Theory:Timeline - Peri Brown

This page lists appearances of Peri Brown in the order in which she 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 generally assumed, much like their TV story counterparts, that each novel, comic or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in.

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, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databanks, the Big Finish forums, 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.

Travels with the Fifth Doctor

 * TV: Planet of Fire
 * Peri Brown joins the Fifth Doctor in his travels aboard the TARDIS after Vislor Turlough leaves to return to Trion.


 * PROSE: Light at the End of the Tunnel
 * Set a few days after Planet of Fire. Peri has recently joined the TARDIS crew, and she and the Doctor spend two days starting a rebellion on N'Tia. The Doctor expresses a desire to watch Les Misérables.


 * PROSE: Black and White
 * It has been three days since the TARDIS left Sarn and Peri goes shopping in London to recover from her recent encounter with the N'Tians from 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
 * Set before The Bride of Peladon.


 * 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-traveling for long and is just getting used to the Doctor and the TARDIS. However, she is beginning to view the TARDIS as home.


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


 * AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion
 * Set shortly after Planet of Fire, with the Doctor giving Peri a tour of the TARDIS. Erimem joins the TARDIS crew, with a cat she had adopted.


 * AUDIO: The Church and the Crown
 * Erimem names her recently adopted cat Antranak.


 * AUDIO: No Place Like Home
 * Set after The Tides of Time, as the Doctor recognises Shayde. Erimem is new to the TARDIS, setting this shortly after The Eye of the Scorpion as well.


 * AUDIO: Nekromanteia
 * Antranak sacrifices his life saving the planet Talderun.


 * PROSE: Blood and Hope
 * Set between Nekromanteia and The Axis of Insanity. Peri has heard the Doctor use the alias "John Smith" before.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea


 * PROSE: The Coming of the Queen


 * AUDIO: The Kingmaker
 * Both Peri and Ermem spend two years away from the Doctor.


 * AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard


 * PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World


 * PROSE: The Gangster's Story


 * PROSE: Far Away in a Manger


 * 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


 * AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon
 * Erimem leaves the Doctor and Peri.


 * AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans
 * Set shortly after Erimem's departure.


 * PROSE: Fascination
 * Peri has been traveling with the Doctor for months now, and has her own TARDIS key.


 * COMIC: The Curse of the Scarab
 * The Doctor and Peri are wearing the same outfits from Fascination.


 * PROSE: Warmonger
 * Set directly after Superior Beings, with Peri still recovering from the adventure while the Doctor is entirely at ease.


 * 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.


 * PROSE: Never Seen Cairo


 * COMIC: Ground Zero


 * AUDIO: Wet Walls


 * PROSE: The Canvey Angels


 * PROSE: A Life in the Day


 * AUDIO: Exotron


 * AUDIO: Urban Myths


 * PROSE: Methuselah


 * AUDIO: A Room With No View


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


 * TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * Poisoned by spectrox toxaemia, the Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation after ensuring that Peri is cured of the poisoning.

Travels with the Sixth Doctor

 * TV: The Twin Dilemma
 * Set immediately after The Caves of Androzani, with the Doctor suffering severe bouts of post-regeneration trauma, such as mood swings and deliriousness.


 * TV: Attack of the Cybermen
 * In the past couple of days, the Doctor has recovered from his regeneration, but is still haunted by "the bleakness of Jaconda", setting this shortly after The Twin Dilemma. The Doctor begins carrying a sonic lance. The chameleon circuit within the Doctor's TARDIS is rendered operational, though only briefly.


 * AUDIO: Vigil
 * The Doctor suggests that the microbes infected the TARDIS after he experimented with changing its appearance, setting this shortly after Attack of the Cybermen.


 * PROSE: House
 * Peri is still shaken by the Doctor's regeneration, although some time has passed and Peri feels as though the Doctor has been distant since settling into his new body. Peri decides she wants to leave the TARDIS, but appears to reconsider after being told about Susan Foreman by the Doctor.


 * TV: Vengeance on Varos
 * The Doctor is still tinkering with the TARDIS's systems, setting this shortly after Attack of the Cybermen. Visiting Varos to complete the TARDIS's repairs, the Doctor encounters Sil the Mentor for the first time.


 * PROSE: Telling Tales
 * The Doctor has just left Varos, setting this immediately after Vengeance on Varos. Peri still feels discomfort around the Doctor, although no longer believes that he is unhinged or trying to kill her.


 * PROSE: Moon Graffiti
 * Set shortly after Vengeance on Varos, since the Doctor refers to the acquisition of zeiton-7 ore as only the first step in repairing the TARDIS.


 * PROSE: Shell Shock
 * Peri's most recent traumatic memories include being momentarily transformed into an avian hybrid during Vengeance on Varos.


 * PROSE: Grave Matter
 * Set after Vengeance on Varos, with the Doctor still carrying out repairs on the TARDIS. Peri receives a scar on Dorsill.


 * PROSE: Synthespians™
 * Set after Grave Matter, with the Skin Deep process removing Peri's scar. Also set after Moon Graffiti, as the Doctor is still "fiddling around" with the zeiton-7 ore he acquired in Vengeance on Varos.


 * PROSE: Timeshare
 * The Doctor and Peri are very abrasive to each other, setting this during early Season 22.


 * The Doctor and Peri foil the invasion attempt of the telepathic worms. (PROSE: Old Boys)


 * PROSE: Burning Heart
 * According to the back cover, this is set between Vengeance on Varos and Mark of the Rani. A subjective month has passed since Vengeance on Varos, with Peri recalling the Doctor's resigned attitude towards the TARDIS stalling.


 * AUDIO: Seven to One
 * The Doctor convinces an RWR Mark II android to deactivate itself by pointing out it has no purpose.


 * TV: The Mark of the Rani
 * During a battle with, the Doctor is confronted by the First Rani for the first time since he left Gallifrey. Peri wonders if the TARDIS is still malfunctioning, which the Doctor dismisses, claiming to have put "a lot of work" into fixing it.


 * COMIC: The Forgotten
 * The Doctor and Peri have just left Killingworth, setting this immediately after The Mark of the Rani.


 * PROSE: Mardi Gras Massacre
 * Peri claims she hasn't eaten since visiting the Industrial Revolution, setting this shortly after The Mark of the Rani.


 * PROSE: Players
 * According to the back cover, this book is set between The Mark of the Rani and The Two Doctors. Peri complains about the punishment dome from Vengeance on Varos.


 * PROSE: Exclave


 * PROSE: Priceless Junk
 * Set before The Two Doctors, as the Doctor is depicted eating meat.


 * PROSE: £436


 * TV: The Two Doctors
 * In an act of self-preservation, a wounded Doctor is forced to kill Shockeye with his bare hands to prevent the Androgum from hunting him down. After the ordeal, the Doctor resolves to begin a vegetarian diet.


 * PROSE: CHAOS
 * In an artificial scenario, the Doctor kills an innocent tramp, though protests that he would never commit such an act in real life. Peri is feeling homesick.


 * PROSE: Categorical Imperative
 * The Doctor and Peri go back in time to kill a dictator as a baby. However, the Doctor is unable to go through with the act and leaves.


 * PROSE: Trapped!
 * After struggling with his violent tendencies, the Doctor decides to change his ways.


 * PROSE: The More Things Change
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: The Light at the End
 * Peri recognises the Second Doctor on sight, setting this after The Two Doctors. The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * PROSE: Blue Box
 * The Doctor attempts to take Peri home for a visit, but lands several years too early. The Doctor is a vegetarian, setting this after The Two Doctors. Peri is wrestling with the decision of whether or not to leave the Doctor, but ultimately decides that she belongs by his side.


 * AUDIO: Davros
 * Peri attends a botany symposium on the other side of the galaxy while the Doctor answers a summons from Willis.


 * PROSE: Battle Planet
 * PROSE: Day of the Dragon
 * PROSE: The Real Hereward
 * PROSE: The Deadly Weed
 * PROSE: Vorton's Revenge
 * PROSE: The Time Savers
 * The Doctor and Peri encounter the Master, setting this after Mark of the Rani.


 * PROSE: The Mystery of the Rings
 * During Doctor Who Annual 1985, the Doctor and Peri are well acquainted with one another, but there's still a lot of bickering between them, setting this after the Blue Box. The Doctor is also depicted wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * PROSE: See No Evil
 * The Doctor and Peri are arguing, setting this early in their travels.


 * PROSE: A Handful of Stardust
 * The Doctor and Peri encounter the Master, setting this after The Mark of the Rani.


 * PROSE: The Stars Our Contamination


 * PROSE: Something Borrowed
 * Peri recalls her last encounter with the Rani being in The Mark of the Rani, setting this before State of Change. The Doctor uses a Sonic lance, setting this after The Terrible Manussa.


 * TV: Timelash
 * Peri hasn't had the chance to relax in a while. According to her, the Doctor hasn't been to 12th century Earth since his regeneration.


 * PROSE: Potential Energy
 * Peri mentions that she has recently been to Karfel, setting this shortly after Timelash.


 * AUDIO: Year of the Pig
 * Set between Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks. Peri believes that she's been travelling with the Doctor for "a couple of years".


 * PROSE: As You Like It
 * Peri recalls the events of Vengeance on Varos.


 * PROSE: Hall of Mirrors
 * It has been a while since the Doctor disconnected the TARDIS' chameleon circuit following the unsuccessful attempts to repair it in Attack of the Cybermen.


 * AUDIO: Trouble in Paradise
 * Peri refers to her encounter with H. G. Wells on Karfel from Timelash. The Doctor is depicted wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22. Peri and the Doctor are still bickering, but with an understanding of playfulness to it. Peri speaks of her mother in the present-tense, setting this before The Reaping.


 * COMIC: Virtually Indestructible
 * Peri is wearing the clothes she wore in Attack of the Cybermen, and she and the Doctor are sarcastic towards each other, however it is more good natured than in their early travels together.


 * TV: Revelation of the Daleks
 * The Doctor claims to be 900-years-old. After dealing with Davros, the Doctor decides to take Peri to Blackpool, potentially leading into The Nightmare Fair.


 * PROSE: Gold and Black Ooze
 * The Doctor still has the broken watch from Revelation of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Ruins of Heaven
 * Set a week after Revelation of the Daleks. Peri has had the pocket watch she broke repaired.


 * PROSE: A Star is Reborn
 * Peri recalls the events of The Ruins of Heaven.


 * PROSE: The Reproductive Cycle
 * The Doctor still has the entry visa for heaven and has a working pocket watch, setting this after The Ruins of Heaven.


 * AUDIO: Prime Winner
 * Peri recalls the events of Revelation of the Daleks. She and the Doctor are still bickering, but are more friendly with each other, with the Doctor going to great lengths to retrieve a present for her, due to it being Peri's birthday. The Doctor buys a new pocket watch in Paris.


 * AUDIO: Cryptobiosis
 * Authorial intent places this between Revelation of the Daleks and The Trial of a Time Lord.


 * AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair
 * The Doctor and Peri arrive in Blackpool, though by accident, setting this after Revelation of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: The Ultimate Evil


 * AUDIO: Mission to Magnus
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: Leviathan
 * Follows directly on from Mission to Magnus, with Peri suggesting that the TARDIS' navigation was tampered with by Sil and Rana Zanduthia.


 * AUDIO: The Hollows of Time
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: Paradise 5
 * The Doctor and Peri both refer to the events of The Hollows of Time. The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: Point of Entry
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22. The Doctor and Peri consider the events of The Mark of the Rani to be a recent happening. The Doctor also claims that the Elizabethan era is the earliest point in Earth's history that Peri has visited during her travels in the TARDIS, despite evidence to the contrary.


 * AUDIO: The Song of Megaptera
 * The Doctor refers to his regeneration as having been recent. He is also illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: The Macros
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22. Peri wants to visit her mother and her stepfather to let them know that she is all right after she left them in Lanzarote to travel with the Doctor. She also refers to the events of Point of Entry.


 * PROSE: Dr. Sixth
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the blue cravat he wore throughout Season 22. He and Peri encounter the Rani, setting this after Something Borrowed. The Doctor and Peri are still bickering, but in a friendlier manner.


 * COMIC: Where's the Doctor?
 * The Doctor and Peri attend the coronation of Elizabeth II. The Doctor is depicted wearing his clothes from Season 22.


 * PROSE: The Fellowship of Quan
 * PROSE: Time Wake
 * PROSE: Interface
 * PROSE: Beauty and the Beast
 * PROSE: Retribution
 * PROSE: Davarrk's Experiment
 * PROSE: The Radio Waves
 * During Doctor Who Annual 1986, the Doctor is depicted wearing the clothes he wore in throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: The Guardians of Prophecy
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: Power Play
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: The First Sontarans
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * PROSE: State of Change
 * According to the back cover, this book is set between Revelation of the Daleks and The Trial of a Time Lord. The Doctor and Peri are getting along, and Peri feels as though the TARDIS has begun to feel like home in recent months.


 * AUDIO: Whispers of Terror
 * The Doctor is depicted wearing the clothes he wore in Mindwarp, but Peri has her short hairstyle.


 * PROSE: Turnabout is Fair Play
 * Peri mentions the Rassilon Imprimatur, setting this after The Two Doctors, and the Doctor talks of Davros to her, suggesting this story is also set after Revelation of the Daleks.


 * PROSE: Palace of the Red Sun
 * The Doctor and Peri are getting along.


 * AUDIO: ...ish
 * Set after Whispers of Terror. The Doctor is illustrated wearing the clothes he wore throughout Season 22.


 * AUDIO: The Reaping
 * Set between Revelation of the Daleks and The Trial of a Time Lord, and after ...ish. While only four months have passed on Earth since Peri disappeared in Lanzarote, to her it seems closer to years. Peri leaves the Doctor to live with her mother again, but the Doctor immediately goes back to get her after learning her mother was murdered.


 * PROSE: Taking the Cure


 * AUDIO: Recorded Time


 * AUDIO: Paradoxicide


 * AUDIO: A Most Excellent Match


 * AUDIO: Question Marks


 * AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race


 * AUDIO: Breaking Bubbles
 * AUDIO: Of Chaos Time The
 * AUDIO: An Eye For Murder
 * AUDIO: The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time


 * AUDIO: The Authentic Experience
 * The Doctor is illustrated wearing a red cravat.


 * AUDIO: Under ODIN's Eye
 * The Doctor and Peri get along with each other, setting this later in their travels together.


 * AUDIO: Memories of a Tyrant
 * Set between Revelation of the Daleks and The Trial of a Time Lord. Both of Peri's parents are deceased, setting this after The Reaping. The Doctor and Peri are getting along.


 * The Doctor leaves a homesick Peri in 1985 New York City, and starts traveling on his own, (COMIC: Kane's Story) until he meets Frobisher. (COMIC: The Shape Shifter)


 * COMIC: Kane's Story / Abel's Story / The Warrior's Story / Frobisher's Story
 * The Doctor and Frobisher retrieves Peri from 1985 New York City.


 * COMIC: Façades
 * The Doctor and Frobisher are traveling with a short-haired Peri, and Frobisher can shapeshift, setting this before Exodus. On the advice of a future Doctor, Frobisher tricks Adam Mitchell into kidnapping him instead of Peri, setting up the climax of Endgame. However, the real Peri is later captured by Adam, as she appears as his prisoner in The Choice.


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


 * COMIC: Exodus / Revelation! / Genesis!
 * Frobisher becomes ill-stricken with mono-morphia, trapping him in the form of a penguin.


 * COMIC: Nature of the Beast!


 * COMIC: Time Bomb
 * Although she is mentioned several times, Peri is absent from this story, as she is enjoying a baseball game at the Dodger's Stadium in 1985.


 * COMIC: Salad Daze
 * Peri begins wearing the hairstyle and outfit that she would wear in The Mysterious Planet.


 * COMIC: Changes
 * Frobisher is beginning to recover from the mono-morphia in his system.


 * COMIC: Profits of Doom!


 * COMIC: The Gift


 * COMIC: The World Shapers
 * Set "a couple of years" after The Two Doctors.


 * Sometime after witnessing Jamie's demise, Frobisher decides to leave the TARDIS to become a detective, leaving the Doctor and Peri to travel onwards alone. (AUDIO: The Maltese Penguin)


 * AUDIO: Slipback
 * Peri is depicted with the hairstyle she had during The Mysterious Planet.


 * PROSE: Power to the People
 * The Doctor and Peri see visions of Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and Draconians.


 * PROSE: Work is Hell


 * PROSE: The Stabber
 * Peri is described as having the hairstyle she sported in The Mysterious Planet.


 * AUDIO: Murmurs of Earth


 * AUDIO: To Cut a Blade of Grass


 * AUDIO: Emissary of the Daleks
 * Set before The Trial of a Time Lord. Peri has encountered the Daleks before, setting this after Revelation of the Daleks, and is depicted with the hairstyle she had in The Mysterious Planet.


 * TV: The Mysterious Planet
 * The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Ravolox, and discover that it is a devastated Earth, relocated two light-years away from its proper position.


 * PROSE: Five Card Draw
 * The Doctor and Peri have a much friendlier relationship, setting this late in their travels.


 * PROSE: Ghost in the Machine
 * The Doctor tells Peri of his pity for the Cybermen, setting this late in their travels.


 * PROSE: Strange Attractor
 * The Doctor is described as wearing the clothes he wore in Mindwarp.


 * AUDIO: The Shadows of Serenity
 * The Doctor is depicted wearing the clothes he wore in Mindwarp.


 * TV: Mindwarp
 * On Thoros Beta, the Doctor is forcibly separated from Peri when the Time Lords overtake his mind, guide him back to his TARDIS and have him depart from Thoros Beta to stand trial, while Peri is killed by Kiv.

The Five Peris

 * Due to Time Lord interference, no fewer than at least five Peri's were removed from her timestream before death. (AUDIO: Peri and the Piscon Paradox)

Warrior Queen

 * PROSE: Reunion
 * According to one account, Peri is reunited with an incarnation of the Doctor 20 years after the events of Mindwarp from her perspective and she is still bitter towards the Doctor for not coming back for her.


 * COMIC: The Age of Chaos
 * Now an old woman living on Krontep, Peri watches from the shadows as her grandchildren have an adventure with The Doctor and Frobisher.


 * PROSE: Bad Therapy
 * According to another account, Peri waits on Krontep for 25 years, before meeting the Seventh Doctor. She is returned to 20th Century Earth and finally makes peace with the Doctor.

Home with memories wiped

 * AUDIO: Peri and the Piscon Paradox
 * In his search for her, the Doctor discovers that multiple versions of Peri Brown exist.

Further adventures

 * AUDIO: The Widow's Assassin
 * The Doctor finds Peri on Krontep, but is imprisoned by her out of revenge for abandoning her. Five years later, the Doctor saves Peri from a mind parasite and she rejoins him as his companion.


 * AUDIO: Masters of Earth
 * Peri mentions spending a long time apart from the Doctor on Krontep in the 24th century, setting this after The Widow's Assassin.


 * AUDIO: The Rani Elite


 * AUDIO: The Headless Ones
 * Set after The Rani Elite. Peri recalls her time as Queen of Krontep being recent, setting this shortly after The Widow's Assassin.


 * AUDIO: Like


 * AUDIO: The Vanity Trap


 * AUDIO: Conflict Theory
 * Twelve years have passed since Planet of Fire.


 * WC: The Eternal Mystery
 * The Doctor takes Peri on a trip to Krontep, years after she left. She invites Rex to join them on their adventures and they depart Krontep together.

Currently unplaced

 * PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?
 * Peri recalls having met the Doctor once and hoping to get back in touch.