIC: In Their Nature
 * Adric, Nyssa and Tegan are kidnapped 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.


 * COMIC: The Last Action Figure


 * PROSE: The Key of Vaga
 * Tegan and Nyssa are absent.


 * PROSE: Planet of Fear
 * Tegan and Nyssa are absent.


 * PROSE: In the TARDIS: Christmas Day


 * PROSE: The Constant Doctor


 * AUDIO: The Darkening Eye
 * The Dar Traders predict that Adric's death is coming soon, setting this shortly before Earthshock.


 * AUDIO: Iterations of I
 * The Doctor has started reading the Black Orchid book he received in Black Orchid.


 * PROSE: Hearts of Stone
 * Set immediately before Earthshock, with the Doctor and Adric upset with each other, and the gestalt mourns the upcoming loss of Adric.


 * TV: Earthshock
 * While stopping the Cybermen from destroying the Earth, Adric dies in a spaceship explosion.


 * TV: Time-Flight
 * Set immediately after Earthshock, with the TARDIS crew grieving for Adric, and Tegan failing to convince the Doctor to change history and save him. While trying to go to the Great Exhibition, the TARDIS lands at Heathrow Airport, where, after a battle with the Master, Tegan is left behind by the Doctor and Nyssa.

Lone travels with Nyssa

 * PROSE: Long Term
 * Nyssa does not accompany the Doctor; she remains in the TARDIS, still mourning Adric.


 * PROSE: Suspension and Disbelief
 * The Doctor is still mourning Adric's death, setting this shortly after Earthshock.


 * PROSE: Empire of Death
 * Set shortly after Time-Flight. Nyssa still has her latent psychic powers and has often thought about asking the Doctor to take her to Traken at an earlier point in its history, setting this before Primeval.


 * PROSE: Artificial Intelligence
 * The Doctor mentions his visit to the school in Long Term as occurring "not long ago". He is also still bitter about Adric's untimely death.


 * PROSE: Tip of the Tongue
 * The Doctor has recently lost Adric and Tegan.


 * PROSE: Past Reckoning
 * Nyssa knows very little of the history of Earth, and suggests they look up Tegan once they're back on Earth.


 * PROSE: The Parliament of Rats
 * Nyssa refers to the Doctor's recent regeneration.


 * PROSE: The Eternity Contract


 * PROSE: Lonely Days
 * Nyssa recalls Tegan recently returning to Heathrow Airport after Adric's death.


 * AUDIO: The Land of the Dead
 * Tegan has recently departed the TARDIS during a brief return to Heathrow Airport in 1982.


 * AUDIO: Winter for the Adept
 * Nyssa mentions the recent events from The Land of the Dead.


 * AUDIO: The Mutant Phase
 * Nyssa refers to the events of The Land of the Dead.


 * AUDIO: Circular Time: Spring


 * AUDIO: The Deep


 * AUDIO: Primeval


 * AUDIO: Spare Parts


 * AUDIO: Creatures of Beauty
 * Nyssa mentions visiting Alaska, as she did in The Land of the Dead.


 * AUDIO: Circular Time: Summer


 * PROSE: Confabula
 * Nyssa recalls the events of Spare Parts.


 * PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
 * Nyssa recalls visiting Heathrow Airport in 1982, and deeply misses Tegan.


 * AUDIO: The Game


 * PROSE: The 57th


 * PROSE: Saturn


 * PROSE: The Church of Saint Sebastian


 * AUDIO: Circular Time: Autumn

Traveling alone

 * While Nyssa is undertaking a solo expedition to 13th century Rhodes, the Doctor goes on some solo adventures. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks)


 * COMIC: The Tides of Time


 * PROSE: Catalogue of Events
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit.


 * COMIC: Stars Fell on Stockbridge


 * COMIC: The Stockbridge Horror


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * The Doctor recalls his trip to Heathrow, setting this after Time-Flight.


 * PROSE: The Man on the Phone


 * PROSE: There's Something About Mary


 * PROSE: A Victorian Interlude
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit.


 * PROSE: The Feast of Seven... Eight (and Nine)
 * The events of The Visitation are mentioned.

Temporary companions

 * AUDIO: Fallen Angels
 * The Doctor claims his visit to Heathrow Airport in Time-Flight was "not [too] long ago".


 * AUDIO: Empire of the Racnoss
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit. After an encounter with the Racnoss, the Doctor decides to return a Time Lord combatant, Alayna, to Gallifrey.


 * AUDIO: Cuddlesome
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit.


 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * The Doctor is in his first outfit.


 * PROSE: Time on a Vine
 * Nyssa and Tegan are mentioned as former companions of the Doctor.


 * PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit.


 * AUDIO: The Secret History
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit.

Troubles with Thomas Brewster

 * AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks
 * The Doctor and Nyssa reunite and resume traveling together.


 * AUDIO: Return to the Web Planet
 * Set immediately after Renaissance of the Daleks.


 * AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster


 * AUDIO: The Three Companions


 * AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot
 * Set five months after The Haunting of Thomas Brewster.


 * AUDIO: Time Reef
 * Set soon after The Boy That Time Forgot with the Doctor and Nyssa recovering the parts of the TARDIS that Brewster sold.


 * AUDIO: A Perfect World
 * Brewster leaves the Doctor and Nyssa's company, staying in London, 2008.

Further travels with Nyssa

 * AUDIO: Castle of Fear
 * The Doctor mentions Sir Justin of Wells from The Tides of Time.


 * AUDIO: The Eternal Summer
 * Follows directly on from Castle of Fear.


 * AUDIO: Plague of the Daleks


 * PROSE: Curiosity


 * PROSE: God Send Me Well to Keep


 * PROSE: Tweaker


 * AUDIO: The Demons of Red Lodge


 * AUDIO: The Entropy Composition
 * Nyssa is still thinking about her happy childhood on Traken, as she was The Demons of Red Lodge.


 * AUDIO: Doing Time


 * AUDIO: Special Features
 * The Doctor refers to the events of The Demons of Red Lodge.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One


 * AUDIO: 1001 Nights


 * AUDIO: My Brother's Keeper
 * Nyssa mentions the prisons of Folly from Doing Time.


 * AUDIO: The Interplanetarian


 * AUDIO: Smuggling Tales


 * AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End


 * AUDIO: Moonflesh
 * After the TARDIS door is left open due to a malfunctioning latch, Hannah Bartholemew stows aboard the TARDIS as it takes off.


 * AUDIO: Tomb Ship
 * The Doctor finds out about Hannah stowing aboard the TARDIS, setting this immediately after Moonflesh.


 * AUDIO: Masquerade
 * On the SORDIDE Delta space station, Hannah is left in a robot-like state after being purged of all emotions. She decides to stay on the station instead of going with the Doctor.


 * GAME: The First Adventure
 * The Doctor is in his first outfit, and traveling with an unidentified companion, presumably Nyssa.


 * AUDIO: Alien Heart
 * The Doctor and Nyssa are captured by the Daleks, and transported to Mojax, where numerous duplicates of them are created, leading directly into Dalek Soul.


 * AUDIO: Dalek Soul
 * It has been five years since the Daleks captured the Doctor and Nyssa on Traxana.


 * AUDIO: The Second Oldest Question

Returning to Amsterdam

 * TV: Arc of Infinity
 * During a scuffle with Omega in Amsterdam, the Doctor and Nyssa are reunited with Tegan, who rejoins them in the TARDIS.


 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set during Arc of Infinity: Part 3, when the Doctor is floating in the Matrix.


 * AUDIO: The Waters of Amsterdam
 * Set directly between Arc of Infinity and Omega.


 * AUDIO: Omega
 * On behalf of the Time Lords, the Doctor is clearing up after the events of Arc of Infinity.


 * AUDIO: The Burning Prince
 * The Doctor is attempting to return to Amsterdam to pick up Nyssa and Tegan.


 * While traveling alone, the Doctor is joined by Brooke, who is an assassin sent after him by Madame Kovarian. (AUDIO: The Furies) The Doctor has numerous adventures with Brooke without finding out. (AUDIO: A Requiem for the Doctor)


 * AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake
 * The Doctor and Brooke are joined by River Song in their travels.


 * AUDIO: A Requiem for the Doctor
 * The Doctor is traveling with Brooke and River, and is depicted in his first outfit. He reacts with curiosity when he hears River use the phrase "timey-wimey", suggesting this is set before Time Crash.


 * AUDIO: My Dinner with Andrew
 * The Doctor has his memory of Brooke and River erased by River's hallucinogenic lipstick. The Doctor is shot with regeneration inhibitors by Brooke, and dies.


 * AUDIO: The Furies
 * Brooke II uses River's vortex manipulator to prevent her past incarnation from killing the Doctor by tricking her into killing Andrew Edwardson in his place, saving the Doctor. River mentions that the Doctor is on his way back to Amsterdam, and he agrees to drop O off at a galactic trading centre on his way.


 * TV: Time Crash
 * The Doctor is in his first outfit, and has no sonic screwdriver, setting this after The Visitation. He has started using the phrase "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey", setting this after Fallen Angels as well.


 * AUDIO: Relative Time
 * The Doctor is still trying to return to Amsterdam. He does not react to Jenny's use of the phrase "timey-wimey", suggesting this is set after Time Crash.

Renewed voyages with Tegan

 * AUDIO: The Waters of Amsterdam: Epilogue
 * The Doctor returns to Amsterdam for Nyssa and Tegan thirty seconds after he left, saying that he had to run a "quick errand" for the Time Lords, as depicted in Omega.


 * PROSE: Fear of the Dark
 * Tegan is having dreams of snakes, setting this before Snakedance. The opening scene places these events the day after Tegan re-joined the TARDIS crew in Arc of Infinity, with the Doctor checking to see if the Time Lords have installed a tracking device on his TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: The Elite
 * The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa have just left Amsterdam.


 * AUDIO: Hexagora
 * The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa holiday in Brisbane for several days to recover from the events of The Elite.


 * AUDIO: The Children of Seth
 * References are made to the recent events of The Elite and Hexagora.


 * PROSE: Danger Down Below
 * PROSE: The God Machine
 * PROSE: The Armageddon Chrysalis
 * PROSE: The Haven
 * PROSE: The Penalty
 * PROSE: Night Flight to Nowhere
 * Tegan returns to Heathrow Airport to meet a friend, suggesting that she has been back with the Doctor for a while. In fact, the Doctor Who Annual 1983 stories features the Doctor traveling with Nyssa and Tegan without Adric, but with Tegan still dressed as an air stewardess. Presumably, as hinted in The Elite, she is wearing her old suit due to her inability to find other clothes.


 * PROSE: Wake
 * The TARDIS crew go to the Necropolitan to properly mourn the death of Adric.


 * PROSE: Lackaday Express
 * The Doctor and Tegan are having an old argument about Adric's death and the Doctor's refusal to go back in time and save him.


 * PROSE: The Sands of Time
 * Tegan mentions being in Amsterdam and is still wearing the same clothes from when she was there, setting this after Arc of Infinity. Preventing Adric's death is still being discussed by Tegan and the Doctor.


 * PROSE: Zeta Major
 * Back cover sets this between Arc of Infinity and Snakedance. Both Nyssa and Tegan are still thinking about Adric's death.


 * PROSE: Soul Mate
 * Tegan is sceptical that a dream could manifest itself physically, setting this before Snakedance.


 * PROSE: No Exit


 * PROSE: Goths and Robbers
 * The writer's notes place this between Arc of Infinity and Snakedance.


 * AUDIO: The Lions of Trafalgar
 * The last time Tegan saw the Doctor climbed something of great height was in Logopolis.


 * AUDIO: The King of the Dead


 * AUDIO: The Mistpuddle Murders

Marc joins the crew

 * AUDIO: Tartarus
 * Tegan and Nyssa can't remember the last time that the Doctor mentioned Adric, with Nyssa concluding that he is struggling to come to terms with his death. Marc joins the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa after being freed from slavery by Cicero.


 * AUDIO: Interstitial
 * Marc has only just joined the TARDIS crew. He sees outer space and sliding doors for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Feast of Fear


 * AUDIO: Warzone
 * Marc is partially cyber-converted by the Cybermen, and the Doctor vows not to allow them to take another friend from him after Adric, leading directly into Conversion.


 * AUDIO: Conversion
 * The Doctor manages to save Marc's mind from cyber-conversion. He drops Tegan, Nyssa and Marc off on Kalana to recover from recent events. He decides that he should take a break from his companions for a while, so that he can have a chance to think.

Taking a break

 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone and visits Cicero to ensure that he doesn't include their adventure together in his letters. The Doctor alludes to something bad happening to Marc, setting this shortly after Conversion. (AUDIO: Tartarus'')


 * COMIC: Lunar Lagoon


 * COMIC: 4-Dimensional Vistas
 * The Doctor has not learnt how to swim, setting this before Warriors of the Deep.


 * COMIC: The Moderator

Old foes return again

 * PROSE: Men of the Earth
 * Tegan sets the TARDIS on course for Manussa, leading directly into Snakedance.


 * TV: Snakedance
 * Tegan has only recently re-joined the TARDIS team.


 * PROSE: Goth Opera
 * Tegan is still recovering from her possession by the Mara, setting this immediately after Snakedance. The Doctor has not seen the Master since Time-Flight.


 * COMIC: Blood Invocation


 * AUDIO: Aquitaine


 * AUDIO: The Peterloo Massacre
 * Tegan and Nyssa visit Manchester, setting this after their very first visit to Manchester in Goth Opera.


 * TV: Mawdryn Undead
 * Tegan is still worried about the Mara returning, setting this shortly after Snakedance. Under orders from the Black Guardian, Turlough joins the Doctor in his travels so he may kill him for the Black Guardian.


 * AUDIO: Gardens of the Dead
 * Turlough has only just joined the TARDIS crew, setting this immediately after Mawdryn Undead.


 * COMIC: Ophiuchus


 * TV: Terminus
 * Turlough is shown his bedroom in the TARDIS, and is greatly disliked and distrusted by Tegan, setting this shortly after Mawdryn Undead. Nyssa decides to stay on Terminus to help treat the Lazar victims.


 * PROSE: Gudok
 * Tegan still doesn't trust Turlough, even believing him capable of murder.


 * TV: Enlightenment
 * Turlough, with the Doctor's encouragement, defies the Black Guardian and is able to escape his agreement with him. Turlough decides that he wants to go home.


 * AUDIO: Freakshow
 * Set just after Enlightenment.


 * PROSE: Falling from Xi'an
 * Turlough has an underlying fear that the Black Guardian will punish him for siding with the Doctor, however his relationship with Tegan appears to be amicable.

Nyssa returns

 * AUDIO: Cobwebs
 * Set two days after Nyssa initially left the TARDIS in Terminus.


 * AUDIO: The Whispering Forest
 * Ending leads directly into The Cradle of the Snake.


 * AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake


 * AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar
 * Tegan mentions the Mara being purged from her system, setting this shortly after The Cradle of the Snake.


 * AUDIO: Kiss of Death


 * AUDIO: Rat Trap


 * AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger
 * Nyssa's appearance is reverted to that of her younger self at the time that she left the TARDIS crew.


 * AUDIO: The Jupiter Conjunction
 * The Doctor refers to Nyssa's recent rejuvenation from The Emerald Tiger.


 * AUDIO: The Monkey House
 * Authorial intent places this between The Jupiter Conjunction and The Butcher of Brisbane.


 * AUDIO: The Butcher of Brisbane


 * AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!


 * AUDIO: The Lady of Mercia
 * Turlough refers to Dr. Sa Yy Findecker from The Butcher of Brisbane.


 * AUDIO: Prisoners of Fate


 * AUDIO: Mistfall
 * Drawn off-course, the TARDIS passes through a CVE into E-Space, trapping the Doctor and his companions there.


 * AUDIO: Equilibrium


 * AUDIO: The Entropy Plague
 * As she is dying from Entropy, Nyssa chooses to stay in E-Space to power a portal back to N-Space for the TARDIS.

Joined by Kamelion

 * TV: The King's Demons
 * Tegan wonders if the TARDIS has fallen into a trap set by the Black Guardian. The Doctor takes Kamelion with him in the TARDIS after liberating him from the Master, and sets the TARDIS coordinates for the Eye of Orion.


 * PROSE: The Bird of Fire
 * The Doctor is trying to reach the Eye of Orion, setting this shortly after The King's Demons.


 * PROSE: Mark of the Medusa
 * Tegan is still susceptible to the control of the Mara. Though he stays aboard, Kamelion is keen to leave the TARDIS with his fellow crew-members, but ends up being controlled by the Mara from Tegan's subconscious.


 * PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus
 * Set a few days after The King's Demons. The TARDIS is heavily damaged. Kamelion is influenced by a strong mind and endangers his fellow travellers. He decides that he cannot be trusted and elects to remain within the TARDIS indefinitely.


 * AUDIO: Devil in the Mist
 * Kamelion has only recently joined the TARDIS crew, and Tegan does not yet trust him. The Doctor and Kamelion make repairs on the TARDIS console, including a refitting, setting this shortly before The Five Doctors. Kamelion does not fear leaving the TARDIS.


 * AUDIO: Black Thursday
 * The Doctor has recovered from the back injury he received in Devil in the Mist. Kamelion begins to believe that he is a liability and should no longer travel with the Doctor. The TARDIS team decide to take a trip to New York, leading into Power Game.


 * AUDIO: Power Game
 * Rather than New York, the TARDIS instead arrives in York. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough spend three weeks searching for Kamelion after he goes missing. Kamelion receives a signal from his home planet.


 * AUDIO: The Kamelion Empire
 * Set immediately after Power Game. The TARDIS follows the signal to Kamelion's homeworld of Mekalion. The TARDIS console is destroyed, and Kamelion decides that he cannot be trusted and elect to remain within the TARDIS until his mental resistance is stronger. The TARDIS materialises on the Eye of Orion, leading directly into The Five Doctors.

Reminders of the past

 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * The Doctor brings Tegan and Turlough to the Eye of Orion, as he had promised to do at the conclusion of The King's Demons. The TARDIS has a brand new console.


 * AUDIO: The Five Companions
 * Set during The Five Doctors, after the Doctor used the Master's transmat recall device to escape the Cybermen.


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set immediately after The Five Doctors. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough return to the Eye of Orion to resume their holiday. However they are attacked by Sontarans, Drashigs and a Raston Warrior robot, but escape with the help of the Eighth Doctor.


 * PROSE: Qualia
 * The Five Doctors took place "the other day". Kamelion is put inside a cupboard made from off-cuts of the TARDIS in order to protect him from mental signals. He has a strong mental connection to Tegan, setting this after Devil in the Mist.


 * PROSE: Sontar's Little Helpers
 * The TARDIS console has recently been rebuilt, setting this shortly after The Five Doctors.


 * PROSE: The Velvet Dark
 * Tegan hasn't seen the Master since The Five Doctors, setting this before Birth of a Renegade.


 * AUDIO: The Sirens of Time
 * Set between The Five Doctors and Warriors of the Deep. The Doctor is in his first outfit, and Tegan and Turlough are trapped in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: The Oxaqua Incident


 * PROSE: Winter on Mesique


 * PROSE: Class 4 Renegade


 * PROSE: The Nemertines


 * AUDIO: Ringpullworld
 * Set several weeks after The Five Doctors and before Warriors of the Deep. The TARDIS has had troubles since leaving the Death Zone.


 * COMIC: The Lunar Strangers
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit, and Turlough is well adjusted to life in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Birth of a Renegade
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit and encounters the Master.


 * TV: Warriors of the Deep
 * The Doctor asks Turlough if he has changed his mind about going home, who confirms that he has decided to stay with the Doctor and Tegan.


 * PROSE: Deep Blue
 * The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough decide to take a break in order to recover from the events on Sea Base 4, setting this immediately after Warriors of the Deep. The Doctor is wearing his first outfit, which is ruined by a Xaranti, leading the Doctor to hope he has a spare outfit in the TARDIS. Tegan decides that she wants to visit her grandfather, setting this shortly before The Awakening.


 * TV: The Awakening

Companionless travels

 * While Tegan and Turlough remain in Little Hodcombe, the Doctor slips away to answer a distress call, and then travels on his own for a while. (AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me)


 * AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me
 * The Doctor received 's distress signal while in Little Hodcombe, setting this immediately after The Awakening.


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The Doctor, wearing his second outfit, 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.


 * PROSE: Do You Smell Carrots?


 * PROSE: Fungus


 * PROSE: Anything You Can Do


 * AUDIO: The Four Doctors


 * AUDIO: The Helliax Rift
 * The Doctor is depicted with his second outfit.


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * The Doctor is illustrated in his second outfit, and is piloting the TARDIS with its The Five Doctors design.

Final adventures with Tegan

 * After traveling on his own, the Doctor returns to Little Hodcombe to fulfil his promise to return Will Chandler home. (PROSE: The King of Terror)


 * PROSE: The King of Terror
 * There are references to the Malus from The Awakening, which occurred a month before this story. The Doctor explains that it took him that long to return Will Chandler back to 1643 after the events of The Awakening.


 * PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World
 * The Doctor attends the third test at Headingley in 1981 with Tegan and Turlough.


 * PROSE: Lant Land


 * PROSE: Last Minute Shopping
 * The cloister bell starts ringing, leading into The Assassin's Story.


 * PROSE: The Assassin's Story
 * The Web of Time is threatened when Margaret Thatcher is assassinated during her first year as Prime Minister, explaining why the TARDIS cloister bell was ringing in Last Minute Shopping.


 * PROSE: Rome


 * PROSE: The Fall of the Druids


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * The Doctor is depicted in his second outfit.


 * TV: Frontios
 * The Doctor and Tegan leave Turlough behind on Frontios while they take the Gravis to Kolkokron.


 * AUDIO: Excelis Dawns
 * While attempting to transport the Gravis to Kolkokron, the TARDIS lands on Artaris. Tegan and the Doctor get into an argument about landing in the wrong place, prompting the Doctor to send Tegan to wait in the TARDIS for the whole of his adventure with Iris Wildthyme.


 * PROSE: Life After Queth
 * The Doctor and Tegan take the Gravis to Kolkokron. Twelve hours have passed since they left Frontios.


 * PROSE: Perfect Day
 * Set immediately after the Doctor and Tegan leave the Gravis on Kolkokron.


 * PROSE: Keeping It Real
 * Set shortly after Life after Queth. The Doctor takes a detour from returning to Frontios and by the end, needs to make another.


 * PROSE: The Creation of Camelot


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Tegan go back in time to kill a dictator as a baby. However, the Doctor is unable to go through with the act and leaves.


 * AUDIO: Time in Office
 * The Doctor and Tegan were on their way back to Frontios after dropping off the Gravis when they were summoned to Gallifrey.


 * COMIC: Where's the Doctor?
 * The Doctor and Tegan attend the coronation of Elizabeth II. Tegan is wearing her air hostess uniform, and the Doctor is depicted with his second outfit.


 * The Doctor and Tegan return to Frontios for Turlough, and get caught in a time corridor upon leaving with him, leading directly into Resurrection of the Daleks. (TV: Frontios)


 * TV: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * Tired of all the death and violence she has witnessed, Tegan decides to remain on Earth, causing the Doctor to rethink his lifestyle.

Lone travels with Turlough

 * PROSE: Lords of the Storm
 * Tegan has only just left the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: The Volcanis Deal


 * PROSE: One Last Try


 * PROSE: Zeitgeist
 * Turlough reflects on the events of Resurrection of the Daleks and Lords of the Storm, weeks after the former.


 * AUDIO: Phantasmagoria


 * PROSE: Imperial Moon


 * AUDIO: Loups-Garoux


 * PROSE: White Man's Burden


 * PROSE: Observation
 * Turlough can operate the TARDIS accurately enough to move it forward in time by six months.


 * PROSE: Flashpoint


 * PROSE: One Wednesday Afternoon


 * AUDIO: Singularity


 * PROSE: Comforts of Home


 * PROSE: The Misadventure of Mark Thorne


 * PROSE: Piecemeal


 * PROSE: Do You Believe in the Krampus?

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 * PROSE: ''[[One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)|One Step Forward, Two Steps


 * AUDIO: The Memory Bank


 * AUDIO: The Last Fairy Tale


 * AUDIO: Repeat Offender


 * AUDIO: The Becoming


 * AUDIO: Trap For Fools


 * TV: Planet of Fire
 * Turlough returns to his home planet, and the Doctor destroys Kamelion at the robot's request. Peri Brown joins the Doctor in his travels aboard the TARDIS.

Early travels with Peri

 * PROSE: Five Card Draw
 * The Doctor has only just started travelling with Peri and asks her to stay in the TARDIS library when he believes that the destination they've arrived at is unsuitable. After seeing her still in the company of his next incarnation, the Doctor realises that he will regenerate soon.


 * PROSE: Light at the End of the Tunnel
 * Set a few days after Planet of Fire. Peri has recently joined the TARDIS crew, and she and the Doctor spend two days starting a rebellion on N'Tia. The Doctor expresses a desire to watch Les Misérables.


 * PROSE: Black and White
 * It has been three days since the TARDIS left Sarn and Peri goes shopping in London to recover from her recent encounter with the N'Tians from Light at the End of the Tunnel. The Doctor and Peri watch Les Misérables.


 * PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure
 * It has only been a few days since the events of Planet of Fire. The Doctor gives his age as 850-years-old.


 * PROSE: Hot Ice
 * Peri is unfamiliar with the Ice Warriors, setting this before Red Dawn.


 * AUDIO: Red Dawn
 * Set before The Bride of Peladon.


 * PROSE: A Town Called Eternity
 * The Doctor encounters the Master for the first time since Planet of Fire, which occurred a week ago for the Doctor and Peri. Peri recalls visiting Mars in Red Dawn and Gelsandor in The Ultimate Treasure.


 * PROSE: The Church of Football
 * Peri has been travelling with the Doctor for two weeks and mentions her shopping trip in Black and White. Peri's only other experience of time travel was her trip to Regent Street in 1981.


 * PROSE: Leap Second
 * The Doctor and Peri's previous trip was to Wembley Stadium in 1935, setting this immediately after The Church of Football.


 * PROSE: Never Seen Cairo


 * PROSE: Superior Beings
 * Peri hasn't been time-travelling for long and is just getting used to the Doctor and the TARDIS. However, she is beginning to view the TARDIS as home.


 * PROSE: Warmonger
 * Set directly after Superior Beings, with Peri still recovering from the adventure while the Doctor is entirely at ease.


 * AUDIO: Rulebook


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen Prologue: The Fifth Doctor
 * In an alternate timeline created by Rassilon and the Cybermen, the Doctor is forced to land the TARDIS on a Cyberman occupied Skaro.


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen
 * The Doctor and Peri attempt to flee from the Cybermen following their arrival on Skaro.

Erimem joins the duo

 * AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion
 * Set shortly after Planet of Fire, with the Doctor giving Peri a tour of the TARDIS. Erimem joins the TARDIS crew, with a cat she had adopted.


 * AUDIO: The Church and the Crown
 * Erimem names her recently adopted cat Antranak.


 * AUDIO: No Place Like Home
 * Set after The Tides of Time, as the Doctor recognises Shayde. Erimem is new to the TARDIS, setting this shortly after The Eye of the Scorpion as well.


 * AUDIO: Nekromanteia
 * Antranak sacrifices his life saving the planet Talderun.


 * PROSE: Blood and Hope
 * Set between Nekromanteia and The Axis of Insanity. Peri has heard the Doctor use the alias "John Smith" before.


 * PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World


 * PROSE: The Gangster's Story


 * AUDIO: The Axis of Insanity
 * Erimem does not have a TARDIS key, and Peri begins teaching her English.


 * AUDIO: The Roof of the World
 * Peri refers to their recent adventure in The Axis of Insanity. Erimem's ability to cope with time travel and her burgeoning relationship with Peri is explored.


 * AUDIO: Three's a Crowd
 * Erimem has taken to wearing a key around her neck, and is still recovering from the events of The Roof of the World.


 * AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea


 * PROSE: The Coming of the Queen


 * AUDIO: The Kingmaker

Unfinished business

 * AUDIO: The Gathering
 * This adventure is concurrent with Erimem and Peri's involvement in The Veiled Leopard.


 * Knowing that his regeneration is fast approaching due to Five Card Draw, the Doctor goes on some solo trips to ensure he leaves no unfinished business when he regenerates.


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess


 * PROSE: Greenaway


 * PROSE: The Power Supply


 * PROSE: The Juror's Story


 * PROSE: Diary Extract
 * The Doctor is depicted in his second outfit.


 * PROSE: Lily


 * PROSE: Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat

Final adventures with Erimem

 * AUDIO: The 100 Days of the Doctor
 * The Doctor attends the inauguration of the three-bodied lustrousness of the Vix with Peri and Erimem.


 * AUDIO: Son of the Dragon
 * Erimem is reasonably proficient in written English.


 * AUDIO: The Mind's Eye


 * PROSE: Far Away in a Manger


 * AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon
 * Erimem leaves the Doctor and Peri.

Second quest for the Key to Time

 * AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar
 * The Doctor has been intentionally separated from Peri until the Key to Time is found. Ending leads directly into The Destroyer of Delights.


 * AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights


 * AUDIO: The Chaos Pool
 * The Doctor destroys the Key to Time in the Chaos Pool, and then makes plans to return to Peri.

Final travels

 * AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans
 * Set shortly after Erimem's departure.


 * COMIC: The Curse of the Scarab
 * The Doctor and Peri are wearing the same outfits from Fascination.


 * PROSE: Fascination
 * Peri has been traveling with the Doctor for months now, and has her own TARDIS key.


 * AUDIO: Wet Walls


 * PROSE: The Canvey Angels


 * PROSE: A Life in the Day


 * AUDIO: Exotron


 * AUDIO: Urban Myths


 * PROSE: Methuselah


 * AUDIO: A Room With No View


 * AUDIO: Peri and the Piscon Paradox
 * Ending leads directly into The Caves of Androzani.


 * TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * Poisoned by spectrox toxaemia, the Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation after ensuring that Peri is cured of the poisoning.


 * AUDIO: Circular Time: Winter
 * Set during the Doctor's regeneration in The Caves of Androzani: Part 4.

Currently unplaced

 * These entries are placed here due to being part of an ongoing storyline that has yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Doctor's timeline.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until evidence presents itself that provides a clue as to where they happen in relation to other entries. Some of these are part of ongoing storylines that could present evidence towards the end of the plot.


 * AUDIO: Nightmare Country