Theory:Timeline - Leela

This page lists appearances of Leela in the order in which she 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, The History of the Doctor, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, the Big Finish forums and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Travels with the Fourth Doctor

 * TV: The Face of Evil
 * Following her banishment from the Sevateem tribe, Leela forces her way into the Doctor's TARDIS, joining the Fourth Doctor in his travels.


 * PROSE: Last Man Running
 * Though the book's blurb places this after The Robots of Death, Leela believes the TARDIS is possessed and the Doctor is highly irritated by her presence, setting this shortly after The Face of Evil.


 * PROSE: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
 * Leela still shows particularly violent tendencies, setting this early in her travels.


 * TV: The Robots of Death
 * The Doctor explains transdimensional engineering to Leela, and is happier with her company. He claims to be 750-years-old.


 * AUDIO: The Revisionists
 * Leela feels that she has been travelling with the Doctor for a few days, and has not had much fresh air due to travelling "between boxes" since she left her tribe. She yearns to be outdoors again. She mentions the Storm Mine 4, setting this after The Robots of Death.


 * AUDIO: Dumb Waiter
 * The Doctor uses a Time Ring to send Leela back into his second incarnation's TARDIS. Leela's eyes are brown and she refers to the Doctor as "the Evil One" out of habit, setting this shortly after The Face of Evil. Due to the fact that the Doctor needed something from Leela's memories of these events, it's possible that she forgot about them entirely, thus why she does not remember Jamie in The Fate of Krelos.


 * PROSE: Drift
 * The events of The Robots of Death are still fresh in Leela's mind.


 * PROSE: Corpse Marker
 * Though Leela is depicted dressed in her second attire, the book's cover places this between Last Man Running and The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: Psi-ence Fiction
 * Leela's first visit to Earth, although she won't remember it.


 * PROSE: Match of the Day


 * PROSE: The Bushranger's Story
 * Leela has never seen a horse before, setting this before The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: The Prodigal Sun


 * AUDIO: The Ghost Trap
 * Leela has only been traveling with the Doctor for a few weeks, but has seen spaceships before.


 * AUDIO: Black Dog


 * TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * Battling Magnus Greel in 1889 London, the Doctor and Leela are aided by Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot.


 * COMIC: The Time Machination


 * AUDIO: Destination: Nerva
 * The Doctor and Leela have just parted ways with Jago and Litefoot, setting this immediately after The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * AUDIO: The Renaissance Man
 * Leela refers to the events of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * AUDIO: The Wrath of the Iceni


 * AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks


 * AUDIO: Trail of the White Worm
 * Ending leads directly into The Oseidon Adventure.


 * AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure
 * The Doctor and the Master meet for the first time since The Deadly Assassin.


 * PROSE: Eye of Heaven
 * Leela has recently encountered horses, setting this shortly after The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * COMIC: The Orb


 * COMIC: The Mutants


 * COMIC: The Devil's Mouth


 * PROSE: The Brain of Socrates
 * Leela recalls the Victorian theatre from The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * COMIC: The Aqua-City


 * AUDIO: Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade


 * COMIC: Rest and Re-Creation


 * AUDIO: Night of the Stormcrow


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End
 * The Doctor is currently using the secondary console room, setting this before it was destroyed in Empathy Games. He indicates that he has had a recent encounter with the Master. Leela does not know about regeneration.


 * PROSE: Famine on Planet X


 * PROSE: The Planet of Dust


 * PROSE: Terror on Tantalogus


 * COMIC: The Power


 * PROSE: Flashback


 * COMIC: Emsone's Castle


 * PROSE: The Crocodiles from the Mist


 * AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead
 * The Doctor and Leela discuss their previous visit to London from The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Leela has a limited ability to read English.


 * AUDIO: The Devil's Armada
 * Leela is still wearing Victorian clothing from The Ghosts of Gralstead.


 * AUDIO: The Genesis Chamber


 * AUDIO: The Catalyst
 * Leela is still learning basic reading. She still does not know about regeneration.


 * AUDIO: Empathy Games
 * The TARDIS' secondary console room is damaged by the fire started in The Catalyst. Leela is unfamiliar with the concept of money.


 * PROSE: Shamans


 * PROSE: The Sooner the Better


 * PROSE: The Living Wax


 * PROSE: Stanley
 * Leela views jeans as ridiculous, setting this before Horror of Fang Rock.


 * AUDIO: Death-Dealer
 * The Doctor teaches Leela about money for the first time, setting this after Empathy Games.


 * AUDIO: String Theory


 * AUDIO: The King of Sontar


 * AUDIO: White Ghosts
 * Leela is able to read on her own.


 * AUDIO: The Crooked Man


 * AUDIO: The Evil One
 * Leela recalls her previous encounter with the Master in The Oseidon Adventure.


 * AUDIO: Last of the Colophon


 * AUDIO: Destroy the Infinite


 * AUDIO: The Abandoned


 * AUDIO: Zygon Hunt


 * AUDIO: The Foe from the Future
 * Leela's reading level has advanced to the point where the Doctor is having her read him the works of Shakespeare. She also knows about policemen, setting this after The Talons of Weng-Chiang.


 * PROSE: The Destroyers


 * PROSE: The Very Last Picture Show
 * Leela still has brown eyes, setting this before Horror of Fang Rock.


 * TV: Horror of Fang Rock
 * Due to pigment dispersal from witnessing an explosion, Leela's eye colour changes from brown to blue. She also wears jeans for the first time.


 * PROSE: Dear Great Uncle Peter
 * Leela is still in jeans, setting this shortly after Horror of Fang Rock.


 * AUDIO: The Child


 * AUDIO: The Valley of Death
 * Leela refers to the temporary blindness she endured during Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: The Changeling Years


 * PROSE: One Bad Apple

Adopting K9

 * TV: The Invisible Enemy
 * The Doctor closes the secondary console room for redecoration, and he takes Leela to the main console room for the first time as he moves back in to it. Leela is still learning to write her name. K9 is adopted by the Doctor on Professor Marius's insistence.


 * PROSE: Crimson Dawn
 * K9 takes damage from the drain on his batteries, as well as water damage from the canals, which gives him "corroded circuitry", leading into Image of the Fendahl.


 * TV: Image of the Fendahl
 * Leela has changed into a new set of clothes, and K-9 is suffering from "corroded circuitry.


 * PROSE: People of the Trees
 * Leela recalls being temporarily blinded during Horror of Fang Rock.


 * PROSE: Christmas Every Day


 * PROSE: The Dogs of War
 * The Doctor and K9 begin playing chess, leading into The Sun Makers.


 * TV: The Sun Makers
 * Leela has changed back into her first outfit.


 * PROSE: The Roots of Evil
 * Leela remembers seeing the steel hives of the Sun Makers during The Sun Makers.


 * AUDIO: The Exxilons


 * AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass


 * AUDIO: Requiem for the Rocket Men


 * AUDIO: Death Match
 * Set immediately after Requiem for the Rocket Men.


 * AUDIO: Suburban Hell


 * AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror


 * AUDIO: The Fate of Krelos
 * Ending leads directly into Return to Telos.


 * AUDIO: Return to Telos


 * COMIC: A Rare Gem
 * Leela and K9 are kidnapped by Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.


 * COMIC: Endgame
 * The Doctor joins with his other incarnations to rescue Leela and K9 from Adam and, and assists the other Doctors in saving their companions as well.


 * TV: Underworld
 * Leela is once again wearing her second outfit.


 * AUDIO: The Time Vampire
 * The Doctor gathers the parts needed to build K9 Mark II.


 * TV: The Invasion of Time
 * After the Doctor uses his position of Lord President to propel an invasion of Gallifrey, Leela decides to stay on Gallifrey to marry Andred, and K9 elects to stay with her.

Life on Gallifrey

 * AUDIO: Time in Office
 * Leela meets the Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka.


 * PROSE: Affirmative
 * K9 is living with Leela on Gallifrey.


 * AUDIO: Zagreus
 * Romana and Leela meet for the first time.


 * PROSE: Lungbarrow
 * Leela is pregnant.


 * AUDIO: Weapon of Choice
 * Leela becomes Romana's bodyguard.


 * AUDIO: Square One
 * AUDIO: The Inquiry
 * AUDIO: A Blind Eye

On Gallifrey and other Gallifreys

 * AUDIO: Lies
 * AUDIO: Spirit
 * AUDIO: Pandora
 * AUDIO: Insurgency
 * AUDIO: Imperiatrix
 * AUDIO: Fractures
 * AUDIO: Warfare
 * AUDIO: Appropriation
 * AUDIO: Mindbomb
 * AUDIO: Panacea
 * AUDIO: Reborn
 * AUDIO: Disassembled
 * AUDIO: Annihilation
 * AUDIO: Forever
 * AUDIO: Emancipation
 * AUDIO: Evolution
 * AUDIO: Arbitration
 * AUDIO: Extermination
 * AUDIO: Renaissance
 * AUDIO: Ascension

Working for the Time Lords

 * AUDIO: Second Sight


 * AUDIO: The Ruthven Inheritence
 * AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales
 * AUDIO: The Man at the End of the Garden
 * AUDIO: Swan Song
 * AUDIO: Chronoclasm
 * AUDIO: Jago in Love
 * AUDIO: Beautiful Things
 * AUDIO: The Lonely Clock
 * AUDIO: The Hourglass Killers


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * Leela recognises the Sixth and Eighth Doctors.

Changes on Gallifrey

 * AUDIO: Enemy Lines
 * AUDIO: Celestial Intervention
 * AUDIO: The Devil You Know

Surviving the Last Great Time War

 * AUDIO: The Lady of Obsidian
 * AUDIO: The Enigma Dimension
 * AUDIO: The Catalyst
 * After Gallifrey's destruction, Leela ages rapidly.


 * AUDIO: Empathy Games
 * AUDIO: The Time Vampire
 * Leela dies.


 * AUDIO: The Child
 * Leela is reborn as Emily after her death.

Currently Unplaced

 * AUDIO: Emancipation


 * AUDIO: Companion Piece
 * Leela is kidnapped by The Nine.


 * AUDIO: Collision Course
 * Travelling with the Doctor.