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, Nyssa and Tegan travelling together must take place before TV: Earthshock, while any story with just Nyssa must be between TV: Time-Flight and TV: Arc of Infinity.

Any story with just Nyssa and Tegan must take place after Tegan's return in TV: Arc of Infinity and before TV: Mawdryn Undead. Any stories where they are accompanied by Marc must take place between AUDIO: Tartarus and AUDIO: Nightmare of the Daleks.

Any story where Tegan and Turlough are travelling with a younger and inexperienced Nyssa of Traken must take place between TV: Mawdryn Undead and TV: Terminus, whereas stories where they are travelling with an older Nyssa must take place between AUDIO: Cobwebs and AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger, where her age is reverted back to her 20s. Stories that feature this younger but experienced Nyssa outside of E-Space must take place between AUDIO: The Jupiter Conjunction and AUDIO: Prisoners of Fate.

Any story with just Tegan and Turlough must take place between TV: Terminus and TV: Resurrection of the Daleks. Any story with just Tegan can be placed during the epilogue of TV: Frontios, while with just Turlough must take place between TV: Resurrection of the Daleks and before TV: Planet of Fire. Any story where they are accompanied by Kamelion must take place between TV: The King's Demons and TV: Planet of Fire.

Stories with Peri Brown must occur after TV: Planet of Fire, while any story where Erimem accompanies them must take place between AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion and AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon.

Any story where the Doctor is travelling alone can be placed between AUDIO: The Burning Prince and AUDIO: The Elite, between AUDIO: Conversion and AUDIO: Madquake, and between AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard and PROSE: The Gathering.

Costume
The Fifth Doctor wore two distinct costumes, with the first debuting with him in TV: Castrovalva until it was replaced with the second in TV: The Awakening.

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

Timeline

 * Previous page: Fourth Doctor

A new body

 * TV: Logopolis
 * With aid from the Watcher, the Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation in the company of Adric, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka at the Pharos Project after a battle with.


 * TV: Castrovalva
 * Set immediately after Logopolis, with the Doctor being helped back to the TARDIS by Nyssa and Tegan as Adric distracts the guards at the Pharos Project, though he ends up being captured by the Master. While the Doctor rests in the TARDIS Zero Room, the Master hijacks the ship and forces it into a collision course with Event One, with the TARDIS crew only escaping by jettisoning parts of the TARDIS, including the Zero Room. Still needing to recuperate, the Doctor instructs Nyssa and Tegan to take him to Castrovalva, though he finds it to be another trap by the Master. Once he fully recovers from the regeneration trauma, the Doctor saves Adric, and the Master is left trapped in Castrovalva as it collapses while the TARDIS crew escape.


 * 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.

Early adventures

 * AUDIO: Psychodrome
 * Set two days after Logopolis, and shortly after Castrovalva. The Doctor promises to get Tegan back to Heathrow.


 * PROSE: Cold Fusion
 * Set three days after Logopolis. The Doctor is still recovering from his recent regeneration, and fails to get Tegan to Heathrow. Adric has only been travelling with the Doctor for a couple of weeks.


 * 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.


 * PROSE: The Key of Vaga
 * The Doctor still has his sonic screwdriver and is travelling with Adric, setting this before The Visitation. No explanations are given about the absence of Nyssa and Tegan.


 * PROSE: Planet of Fear
 * No explanations are given about the absence of Nyssa and Tegan.


 * NOTVALID: 1981 BBC Christmas ident


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


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


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


 * PROSE: Resonance
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone, but 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.


 * NOTVALID: Mirthshock
 * The Fifth Doctor assists the crew of the the USS Swinetrek with a plot device. However, another account depicts the Tenth Doctor assisting the USS Swinetrek crew. He appears to be travelling alone, but still has his sonic screwdriver, setting this before The Visitation.

Flung into his future

 * TV: Four to Doomsday
 * The Doctor begins focusing more on trying to get the TARDIS to 1981 Heathrow Airport to return Tegan to her job as an air hostess. Unfortunately, the TARDIS lands on Monarch's ship instead. After a showdown with Monarch, Nyssa collapses.


 * AUDIO: Secrets of Telos
 * Following Nyssa's collapse in Four to Doomsday, the Doctor also passes out and, flung into his future, wakes up shortly after the events of Arc of Infinity, when Tegan had only recently returned to the TARDIS. The Doctor finds out that Adric will die.


 * AUDIO: God of War
 * The Doctor awakens in his future again, when the events of Four to Doomsday were "a while ago" according to Adric, though the events of Kinda are implied to be recent. The TARDIS crew are still trying to get to Hearthow airport, but Tegan, who hasn't been travelling with the Doctor for long, looks back on her previous travels fondly.

Continued quest to Heathrow

 * TV: Kinda
 * Following on from Four to Doomsday, the Doctor gives Nyssa a delta wave augmenter to help her sleep off her "mild mental disorientation" while he, Adric and Tegan spend two days saving the Kinda on Deva Loka from the Mara, though not before it possesses Tegan for a short while.


 * 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 on Deva Loka, and Tegan still haunted by the Mara possessing her. When the TARDIS arrives in 1666 London, at where Heathrow will be built, the Doctor's sonic screwdriver is destroyed by the Terileptil leader, and the Doctor's defeat of them accidentally starts the Great Fire of London


 * PROSE: Divided Loyalties
 * The TARDIS 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. According to other accounts, however, Tegan wouldn't decide to stay with them for some time yet and the TARDIS crew would continue aiming for Heathrow.


 * AUDIO: Smoke and Mirrors
 * The Doctor has recently lost his sonic screwdriver, setting this shortly after The Visitation. Harry Houdini is the first historical figure that Tegan has met since beginning her travels with the Doctor, and the TARDIS crew encounter the Master for the first time since Castrovalva. Nyssa believes Tegan is beginning to enjoy her travels, something Tegan implies is correct. Nyssa is surprised to learn that the Master is alive, suggesting a setting before The Toy.


 * AUDIO: The Star Men
 * The Doctor is still trying to get to Heathrow Airport.


 * AUDIO: The Contingency Club
 * The Doctor is still trying to get to Heathrow Airport, and Tegan is doubtful he will land there anytime soon. Nyssa begins to suspect that Tegan doesn't want to leave. The Doctor has recently lost his sonic screwdriver, setting this shortly after The Visitation.


 * AUDIO: Zaltys
 * After her plan to trick Adric into piloting the TARDIS fails, Tegan gives up on the TARDIS's ability to get her back to Heathrow, and she and Adric believe the Master is dead.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who's little book of Villains
 * No explanations are given about the absence of Adric and Nyssa. Tegan and the Doctor encounter the Master, implying a setting after Zaltys.


 * The Doctor is displaced along his timeline and switched with his younger self. (AUDIO: God of War)


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


 * AUDIO: Ghost Walk
 * The Doctor tries to get to Heathrow Airport, but Tegan has lost interest. Nyssa's psychic potential from Kinda is referenced.


 * AUDIO: Serpent in the Silver Mask
 * Set sometime after The Visitation, with the Doctor looking for components to build a new sonic screwdriver. When Tegan is offered an opportunity to leave the TARDIS, she elects to remain with the crew.

Final adventures with Adric

 * TV: Black Orchid
 * Nyssa refers to the events of The Visitation as having "just" happened, and Tegan reminds the Doctor of her newfound willingness to stay aboard the TARDIS for a while, setting this soon after Divided Loyalties. After they attend a party at Cranleigh Hall in 1925, the Doctor is gifted the Black Orchid book by Lady Cranleigh.


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


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams


 * PROSE: Hearts of Stone
 * The TARDIS crew recognise a Terileptil, setting this after The Visitation, and Nyssa makes a joke about Adric's eating habits, suggesting a setting after Black Orchid as well. Adric feels unappreciated in the TARDIS and is resentful towards Nyssa and Tegan's friendship. He decides to leave, but Nyssa convinced him to wait and think his decision over. Adric's death is alluded to by a being that can see into the future.


 * PROSE: In the TARDIS: Christmas Day


 * 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.


 * PROSE: The Constant Doctor
 * Nyssa is initially unaware that the Doctor has family, setting this before The Toy. There is no mention of Heathrow.


 * AUDIO: The Toy
 * Nyssa first started having dreams of the Master while under the influence of the Delta wave augmenter during the events of Kinda and has continued to have the same dreams ever since. She neglects to tell the Doctor or Tegan about it due to their experiences with the Mara, and also doesn't feel as though she can confide in Adric due to him being "preoccupied lately", suggesting a setting shortly before Earthshock. Tegan has various mementos from her travels in the TARDIS and there is no indication that she wishes to return to Heathrow anymore. Nyssa wonders if the Master is still alive, to which the Doctor replies that she already knows that he has a habit of surviving.


 * COMIC: The Last Action Figure


 * WC: Doctors Assemble!
 * Though they do not appear, the Doctor is currently travelling with Adric and Tegan.


 * AUDIO: The Darkening Eye
 * The Dar Traders claim that "death follows [Adric] closely" and an older Nyssa narrating the events of this adventure confirms that Adric had "another death waiting" in the near future, setting this shortly before Earthshock.


 * PROSE: The Boy Wonder
 * Adric feels unappreciated in the TARDIS, setting this shortly before Earthshock.


 * AUDIO: Iterations of I
 * The Doctor has "finally gotten around to" reading the Black Orchid book, suggesting that some time has passed since Black Orchid, and Adric believes that none of the TARDIS crew take him seriously, setting this immediately before Earthshock.


 * TV: Earthshock
 * The Doctor has only read the first few pages of Black Orchid. Nyssa explicitly encounters the Cybermen was the first time. While stopping the CyberNeomorphs from destroying the Earth, Adric dies in a spaceship explosion that triggers the extinction of the dinosaurs, with the Doctor unable to save him due to the TARDIS control console being damaged by the Cyber-Leader.


 * TV: Time-Flight
 * Set shortly after Earthshock, with the TARDIS control console having been repaired. The TARDIS crew are grieving for Adric, with 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, due to both of them believing that Tegan wanted to remain on Earth.

Lone travels with Nyssa

 * PROSE: Empire of Death
 * Set directly after Time-Flight. The Doctor and Nyssa once again attempt to visit The Great Exhibition. 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: Suspension and Disbelief
 * The Doctor is haunted by a vision of Adric, setting this after Earthshock. Despite it being destroyed in The Visitation, the Doctor is using a sonic screwdriver.


 * PROSE: Tip of the Tongue
 * The Doctor has recently lost Adric and Tegan, setting this shortly after Time-Flight.


 * PROSE: Lonely Days
 * Nyssa recalls Tegan recently returning to Heathrow Airport after Adric's death, setting this shortly after Time-Flight.


 * 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


 * AUDIO: The Land of the Dead
 * Tegan has recently departed the TARDIS, setting this shortly after Time-Flight.


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


 * AUDIO: The Mutant Phase
 * The recent events of The Land of the Dead have prompted Nyssa to fix the TARDIS proximity alarm. Nyssa encounters Daleks for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Primeval
 * Several weeks have passed since Kinda. Nyssa has recently shown psychic sensitivity, setting this shortly after Time-Flight.


 * AUDIO: Spare Parts
 * The Doctor and Nyssa haven't stopped to mourn Adric since Earthshock.


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


 * PROSE: Long Term
 * The Doctor is travelling with Nyssa, though she waits in the TARDIS for the duration of this adventure. The Doctor chooses not to share the fate of several teenage boys with Nyssa, as she is still mourning the death of Adric, setting this shortly after Earthshock


 * 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, and deeply misses Tegan, setting this a while after Time-Flight.


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


 * AUDIO: The Game
 * Set after Creatures of Beauty.


 * PROSE: The 57th
 * Having found things difficult recently, Nyssa attempts to propose that she and the Doctor separate for a while, though the Doctor convinces her that they should take a holiday instead.


 * PROSE: The Church of Saint Sebastian


 * PROSE: Saturn
 * The Doctor and Nyssa relax on Saturn, with Nyssa relieved that they're finally taking a break. Nyssa becomes upset by the Doctor's lack of empathy for the Saturnites, and he claims to be "about 800[-years-old]".


 * AUDIO: Spring


 * AUDIO: Summer

The Stockbridge ordeal

 * The Doctor temporarily parts with Nyssa so she can undertake a solo expedition to 13th century Rhodes. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks)


 * COMIC: The Tides of Time
 * The Doctor is playing cricket in 1980s Stockbridge when he meets Sir Justin of Wells. He also encounters Shayde for the first time.


 * COMIC: Stars Fell on Stockbridge
 * Set shortly after The Tides of Time. Still in Stockbridge, the Doctor meets Maxwell Edison for the first time and takes him on a trip in the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: The Stockbridge Horror
 * The Doctor learns that he accidentally brought an elemental back to Stockbridge during the events of Stars Fell on Stockbridge. He is put on trial by the Time Lords, but ultimately released.


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


 * COMIC: Lunar Lagoon
 * The Doctor meets a Japanese soldier named Fuji, who is soon killed by Gus Goodman.


 * COMIC: 4-Dimensional Vistas
 * Set immediately after Lunar Lagoon, with Gus joining the Doctor on his travels. The Doctor has not learnt how to swim, setting this before Warriors of the Deep.


 * COMIC: The Moderator
 * Gus is killed by the the Moderator, who was aiming for the Doctor on the orders of Josiah W. Dogbolter.

Resumed travels with Nyssa

 * AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks
 * The Doctor is tracked to the Savoy Hotel by General Tillington, and is reunited with Nyssa. After they defeat the Daleks, they resume their travels together.


 * AUDIO: Autumn
 * The Doctor and Nyssa spend three weeks in Stockbridge. The Doctor has regularly played cricket in Stockbridge as a pastime, setting this after The Tides of Time.


 * AUDIO: Return to the Web Planet


 * PROSE: God Send Me Well to Keep


 * PROSE: Tweaker


 * PROSE: Curiosity

Troubles with Thomas Brewster

 * AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster
 * Set after Renaissance of the Daleks. The Doctor is separated from Nyssa by a time breach and spends twelve months in London searching for her, while only a few hours pass from her perspective. Thomas Brewster steals the TARDIS, leaving the Doctor and Nyssa stranded in 1867 London.


 * Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Walter", the Doctor sends a young George Litefoot the Yesterday Box, along with a letter with instructions on its use. He also sends a letter to a young Henry Gordon Jago, informing him of an opening for a master of ceremonies at the Regency Theater. (AUDIO: The Year of the Bat)


 * AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot
 * Five months have passed since the Doctor and Nyssa became stranded on Earth in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster. Brewster is guided back to the Doctor and Nyssa by a mysterious voice in the TARDIS, and they allow Brewster to travel with them.


 * AUDIO: Time Reef
 * Set shortly 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 2008 London. Nyssa is surprised that Brewster didn’t stay with them for longer, suggesting a setting shortly after The Boy That Time Forgot.

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
 * Follows directly on from The Eternal Summer.


 * AUDIO: The Deep


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


 * AUDIO: The Interplanetarian


 * AUDIO: Smuggling Tales


 * AUDIO: 1001 Nights
 * Nyssa recounts the events of My Brother's Keeper, The Interplanetarian, and Smuggling Tales.


 * AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End

Brief travels with Hannah

 * 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.

Continued travels with Nyssa

 * AUDIO: Alien Heart
 * The Doctor and Nyssa are captured by the Daleks on Traxana, leading directly into Dalek Soul.


 * AUDIO: Dalek Soul
 * The Doctor and Nyssa are brought to Mojax by the Daleks, but they swiftly escape. However, numerous duplicates of them are created over a five year period.


 * AUDIO: The Second Oldest Question


 * AUDIO: Downward Spiral
 * Nyssa says that she lost her father "a long time ago," setting this late into her travels with the Doctor.

The return of Omega

 * 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 between Arc of Infinity and Omega.


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

Travelling alone

 * AUDIO: The Burning Prince
 * While the Doctor is initially attempting to return to Amsterdam to pick up Nyssa and Tegan, he instead considers making the journey back to 1983 more of a "round trip".


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


 * COMIC: The Test of Time


 * 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.


 * PROSE: There's Something About Mary


 * PROSE: The Man on the Phone


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


 * PROSE: Do You Smell Carrots?


 * AUDIO: Cuddlesome
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit, and recalls the events of The Visitation.


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


 * AUDIO: The Four Doctors


 * NOTVALID: Untitled #14


 * AUDIO: The Secret History
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit. The Doctor hasn't seen Steven since The Savages, setting this before The Five Companions.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Who Joins LEGO Dimensions
 * Wearing his first outfit, the Doctor visits Vorton.


 * AUDIO: Fallen Angels
 * The Doctor recalls visiting Heathrow Airport in 1981, setting this after Time-Flight.


 * 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.


 * NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 559
 * The Doctor has Christmas dinner with his other incarnations.


 * NOTVALID: Time Fracture
 * The Fifth Doctor unites with his other incarnations to help a group of people seal the Time Fracture.

Travelling with Brooke and River

 * The Doctor is joined by Brooke 1, 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 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. He is shot with regeneration inhibitors by Brooke and dies.


 * AUDIO: The Furies
 * Brooke 2 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.

Returning to Amsterdam

 * 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".


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


 * AUDIO: The Gates of Hell
 * Though the Fifth Doctor is traveling alone at the moment, the Tenth Doctor implies that he is currently travelling with Tegan, and they both recall the events of Time Crash.

Renewed voyages with Tegan

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


 * PROSE: Fear of the Dark
 * According to one account, immediately after leaving Amsterdam, the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa encounter the Dark on Akoshemon's moon. Tegan is having dreams of snakes, setting this before Snakedance. The Doctor is checking if the Time Lords installed a tracking device on his TARDIS during Arc of Infinity.


 * AUDIO: The Elite
 * According to another account, immediately after leaving Amsterdam, the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa encounter the Daleks on Florana. Tegan suggests a trip to Brisbane to recover, leading directly into Hexagora.


 * 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
 * Set immediately after Hexagora.


 * The Doctor is displaced along his timeline and switched with his younger self. (AUDIO: Secrets of Telos)


 * PROSE: Danger Down Below
 * The Doctor and Tegan explore a planet whilst Nyssa remains behind in the TARDIS. Tegan is wearing her air stewardess uniform.


 * 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, all 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 in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Quiz Book of Dinosaurs
 * The Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are in good spirits, setting this after Tegan's recent return in Arc of Infinity.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Quiz Book of Magic


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science


 * 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. The Doctor is still reluctant to speak about Adric, but does have an argument with Tegan about going back to save him.


 * PROSE: Zeta Major
 * Set between Arc of Infinity and Snakedance, according to the book's back cover. Tegan and Nyssa are both concerned about the Doctor's mental state and reluctance to speak about Adric's death. Nyssa confronts the Doctor about his grief over Adric's death for the first time.


 * PROSE: Wake
 * The TARDIS crew visit the Necropolitan, and create a memorial to Adric.


 * 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


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * Despite wearing his second outfit, the Doctor is currently travelling with Nyssa and Tegan. (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.


 * AUDIO: The King of the Dead


 * AUDIO: Aquitaine


 * AUDIO: The Peterloo Massacre
 * Tegan and Nyssa visit Manchester, setting this after their first visit in Goth Opera. However, Tegan is aware of the Time Lords and Gallifrey only through what she has been told by Nyssa, suggesting a setting before Goth Opera and Blood Invocation.


 * 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, seeing outer space and sliding doors for the first time, setting this shortly after Tartarus.


 * 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 Callanna 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.

Time apart from companions

 * The Doctor visits Cicero to ensure that he doesn't include their adventure together in his letters. The Doctor alludes to something bad happening to Marc, presumably his near cyber-conversion. (AUDIO: Tartarus)


 * AUDIO: Ghost Station


 * AUDIO: The Bridge Master


 * AUDIO: What Lurks Down Under


 * AUDIO: The Dancing Plague

Lost in the Time War

 * AUDIO: Aimed at the Body
 * The Doctor is traveling alone when he arrives in 1930s Australia, where he meets Douglas Jardine, Flora Calderwood and Mrs. Calderwood. After they mysteriously disappear, the Doctor discovers the Daleks are involved and begins following their time trace, leading directly into Lightspeed.


 * AUDIO: Lightspeed
 * The Doctor makes a comment about "not being able to get away from flight attendants", suggesting he has recently been traveling with Tegan.


 * AUDIO: The Bookshop at the End of the World


 * AUDIO: Interlude
 * Set immediately after The Bookshop at the End of the World.


 * AUDIO: Echo Chamber


 * AUDIO: Towards Zero


 * AUDIO: Castle Hydra
 * The Doctor mentions that it has "been a long time since [he] used a broadsword".


 * AUDIO: Effect and Cause

Continued solitary exploits

 * AUDIO: Thin Time
 * After an encounter with the Eleventh Doctor, the Fifth Doctor decides to return to Tegan, Nyssa and Marc, leading directly into Madquake.

Final travels with Marc

 * AUDIO: Madquake
 * The Doctor reunites with Tegan, Nyssa and Marc on Callanna. Tegan and Nyssa recall the events of Kinda, but they don't mention the events of Snakedance, indicating that it hasn't happened yet.


 * AUDIO: The Lost Resort
 * Set directly after Madquake. While the Doctor claims that Adric died "not long ago", Tegan states that it was "a while back". Marc is still new to the team.


 * AUDIO: The Perils of Nellie Bly


 * AUDIO: Nightmare of the Daleks
 * The Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Marc encounter the Daleks on planet XB93, where Marc decides to stay to invade the Dalek Pathweb and hold back their influence.

Continued voyages with Nyssa and Tegan

 * PROSE: Men of the Earth
 * The Doctor suggests either Tegan or Nyssa read out the coordinates for their next destination, leading directly into Snakedance.


 * TV: Snakedance
 * After reading out the coordinates for their next destination while under the influence of the Mara, Tegan causes the TARDIS to land on the planet Manussa, where the Doctor manages to purge the Mara from her mind again.


 * 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. Tegan discovers that vampires are real, setting this before Blood Invocation. The Doctor has growing concerns that the Black Guardian will come after him again, foreshadowing the events of Mawdryn Undead.


 * COMIC: Blood Invocation
 * The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa visit Gallifrey, where Tegan is briefly transformed into a vampire. Nyssa is still wearing her outfit from Snakedance. Despite being written by the same author, and depicting similar events, Blood Invocation is entirely unrelated to Goth Opera are.

Joined by Turlough

 * TV: Mawdryn Undead
 * Set almost immediately after Snakedance, with Tegan sharing her concerns about the Mara returning due to her "still having terrible dreams", and discussing the events on Manussa with the Doctor. After nearly colliding with a ship in warp ellipse, the TARDIS crew find Vislor Turlough aboard and the Doctor returns him to 1983 Brendon Public School in a transmat capsule, where he meets up with Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart for the first time since his last regeneration, who reveals that Nyssa and Tegan arrived at the school in 1977 in the TARDIS. The Doctor learns that the ship belonged to Mawdryn, with him and his crew trapped in endless decaying regenerations due to a metamorphic symbiosis regenerator, and is almost forced into giving up his own remaining regenerations to heal them, until the Brigadiers from 1983 and 1977 cause a Blinovitch Limitation Effect that allows Mawdryn and his crew to die. 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. The TARDIS is severely damaged after Turlough tampers with the console on the orders of the Black Guardian, resulting in a crash-landing on Terminus. Nyssa decides to stay on Terminus to help treat the victims of Lazar's disease.


 * TV: Enlightenment
 * The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS, setting this immediately after Terminus. Turlough, with the Doctor's encouragement, defies the Black Guardian and is able to escape his agreement with him. Now free from the Black Guardian, Turlough decides that he wants to go home to Trion.


 * AUDIO: Freakshow
 * Set directly after Enlightenment. The Doctor plans to take Turlough home, albeit through a roundabout trip as he is taking extra precautions to evade the Black Guardian by making their destinations brief and random. During one of these landings, Turlough insists on leaving the TARDIS despite the Doctor's protests. Turlough feels as though the Doctor and Tegan don't trust him.


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

Reunited with Nyssa

 * AUDIO: Cobwebs
 * Set two days after Terminus. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough reunite with Nyssa, roughly fifty years later from her perspective, and she rejoins the TARDIS crew, on the condition that they take her home, though she knows it might take some time. Tegan has an argument with the Doctor about his willingness to trust Turlough. The Doctor was planning to take Turlough home before they were reunited with Nyssa.


 * AUDIO: The Whispering Forest
 * Set directly after Cobwebs. Tegan becomes possessed by the Mara once again, leading directly into The Cradle of the Snake.


 * AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake
 * Tegan encounters the Mara for the first time since Snakedance, and appears to be finally freed from its influence when it moves on to a new host.


 * AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar
 * Tegan mentions the Mara being purged from her system, setting this shortly after The Cradle of the Snake. Tegan and Turlough encounter Sontarans for the first time.


 * AUDIO: Kiss of Death
 * Tegan, Nyssa and Turlough spend several days holidaying on Vektris while the Doctor repairs the TARDIS, which hasn't been working properly since the events of Terminus.


 * AUDIO: Rat Trap
 * Nyssa and Tegan discuss the recent events of Heroes of Sontar and Kiss of Death. The TARDIS still isn't fully functional and the Doctor is struggling to take it beyond the 21st century.


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


 * AUDIO: The Jupiter Conjunction
 * Set the morning after The Emerald Tiger, with Nyssa adjusting to her rejuvenated appearance.


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


 * AUDIO: The Butcher of Brisbane
 * Nyssa and Turlough spend three years stranded on 51st century Earth, separated from the Doctor and Tegan. The Doctor encounters a young Magnus Greel, and poses as a Time Agent to hide his identity.


 * 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
 * Ending leads directly into Mistfall.

Trapped in E-Space

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


 * AUDIO: Equilibrium
 * Tegan is kidnapped by space pirates, leading directly into The Entropy Plague.


 * AUDIO: The Entropy Plague
 * Nyssa stays behind in E-Space to power a portal back to N-Space for the TARDIS.

Joined by Kamelion

 * TV: The King's Demons
 * When the TARDIS lands at Fitzwilliam Castle in 1215 instead of Trion, Tegan wonders if they have fallen into a trap set by the Black Guardian. The Doctor takes Kamelion with him in the TARDIS after liberating him from, and sets the TARDIS coordinates for the Eye of Orion.


 * PROSE: The Bird of Fire
 * Kamelion has just joined the TARDIS crew and Tegan doesn't trust him. The Doctor is trying to reach the Eye of Orion, setting this shortly after The King's Demons. However, Tegan doesn't trust the Doctor's ability to get them there immediately.


 * AUDIO: Expiry Dating
 * The Doctor responds to a summons from River Song at the Café de Paris in 2161, where he mentions his frequent attempts to visit the Eye of Orion. River drugs his tea in order to make him more suggestible and does not wipe his memory of their meeting, setting this after The Furies, since the Doctor would have recognised River there.


 * PROSE: Mark of the Medusa
 * Despite the events of The Cradle of the Snake, the Doctor encounters the Mara for the first time since Snakedance. Though he stays aboard, Kamelion is keen to leave the TARDIS with his fellow crew-members, but ends up being controlled by the Mara via Tegan's subconscious.


 * PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus
 * Set a few days after The King's Demons. The TARDIS is heavily damaged, and 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.


 * The Doctor writes a note to River Song while visiting "a friend" in Egypt. (AUDIO: Expiry Dating)


 * 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 elects to remain within the TARDIS until his mental resistance is stronger. The TARDIS materialises on the Eye of Orion and the Doctor prepares to repair the TARDIS console, leading directly into The Five Doctors.

Reminders of the past

 * The Doctor writes a letter to River during his stay at the Eye of Orion. (AUDIO: Expiry Dating)


 * TV: The Five Doctors
 * The Doctor has brought Tegan and Turlough to the Eye of Orion, as he had promised to do in The King's Demons. The TARDIS has a brand new console, and Turlough learns about the Doctor's binary vascular system. The Doctor is drawn into the Game of Rassilon in the Death Zone with his first, second, and third incarnations. After using 's transmat recall device to escape some Cybermen, the Doctor discovers that is behind the scheme, aiming to claim the immortality promised by Rassilon by reaching the Tomb of Rassilon, and is enthralled by him using the Coronet of Rassilon. Taking Borusa to the Tower, the Doctor is freed by his earlier selves. After Rassilon deals with Borusa by trapping him in stone, the Doctor's past incarnations and their companions are permitted to leave, just as the Doctor is offered the Presidency by Flavia, though he chooses to abscond from Gallifrey again, leaving Flavia in charge.


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


 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * Set immediately after The Five Doctors, with the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough returning to the Eye of Orion to resume their holiday. However, they are attacked by the various aliens from the Death Zone upon their arrival, but manage to defeat them with help from the Eighth Doctor, before they depart from the Eye of Orion.


 * PROSE: Qualia
 * The events of The Five Doctors were only "the other day". Kamelion is put inside a cupboard made from off-cuts of the TARDIS in order to protect him from mental signals.


 * NOTVALID: Children in Need (1983)
 * The Doctor refers to the recent events of The Five Doctors.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space


 * PROSE: The Oxaqua Incident


 * PROSE: Winter on Mesique


 * PROSE: Class 4 Renegade


 * PROSE: The Nemertines


 * PROSE: Fungus
 * The Doctor is inexplicably depicted as traveling by himself.


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


 * AUDIO: The Sirens of Time
 * The original Big Finish website placed this 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 Velvet Dark
 * Tegan hasn't seen the Master since The Five Doctors, setting this before Birth of a Renegade. Tegan still doesn't trust Turlough.


 * PROSE: Gudok
 * Tegan and Turlough spend a week travelling by train after being separated from the Doctor. Tegan still doesn't trust Turlough, even momentarily believing him capable of murder. However, they learn to trust each other more after growing closer over the course of the week.


 * 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, and Turlough has been travelling with in the TARDIS for "months".


 * PROSE: Sontar's Little Helpers
 * The TARDIS console has recently been rebuilt, setting this shortly after The Five Doctors, but is now supposedly working perfectly, suggesting a setting after Ringpullworld. Despite the events of Heroes of Sontar, Tegan and Turlough encounter the Sontarans for the first time.


 * PROSE: Birth of a Renegade
 * The Doctor is depicted in his first outfit. Tegan and Turlough encounter Susan, setting this after The Five Doctors.


 * After stopping a interplanetary war, the Doctor writes another letter to River Song, expressing further interest in meeting up. He mentions that Tegan has gotten sick of hearing him speak about River, to the extent that she pushed him up against the Zero Room wall and advised him to stop talking about River. (AUDIO: Expiry Dating)''


 * TV: Warriors of the Deep
 * Turlough has changed his mind about going home, deciding to continue traveling in the TARDIS, though the Doctor remains "a little doubtful about how resolute [he]'ll remain." After being forced to land in Sea Base 4, the Doctor stops the Silurians and the Sea Devils from escalating the hostilities of 2084 Earth into open warfare, though he is forced to poison them with hexachromite gas after they kill the personnel of Sea Base 4.


 * 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. Tegan still doesn't trust Turlough. 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.

Holiday in Little Hodcombe

 * TV: The Awakening
 * The Doctor takes Tegan and Turlough to 1984 Little Hodcombe to visit Tegan's grandfather, Andrew Verney, only to find the village linked to 1643 by the Malus. The TARDIS team are able to defeat the Malus with the aid of Andrew, school teacher Jane Hampden and 17th century youngster Will Chandler, and then decide to stay in Little Hodcombe for a rest.


 * AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me
 * The Doctor received 's distress signal while in Little Hodcombe, setting this immediately after The Awakening. After he defeats the Master, the Doctor intends to collect Tegan and Turlough from Little Hodcombe immediately.


 * The Doctor spends a month trying to return Will Chandler home to 1643. (PROSE: The King of Terror) They are accompanied by Jane Hampden on their adventures. (PROSE: The Hollow Men) Tegan and Turlough spend three weeks in Little Hodcombe while the Doctor is away. (PROSE: The King of Terror)

Continued adventures with Tegan and Turlough

 * PROSE: The King of Terror
 * According to the back cover, this is set between The Awakening and Frontios. The Doctor has recently spent a month returning Will to 1643.


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


 * PROSE: Lant Land


 * PROSE: The Assassin's Story


 * PROSE: Last Minute Shopping


 * PROSE: Rome


 * PROSE: The Fall of the Druids
 * Kamelion makes a rare trip outside the TARDIS to help the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * The Doctor is depicted in his second outfit, setting this after Deep Blue.


 * AUDIO: Nightmare Country


 * After receiving River's response to his previous letter, the Doctor drops Tegan and Turlough off on Metebelis III, and travels to the Café de Paris to meet River again. He helps her to steal a doomsday scroll from the Tenth Doctor, and she spikes his tea with memory agents afterwards, causing him to forget all his meetings with her. (AUDIO: Expiry Dating)

Final adventures with Tegan

 * TV: Frontios
 * While giving the TARDIS a cleaning, the crew find themselves forced onto Frontios in the far future by the Tractators, and help the human colonists save themselves from the Gravis by disconnecting him from the other Tractators. The Doctor and Tegan then leave Turlough behind on Frontios while they take to the Gravis away.


 * PROSE: Perfect Day
 * According to one account, the Doctor and Tegan drop a still dormant Gravis off on Kolkokron. The events of Frontios are their most recent adventure. Immediately after leaving Kolkokron, the Doctor takes Tegan to see the end of the world before making plans to return to Frontios. However, he speculates that their side trip may cause issues getting back to Frontios immediately.


 * PROSE: Life After Queth
 * According to another account, after travelling for twelve hours towards Kolkokron, the TARDIS is diverted to Queth, where the Doctor, Tegan and the Gravis briefly explore. After successfully transporting the Gravis to Kolkokron, the Doctor and Tegan then resolve to return the Queeth to Queth.


 * PROSE: Keeping It Real
 * Set immediately after Life after Queth. The Doctor and Tegan have dropped off the Queeth and are still in the same time zone as Frontios, but are forced to take a detour to answer a distress call. The Doctor invites Vivash O'Connell aboard the TARDIS. The Doctor, Tegan and Vivash are forced to take another detour from returning to Frontios.


 * PROSE: The Creation of Camelot


 * COMIC: Comic Relief Comic


 * AUDIO: Excelis Dawns
 * Attempting to return to Frontios, the TARDIS is forced to stop off on Artaris to rest. 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 the.


 * 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
 * Tegan is concerned that the Gravis might escape from Kolkokron, but she also acts annoyed when the Doctor claims they are going back to Frontios, as though he has said this many times before. The Doctor and Tegan are summoned to Gallifrey by Leela, where the Doctor is forced to claim presidency until the fallout from Borusa's presidency is dealt with.


 * 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 after dropping the Gravis off on the uninhabited Kolkokron. The TARDIS gets caught in a time corridor immediately after they leave Frontios. (TV: Frontios)


 * TV: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * The time corridor lands the Doctor into a confrontation with Davros as he is liberated from his Prison Station by the Daleks to assist them in combating the Movellan virus, while the Black Dalek Leader intents for the Doctor to be duplicated to assassinate the High Council. However, Davros betrays the Daleks to form his own faction, causing a schism that allows the Doctor to escape and destroy the Daleks with the virus. Tegan, tired of all the death and violence she has witnessed recently, decides to remain on Earth, causing the Doctor to start rethinking his lifestyle.

Lone travels with Turlough

 * PROSE: Lords of the Storm
 * Tegan has only just left, and the Doctor is checking to ensure that the Gravis did no lasting damage to the TARDIS in Frontios, setting this shortly after Resurrection of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Volcanis Deal


 * PROSE: One Last Try


 * PROSE: Zeitgeist
 * Weeks have passed since Lords of the Storm, and the Doctor is still upset about Tegan's departure.


 * 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
 * The Doctor is aided by a "red-haired young man", presumably Turlough.


 * 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?


 * PROSE: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back


 * AUDIO: The Memory Bank


 * AUDIO: The Last Fairy Tale


 * AUDIO: Repeat Offender


 * AUDIO: The Becoming


 * AUDIO: Trap For Fools


 * AUDIO: The Blazing Hour


 * AUDIO: The End of the Beginning
 * The Doctor briefly recalls Charley appearing in the TARDIS during The Light at the End, but the memory escapes him. He decides that he and Turlough need a holiday, somewhere "without so much sand".


 * AUDIO: I, Kamelion
 * The Doctor and Turlough are missing Tegan, although the Doctor admits that he should have moved on from her departure "by now".


 * TV: Planet of Fire
 * While the Doctor despairs at the Daleks to cover his hurting on Tegan's departure, Kamelion suffers a mental attack, and the TARDIS is forced to land in 1984 Lanzarote, where Turlough saves Peri Brown from drowning. When Kamelion is completely taken over by the Master, he takes the TARDIS to Sarn, where Turlough finds his lost brother, Malkon. The Doctor is able to stop the Master from harnessing the Numismaton Gas on Sarn by apparently burning him to ash, but he also forced to destroy Kameleion in the effort. Turlough decides returns to his home planet with his brother, and Peri asks to join the Doctor in his travels aboard the TARDIS.

Early travels with Peri

 * PROSE: Five Card Draw
 * The Doctor asks Peri to stay in the TARDIS library when he believes that the destination they've arrived at is an unsuitable place for him to start showing her the wonders of the universe, setting this immediately after Planet of Fire. 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
 * Peri has only just joined the Doctor and is still trying to figure out if she wants to stay with him. A few days have passed since leaving Sarn, setting this shortly after Planet of Fire. The Doctor expresses a desire to watch Les Misérables, and decides to attempt a trip to Headingley Stadium In 1981 again, leading directly into Black and White.


 * PROSE: Black and White
 * It has been three days since the TARDIS left Sarn, and Peri recalls spending two days on N'Tia in the interim. After visiting Headingley Stadium together, the Doctor takes Peri shopping in London to recover from her recent encounter with the N'Tians in 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
 * The Doctor has promised Peri "a tour of another alien world". Peri encounters the Ice Warriors for the first time.


 * 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: 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. She is nineteen-years-old.


 * AUDIO: The Meaning of Red
 * Peri hasn't been travelling with the Doctor for long, and spends several months separated from him.

Joined by Erimem

 * AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion
 * The Doctor gives Peri a tour of the TARDIS and she finds out about the food machine, setting this shortly after Planet of Fire. Erimem joins the TARDIS crew, with a cat she had adopted. The Doctor claims not to have been to Egypt recently, suggesting a setting before Never Seen Cairo.


 * AUDIO: The Church and the Crown
 * Set immediately after The Eye of the Scorpion, with Erimem settling into the TARDIS, while the Doctor attempts to bring her to the Braxiatel Collection. Erimem names her recently adopted cat Antranak.


 * AUDIO: No Place Like Home
 * Set between The Church and the Crown and Nekromanteia, as Antranak appears and has already been named.


 * AUDIO: Nekromanteia
 * Erimem leaves Earth for the first time, setting this shortly after The Eye of the Scorpion. Antranak sacrifices his life saving the planet Talderun.


 * PROSE: Blood and Hope
 * Peri has heard the Doctor use the alias "John Smith" before. Erimem's hair is starting to grow longer. The Doctor leaves Peri and Erimem behind to run an errand and, when he returns around ten seconds later from his companions' perspective, his hair is significantly longer.


 * 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. Peri has been travelling with the Doctor for at least a month.


 * 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. Peri hasn't been travelling with the Doctor for long. Peri and Erimem ask to visit Earth.


 * AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea
 * Erimem is "glad to be back on Earth", suggesting a setting immediately after Three's a Crowd.


 * PROSE: The Coming of the Queen
 * Erimem has short hair.


 * AUDIO: The Kingmaker
 * Erimem visits England for the first time. Peri and Erimem spend two years separated from the Doctor, but only a short time passes for him.

Unfinished business

 * The Doctor leaves Peri and Erimem in 1966 Monte Carlo to recover the Veiled Leopard. Erimem's hair has grown out, suggesting this takes place after her two year separation from the Doctor in The Kingmaker. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard)


 * PROSE: Time on a Vine
 * The Doctor spends eighteen months trying to return a woman to Earth. Nyssa and Tegan are mentioned as former companions of the Doctor, and he is depicted wearing his second costume.


 * PROSE: Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone, and encounters Tegan in 1987 Australia, setting this after Resurrection of the Daleks. The Doctor is depicted in his second costume and the events of Snakedance are referenced.


 * COMIC: Untitled


 * NOTVALID: Dimensions in Time
 * The Fifth Doctor and his other incarnations are switched with the Seventh Doctor at Albert Square by 's time loop. He is wearing a unique jumper that borrows traits from the first and second designs. It is implied that he knows Peri, setting this after Planet of Fire.


 * PROSE: The Glass Princess
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone.


 * PROSE: Greenaway
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone.


 * PROSE: The Juror's Story
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone.


 * PROSE: Lily
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone, and meets with Sarah Jane Smith, setting this after The Five Doctors.


 * PROSE: The Power Supply
 * The Doctor appears to be travelling alone.

Continued solo exploits

 * NOTVALID: Legacy
 * The Doctor is depicted wearing his second outfit.


 * PROSE: Diary Extract
 * The Doctor is depicted in his second outfit, and appears to be travelling alone.


 * NOTVALID: Doctor Whoah! 433
 * The Doctor salutes the Brigadier with his other incarnations.


 * COMIC: A Stitch in Time
 * The Doctor is depicted in 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.


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


 * PROSE: A Girl Called Doubt


 * AUDIO: The Gathering
 * The Doctor attempts to visit the Ice Caves of Shabadabadon, but ends up arriving at the Gogglebox. He decides to solve the mystery of energy spikes appearing across time, originating in 1980s Baltimore, before collecting Peri and Erimem from Monte Carlo. During his investigation, he is reunited with Tegan Jovanka in 2006 Brisbane.

Final adventures with Erimem

 * PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World
 * The Doctor, Peri and Erimem visit a cricket match together, setting this after The Roof of the World. They are also visiting England together, setting this after The Kingmaker. Erimem has short dark hair.


 * PROSE: The Gangster's Story
 * The Doctor, Peri and Erimem spend several weeks in London, setting this after The Kingmaker


 * PROSE: Far Away in a Manger
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Blood and Hope.


 * 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
 * Erimem is considering leaving the TARDIS, and the Doctor suggests that perhaps their next destination will help her decide, suggesting this takes place immediately before The Bride of Peladon.


 * AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon
 * The Doctor, Peri and Erimem recall the events of Son of the Dragon. Erimem decides to leave the Doctor and Peri and remain on Peladon.

After Erimem

 * AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans
 * Set shortly after Erimem's departure in The Bride of Peladon. The events of The Mind's Eye and Son of the Dragon are in Peri's recent memories.


 * PROSE: Fascination
 * Peri has been traveling with the Doctor for months at the least. She has her own TARDIS key, setting this after The Axis of Insanity.


 * COMIC: The Curse of the Scarab


 * PROSE: Warmonger
 * The Doctor and Peri are separated from each other for a year, during which time Peri becomes a guerrilla fighter on the planet Sylvana.


 * PROSE: The Canvey Angels


 * PROSE: Never Seen Cairo
 * The Doctor has been to Cairo, setting this after The Eye of the Scorpion.


 * PROSE: A Life in the Day
 * The Doctor and Peri return to the setting of an adventure they had a month previously.


 * AUDIO: Exotron


 * AUDIO: Urban Myths


 * PROSE: Methuselah

Second quest for the Key to Time

 * AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar
 * Big Finish production codes place this after Mission of the Viyrans. The Doctor has been intentionally separated from Peri until the Key to Time is found. He recalls the events of Red Dawn. The Doctor and Amy are ambushed by the Black Guardian, leading 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 asks Amy to stay with him and help him find Peri, however she refuses and instead plans to return to Gallifrey with Romana in order to attend the academy there. The Doctor then intends to take the two back to Gallifrey in the TARDIS.

Reunited with the Wicked Sisters

 * AUDIO: The Garden of Storms
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Time in Office and The Chaos Pool. He is reunited with Leela, Abby and Zara. An age-scanning device identifies him as being almost 900-years-old. Ending leads directly into The Moonrakers.


 * AUDIO: The Moonrakers
 * The Doctor and Zara encounter Sontarans on the moon while Leela and Abby meet a group of Earth colonists. Ending leads directly into The People Made of Smoke.


 * AUDIO: The People Made of Smoke
 * The Doctor and Leela part ways with Abby and Zara after defeating the smoke people. The Doctor and Leela then continue travelling together.

Final travels with Peri

 * AUDIO: Wet Walls


 * AUDIO: A Room With No View


 * 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 in Prologue: The Fifth Doctor.


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


 * TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * Landing on Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri are poisoned by unrefined spectrox and begin dying of spectrox toxaemia. Outwitting the dueling machinations of Sharaz Jek and Morgus, the Doctor is able to acquire the bat's milk needed to cure the illness, but is only able to get enough for one antidote. After he gets Peri to the safety of the TARDIS, the Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation after curing Peri of the poisoning.


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


 * Next page: Sixth Doctor

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.