Theory:Timeline - Andy Davidson

This page lists appearances of Andy Davidson 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 that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

Working with Gwen

 * AUDIO: One Rule
 * Andy is working as a police officer alongside Gwen Cooper.


 * TV: Everything Changes
 * After she and Andy overlook a crime scene focused on John Tucker's murder, Gwen is recruited into Torchwood Three.

After Gwen's promotion

 * TV: Day One
 * Andy runs into Gwen for the first time since she joined Torchwod.


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * Andy tells Gwen how Guy Wildman died. (PROSE: Another Life)


 * TV: End of Days
 * Andy meets Jack Harkness for the first time, and learns the truth about Torchwood.


 * TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang


 * PROSE: Trace Memory


 * AUDIO: In the Shadows


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * Although he is invited to Gwen's wedding, Andy chooses not to attend due to his lingering feelings for her, and making up an excuse for him not to attend. (TV: Adrift)


 * TV: Adrift
 * 15-year-old Jonah Bevan was born in 1993, which would set this during 2008. Andy has become interested in joining Torchwood, though he notes that Gwen has become detached since she joined them.

Friendship with Owen

 * AUDIO: Corpse Day
 * Representing Torchwood and the police, Andy and Owen Harper work together to investigate a cold case with suspected alien involvement, developing a friendship. Owen knows that people can be taken by the rift, setting this after Adrift.


 * AUDIO: The Hope


 * AUDIO: The Three Monkeys


 * AUDIO: Gooseberry
 * Owen and Andy have a falling out that ends their friendship.

An ally of Torchwood

 * TV: Exit Wounds


 * PROSE: Bay of the Dead
 * Torchwood Three are still grieving the deaths of Owen and Tosh, setting this shortly after Exit Wounds.


 * PROSE: The House that Jack Built


 * PROSE: They Keep Killing Andy
 * 1909 was "nearly one hundred years ago", setting this around 2008.


 * AUDIO: Asylum
 * Andy learns about the true nature of Torchwood.


 * PROSE: I May Be Some Time


 * COMIC: Broken


 * PROSE: Ashes to Ashes


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * In 2009, Andy goes on a date and attempts to brag about Torchwood. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)


 * PROSE: We All Go Through


 * AUDIO: Outbreak
 * Norton comments that Ianto will die soon, setting this shortly before Children of Earth.

The 456 crisis

 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Two


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Three


 * TV: Children of Earth: Day Five


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * Andy enters Baps and informs David Kathy that Ianto died saving the world. (AUDIO: Coffee)

No more Torchwood

 * PROSE: Long Time Dead
 * Andy has been promoted to Sergeant following the events of Children of Earth: Day Five the previous month.

The "Miracle Day" crisis

 * TV: The New World


 * TV: Rendition


 * TV: The Categories of Life


 * TV: Immortal Sins
 * Andy fires a gun for the first time.


 * TV: The Blood Line

After the Miracle

 * AUDIO: Fallout
 * Set after The Blood Line, with Gwen and Rhys still in the United States.


 * AUDIO: Mr Invincible


 * PROSE: Exodus Code
 * Set "months" after the end of The Blood Line.


 * AUDIO: Cadoc Point
 * Set a few months after Miracle Day, (BFX: Cadoc Point) with Andy filling in for Torchwood in their absence.

Association with the new Torchwood

 * AUDIO: More Than This
 * Roughly ten years have passed since Day One, but Torchwood has been forgotten in the space of four years. Andy attempts to approach Gwen about the prospect of him joining her new Torchwood, setting up the events of Ghost Mission.


 * AUDIO: Ghost Mission
 * Set in 2016. Almost ten years have passed since Gwen joined Torchwood in Everything Changes, and she has recently started trying to set up operations in Cardiff again. Andy meets Norton Folgate for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Goodbye Piccadilly
 * Andy is taken back in time to 1950s Soho by Norton to act as a Torchwood assessor for him.


 * AUDIO: Love Rat


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * Andy attempts to deal with a Sorvix hostage situation and calls in Torchwood to help. (AUDIO: A Kill to a View)


 * AUDIO: Zero Hour
 * Anwen Williams is seven-years-old, setting this after June 2017.


 * AUDIO: The Empty Hand
 * Andy is hypnotised into shooting an unarmed refugee. He and Rhys are now close friends.


 * AUDIO: Tagged
 * Andy meets Yvonne Hartman for the first time, and she asks him out to dinner. He is currently being kept at a desk job in the police station due to events of The Empty Hand.


 * AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn


 * AUDIO: Future Pain


 * AUDIO: Cardiff Unknown - October 2018
 * The events of Herald of the Dawn happened "the other week".


 * AUDIO: See No Evil
 * Cardiff is shrouded in darkness by a predator, resulting in Yvonne and Andy teaming up to resolve the crisis.


 * AUDIO: Flight 405
 * Follows directly on from Night Watch, with Yvonne and Norton recruiting Andy for a mission to recover the Lens from Flight 405. Andy asks about Alejandro, suggesting that he hasn't seen Norton since Goodbye Piccadilly.


 * AUDIO: Hostile Environment


 * AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes
 * Andy discovers Yvonne's allegiance to the Committee.


 * AUDIO: Eye of the Storm
 * Cardiff is hit by a tsunami.


 * AUDIO: A Mother's Son
 * Set "around two months" after Eye of the Storm. Andy has been placed in charge of the Disaster Recovery Committee, and the Committee make Yvonne their scapegoat for the tsunami during an inquiry, with Jack unknowingly helping them by exposing Yvonne's involvement to oust her from Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: Day Zero
 * Jack, Yvonne and God are all arrested by Andy, leading directly into Thoughts and Prayers.


 * AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers
 * Andy reveals he has been acting as a spy for Jack in the Disaster Recovery Committee when he arrives to arrest Colechester, Ng and Orr. However, with Torchwood blamed for the whole disaster, Torchwood Three goes on the run, expect for Yvonne, who is arrested again by Andy.

Adventures without Torchwood

 * AUDIO: Red Base
 * Andy is on a mission for Torchwood, likely setting this after Thoughts and Prayers.

A companion to the Doctor

 * AUDIO: Must-See TV
 * Set in 2020. Andy arrives in London to check up on Tania Bell and her mission to keep the Eighth Doctor out of harm's way.


 * AUDIO: Divine Intervention


 * AUDIO: Dead Time
 * Andy claims that only a few months have passed since Thoughts and Prayers. He has prior experience with time travel. Torchwood is still inactive.


 * AUDIO: UNIT Dating
 * Andy and the Doctor go back to the 1970s to retrieve a component for the TARDIS from a UNIT lab and become caught in a time loop centering on an escaped Ogron using a damaged time machine.


 * AUDIO: The Long Way Round
 * Andy travels with the Doctor, Liv Chenka, Helen Sinclair and Tania to 2050 to investigate the altered future.


 * AUDIO: Patience
 * Andy visits an alien planet for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Snow
 * Andy travels with the Doctor, Liv and Helen to 2035.


 * AUDIO: What Just Happened?
 * Andy accompanies the Doctor, Liv and Helen on their investigation into humanity's future extinction. In the ensuing confrontation, Andy is trapped on a rebel spaceship, unable to alter its course, seemingly dying in the collision.


 * AUDIO: Get Andy
 * Andy is rescued by the Doctor.


 * AUDIO: The Keys of Baker Street
 * The correct timeline is restored.


 * AUDIO: Best Year Ever
 * After living through lockdown in the restored 2020, Andy becomes CEO of Divine Intervention as part of Robin's plan to put it to better use.

Assisting Norton

 * AUDIO: Parasite
 * Andy recalls the events of Goodbye Piccadilly, and travels back to the 1950s using a vortex manipulator after picking up a time disturbance relating to Norton on the Torchwood computer. He is "sort-of" working for Torchwood and claims to have a lot of experience with time travel.


 * AUDIO: Ashenden
 * Before he can watch the new James Bond movie, Andy is pulled back in time to the 1950s to assist Norton. Based on real world information, he was most likely taken from Autumn 2021.


 * AUDIO: The Unbegotten
 * Following the events of Ashenden, Andy stays in the 1950s. He joins Norton and Lizbeth on the investigation into Mandeville Walk.

Back in the Present

 * AUDIO: Thirst Trap
 * Yvonne Hartman is implied to be the leader of Torchwood, but Andy is single, suggesting a setting after Thoughts and Prayers.