Theory:Timeline - Ice Warriors

This page lists appearances of the Ice Warriors in the order in which they experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

Old empire

 * Distant past - AUDIO: Lords of the Red Planet
 * The first Ice Warriors are created on Mars by the Gandorans.


 * Distant past - AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar
 * The Ice Warriors live a peaceful life, however the events leading to the evaporation of Mars' atmosphere occur.


 * Distant past - AUDIO: Frozen Time
 * The Doctor visits an Ice Warrior prison in Antarctica before both being frozen for "a few million years" before being found and dethawed in 2012.


 * Distant past - AUDIO: Deimos
 * The Ice Warriors go into hibernation as their atmosphere evaporates. Izdaal says he will face the red dawn "tomorrow."


 * Distant past - AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar
 * Izdaal faces the red dawn, and 12,000 years later, after entering suspended animation, Isskar locates the Doctor on Safeplace.


 * Apart from Isskar, the rest of the Ice Warriors are apparently in suspended animation on Mars (TV: Empress of Mars), Deimos, the Asteroid belt (AUDIO: Deimos), Antarctica (AUDIO: Frozen Time), and probably more.

Resurrection

 * Circa 3000 BC, the Ice Warriors led by Ice Queen Iraxxa enter hibernation on Mars. Around the same time, Grand Marshal Skaldak ends up on Earth's North Pole as a result of Dalek temporal technology. (TV: Cold War, PROSE: The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity)


 * 8XX - COMIC: The Wolves of Winter
 * Sskoll recognises Skaldak's name.


 * 1881 - TV: Empress of Mars
 * Iraxxa and her Ice Warriors awake from hibernation. Offered assistance by Alpha Centauri, they prepare to leave their dead planet and join the universe.


 * 1967 - AUDIO: Thin Ice


 * 1983 - TV: Cold War
 * Skaldak has been frozen in North Pole for 5000 years. He is picked up by a Martian spacecraft.


 * 1997 - PROSE: The Dying Days


 * 2000s - AUDIO: Red Dawn


 * 2012 - AUDIO: Frozen Time


 * 201X - TV: Face the Raven


 * Late 20XX - TV: The Seeds of Death


 * 2157 - PROSE: GodEngine


 * 22XX - AUDIO: Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars


 * 23XX - AUDIO: Mission to Magnus / PROSE: Mission to Magnus


 * 2595 - PROSE: Beige Planet Mars


 * 26XX - AUDIO: The Dance of the Dead


 * AUDIO: Cold Vengeance
 * Humans and Ice Warriors have had numerous wars. The Galactic Federation is in the Ice Warriors’ future.

The Galactic Federation

 * 3885 - TV: The Curse of Peladon


 * AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon
 * Years after The Curse of Peladon. The New Martian Republic is in a civil war.


 * AUDIO: The Ordeal of Peladon
 * Decades after The Curse of Peladon. The Martians' recent turmoil is referenced.


 * 3935 - TV: The Monster of Peladon


 * 39XX - COMIC: A Cold Day in Hell!


 * 3984 - PROSE: Legacy


 * COMIC: Descendance / Ascendance
 * An Ice Warrior called Ssard becomes a companion of the Eighth Doctor.


 * COMIC: Perceptions


 * COMIC: Coda


 * 3999 - PROSE: Placebo Effect
 * Ssard settles down in his own time period with new wife and fellow companion Stacy Townsend following months of adventures with the Doctor.


 * AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon
 * 100 years after the Doctor's last visit to Peladon.


 * AUDIO: The Truth of Peladon
 * Decades after The Death of Peladon which itself was decades after The Bride of Peladon.

After the Federation

 * c. 5000 - TV: The Ice Warriors


 * c. 6th millennium - PROSE: Let it Snow
 * The Ice Warriors participate in the Siege of Trenzalore.

Far future

 * PROSE: The Silent Stars Go By
 * Earth and Mars no longer exist.

Unplaced

 * PROSE: Transit
 * PROSE: Happy Endings
 * PROSE: The Final Sanction
 * PROSE: Cold
 * PROSE: Uranus
 * PROSE: Sirgwain and the Green Knight
 * PROSE: The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity
 * The Ice Warriors are engaged in a galactic battle against the Daleks. Predominantly grey but led by a Gold Dalek, the Daleks use temporal technology, bronze command saucers and Councillor-class assault craft (Planet of the Daleks). Skaldak uses the Daleks' temporal technology to escape, ending up on Earth circa 3000 BC.


 * PROSE: Red Planet
 * COMIC: Deathworld
 * Space-faring Ice Warriors face the Cybermen on Yama-10. The two species are unfamiliar with one another.


 * COMIC: Star Tigers
 * COMIC: 4-Dimensional Vistas
 * COMIC: Time & Time Again
 * COMIC: The Glorious Dead
 * COMIC: Party Animals
 * COMIC: Cold Blooded War!
 * COMIC: Bazaar Adventures
 * GAME: Destiny of the Doctors
 * WC: Shada
 * AUDIO: Cry of the Vultriss