Theory:Timeline - The Doctor's early life

This page lists appearances of The Doctor's early life in the order in which they 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, comic story and 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 Timeless Child

 * TV: The Timeless Children
 * The Shobogans are the indigenous inhabitants of Gallifrey. Tecteun, the first space traveller, crosses the Boundary to another galaxy and finds the abandoned Timeless Child, who becomes the source of the regenerative process.

The Division

 * The Child is recruited into the Division by Solpado, having achieved better test results than any other potential recruit. (TV: The Timeless Children)


 * A female incarnation of the Doctor abandons her job working for Gat and goes into hiding on Earth under the identity of "Ruth Clayton" using a Chameleon Arch. She is accompanied and protected by her companion, Lee Clayton. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon)


 * TV: Fugitive of the Judoon
 * Following an encounter with the Thirteenth Doctor, Ruth Clayton resumes her true identity as the Doctor. Lee Clayton and Gat are both killed during the ordeal, while the Doctor escapes in her TARDIS.

Later life

 * PROSE: Cold Fusion
 * Patience's husband has recently regenerated into a new, taller and hairier incarnation. He feels he is getting old and is preparing for the birth of his first grandchild.


 * The Doctor's early life is erased from his mind and he is forcibly regenerated into a young body. (TV: The Timeless Children)

The Other

 *  See main page Theory - The Other
 * The Other is eventually re-loomed into the Doctor some ten million years after their death. Set before they began calling themself the Doctor.