Theory:Timeline - Tenth Doctor

This page lists appearances of the Tenth Doctor 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, anthology, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as The Whoniverse, Doctor Who Reviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks databanks and the Big Finnish forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Limiting factors
Any story with Rose Tyler travelling must be after TV: The Christmas Invasion and before TV: Army of Ghosts. Any story with Martha Jones travelling must be after TV: Smith and Jones and before TV: Utopia. Any story with Donna Noble must be after TV: Partners in Crime and before TV: Turn Left.

Though multiple stories that predate TV: Journey's End feature the Doctor travelling alone, TV: Smith and Jones and TV: Partners in Crime both strongly imply that it hasn't been long since the Doctor travelled with Rose and Martha.

Post-regeneration

 * TV: The Parting of the Ways
 * The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation.


 * TV: Children in Need Special
 * Set immediately after The Parting of the Ways, with the Doctor examining his new body and reassuring Rose that he is still the Doctor, before he suffers spasms brought on by the regeneration process, leading directly into The Christmas Invasion.


 * TV: The Christmas Invasion
 * Recovering from his regeneration trauma, the Doctor repels a Sycorax invasion, losing his hand in a swordfight with the leader. He then deposes Harriet Jones as Prime Minister after she orders the retreating Sycorax ship destroyed.


 * PROSE: The Christmas Inversion
 * Set during the events of The Christmas Invasion, after the Doctor's TARDIS is taken aboard the Sycorax ship.


 * PROSE: The Final Darkness
 * Set during the events of The Christmas Invasion.


 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * Shortly after The Christmas Invasion, the Doctor goes to join the celebration in Trafalgar Square, where his photograph is taken by Ursula Blake.

New adventures with Rose

 * COMIC: The Betrothal of Sontar


 * PROSE: The Feast of the Drowned
 * The Doctor is still adjusting to his new body, mentioning how he was getting used to his new teeth. Mickey still harbours a small grudge against the Doctor.


 * COMIC: The Lodger
 * Returning to the Powell Estate, the Doctor is forced to lodger with Mickey after he forgets to lock the time settings and the TARDIS jumps a time track without him. Mickey mentions the Doctor's recent regeneration, and the two begin to form a strong friendship.


 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * The Doctor hunts down and defeats an Elemental Shade, but not before it kills Elton Pope's mother.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 2)
 * Rose is admiring a bracelet given to her by Mickey, setting this before School Reunion.


 * TV: New Earth
 * The Doctor and Rose leave the sunny Powell Estate for more adventures, starting with New Earth. After Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 helps him uncover a conspiracy at New New York Hospital, the Doctor learns from the Face of Boe that he will learn a secret message when he meets the Face again. Cassandra alludes to the Doctor's recent regeneration, stating some of his parts are "unused".


 * COMIC: Which Switch?
 * Set before the Doctor gets the in-flight stereo working in Tooth and Claw. Rose is wearing her outfit from New Earth.


 * COMIC: Mirror Image


 * COMIC: Down the Rabbit Hole


 * PROSE: The Stone Rose
 * Rose dreams of the events of New Earth. Jackie alludes to the Doctor's recent regeneration.


 * COMIC: Under the Volcano


 * COMIC: The Germ War


 * COMIC: Warfreekz!


 * PROSE: The Resurrection Casket
 * The Doctor mentions the events of New Earth.


 * TV: Tooth and Claw
 * The Doctor and Rose save Queen Victoria from a werewolf at Torchwood House.


 * AUDIO: Wednesdays For Beginners
 * Following an encounter with dragons, the Doctor and Rose nearly return to London in answer to a call from Jackie in 2007. As Mickey is still around the Powell Estate, this must take place before School Reunion.


 * COMIC: F.A.Q.


 * COMIC: The Futurists


 * COMIC: Interstellar Overdrive


 * PROSE: I am a Dalek
 * This is the Tenth Doctor's first encounter with a Dalek. The Doctor and Rose unsuccessfully attempt to visit the Moon. Rose is aware of her being the Bad Wolf entity, setting this at least after Tooth and Claw.

Mickey tags along

 * TV: School Reunion
 * The Doctor is reunited with Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark III while investigating the Krillitane at Deffry Vale High School with Rose and Mickey, which results in K9 sacrificing himself and being replaced with a newer model. With some prompting from Sarah Jane, the Doctor accepts Mickey's request to join the TARDIS team.


 * PROSE: A Dog's Life
 * Set during the events of School Reunion, when the Doctor reactivates K9.


 * TV: The Girl in the Fireplace
 * Mickey takes is first trip in the TARDIS, which lands on a 51st century spaceship filled with Clockwork Droids stalking Madame de Pompadour in 18th century France.


 * COMIC: The Green-Eyed Monster


 * TV: Rise of the Cybermen
 * Falling through a crack in time into a parallel universe where Rose's father is a wealthy businessman, the Doctor sees the rise of the parallel universe's Cybermen. Ending leads directly into The Age of Steel.


 * TV: The Age of Steel
 * The Doctor, Rose and Mickey help the Preachers destroy John Lumic's Cyber-factory, with Pete killing Lumic to avenge his Jackie. Having witnessed the death of his counterpart, Mickey decides to stay and help the Preachers fight the ongoing Cyberman threat.

The Platform One mystery

 * COMIC: Growing Terror
 * The Doctor and Rose learn that the survivors of Platform One are disappearing. Ending leads directly into Hyperstar Rising.


 * COMIC: Hyperstar Rising
 * Ending leads directly into Death Race Five Billion.


 * COMIC: Death Race Five Billion
 * Ending leads directly into The Macrobe Menace.


 * COMIC: The Macrobe Menace
 * Ending leads directly into The Hunt of Doom.


 * COMIC: The Hunt of Doom
 * Ending leads directly into Reunion of Fear.


 * COMIC: Reunion of Fear

Further adventures with Rose

 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY2 17)
 * Rose is aware of K9, setting this after School Reunion.


 * COMIC: A Delicate Operation


 * COMIC: Blood and Tears


 * COMIC: Fried Death


 * PROSE: Cuckoo-Spit


 * PROSE: The Cat Came Back


 * COMIC: Bizarre Zero


 * COMIC: Save the Humans!


 * TV: The Idiot's Lantern


 * PROSE: The Nightmare of Black Island
 * The Doctor mentions the events of New Earth.


 * PROSE: The Hero Factor


 * PROSE: Stamp of Approval
 * Rose mentions meeting Queen Victoria, setting this after Tooth and Claw.


 * PROSE: No Fun at the Fair


 * AUDIO: Infamy of the Zaross
 * Mickey's absence indicates this takes place after The Age of Steel. The Doctor and Rose's dynamic indicates they have been traveling together for awhile before The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 2.


 * AUDIO: The Sword of the Chevalier


 * AUDIO: Cold Vengeance


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 3)


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 4)
 * The Doctor and Rose are trying to get to the Galapagos Islands.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 7)


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 8)


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 10)
 * Rose is familiar with the Ice Warriors, setting this after Cold Vengeance.


 * TV: The Impossible Planet
 * The Doctor and Rose are separated from the TARDIS while aboard Sanctuary Base 6 on Krop Tor; a planet orbiting a black hole. The Doctor meets the Ood for the first time. Ending leads directly into The Satan Pit.


 * TV: The Satan Pit
 * Rose is told by the Beast that she will "die in battle so very soon." After the Doctor ensures the Beast's demise, he finds the TARDIS beneath Krop Tor and he and Rose depart.

Final adventures with Rose

 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * The Doctor and Rose battle a Hoix, as witnessed by Elton Pope, who the Doctor almost recognises.


 * PROSE: The Art of Destruction
 * The Krillitane are mentioned, placing this after School Reunion. Rose notes that she has "seen enough of hell lately", implying that this is set after The Satan Pit.


 * PROSE: The Price of Paradise
 * The Ood are mentioned, placing this after The Satan Pit. Rose considers The Stone Rose to be a recent happening.


 * TV: Love & Monsters
 * The Doctor and Rose confront Elton Pope after he upsets Jackie, and help him and LINDA kill the Abzorbaloff, at the cost of most of LINDA. However, the Doctor is able to preserve Ursula Blake in the concrete.


 * COMIC: Bat Attack!
 * The Doctor mentions being banished from England by Queen Victoria during Tooth and Claw.


 * COMIC: Triskaidekaphobia


 * COMIC: Smart Bombs


 * COMIC: Pinball Wizard


 * TV: Fear Her
 * The Doctor can feel that "a storm is approaching", foreshadowing Army of Ghosts.


 * GAME: Art Attack
 * Set during the events of Fear Her, when the Doctor is trapped by the Isolus.


 * COMIC: Opera of Doom!


 * PROSE: Gravestone House


 * PROSE: Untitled
 * Rose visits the Moon for the first time, setting this after I am a Dalek.


 * PROSE: No One Died


 * COMIC: Gangster's Paradise


 * COMIC: A Date to Remember


 * COMIC: The Glutonoid Menace


 * TV: Army of Ghosts
 * The Doctor says, "allons-y", for the first time. Uncovering a Ghost conspiracy during a stop at the Powell Estate, the Doctor, Rose and Jackie travel to the Torchwood Institute. Separated, the Doctor and Jackie learn of Torchwood's history, while Rose finds Mickey undercover in the Void Ship room, preparing to fight a Cyberman invasion. Ending leads directly into Doomsday.


 * TV: Doomsday
 * Joining with Pete and the Preachers again, the Doctor opposes the Cybermen until the Cult of Skaro provide a common enemy for the Preachers and Cybermen to fight together. Sending Jackie and the Preachers back to "Pete's World", the Doctor and Rose banish the Daleks and the Cybermen to the Void, only for Rose to nearly fall in as well, saved only by Pete's intervention, but permanently trapping her on the parallel world.

Adventuring alone

 * COMIC: The Hunters
 * The Doctor is still upset about losing Rose, and is beginning to indulge in his darker urges.


 * TV: Doomsday: Epilogue
 * After saying a proper goodbye to Rose at Dårlig Ulv Stranden, and informing her that she and Jackie are legally dead on their home dimension, the Doctor encounters a bride in the TARDIS console room, leading directly into The Runaway Bride.


 * TV: The Runaway Bride
 * The Doctor returns the bride, Donna Noble, to her wedding reception, only to find it to be a scheme by the Empress of the Racnoss. After the Empress's defeat, the Doctor invites Donna to join him, but she declines.


 * PROSE: Loose Wire
 * Sequel story to The Idiot's Lantern.


 * COMIC: The Honourable Burger
 * The Doctor is taking a break from his travels.


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY2 15)


 * COMIC: The Dead Ringer


 * PROSE: Once Upon a Time


 * PROSE: Corner of the Eye


 * PROSE: Deep and Dreamless Sleep


 * COMIC: The Whispering Gallery
 * The Doctor travels with Grayla while giving her a lift to her home planet, Grått.


 * COMIC: The Power of the Cybermen
 * Sequel to Doomsday. Ending leads directly into Drones of Doom.


 * COMIC: Drones of Doom
 * Ending leads directly into Enemy Mine.


 * COMIC: Enemy Mine
 * Ending leads directly into Time of the Cybermen.


 * COMIC: Time of the Cybermen


 * COMIC: 13 O'Clock


 * COMIC: Green Fingers


 * COMIC: The Snag Finders


 * COMIC: Beneath the Skin
 * Ending leads directly into The Sky Below.


 * COMIC: The Sky Below
 * Ending leads directly into Beyond the Sea.


 * COMIC: Beyond the Sea
 * Ending leads directly into Lonely Planet.


 * COMIC: Lonely Planet


 * COMIC: Plague Panic


 * PROSE: Cats and Dogs


 * COMIC: The Warkeeper's Crown
 * The Doctor is briefly reunited with Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

Meeting Martha

 * TV: Smith and Jones
 * The Doctor accidently destroys his sonic screwdriver while trying to expose a Plasmavore to the Judoon. He convinces the Judoon with help from a Royal Hope Hospital medical student, Martha Jones, after the hospital is H2O scooped to the Moon, and offers her a single trip in the TARDIS after he replaces his screwdriver with a near identical model.


 * TV: The Shakespeare Code
 * Follows on from Smith and Jones, with the Doctor taking Martha to see William Shakespeare. After foiling a Carrionite plot, the Doctor's execution is ordered by Elizabeth I, forcing him and Martha to flee.


 * TV: Gridlock
 * Follows on from The Shakespeare Code, with the TARDIS escaping the Queen's men to New New York. The Face of Boe meets the Doctor once more and expends all the energy keeping him alive and dies, imparting the Doctor with his final message; "You are not alone." On Martha's urging, the Doctor tells her about Gallifrey and the Last Great Time War.


 * COMIC: Quiet on the Set
 * The Doctor takes Martha to see the final glimpse of Gallifrey, setting this after Gridlock. Martha is kidnapped by Adam Mitchell, and the Doctor sends a message to Frobisher, leading directly into Façades.


 * COMIC: Façades
 * Frobisher receives the Doctor's message, setting the stage for Endgame.


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


 * COMIC: The Woman Who Sold the World
 * It is implied that Martha is still new to the TARDIS, judging from her dialogue about the sonic screwdriver.


 * PROSE: Rewriting History


 * TV: Daleks in Manhattan
 * The Doctor discovers that the Cult of Skaro survived the events of Doomsday. Ending leads directly into Evolution of the Daleks.


 * TV: Evolution of the Daleks
 * The majority of the Cult of Skaro are destroyed in their scheme, with only Dalek Caan escaping.


 * COMIC: Exhausting Evil


 * TV: The Lazarus Experiment
 * The Doctor returns Martha home after her extended trip, but sticks around after hearing of Richard Lazarus's experiments with ageing. After she introduces him to her family and helps him defeat Lazarus, the Doctor officially welcomes Martha aboard the TARDIS.

The new companion

 * COMIC: The Skrawn Inheritance


 * COMIC: Who Ate All The Biscuits?


 * PROSE: Made of Steel
 * Martha doesn't have a TARDIS key, setting this before 42, with Smith and Jones being considered a recent happening.


 * PROSE: Sting of the Zygons
 * Martha recalls her visit to New York City from Daleks in Manhattan.


 * PROSE: The Last Dodo
 * Martha recalls meeting dinosaurs, placing this after Made of Steel.


 * PROSE: Wooden Heart


 * PROSE: 42 Prologue
 * Set during the very beginning of 42.


 * TV: 42
 * The Doctor upgrades Martha's mobile phone to a superphone and gives her a TARDIS key of her own, but is interrupted before he can tell her about regeneration.


 * COMIC: The Whispering Gallery


 * PROSE: Forever Autumn
 * Martha recalls being on the spaceship from 42.


 * PROSE: The Weeping


 * COMIC: The Green, the Bad and the Ugly


 * TV: The Infinite Quest
 * Set between 42 and Human Nature. (Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia)


 * COMIC: Bus Stop!


 * COMIC: Mind Shadows


 * PROSE: Sick Building
 * Martha mentions the events of 42.


 * PROSE: The Body Bank


 * PROSE: The Box Under the Tree


 * PROSE: Zombie Motel


 * COMIC: Sunscreen


 * PROSE: The Iron Circle


 * PROSE: Kiss of Life


 * PROSE: Deep Water


 * TV: Human Nature
 * Using a Chameleon arch, the Doctor turns himself into a human to hide from the Family of Blood. Ending leads directly into The Family of Blood.


 * TV: The Family of Blood
 * The Doctor returns from his human persona and traps the Family of Blood in time as punishment for their crimes.

Battles in time

 * COMIC: Wrath of the Warrior
 * Ending leads directly into The Screaming Prison.


 * COMIC: The Screaming Prison
 * Ending leads directly into Force and Fury.


 * COMIC: Force and Fury
 * Ending leads directly into Warriors' Revenge.


 * COMIC: Warriors' Revenge


 * COMIC: Ground Control
 * The Doctor is incapacitated by the green mists off Orion's Belt, forcing Martha to drive the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: Head Start
 * Ending leads directly into Jewel of the Vile.


 * COMIC: Jewel of the Vile
 * Ending leads directly into Lock, Stocks and Barrel.


 * COMIC: Lock, Stocks and Barrel
 * Ending leads directly into End Game.


 * COMIC: End Game

Further travels with Martha

 * PROSE: Breathing Space


 * PROSE: Wetworld
 * Martha recalls the outcome of The Family of Blood.


 * COMIC: The First


 * COMIC: Minus Seven Wonders


 * COMIC: The Last Soldier


 * COMIC: Signs of Life


 * PROSE: Needle Point


 * PROSE: The Secret of the Stones


 * PROSE: Wishing Well


 * PROSE: The Pirate Loop
 * Human Nature was the last time Martha felt patronised. Set "a couple of days" after Wishing Well.


 * PROSE: Peacemaker
 * The Doctor refers to the starship Brilliant from The Pirate Loop. Martha kisses the Doctor for the first time. The Doctor claims that Human Nature happened "a while ago".


 * TV: Blink
 * Whilst dealing with "four things and a lizard", the Doctor and Martha briefly meet Sally Sparrow, who gives them a series of notes that she says will be useful to them at a later date.


 * PROSE: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage
 * Set after Blink, as the Doctor mentions "four things and a lizard". Martha has been travelling with the Doctor for a few months.


 * TV: Blink
 * The Doctor and Martha are trapped in 1969 by the Weeping Angels, but use Sally Sparrow's notes to retrieve the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: Agent Provocateur
 * The Doctor refers to being slapped by Martha's mother during The Lazarus Experiment. References to scarecrows imply a setting after The Family of Blood.


 * COMIC: Myth Maker


 * PROSE: The Planet That Wept


 * COMIC: Swarm Enemies


 * COMIC: The Millennium Blag
 * Ending leads directly into Second Wave.


 * COMIC: Second Wave
 * Ending leads directly into Operation Lock-up.


 * COMIC: Operation Lock-up
 * Ending leads directly into Crime After Crime


 * COMIC: Crime After Crime


 * COMIC: Shipwreck!


 * COMIC: Cold War


 * COMIC: House Pests


 * COMIC: Death to the Doctor!


 * COMIC: Waste Not


 * PROSE: The Frozen Wastes


 * COMIC: Minor Trouble
 * Ending leads directly into Inhuman Sacrifice.


 * COMIC: Inhuman Sacrifice
 * Ending leads directly into Crimes and Punishment.


 * COMIC: Crimes and Punishment


 * COMIC: In-Flight Entertainment
 * Sequel to Gridlock.


 * COMIC: A Klytode Christmas


 * PROSE: Revenge of the Judoon


 * COMIC: Universal Monsters


 * PROSE: Star-Crossed


 * PROSE: Martha in the Mirror
 * The Doctor is expecting "a girl with a red balloon" to be inside the Mortal Mirror, setting this after The Family of Blood.


 * PROSE: Snowglobe 7


 * PROSE: The Many Hands


 * COMIC: Black Death White Life

The return of the Master

 * TV: Utopia
 * Stopping at the Cardiff rift to refuel, Captain Jack Harkness appears and jumps onto the TARDIS as it dematerialises, causing the ship to travel to the end of the universe to escape him. The Doctor finds out that Jack recovered his severed hand from The Christmas Invasion. The Doctor, Martha and Jack assist the last of humanity reach Utopia to survive, but the head of the Utopia Project, Professor Yana, turns out to be in disguise. Accidently tipped off to the Chameleon arch by Martha, Yana reverts back to the Master, who regenerates and steals the TARDIS and the Doctor's severed hand.


 * TV: The Sound of Drums
 * Follows on directly from Utopia, with the Doctor using Jack's vortex manipulator to send him, Jack and Martha back to 2008 Earth, where is Prime Minister and married to Lucy Saxon. The Doctor discovers Jack's affiliation with the Torchwood Institute. The Master successfully captures Martha's family, the Doctor and Jack, and ages the Doctor with the Lazarus technology in his laser screwdriver, but Martha is able to escape as the Master launches a Toclafane invasion that allows him to conquer the Earth.


 * PROSE: The Story of Martha
 * Set during the Year That Never Was, between The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.


 * TV: Last of the Time Lords
 * Set one year after The Sound of Drums. After Martha returns, the Doctor is able to topple the Master's regime and heal himself using the Archangel Network and Jack undoes the previous year's events by destroying the paradox machine. Before the Master can be taken into custody, he is shot by Lucy and dies due to refusing to regenerate. The Doctor burns his body, and Jack and Martha decide to remain on Earth to deal with the consequences of The Year That Never Was, while the Doctor retrieves his severed hand from Jack.

Shields down

 * TV: Time Crash
 * Set during the ending of Last of the Time Lords, right after Martha leaves the TARDIS.


 * TV: Last of the Time Lords: Epilogue
 * What seems to be the Titanic crashes into the TARDIS, leading directly into Voyage of the Damned.


 * TV: Voyage of the Damned
 * The Doctor repairs the TARDIS and stops the spaceship Titanic from crashing into Buckingham Palace with the help of Astrid Peth, who sacrifices herself in the effort. During a brief trip the Earth, the Doctor encounters Wilfred Mott for the first time, and gets to say, "Allons-y, Alonso", fulfilling a wish he made in Army of Ghosts. He claims to be 903-years-old.

Travelling alone

 * COMIC: Room with a Deja View
 * The Doctor is in despair about being alone, suggesting that a companion has recently left him.


 * GAME: Doctor In A Dash
 * The Doctor is traveling alone.


 * GAME: Eye of the TARDIS
 * The Doctor is traveling alone.


 * PROSE: The Frozen


 * PROSE: Number 1, Gallows Gate Road
 * The Doctor claims to be 904 years old.


 * PROSE: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years


 * COMIC: The Diamonds of Sartor
 * Ending leads directly into Quarsian Mission.


 * COMIC: Quarsian Mission
 * Ending leads directly into Android of Death.


 * COMIC: Android of Death


 * COMIC: The Monster Upstairs


 * COMIC: Hot Metal


 * COMIC: Blooms of Doom!


 * COMIC: The Halls of Sacrifice


 * COMIC: The Old Kings of Skarab


 * COMIC: Reign of the Stone Monkey


 * COMIC: Every Dog Has Its Day


 * COMIC: Escape to Penhaxico
 * Sequel to Voyage of the Damned.


 * COMIC: Dusty Death
 * Ending leads directly into Cold Assassin.


 * COMIC: Cold Assassin
 * Ending leads directly into Designs of the Dust.


 * COMIC: Designs of the Dust
 * Ending leads directly into A Suitable Showdown.


 * COMIC: A Suitable Showdown


 * AUDIO: Hounded


 * COMIC: Hotel Historia
 * The Doctor crosses wits with Majenta Pryce at the Hotel Historia, and ensures her arrest for tax evasion.


 * COMIC: Wormhole
 * The Doctor takes part in a polar expedition on Grothendar.


 * COMIC: The Poison Planet


 * COMIC: The Creative Spark


 * COMIC: Sea-Rah


 * COMIC: The Great Mordillo


 * COMIC: Destiny's Door

Early exploits with Donna

 * TV: Partners in Crime
 * The Doctor is reunited with Donna while investigating Adipose Industries. Having regretted turning down his invitation, Donna invites herself aboard the TARDIS as the Doctor's newest companion. The Doctor identifies Martha has his last previous companion, and learns that a planet has gone missing.


 * TV: The Fires of Pompeii
 * Donna takes her first trip in the TARDIS, arriving in Pompeii on the eve of Mount Vesuvius's eruption. Realising that it is a fixed point in time, the Doctor causes the eruption, with Donna's support, but saves a single family from the destruction of Pompeii. The Doctor learns that another planet is missing, and is informed that "she" is returning by Lucius Petrus Dextrus.


 * TV: Planet of the Ood
 * Donna visits her first alien planet; the Ood Sphere, where she and the Doctor free the Ood from enslavement. Ood Sigma tells the Doctor that his "song must end soon".


 * COMIC: Untitled (10DY3 11)
 * The Doctor and Donna are dealing with the fallout of Partners in Crime. Donna is still adjusting to life in the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: Nightmare on the Boulevard


 * AUDIO: Death's Deal
 * Donna claims she is still "a bit new" to meeting aliens, setting this early in her travels in the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Ghosts of India
 * Donna recalls the events of Planet of the Ood.


 * COMIC: Fuel


 * PROSE: The Doctor Trap
 * Donna refers to her visits to Pompeii and the Ood Sphere.


 * COMIC: Windswept


 * PROSE: Shining Darkness
 * Donna recalls the events of The Doctor Trap and notes that this is only the third time that she has met machine intelligences, setting this before Pest Control.

Helping Martha

 * TV: The Sontaran Stratagem
 * While teaching Donna how to pilot the TARDIS, the Doctor is summoned by Martha to assist UNIT in investigating the ATMOS factory. Donna visits her family for the first since traveling with the Doctor, and the Doctor is formally introduced to her grandfather, Wilf. The Doctor finds the Sontarans are behind the ATMOS plot, leading directly into The Poison Sky.


 * TV: The Poison Sky
 * After foiling the Sontarans' plot, Martha bids the Doctor and Donna farewell in the TARDIS, which takes off of its own accord with her still inside, leading directly into The Doctor's Daughter.


 * TV: The Doctor's Daughter
 * Arriving in a Human-Hath War on Messaline, the Doctor's DNA is taken to create a female clone; Jenny, who appears to die shielding the Doctor from a bullet. Donna learns the severed hand in the TARDIS once belonged to the Doctor.


 * The Doctor eventually gets Martha back home, and continues to travel with Donna.

Having a fun time

 * COMIC: Any Old Iron
 * Ending leads directly into Merchant of Menace.


 * COMIC: Merchant of Menace


 * AUDIO: Pest Control


 * PROSE: Blood Will Out


 * COMIC: The Continuity Cap


 * COMIC: Wormhole


 * COMIC: The Black Hole Gang


 * PROSE: The Lonely Computer


 * COMIC: CitiZen's Arrest


 * COMIC: The Lavender Hill Blob


 * COMIC: Shark Bait


 * TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp
 * The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie, and learn the circumstances of her disappearance. The Doctor recalls the events of The Lonely Computer.


 * PROSE: The Tempest - A Work in Progress
 * The Doctor and Donna are preoccupied with "dinosaur business" while the Doctor is helping Shakespeare write The Tempest.


 * AUDIO: Technophobia


 * COMIC: Mad Martha
 * Donna knows Martha, setting this after The Doctor's Daughter.


 * COMIC: The Black Sea
 * Ending leads directly into Sting of the Serpent.


 * COMIC: Sting of the Serpent
 * Ending leads directly into Attack of the Rats.


 * COMIC: Attack of the Rats
 * Ending leads directly into The Zantraan Invasion.


 * COMIC: The Zantraan Invasion


 * PROSE: Dr. Tenth: Christmas Surprise!


 * PROSE: Disappearing Act


 * PROSE: Hello Children, Everywhere


 * PROSE: Grand Theft Planet!


 * PROSE: Cold


 * PROSE: Bing Bong


 * PROSE: Island of the Sirens


 * PROSE: Hold Your Horses


 * COMIC: The Immortal Emperor


 * COMIC: Attack of the Mange Mites!


 * COMIC: The Greatest Mall in the Universe


 * PROSE: Once Upon a Time


 * COMIC: The Time Sickness


 * PROSE: Most Beautiful Music


 * COMIC: Death Disco


 * AUDIO: The Forever Trap
 * Donna knows of the Sontarans, setting this after The Doctor's Daughter.


 * AUDIO: Time Reaver
 * Authorial intend places this before Silence in the Library.

Battling the Zenith

 * COMIC: Pawns of the Zenith
 * Ending leads directly into Swarm of the Zenith.


 * COMIC: Swarm of the Zenith
 * Ending leads directly into Prey of the Zenith.


 * COMIC: Prey of the Zenith
 * Ending leads directly into Lair of the Zenith.


 * COMIC: Lair of the Zenith

Last exploits with Donna

 * TV: Silence in the Library
 * Answering a distress call, the Doctor meets someone from his personal future, River Song, in the Library, and fights off the Vashta Nerada with her. Ending leads directly into Forest of the Dead.


 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set during Silence in the Library, when the Doctor is admiring the Library before River Song arrives.


 * TV: Forest of the Dead
 * The Doctor watches River sacrifice her life to rid the Library of the Vashta Nerada, but is able to save her consciousness by uploading it into the Library computer system.


 * COMIC: Autopia


 * COMIC: The Widow's Curse
 * Donna has already visited Mercury, Venus, Pluto, the rings of Saturn and seen the death of the Mestophelix Galaxy.


 * PROSE: Beautiful Chaos
 * The Doctor mentions "spoilers", implying that this takes place after Forest of the Dead.


 * COMIC: By Order of the Bonemenders


 * COMIC: The Alice in Wonderland Circuit


 * COMIC: Washed Away!


 * COMIC: Titanoleum Tourists


 * COMIC: The Time Stealer
 * Ending leads directly into School of the Dead.


 * COMIC: School of the Dead
 * Ending leads directly into Ghosts from the Past.


 * COMIC: Ghosts from the Past
 * Ending leads directly into The Battle for Time.


 * COMIC: The Battle for Time


 * TV: Midnight
 * The Doctor learns that a moon has gone missing.


 * PROSE: In the Blood
 * Authorial intend places this immediately after Midnight. (DWM 498) Donna mentions having had two husbands, setting this between Forest of the Dead and Death and the Queen. The Doctor and Donna recall meeting Gully during Time Reaver.


 * PROSE: Appendix - The Last Will


 * COMIC: Ground Control
 * The Doctor and Donna encounter the Cobalite.


 * COMIC: Just Another Thursday


 * COMIC: The Baktek Illusion


 * COMIC: The Man in the Moon


 * COMIC: Time Flies


 * COMIC: The Giant's Ring


 * COMIC: Frosty the Snowdemon


 * COMIC: Cold Blooded War!


 * AUDIO: The Nemonite Invasion
 * The Doctor claims to be 903-years-old.


 * AUDIO: Death and the Queen
 * Donna reflects on how far she has come as a person since first meeting the Doctor, setting this late in her travels.

Reunions and farewells

 * TV: Turn Left
 * After learning that Donna was sent to a parallel world by the Trickster's Brigade, the Doctor realises he and Donna are being linked together and is told a message from Donna about Rose, leading directly into The Stolen Earth.


 * TV: The Stolen Earth
 * After Earth goes missing, the Doctor tracks down the missing planets to the Medusa Cascade, where he finds UNIT, Torchwood 3 and the Bannerman Road gang repelling an invasion by the New Dalek Empire, spearheaded by Davros and Dalek Caan. Rendezvousing with Rose and Jack, the Doctor is struck by a Dalek gunstick and begins to regenerate, leading directly into Journey's End.


 * TV: Journey's End
 * The Doctor averts his regeneration by siphoning off the remaining energy into his severed hand, which makes contact with Donna, growing into a new Doctor and giving Donna the mind of a Time Lord. After learning that Caan had manipulated the timeline to get the Doctor and Donna together for this purpose, the new Doctor destroys the New Dalek Empire and returns the stolen planets. After exiling the new Doctor to Pete's World to be with Rose, the Doctor is forced to erase all trace of himself from Donna's memory to prevent her brain from burning up, and returns her home.


 * COMIC: The Time of My Life
 * Set immediately after Journey's End.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * Set almost immediately after Journey's End.


 * COMIC: A Rose by Any Other Name
 * The Doctor is depressed by Rose's absence, setting this after The Runaway Bride, but he also mentions Lilith and knows about the Hath, setting this after Series 3 and Series 4 as well. As the Doctor is too depressed to even leave the TARDIS, this most likely takes place shortly after Journey's End, where the Doctor lost Rose again and ended up in a depressed state due to Donna's fate. After being comforted by Rose-the-Cat, the Doctor decides to find a new companion.

Solo adventures

 * PROSE: The Eyeless


 * AUDIO: The Rising Night
 * Set immediately after The Eyeless, with the Doctor having just departed Acropolis. He also recalls the recent events of Journey's End.


 * PROSE: The Sontaran Games
 * According to the Doctor, The Poison Sky was "not long ago".


 * COMIC: The Beast Is Back In Town
 * The Doctor has travelled with Donna Noble, setting this after Journey's End.


 * TV: Music of the Spheres


 * PROSE: The Puplet


 * GAME: Jobsworth Judoon
 * The Doctor is traveling alone.


 * COMIC: Carnage Zoo
 * Ending leads directly into Flight and Fury.


 * COMIC: Flight and Fury
 * Ending leads directly into The Living Ghosts.


 * COMIC: The Living Ghosts
 * Ending leads directly into Extermination of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: Extermination of the Daleks

New friends

 * COMIC: The Chromosome Connection
 * After she helps him defeat Mozhtratta, the Doctor is joined by Edinburgh University student, Heather McCrimmon.


 * COMIC: The Aquarius Condition
 * The Doctor finds himself dealing with the fallout of the missing planets plot from The Stolen Earth.


 * COMIC: Glum Culture


 * COMIC: The Great Rain Robbery


 * COMIC: The Parrian Proposal


 * COMIC: Hitching Point


 * COMIC: Store Wars


 * COMIC: The Submariners


 * COMIC: The Greed of the Gavulav


 * COMIC: The Secret Army


 * COMIC: The Silver Bullet


 * COMIC: The Invisibles


 * COMIC: Good Old Days


 * COMIC: The Abomination Game


 * COMIC: T.R.O.L.


 * COMIC: Cyclops


 * COMIC: The Crystal Palace


 * COMIC: The Spirit of Ashgar


 * COMIC: Monster Idol


 * COMIC: The Slakken Cat


 * COMIC: Code Freeze


 * COMIC: Hear No Evil


 * COMIC: Terror in the TARDIS


 * COMIC: The Ball and Chain Gang


 * COMIC: The Memory Collective


 * COMIC: The Blue Star Bomb


 * COMIC: Flight of the Giurgeax
 * The Doctor and Heather are joined by Wolfgang Ryter.


 * COMIC: Starstruck


 * COMIC: The Genius Trap


 * COMIC: The Rising Tide


 * COMIC: Sweet Dreams


 * COMIC: Copycat


 * COMIC: Shadow of the Vaipid


 * COMIC: Snakes Alive!


 * COMIC: The Sparkling Planet


 * COMIC: The Curse of Vladula


 * COMIC: Photo Finish


 * COMIC: Brain Train


 * COMIC: Foot Soldiers


 * COMIC: Bad Wolfie
 * After briefly being turned into a werewolf, Wolfie decides to leave the TARDIS and is returned to Salzburg.


 * COMIC: City of Light


 * COMIC: The Guardian of Murcher


 * COMIC: Night of the Burnt Toast


 * COMIC: The Ghost Factory


 * COMIC: Skydive!


 * COMIC: Highway Robbery


 * COMIC: Doomsilk


 * COMIC: One Careful Owner


 * COMIC: The Garden Rebellion


 * COMIC: The Goats of Christmas Past


 * COMIC: A Merry Little Christmas


 * COMIC: We Will Rock You
 * Heather begins sporting her hair in a bobbed hairstyle.


 * COMIC: The Highest Stake


 * COMIC: Hook, Line and Sinker


 * COMIC: The Unwelcome Visitors


 * COMIC: Junk Food


 * COMIC: Dead-line
 * Returning to Edinburgh University, Heather falls into Mozhtratta's trap and is rendered unable to travel in the Time Vortex, ending her time in the TARDIS.

Quest for the Eternity Crystal

 * PROSE: The Dust of Ages
 * The Doctor discovers the Eternity Crystal, and takes it to prevent the Darksmith Collective from having it.


 * PROSE: The Graves of Mordane
 * The Doctor loses the Eternity Crystal to the Darksmith Agent.


 * PROSE: The Colour of Darkness
 * The Doctor recalls the events of Martha in the Mirror. After retrieving the Eternity Crystal, the Doctor begins tracking down Brother Varlos, the person who constructed the Crystal.


 * PROSE: The Depths of Despair
 * Having tracked Varlos to Flydon Maxima, the Doctor starts travelling with his daughter, Gisella, who tells him that Varlos had settled in 1895 Paris.


 * PROSE: The Vampire of Paris
 * Arriving in Paris, the Doctor and Gisella see Varlos killed by a Time Vampire.


 * PROSE: The Game of Death
 * Tracking the Darksmith Agent to the Silver Devastation, the Doctor and Giselle find out that the Agent has been destroyed.


 * PROSE: The Planet of Oblivion
 * The Doctor and Giselle are trying to find out who employed the Darksmith Collective to construct the Eternity Crystal.


 * PROSE: The Pictures of Emptiness
 * The Crystal is legally returned to Gisella by the Shadow Proclamation. However, Gisella betrays the Doctor and hands the Eternity Crystal over to the Darksmith Collective.


 * PROSE: The Art of War
 * Following Giselle to 2009 London, the Doctor discovers the Collective's employers are the Krashok, that Gisella was an android created by Varlos all along and had been reprogrammed by the Darksmith Collective to give them the Eternity Crystal when she and the Doctor collected it.


 * PROSE: The End of Time
 * After he frees her, the Doctor destroys the Eternity Crystal and defeats the Krashok. Giselle leaves the Doctor to pursue her studies at the Space Brain.

No more companions

 * TV: The Next Doctor
 * By this point, the Doctor has firmly sworn off having travelling companions.


 * COMIC: Da Vinci's Robots
 * Ending leads directly into Metal Mania.


 * COMIC: Metal Mania


 * COMIC: About Last Night
 * Ending leads directly into Dark Side of the Moon.


 * COMIC: Dark Side of the Moon


 * COMIC: The Day the Earth Was Sold
 * Ending leads directly into The King of Earth.


 * COMIC: The King of Earth


 * TV: Planet of the Dead
 * After escaping San Helios with the aid of Lady Christina de Souza, the Doctor is warned by psychic Carmen that his "song is ending", that "it is returning" and that "he will knock four times." The Doctor is still adamant about not travelling with companions.


 * COMIC: The Guardians of Terror
 * Ending leads directly into The Rebirth of Corah.


 * COMIC: The Rebirth of Corah


 * PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon


 * PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion


 * COMIC: The House at the End of the World
 * Ending leads directly into The End.


 * COMIC: The End


 * PROSE: Blue Moon


 * AUDIO: The Day of the Troll


 * PROSE: Keeping up with the Joneses
 * The Doctor has met Christina de Souza, setting this after Planet of the Dead.


 * COMIC: Ground Control


 * TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
 * While foiling the Trickster's plan to get Sarah Jane married, the Doctor gets an in-person introduction to Luke Smith, and also meets Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra. The Doctor is warned by the Trickster that "the gate is waiting" for him.


 * PROSE: The Bog Warrior
 * The Doctor has realised how much he misses traveling with a companion.


 * COMIC: The Vortex Code


 * COMIC: Health & Safety


 * PROSE: Total Eclipse of the Heart


 * PROSE: The End of the Rainbow


 * PROSE: Scared Stiff


 * COMIC: Space Vikings!


 * PROSE: Bennelong Point


 * PROSE: The Shape on the Chair


 * PROSE: Knock Knock!


 * PROSE: The Haldenmor Fugue


 * PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks
 * The Doctor is beginning to long for a companion to help him again.


 * PROSE: The Taking of Chelsea 426


 * PROSE: Autonomy
 * The Doctor clicks his fingers to shut the TARDIS' doors, commenting that he's getting better.


 * PROSE: The Krillitane Storm
 * The Doctor is still troubled by Donna's fate.

Early travels with Gabby

 * COMIC: Revolutions of Terror
 * Authorial intend places this after Planet of the Dead, with the Doctor having "just rejected Christina De Souza as a potential companion". The Doctor starts traveling with Gabby Gonzalez after she tells him "no song should end too soon".


 * COMIC: The Arts in Space
 * Gabby takes her first trip in the TARDIS, landing in the future on first alien planet.


 * COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons


 * COMIC: Laundro-Room of Doom


 * COMIC: Echo


 * COMIC: The Fountains of Forever
 * Follows on from Echo. Ending leads directly into Spiral Staircase.


 * COMIC: Spiral Staircase
 * Ending leads directly into Sins of the Father.


 * COMIC: Sins of the Father


 * COMIC: Four Doctors
 * The Doctor referes to the recent events of The Next Doctor.


 * COMIC: Open Mic Night
 * Set during Four Doctors.


 * COMIC: The Doctors Do... Classic Comedy
 * Set during Four Doctors.


 * COMIC: The Singer Not the Song


 * COMIC: Medicine Man
 * Ending leads directly into Arena of Fear.


 * COMIC: Arena of Fear
 * Cindy joins the Doctor and Gabby in the TARDIS.

Gabby and Cindy

 * COMIC: Lady of the Blue Box


 * COMIC: The Wishing Well Witch
 * Cindy's first trip in the TARDIS is also Gabby's first trip to the United Kingdom.


 * COMIC: The Infinite Corridor


 * COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen


 * COMIC: The Long Con


 * COMIC: The Lost Dimension
 * The Doctor implies he hasn't checked up on Martha since Journey's End, which would asset this before Revolving Doors.


 * COMIC: The Jazz Monster
 * Ending leads directly into Music Man.


 * COMIC: Music Man


 * COMIC: Revolving Doors
 * Cindy is taking a break from the TARDIS to process Roscoe's death. Gabby takes her first trip the London, and begins to realise how little she knows about the Doctor.


 * COMIC: Old Girl: Aftermath
 * Ending leads directly into Old Girl: Primeval.


 * COMIC: Old Girl: Primeval
 * Ending leads directly into Old Girl: The Return of Sutekh.


 * COMIC: Old Girl: The Return of Sutekh
 * Ending leads directly into Old Girl: War of Gods.


 * COMIC: Old Girl: War of Gods
 * Ending leads directly into Old Girl: War of Gods – Season Finale.


 * COMIC: Old Girl: War of Gods – Season Finale

Distancing himself from his friends

 * COMIC: Breakfast at Tyranny's
 * COMIC: Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
 * COMIC: Vortex Butterflies
 * COMIC: The Good Companion

Helping Majenta

 * COMIC: Thinktwice
 * Going undercover at Thinktwice, the Doctor encounters Majenta again, and learns she has lost her memory. She invites herself to travel with him as his patient.


 * COMIC: The Stockbridge Child


 * COMIC: Mortal Beloved
 * The Doctor learns that Majenta was once betrothed to Wesley Sparks.


 * COMIC: The Age of Ice
 * Assisting UNIT, the Doctor and Majenta find her old assistant, Fanson, who dies after telling Majenta that he had wiped her memories to spare her from her past.


 * COMIC: The Deep Hereafter
 * The Doctor and Majenta visit New Old Detroit.


 * COMIC: Onomatopoeia
 * Majenta's attitude towards the Doctor has grown noticeably friendlier.


 * COMIC: Ghosts of the Northern Line
 * The Doctor notes that he doesn't take companions on anymore, explaining that Majenta is merely a job to him, and is warned about his approaching demise by the ghostly girls. Ending leads directly into The Crimson Hand.


 * COMIC: The Crimson Hand
 * The Doctor learns that Majenta was part of Crimson Hand criminal group. After sacrificing her life to destroy the Crimson Hand device, the Doctor is able to resurrect Majenta and leaves her on New Old Detroit to start a new life.

Meddling with time

 * COMIC: The Time Machination


 * COMIC: Silver Scream
 * While attending a party in 1926 Hollywood, the Doctor saves a young actress called Emily Winter and a runner called Matthew Finnegan from a fire. They ask to travel with him, but he turns them down, obliquely claiming his last companionship "didn't end well". Leaving Hollywood, the Doctor is arrested by the Shadow Proclamation, leading into Fugitive.


 * COMIC: Fugitive
 * The Doctor is arrested for prevented the fix point that was Emily's death, but escapes. He returns to Hollywood to collect evidence, a Terronite Transference machine, and decides to bring Emily and Matthew with him this time. Kraden mentions "the darkness" that's coming, and the Shadow Architect tells the Doctor he shouldn't be alone "when he knocks the fourth time."


 * COMIC: Tesseract
 * The Advocate attacks the TARDIS to steal the Terronite technology and place doubt about the Doctor in Matthew's mind.


 * COMIC: Don't Step on the Grass
 * The Doctor is still angry with Martha for nearly engaging the Osterhagen Project in Journey's End. After his faith in the Doctor is completely lost, Matthew leaves the TARDIS to travel with the Advocate.


 * COMIC: Old Friend


 * COMIC: Final Sacrifice
 * Set two weeks after Tesseract. Matthew and the Advocate's minds merge to form a fifth-dimensional being called the Tef'Aree, who reveals it had manipulated events to ensure its own creation. After he leaves Emily behind on Earth, the Doctor heads off for an adventure on Mars, leading directly into The Waters of Mars.


 * TV: The Waters of Mars
 * After trying to alter a fixed point in time on Mars, the Doctor sees a vision of Ood Sigma, heralding his upcoming demise, which he starts running from.


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * Set after The Waters of Mars, with the Doctor marrying Elizabeth I, something he would recall doing while avoiding Ood Sigma during The End of Time. He claims to be 904-years-old.

Delaying his fate

 * COMIC: Psychic Paper Inc Claims Department
 * The Doctor is unfazed by his killing of Gom, implying this takes place nearing the end of his life, after The Waters of Mars.


 * TV: Dreamland


 * AUDIO: The Last Voyage


 * COMIC: Arctic Eclipse


 * COMIC: Return of the Klytode


 * COMIC: Creature Feature


 * COMIC: Mudshock


 * PROSE: Code of the Krillitanes


 * COMIC: Project UFO


 * COMIC: Borrowed Time


 * COMIC: The Big, Blue Box


 * AUDIO: Dead Air


 * COMIC: To Sleep, Perchance to Scream


 * PROSE: The Advent of Fear


 * PROSE: The Doctor on My Shoulder
 * The Doctor tells Mason Valentin that there's "something [he's] been avoiding" and then leaves after saying his "time's up", leading into The End of Time.

Death

 * TV: The End of Time
 * Answering Ood Sigma's call, the Doctor learns of the Master's resurrection in 2009. Trying to find him, the Doctor runs into Wilf, and realises they are still connected. The Doctor claims to be 906-years-old, and joins forces with Wilf to stop the Master. Realising that the Master is a pawn in Rassilon's plan to destroy the universe to survive the Time War, the Doctor is able to send the Time Lords back into the war with the Master's aid, but has to sacrifice himself to save Wilf from a radiation shield about to be flooded with radiation from the Immortality Gate. With the regeneration process starting, the Doctor returns Wilf home and goes to get "his reward".


 * TV: Death of the Doctor: Part 2
 * The Doctor visits his old companions, such as watching Jo Grant sail down the Yangtze River.


 * TV: The End of Time: Part 2
 * The Doctor saves Martha and Mickey from a Sontaran and Luke from being run over by a car.


 * COMIC: Lucky Heather
 * The Doctor saves Heather and Wolfie from a meteorite creature built from museum parts during his reward from The End of Time: Part 2.


 * TV: The End of Time: Part 2
 * The Doctor travels to the Zaggit Zagoo bar to set Jack up with Midshipman Alonso Frame, and has Verity Newman sign his copy of A Journal of Impossible Things.


 * PROSE: The Haldenmor Fugue
 * After years of searching, the Doctor finds Carla in the new timeline.


 * TV: The End of Time: Part 2
 * After borrowing a pound from Geoff Noble, the Doctor buys a rollover-winning lottery ticket as a wedding gift for Donna, and presents it to Sylvia Noble and Wilf.


 * AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival
 * Set near the end of the Doctor's reward during The End of Time: Part 2, with the Doctor already in the process of regenerating.


 * TV: The End of Time: Epilogue
 * After visiting the 2005 Powell Estate to see Rose one last time, the Doctor, with encouragement from the Ood, regenerates into his final incarnation in the TARDIS.