Theory:Timeline - Twelfth Doctor

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

Fan sources like the Doctor Who Reference Guide should not be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

First experiences

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


 * TV: Deep Breath
 * The Doctor has a fresh face and is still recovering from his regeneration. At the end of the story, Clara sends the Doctor for coffee in Glasgow.


 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * The light from the TARDIS console is blue, suggesting the Doctor helped save Gallifrey after he left Clara in Victorian England, and before he changed the console.


 * PROSE: Lights Out
 * The Doctor is getting coffee at the Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station.


 * TV: Into the Dalek
 * The Doctor returns to Clara with her coffee after they stopped off in Glasgow. Clara meets Danny Pink.

New adventures with Clara

 * COMIC: Road Rage
 * Clara resumes traveling with the Doctor.


 * COMIC: Untitled
 * The Doctor and Clara share chips together.


 * COMIC: Planet of the Diners
 * The Doctor mentions the chips that he and Clara had shared, and the TARDIS gets a scratch.


 * COMIC: The Inversion of Time
 * The Doctor has just removed the scratch on the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: The Bin Dilemma
 * The Doctor is still assessing what kind of person he has become.


 * PROSE: Silhouette
 * The Doctor entertains the idea of letting Clara decide their next destination, so before Robot of Sherwood. Clara also worries that the Doctor is mistaking her for Jenny, so this probably takes place not long after Deep Breath.


 * TV: Robot of Sherwood
 * COMIC: Chime Time
 * COMIC: Once Bitten
 * COMIC: Crash Landing
 * PROSE: The Blood Cell
 * Clara is friendly with Danny, but does not call him her boyfriend, placing this before their date in Listen.


 * PROSE: Sunset Over Venus
 * COMIC: The Court of Birds
 * TV: Listen
 * Clara goes on her first date with Danny.


 * COMIC: The Monsters of Coal Hill School
 * COMIC: More Than Meets the Eye
 * COMIC: Witch Work
 * TV: Time Heist
 * Clara and Danny are about to go on their second date.


 * PROSE: The Crawling Terror
 * Clara has a boyfriend, placing this story after her and Danny's second date mentioned in Time Heist.


 * PROSE: When the Wolves Came
 * COMIC: Gift Snatched!
 * COMIC: Freeze

Meeting Danny and Courtney

 * TV: The Caretaker
 * The Doctor, Clara and Danny face the Skovox Blitzer. The Doctor discovers Danny is Clara's boyfriend. The Doctor takes Courtney Woods on a brief trip in the TARDIS.

Further adventures with Clara

 * COMIC: Terrorformer
 * The Doctor and Clara have faced the Daleks, Robot Knights and the Skovox Blitzer by this point, placing this story after The Caretaker.


 * COMIC: Petrified
 * COMIC: The Swords of Kali
 * PROSE: A Long Way Down
 * COMIC: The Wheelers
 * COMIC: Five a Day
 * COMIC: The Very Hungry Snake
 * COMIC: The Fractures
 * Clara says she would do anything to reclaim someone she lost, placing this before Dark Water.

Multi-Doctor event

 * COMIC: Four Doctors
 * Set before Dark Water, with cryptic references to Clara's betraying the Doctor's trust.


 * COMIC: Open Mic Night / The Doctors Do... Classic Comedy
 * Set during Four Doctors, when the Doctors are having "Me Time" together.

Fallout with Clara

 * TV: Kill the Moon
 * Courtney has already been inside the TARDIS, placing this at some point after The Caretaker. After the events of this episode, Clara falls out with the Doctor, and he travels on alone for a while.

Time alone

 * PROSE: The Mercy Seats
 * GAME: The Doctor and the Dalek
 * PROSE: Buyer's Remorse
 * PROSE: Behind You
 * PROSE: The Constant Doctor

Clara rejoins

 * TV: Mummy on the Orient Express
 * Clara and the Doctor have made up. Clara is now lying to Danny about no longer travelling in the TARDIS and having ended it with the Doctor. All stories with Clara acting more like the Doctor take place after this one.


 * COMIC: The Body Electric
 * PROSE: Silver Mosquitos
 * COMIC: Selfie
 * COMIC: Gangland
 * COMIC: Unearthly Things
 * COMIC: Empire's Fall
 * COMIC: The Big Hush
 * TV: Flatline
 * The Doctor realises Clara has been lying to him and Danny after the events of Mummy on the Orient Express. For a significant part of this story, Clara carries the shrunken TARDIS in her handbag while the Doctor is trapped inside the TARDIS.


 * COMIC: The Eye of Torment
 * The Doctor has noticed Clara has started to think like him, implying a post-Flatline setting.


 * COMIC: The Instruments of War
 * Clara mentions "carrying [the Doctor] around next to [her] hairbrush and keys last week", placing this after Flatline.


 * COMIC: Doctor in a Bottle
 * COMIC: Doctor on the Menu
 * COMIC: Trust
 * TV: In the Forest of the Night
 * Danny discovers Clara is still travelling with the Doctor after assuming they hadn't been speaking for months. At the end of this story, Danny tells Clara to go home and "think about it" before telling him the truth.


 * COMIC: Space Invaders!
 * PROSE: All the Empty Towers
 * Clara wonders if the jungle is "the trees doing a thing again".


 * COMIC: Blood and Ice

The darkest hour

 * TV: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
 * Clara is preparing to phone Danny and explain everything to do with her travels. Danny dies, Missy reveals herself as, and the Doctor is made "President of Earth". The Doctor and Clara part ways again. Santa Claus suddenly opens the TARDIS doors.

Dreaming of Santa

 * TV: Last Christmas
 * Encouraged by a dream of her growing old alone, Clara returns to the TARDIS.

Second chance with Clara

 * COMIC: The Partying of the Ways
 * One of the alternate Claras at the party is the Elderly Clara.


 * COMIC: Silver Screenesis
 * COMIC: Spirits of the Jungle
 * Clara is on speaking terms with the Doctor, and states that Danny Pink is dead, placing this after Last Christmas.


 * AUDIO: The Gods of Winter
 * Clara references Danny's death.


 * COMIC: The Board Games
 * AUDIO: The House of Winter

The Hyperions rise again

 * COMIC: The Hyperion Empire
 * The Doctor still uses his sonic screwdriver and has previously been "President of Earth".

Pursing the Glamour

 * PROSE: Royal Blood
 * COMIC: Hyperballad
 * PROSE: Big Bang Generation
 * PROSE: Deep Time

Hiding from Davros

 * WC: Prologue / TV: The Doctor's Meditation / The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar
 * The Doctor replaces the sonic screwdriver with sonic sunglasses after an encounter with Davros. Clara learns Missy is still alive and teams up with her to find the Doctor after he goes into hiding.

Continued travels with Clara

 * COMIC: Beauty Sleep
 * The Doctor picks up Clara for more adventures.


 * COMIC: Time and PR in Space
 * The Doctor uses his sonic sunglasses.


 * TV: Under the Lake / Before the Flood
 * COMIC: Day of the Tune / The Meddling of Clara's Song / The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters
 * The Magician's Apprentice made it clear Clara had not seen Missy since the events of Death in Heaven, The Abominable Showmen has to be set after the events of The Witch's Familiar.

Dealing with an immortal

 * TV: The Girl Who Died
 * The Doctor uses Mire technology to render a young Viking girl, Ashildr, immortal and unable to age.


 * PROSE: My Dad,The Doctor
 * The Doctor is traveling alone, and using his sonic sunglasses.


 * PROSE: Helena and the Beast
 * TV: The Woman Who Lived
 * The Doctor, travelling on his own, meets up with Ashildr again, and they come to an agreement.

Final adventures with Clara

 * TV: The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion
 * TV: Sleep No More
 * COMIC: The Highgate Horror
 * The Doctor promises to dedicate a guitar solo to Clara.