Theory:Timeline - Toshiko Sato

This page lists appearances of Toshiko Sato in the order in which she 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.

Early years with Torchwood

 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * In 2004, Tosh is imprisoned by UNIT after stealing plans for a sonic modulator and building one for terrorists holding her mother hostage. Jack rescues her and offers her a job at Torchwood Three, which she accepts. (TV: Fragments'')


 * TV: Aliens of London
 * Set in March 2006. Tosh covers for Owen Harper when he has a hangover during his second week at Torchwood and performs an autopsy on the Space Pig, during which she meets the Ninth Doctor.


 * ( REFERENCE )
 * For a single day in September 2006, Jack confines the team to the Hub to stop them contaminating his timeline by meeting his past self. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets'')


 * AUDIO: The Vigil
 * Set shortly after Ianto joins Torchwood Three in 2007, and stull relatively early in Tosh's Torchwood career.

Gwen joins the team

 * TV: Everything Changes
 * Gwen Cooper is recruited after Suzie Costello kills herself to prevent her arrest for killing three people in her experiments with the Resurrection gauntlet and the Life Knife.


 * TV: Day One


 * TV: Ghost Machine
 * Set sixty-six years after 1941.


 * PROSE: Another Life
 * Set between Ghost Machine and Cyberwoman, as Gwen has been trained by Jack to use firearms and Ianto is being duplicitous about his business in the Hub's basement.


 * PROSE: Border Princes
 * Set circa October 2007.


 * PROSE: Slow Decay
 * Tosh finds Ianto acting strangely around a chamber in the Hub's basement, setting this before Cyberwoman.


 * TV: Cyberwoman
 * The Torchwood team learn that Ianto has been keeping his cyber-converted girlfriend, Lisa Hallett, in the basement of the Hub, and they kill her once she leaves herself vulnerable enough after her Cyberman personality takes hold of her.


 * TV: Small Worlds

After Brynblaidd

 * TV: Countrycide
 * During a traumatic experience with the Brynblaidd villagers in the Brecon Beacons, Tosh mentions she has not been kissed since "last Christmas".


 * TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts
 * Using a telepathy pendant, Tosh learns Gwen and Owen are having an affair, and hears how Ianto is still recovering from the events of Cyberwoman.


 * AUDIO: Instant Karma
 * Tosh has recently discovered what her friends really think of her and had a bad relationship, setting this shortly after Greeks Bearing Gifts.


 * AUDIO: Drive
 * Tosh is alone in the Hub while the rest of Torchwood Three are away in Brecon, dealing with the same events that Tosh is dealing with.


 * TV: They Keep Killing Suzie
 * Set three months after Everything Changes. Suzie is temporarily resurrected with the Resurrection gauntlet, but is killed again when Tosh destroys the gauntlet.


 * AUDIO: Hidden
 * Torchwood Three don't know that Jack is immortal yet, setting this before End of Days, and Owen recalls the events of Ghost Machine. Jack and Ianto are beginning a relationship, setting this after Broken.


 * TV: Random Shoes
 * Apparently set 14 years after 1992, but this can be attributed to Eugene rounding out the years.


 * WC: Web of Lies
 * Set in 2007.

Torchwood Three in crisis

 * TV: Out of Time
 * Set between 18 December and 26 December 2007.


 * AUDIO: Zone 10
 * Tosh is working on the Time lock from Journey's End. Anna Volokova says she was born in 1930, with Tosh then exclaiming that she "must be 78-years-old", suggesting 2008 setting.


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * A week after her visit to Russia, Tosh reverses the effects of the Bad Penny, and tosses it into another dimension. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)


 * TV: Combat


 * TV: Captain Jack Harkness
 * Due to the machinations of Bilis Manger, Jack and Tosh end up in 1941, where they meet the real Captain Jack Harkness, leading Tosh to question Jack's identity. In order to retrieve them, Owen opens the Rift, setting up the events of End of Days.


 * TV: End of Days
 * Bilis Manger prays on the vulnerabilities of Torchwood Three to get them to open the Rift further to free his master, Abaddon. During their coupe against him, Jack's immortality is revealed to Tosh, Owen and Ianto. After defeating Abaddon, Jack disappears from Torchwood.

Jack's disappearance

 * PROSE: Kaleidoscope
 * Set shortly after End of Days, with Torchwood Three arguing over who will take charge in Jack's absence. As the most senior Torchwood operative, Tosh is placed in charge, but she defers command to Gwen following exposure to an alien artifact.


 * AUDIO: Dinner and a Show
 * Set on St Valentine's Day. Jack is currently missing and the events of The Last Beacon were several months ago.


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * Prime Minister Harold Saxon sends Torchwood Three on a wild goose chase to Tibet shortly before 8 June 2008. (TV: The Sound of Drums'')

Jack returns

 * TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
 * Jack returns to Torchwood Three, with the implication that he has only been gone a short time, and explains his disappearance as him having found "[his] Doctor". While confronting John Hart, a figure from Jack's past, Torchwood Three learn about the Time Agency.


 * COMIC: The Legacy of Torchwood One!


 * TV: Sleeper


 * TV: To the Last Man
 * Set on 20 June 2008, one-hundred-and-fourteen years after 1894 and ninety years after 1918. Gwen has her first and only encounter with Tommy Brockless, who has been annually defrosted from a cryogenic coma since 1894, setting this less than a year after Everything Changes. Tommy successfully closes the time shift he was destined to close, returning him back to 1918.


 * PROSE: Something in the Water
 * Gwen and Tosh recall the recent time shift with 1918, setting this shortly after To the Last Man.


 * AUDIO: Everyone Says Hello


 * PROSE: Trace Memory
 * Gwen recalls the events of Slow Decay, while Owen recalls the events of Out of Time. Rhys does not appear to be aware of Torchwood, which would set this before Meat.

Torchwood Three grows closer

 * TV: Meat
 * Rhys uncovers the truth about Torchwood, and joins them on a mission. On Gwen's urging, Jack allows Rhys to keep his memories. All stories where Rhys knows about Torchwood take place after this one. Tosh begins becoming more proactive in flirting with Owen. Rhys implies that a year has passed since Everything Changes.


 * PROSE: Mend Me
 * Set on 4 July 2008. Also set between "Meat" and "Reset", with Rhys aware of Torchwood and Owen still alive.


 * AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor
 * Set after Zone 10, and months before Exit Wounds.


 * AUDIO: In the Shadows


 * TV: Adam
 * Torchwood Three use retcon to erase two days of their memory to banish a memory-changing entity back into the Void.


 * COMIC: Jetsam


 * GAME: Torchwood Mission Game
 * The Pharm is in operation, setting this before Reset.


 * PROSE: Black Water
 * Set between "Meat" and "Reset", with Rhys aware of Torchwood and Owen still alive.


 * COMIC: Rift War!
 * Set between "Meat" and "Reset", with Rhys aware of Torchwood and Owen still alive.


 * PROSE: Unplugged


 * AUDIO: Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4
 * Owen appears to be alive, setting this before Reset.


 * PROSE: The Twilight Streets
 * Set circa August 2008, between "Meat" and "Reset", with Rhys aware of Torchwood and Owen still alive, though Bilis Manger frequently implies he will die soon.


 * COMIC: The Return of the Vostok


 * PROSE: Harm's Way
 * Set between "Meat" and "Reset", with Rhys aware of Torchwood and Owen still alive. Rhys and Gwen's wedding is due to happen in only a few weeks' time, setting this before Something Borrowed.

After Owen's death

 * TV: Reset
 * Martha Jones visits Torchwood on loan from UNIT, and Jack introduces her to the rest of Torchwood Three. Tosh and Owen agree to go on a date. After Martha helps bring down the Pharm, Owen is shot by Aaron Copley while protecting her, leading Jack to kill Copley. Despite Martha's efforts, Owen dies, leading directly into Dead Man Walking.


 * TV: Dead Man Walking
 * Owen is resurrected by a second resurrection gauntlet, but with no life signs, effectively becoming a reanimated corpse.


 * TV: A Day in the Death
 * Set three days after Reset. Martha returns to UNIT.


 * ( SEGMENT )
 * Circa July 2008, Gwen, Jack, Tosh and an undead Owen attempt to talk a man called Bryn out of suicide. (PROSE: We All Go Through)


 * PROSE: Mrs Acres
 * Gwen has not yet married Rhys, setting this before Something Borrowed.


 * PROSE: The Beauty of Our Weapons


 * PROSE: The Book of Jahi
 * Set between "A Day in the Death" and Something Borrowed, with Gwen unmarried and Owen a reanimated corpse.


 * PROSE: Requiem
 * Set on 31 October 2008.


 * PROSE: Pack Animals
 * Begins on 31 October and continues into early November. The events of A Day in the Death are mentioned, and Jack catches Tosh preparing the message Ianto will find during Exit Wounds. Gwen and Rhys are finalising the plans for their wedding, setting this shortly before Something Borrowed.

A new normal

 * TV: Something Borrowed
 * Gwen and Rhys get married, despite a Nostrovite interrupting the ceremony.


 * PROSE: SkyPoint
 * Set two months after Reset and roughly two weeks after Something Borrowed. Gwen and Rhys return from their honeymoon in Cuba. Tosh is currently working on a time lock for the Hub. Gwen has been with Torchwood for roughly a year, while two years have passed since Owen joined Torchwood.


 * PROSE: Plant Life
 * Set concurrently with SkyPoint.


 * TV: From Out of the Rain


 * TV: Adrift
 * 15-year-old Jonah Bevan was born in 1993, which would set this during 2008. Gwen and Tosh discover that the Cardiff Space-Time Rift is capable of stealing people, and that Jack was aware of it upon finding the hospital on Flat Holm Island, leading to Torchwood Three to begin questioning their trust in Jack. Andy has become interested in joining Torchwood.


 * AUDIO: Believe
 * Torchwood Three have not been able to trust Jack recently, setting this shortly after Adrift.


 * PROSE: Monster
 * Torchwood Three know that people can be taken away by the Rift, setting this after Adrift.

Tosh's last days

 * TV: Fragments
 * Set 21 months after the Battle of Canary Wharf, according to Ianto's flashback. Jack, Owen, Tosh and Ianto are caught in a trap set by John Hart, who reveals he has Jack's brother, Gray, as a hostage after Gwen and Rhys save them, leading directly into Exit Wounds.


 * TV: Exit Wounds
 * Upon confronting John, Jack leans that Gray is actually holding John hostage in a plan for revenge on his brother for losing him. After Gray displaces Jack in time, John joins forces with Torchwood Three. Tosh works with Owen from the Hub to prevent Turnmill Nuclear Power Station from going into meltdown, but is shot by Grey. Before she pleads out, Tosh and Owen are able to prevent a full blown meltdown, but Owen is atomized when he can't escape the controlled meltdown, effectively killing him. Tosh then dies in Jack's arms after he manages to stop Gray.