Theory:Timeline - Spin-Off Shows Timeline Order Suggestion

Series 6

 * Series 6 revolves around the month of April 2011, both beginning and ending there. Amy and Rory rejoin the Doctor after watching future version of himself die at Lake Silencio. They then spend some time travelling until they return to Leadworth after the events of A Good Man goes to War. They spend the Summer there before returning to the Doctor in Let’s Kill Hitler.
 * The Doctor leaves Amy and Rory at their new house in London at the end of The God Complex, however the year he left them was never specified.
 * The Doctor spots Amy and Rory shopping in Colchester during his encounter with Craig in Closing Time. Amy is now a model and appears to have her own brand of perfume called Petrichor. This is a reference to The Doctor’s Wife. A newspaper dates this story as occurring in April 2011.
 * It would make sense that the older Amy would be the one to remember the events of The Wedding of River Song if she was also present in April 2011.

Series 7 Part 1

 * In The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Amy and Rory say it has been 2 years since the Doctor dropped them off. The last time we saw Amy after the God Complex was in April 2011. This would suggest it is now Christmas Day 2012 in modern day. However Amy had a successful modelling career at that point, suggesting they had been left much further back than early 2011 in the God Complex. It is perhaps best to assume that The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe takes place in December 2011, and the Doctor left Amy and Rory at some point in 2010.


 * Pond Life then takes place over several months and follows Amy and Rory from April to August, with Asylum of the Daleks occurring shortly after. For the sake of simplicity, we can assume that this takes place the year following The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, in 2012.


 * Dinosaurs on a Spaceship takes place 10 months after Asylum of the Daleks and Amy and Rory have not seen the Doctor during this time. This pushes us into the year 2013, and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship should take place circa June 2013.


 * The Power of Three and the Slow Invasion begins in July 2013, and concludes in July of the following year. This also explains how Kate’s Stewart knew the Doctor in Day of the Doctor, as Power of Three began only a few months before.

Series 7 Part 2

 * Clara’s native time is 2013, as evident by the letter from Madame Vastra that she received, dated to arrive in April 2013.

Series 8

 * From Clara’s perspective, Deep Breath occurs on Christmas Day 2013. The Doctor drops her off in Glasgow a couple of days later in late December 2013. 3 weeks later, Danny starts work at Coal Hill, in mid-January 2014. The rest of the season takes place over those next few months of mostly Spring 2014.


 * In Deep Breath, Strax noted that Clara is 27 years old according to his biological scan. Later in Dark Water, her date of birth is given as November 1986, therefore all of Series 7, plus Deep Breath take place in the same year.

Series 9

 * According to Class, Clara is dead by at least October 2016. However the new building was completed in Spring 2016, and Clara is last seen teaching in the original school building, suggesting that Series 9 occurs earlier.


 * The Titan Comics Twelfth Doctor Series places Series 9 as occurring mostly over the course of September 2015.

I would like anyone to point out flaws in this or say if they agree and suggest other related dates. BEJT ☎  01:51, November 2, 2015 (UTC)

Timeline - Spin-Off Shows Timeline Order Suggestion
Suggestion for timeline watch order of Doctor Who 2005 onwards, Torchwood and SJA

2005

 * 5 March 2005 - TV: Rose


 * 6 March 2005 - TV: The End of the World
 * Rose calls Jackie who is in modern day.


 * Not in Modern Day - TV: The Unquiet Dead

2006

 * March 2006 - TV: Aliens of London/World War Three
 * Set 1 year after Rose.


 * No Modern Day Events - TV: Dalek


 * No Modern Day Events - TV: The Long Game


 * No Modern Day Events - TV: Father's Day


 * No Modern Day Events - TV: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances


 * September 2006 - TV: Boom Town


 * No Modern Day Events - TV: Bad Wolf


 * September 2006 - TV: The Parting of the Ways
 * Rose looks into the heart of the TARDIS in modern day.


 * 24 December 2006 - TV: The Christmas Invasion

2007

 * January 2007 - TV: New Earth
 * Rose leaves home at the beginning of the episode.


 * TV: Tooth and Claw


 * January 2007 - TV: School Reunion
 * Sarah Jane describes the events of The Christmas Invasion as occurring in the Christmas just gone.


 * TV: The Girl in the Fireplace


 * 1 February 2007 - TV: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
 * Although set on a parallel Earth, Mickey claims that the date of 1 February lines up with the date it should be in the present day.


 * TV: The Idiot's Lantern


 * TV: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit


 * March 2007 - TV: Love & Monsters
 * Victor Kennedy joins LINDA on a Tuesday night in March.


 * TV: Fear Her


 * c. May 2007 - TV: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday''
 * Two months have passed since the Ghost Shifts began, setting this no earlier May 2007.


 * TV: Everything Changes


 * TV: Day One


 * TV: Ghost Machine


 * TV: Cyberwoman
 * Ianto recalls the Battle of Canary Wharf, setting this after Doomsday.


 * TV: Small Worlds


 * TV: Countrycide


 * TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts


 * TV: They Keep Killing Suzie
 * Two months have passed since the events of Everything Changes.


 * TV: Random Shoes


 * 18 - 24 December 2007 - TV: Out of Time
 * Begins 18 December and takes place over the course of a week. In Captain Jack Harkness, Owen says that Diane flew back through the rift on 24 December.


 * 24 December 2007 - TV: The Runaway Bride


 * TV: Combat

2008

 * January 2008 - TV: Captain Jack Harkness


 * January 2008 - TV: End of Days


 * c. June 2008 - TV: Smith and Jones
 * According to Turn Left, these events occur six months after The Runaway Bride.


 * TV: The Shakespeare Code


 * TV: Gridlock


 * TV: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks


 * c. June 2008 - TV: The Lazarus Experiment
 * Begins 12 hours after Martha left with the Doctor in Smith and Jones.


 * c. June 2008 - TV: 42
 * Martha phones her mum in the present day.


 * TV: Human Nature / The Family of Blood


 * TV: Blink
 * Set in 2007.


 * TV: Utopia
 * c. June 2008 - TV: The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords
 * Set 4 days after Smith and Jones and 18 months after the downfall of Harriet Jones.


 * June 2008 - TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang


 * June 2008 - TV: Sleeper


 * Friday 20 June 2008 - TV: To the Last Man


 * 2008 - TV: Meat


 * 2008 - TV: Adam
 * Adam claims that he has been working for Torchwood for three years and his personal file says that he was recruited on 7 May 2005.


 * c. August 2008 - TV: Invasion of the Bane
 * K9 has been in the black hole for a year and a half, setting this no earlier than June 2008, as he was initially repaired in January 2007. Maria is starting school the following week and Revenge of the Slitheen is set at the beginning of the school year, setting this around the last week of August.


 * September 2008 - TV: Revenge of the Slitheen
 * The Bannerman Road gang start a new year of school, setting this around the first week of September. However Turn Left places this before Smith and Jones as Maria, Clyde and Luke are all present at the Royal Hope Hospital in the alternate timeline.


 * TV: Eye of the Gorgon


 * TV: Warriors of Kudlak


 * TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?


 * TV: Reset
 * Ending leads directly into Dead Man Walking.


 * TV: Dead Man Walking


 * TV: A Day in the Death
 * Three days have passed since Dead Man Walking.


 * TV: Something Borrowed


 * TV: From Out of the Rain


 * TV: Adrift


 * 24 - 25 December 2008 - TV: Voyage of the Damned
 * The Doctor and Astrid visit earth on Christmas Eve, where they meet Wilf who recalls that aliens have invaded London the past two christmases, setting this firmly in 2008. The Titanic then crashes over London the following day.

2009

 * c. January 2009 - TV: The Lost Boy
 * It is claimed that Luke has been missing from his family for five months now, so if Invasion of the Bane is set in late August then this must be sometime around January 2009.


 * TV: Fragments / Exit Wounds


 * c. March 2009 - TV: Partners in Crime
 * Turn Left places this roughly three months after Voyage of the Damned.


 * TV: The Fires of Pompeii


 * TV: Planet of the Ood


 * c. March 2009 - TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
 * Set several days after Partners in Crime.


 * TV: The Doctor's Daughter


 * TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp


 * TV: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead


 * TV: Turn Left


 * c. April 2009 - TV: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
 * According to Turn Left, this takes place three weeks after The Poison Sky. Maria and Alan Jackson are holidaying in Cornwall, setting this before The Last Sontaran.


 * c. April 2009 - TV: Planet of the Dead
 * Planets in the sky and the earth being moved are mentioned as past events, setting this after Journey's End. It is Easter.


 * TV:  Day One
 * TV:  Day Two
 * TV:  Day Three
 * TV:  Day Four
 * TV:  Day Five
 * Epilogue in March 2010.


 * TV: The Last Sontaran

October

 * TV: The Day of the Clown

November

 * Secrets of the Stars (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Mark of the Berserker (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Enemy of the Bane (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story) All in modern day.


 * The Eternity Trap (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Gift (TV story) All in modern day, doing GCSEs.

No Modern Day Events

 * The Waters of Mars (TV story)

December

 * The End of Time (TV story) All in modern day. Donna's wedding in March 2010.

June

 * The Eleventh Hour (TV story) Ending scene.

No Modern Day Events

 * The Beast Below (TV story)
 * Victory of the Daleks (TV story)
 * The Time of Angels (TV story)]

June

 * Flesh and Stone (TV story) Ending scene.
 * The Vampires of Venice (TV story) Opening scene.

No Modern Day Events

 * Amy's Choice (TV story)
 * The Hungry Earth (TV story)/Cold Blood (TV story)
 * Vincent and the Doctor (TV story) Louvres scene is a couple of months out.

June

 * The Pandorica Opens (TV story)/The Big Bang (TV story) Modern day scenes.

September

 * The Nightmare Man (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Vault of Secrets (TV story) All in modern day.

October

 * Death of the Doctor (TV story) All in modern day.

November

 * The Empty Planet (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Lost in Time (TV story) All in modern day.

December

 * Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)

No Modern Day Events

 * A Christmas Carol (TV story)

March

 * The New World (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Rendition (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Dead of Night (TV story) All in modern day.

April

 * Escape to LA (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Impossible Astronaut (TV story) Modern day scenes.

No Modern Day Events

 * Day of the Moon (TV story)
 * The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)

May

 * The Categories of Life (TV story) All in modern day.

No Modern Day Events

 * The Rebel Flesh (TV story)/The Almost People (TV story) 8 June

June

 * A Good Man Goes to War (TV story) Amy and Rory dropped off in modern day at the end.
 * The Middle Men (TV story) All in modern day.
 * Immortal Sins (TV story) Modern day scenes.

July

 * End of the Road (TV story) All in modern day.

August

 * Let's Kill Hitler (TV story) Opening scene.

September

 * The Gathering (TV story) All in modern day.
 * The Blood Line (TV story) All in modern day.

No Modern Day Dates

 * Night Terrors (TV story) Takes place a few months back.
 * The Girl Who Waited (TV story)
 * The God Complex (TV story)
 * Closing Time (TV story) Takes place back in April.
 * The Wedding of River Song (TV story) Takes place back in April.

December

 * The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story) Ending scene.

April to August

 * TV: Pond Life

September

 * TV: Asylum of the Daleks Opening.

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
 * Modern day scenes take place in 2013


 * TV: A Town Called Mercy
 * TV: The Power of Three
 * Mostly in modern day, takes place from July 2013 to July 2014.


 * TV: The Angels Take Manhattan

March

 * TV: The Snowmen
 * TV: The Bells of Saint John
 * Modern day scenes are actually in 2013.''


 * TV: The Rings of Akhaten
 * Modern day scenes are actually in 2013.''

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Cold War
 * TV: Hide
 * TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

April

 * TV: The Crimson Horror
 * Modern day scenes are actually in 2013.''

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Nightmare in Silver

April

 * TV: The Name of the Doctor : Modern day scenes are actually in 2013.''

November

 * TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * Mostly in modern day.

December

 * TV: The Time of the Doctor


 * Deep Breath (TV story) Ending scene.

January

 * Into the Dalek (TV story) Modern day scenes.

No Modern Day Events

 * Robot of Sherwood (TV story)

February

 * Listen (TV story) Modern day scenes.
 * Time Heist (TV story) Opening scene.

March

 * The Caretaker (TV story) All in modern day.

No Modern Day Events

 * Kill the Moon (TV story)
 * Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)

May

 * Flatline (TV story) All in modern day.

June

 * In the Forest of the Night (TV story) All in modern day.

July

 * Dark Water (TV story)/Death in Heaven (TV story) All in modern day.

December

 * Last Christmas (TV story)

September

 * TV: The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Under the Lake/Before the Flood
 * TV: The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived

September

 * The Zygon Invasion (TV story)/The Zygon Inversion (TV story)

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Sleep No More

September

 * TV: Face the Raven

No Modern Day Events

 * TV: Heaven Sent

2016

 * 12 - 14 October 2016 - TV: For Tonight We Might Die
 * According to his missing persons poster, Kevin Williams went missing on 12 October. A poster dates the prom as taking place on 14 October. The Barbara Wright Building was completed in Spring 2016.


 * October 2016 - TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
 * A week has passed since the events of For Tonight We Might Die.


 * c. October 2016 - TV: Nightvisiting
 * Jasper Adeola passed away in 2014 and this is the two year anniversary of his death.


 * November 2016 - TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart
 * Ending leads directly into Brave-ish Heart.


 * November 2016 - TV: Brave-ish Heart
 * About a month has passed since For Tonight We Might Die.


 * c. November 2016TV: Detained / ''The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did


 * c. December 2016 - TV: The Lost
 * A week has passed since The Metaphysical Engine or What Quill Did, while it has been a few months since For Tonight We Might Die.


 * 2016 - TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

2017

 * 2017 - TV: The Pilot


 * TV: Smile


 * TV: Thin Ice


 * 2017 - TV: Knock Knock
 * The Dryads feed every 20 years. Previous dates that the Dryads have fed on unsuspecting victims are 1957, 1977 and 1997, setting this in 2017.


 * TV: Oxygen


 * 2017 - TV: Extremis
 * Ending leads directly into The Pyramid at the End of the World.


 * 2017 - TV: The Pyramid at the End of the World


 * 2017 - TV: The Lie of the Land
 * Set six months after The Lie of the Land.


 * TV: Empress of Mars


 * TV: The Eaters of Light


 * 2017 - TV: World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

2018

 * September 2018 - TV: Twice Upon a Time
 * Ending leads directly into The Woman Who Fell To Earth.


 * September 2018 - TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
 * Halloween isn’t until next month, setting this in September. Rahul has tickets for a football match dated to 14 September 2018, confirming the year as well.


 * September 2018 - TV: The Ghost Monument
 * Although Team TARDIS leave Earth, they do not travel in time, only space.


 * TV: Rosa


 * September 2018 - TV: Arachnids in the UK
 * Team TARDIS arrive back in Sheffield half an hour after they initially left in The Woman Who Fell To Earth.


 * TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum


 * TV: ''Demons of the Punjab


 * TV: Kerblam!


 * TV: The Witchfinders


 * Winter 2018 - TV: It Takes You Away


 * TV: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

2019

 * 1 January 2019 - TV: Resolution

2020

 * Early 2020 - TV: Spyfall
 * Graham is four years in remission from his cancer, whereas he was only three years in remission during The Woman Who Fell To Earth, which was set in September 2018 suggesting this takes place roughly a year later. The Doctor says that the present day is 186 years after 1834, which would be 2020. Similarly the Master is stranded in 1943 and has to live out 77 years before making it back to the present, again suggesting a 2020 setting.


 * TV: Orphan 55


 * TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror


 * 2020 - TV: Fugitive of the Judoon
 * Ending leads directly into Praxeus.


 * 2020 - TV: Praxeus


 * 2020 - TV: Can You Hear Me?
 * Sonya Khan recalls the events of Fugitive of the Judoon occurring in Gloucester recently. Ending leads directly into The Haunting of Villa Diodati.


 * TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati
 * The Doctor offers to return her companions to 2020, confirming the setting of the present day episodes. Ending leads directly into Ascension of the Cybermen.


 * TV: Ascension of the Cybermen
 * Ending leads directly into The Timeless Children.


 * 2020 - TV: The Timeless Children
 * The Doctor returns Ryan, Graham, and Yaz to the 21st century.