Theory:Timeline - John & Gillian

This page lists appearances of John and Gillian 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. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel, comic story and audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

TV Comics placement
The Doctor's travels with John and Gillian are very problematic to place in the Doctor's timeline, as between The Experimenters and The Extortioner, the First Doctor is inexplicitly replaced by the Second Doctor.

The stories Conundrum and The Land of Happy Endings hypothesise that these adventures are either stories created by The Master of the Land of Fiction or the Doctor's dreams.

Travels with the First Doctor

 * COMIC: The Klepton Parasites
 * John and Gillian find their grandfather's address, enter the TARDIS and join him on their travels when the TARDIS takes off with them. Presumably, John messing with the controls causes the navigation circuits to break again.


 * COMIC: The Therovian Quest


 * COMIC: The Hijackers of Thrax


 * COMIC: On the Web Planet
 * The Doctor recalls his visited to Vortis from The Web Planet


 * COMIC: The Gyros Injustice


 * COMIC: Prisoners of Gritog


 * COMIC: Challenge of the Piper


 * COMIC: Moon Landing


 * COMIC: Time in Reverse


 * COMIC: Lizardworld


 * COMIC: Prisoners of the Kleptons


 * COMIC: The Caterpillar Men


 * COMIC: The Ordeals of Demeter


 * COMIC: Enter: The Go-Ray


 * COMIC: Shark Bait


 * COMIC: A Christmas Story


 * COMIC: The Didus Expedition


 * COMIC: Space Station Z-7


 * COMIC: Plague of the Black Scorpi


 * COMIC: The Trodos Tyranny


 * COMIC: Guests of King Neptune


 * COMIC: The Gaze of the Gorgon


 * COMIC: The Secret of Gemino


 * COMIC: The Haunted Planet


 * COMIC: The Hunters of Zerox


 * COMIC: The Underwater Robot


 * COMIC: Deadly Vessel


 * COMIC: Kingdom of the Animals


 * COMIC: Return of the Trods


 * COMIC: The Galaxy Games


 * COMIC: The Experimenters


 * It is unclear what circumstances caused the Doctor to leave John and Gillian, but they later began traveling with his second incarnation, whom they addressed as "Dr. Who" instead of "Grandfather". (COMIC: The Extortioner)

Travels with the Second Doctor

 * The Doctor somehow reunites with his two grandchildren, John and Gillian, and travels with them for a while. (COMIC: The Extortioner)


 * COMIC: The Extortioner


 * COMIC: The Trodos Ambush
 * The Daleks recognise the Doctor from their encounter with him during The Power of the Daleks.


 * COMIC: The Doctor Strikes Back


 * COMIC: The Zombies


 * COMIC: Master of Spiders


 * COMIC: The Exterminator


 * COMIC: Barnabus


 * COMIC: Jungle Adventure


 * COMIC: The Monsters from the Past


 * COMIC: The TARDIS Worshippers


 * COMIC: Space War Two


 * COMIC: Egyptian Escapade


 * COMIC: Attack of the Daleks


 * COMIC: Pursued by the Trods


 * COMIC: The Coming of the Cybermen


 * COMIC: The Faithful Rocket Pack


 * COMIC: Flower Power


 * COMIC: The Witches


 * COMIC: Cyber-Mole


 * COMIC: The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas


 * COMIC: The Cyber Empire


 * COMIC: The Dyrons


 * COMIC: Return of the Witches


 * COMIC: Masquerade


 * COMIC: Dr. Who and the Space Pirates


 * COMIC: Car of the Century


 * COMIC: The Jokers


 * COMIC: The Time Museum


 * COMIC: The Electrodes


 * COMIC: Invasion of the Quarks
 * To protect them from the Quarks, the Doctor enrolls John and Gillian at the University of Zebedee, and then reunites with Jamie McCrimmon by happenstance, who rejoins the Doctor aboard the TARDIS.