Now: Two Thousand and Nine
Happy New Year Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Sarah Pinborough.
Takes place in Cardiff, at New Year. Regardless of anything else, this
is the only one available, really.
From Out of the Rain TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor:
0
featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Peter J Hammond, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Something Borrowed.
The Lost Boy TV story, broadcast 2007 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah
Jane, K9 IV, the Raxacoricofallapatorians, with UNIT (glimpse)
Written by Phil Ford,
script edited by Russell T Davies.
Takes place in West London;
five months after Invasion of the Bane.
The Great Rain Robbery Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
featuring Heather
Written by Christopher Cooper.
Ma and Par Web comic,
posted 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Oli Smith.
informed guess Takes place outside
Cardiff, “early in the new year”.
The Genius Trap Comic story, published 2009 Doctor:
10
featuring Heather, Wolfie, with UNIT (glimpse)
Written by
Steve Lyons.
Takes place in
Edinburgh, self-datedly “a few days” after The Great Rain Robbery.
Escape to Penhaxico Web comic, posted 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring Captain Jack, Martha
Written by
Brian Minchin.
Takes place on
Earth and Penhaxico 2; self-dated two months after Voyage of the Damned.
A Gamble with Wildthyme Short story, published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Steve Lyons.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Scunthorpe.
Adrift TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Chris Chibnall, script supervised
by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in and near
Cardiff; after From Out of the Rain as broadcast.
Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost Short story,
published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Ian Potter.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
Phoenix Short
story, published 2009 Doctor:
8
Written by James Goss.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The Return of the Vostok Web comic,
posted 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Brian Minchin.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated
March.
Iris Wildthyme and the Unhappy Medium Short story,
published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme, with the Forge (informative mention)
Written by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
Monster Short
story, published 2008 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Joseph Lidster.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, placed after Adrift by Andrew Kearley in Eyespider.
Corpse Day Audio drama, released 2017 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; after Adrift.
Believe Audio drama,
released 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain
Jack, Torchwood
Written by Guy Adams.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff and London, after Adrift.
Partners in Crime TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor:
10
Featuring Donna, Wilf, with Rose
(glimpse)
Written by Russell T Davies.
Takes place in London, a few days before The Sontaran Strategem and The Poison Sky.
The Day the Earth Was Sold and The King of the Earth Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Written by Kieran
Grant and Neil Corry.
Contemporary to
publication Takes place in and above London.
The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring UNIT, the Sontarans, Donna, Martha, Wilf, with Rose (glimpse) and Lethbridge-Stewart (informative mention)
Written by Helen Raynor, script supervised by
Russell T Davies.
Takes place in London and elsewhere; dated
April 2009 CE in Beautiful Chaos.
Prequel: Donna Noble: Kidnapped Audio drama, released 2020 Doctor: 10
(informative mention)
Featuring Donna, with Wilf (informative mention)
Written presumably by John Dorney and Matt Fitton.
Informed guess Takes place in Chiswick, a district of London, after The Sontaran Stratagem and The
Poison Sky and before Beautiful Chaos.
Out of This World Audio drama, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Donna
Written by Jacqueline Rayner.
Informed guess Takes place in Chiswick, the day after Prequel: Donna Noble: Kidnapped.
The Hope Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in north Wales, after Corpse Day.
Favourite Star Short
story, published 2009 Doctor: 2
featuring Jamie, Zoe (informative mention)
Written by Ian Farrington.
contemporary to publication Takes
place in London.
The Chiswick Cuckoos Audio drama, released 2020 Doctor: 10 (glimpse)
Featuring Donna, UNIT
Written by Matt Fitton.
Informed guess Takes place in Chiswick, a month after Out of This World.
The Three Monkeys Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Corpse Day and before Fragments and Exit Wounds.
Beautiful Chaos Novel,
published in 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring The Mandragora Helix, Donna, Wilf
Written by Gary
Russell.
Takes place in London,
Essex, the USA and Italy, after The
Sontaran Strategem and The Poison Sky; self-dated
May.
Gooseberry Audio drama, released 2021 Doctor: 0
featuring Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Takes place in Cardiff, between Corpse Day and Fragments.
Bing Bong Illustrated
short story, published 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna
Written by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.
Informed guess Takes place in London, between Partners in Crime and The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End.
Fragments and Exit Wounds TV story,
broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood, with UNIT (glimpse)
Written by
Chris Chibnall, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated “twenty-one months” after Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, although it must actually be closer to nineteen.
Hear No Evil Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather
Written by Steve Lyons.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in London.
In the Blood Novel,
published in 2016 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna, Wilf, Gully
Written by
Jenny T Colgan.
Takes place in
London, Seoul and Brazil, presumably between Beautiful Chaos and Turn Left.
Seoul was the capital of South Korea, a republic of northeast Asia
occupying the southern end of the Korean peninsula.
Wild Pastures Audio drama, released 2018 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna, Wilf (informative mention)
Written by
James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in the UK,
after The Sontaran Strategem and The Poison Sky.
Framed Short story,
published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Mark
Michalowski.
outside space and time, but Iris is such a cultural phenomenon that it makes sense to place
what happens to her at the time of publication in the absence of other clues. London is
reproduced in the gallery.
No Place Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna, Wilf
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Chiswick; self-dated 2009 CE, and after Wild Pastures as released.
Turn Left TV
story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring UNIT, Rose, Donna, Wilf, with Sarah Jane, the Sontarans, Captain Jack
Harkness, Torchwood, Martha (informative mention)
Written by
Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in versions of London and Leeds, ending during the events
of The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End.
A Better
World Online short story, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Astrolabus, Donna, with Rose (glimpse)
Written by Aristide Twain.
Takes place on Shan Shen and Earth, in parallel with Turn Left.
The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring the Daleks, UNIT, Sarah Jane, Davros, Rose, Mickey, Captain Jack,
Torchwood, K9 IV, Donna, Martha, Wilf
Written by
Russell T Davies.
Takes place in
London, New York and Germany, after Beautiful Chaos and Turn Left, and Fragments and Exit Wounds.
The Flight of the Giurgeax Comic story,
published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather, Wolfie, with Austria (informative mention)
Written by Christopher Cooper.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The House at the End of the World and The End Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Written Stephen Cole.
Contemporary to publication Takes place on and at the location of Earth.
The Three Companions Audio drama, release completed in 2011 Doctors: 2, 3
Featuring Polly, Ben, Jamie, Lethbridge-Stewart, Thomas
Written by Marc Platt.
Informed guess Takes place in London and elsewhere; the capital of the UK has been
temporarily moved to Birmingham because of flooding: possibly during The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End? It is forty-three years since 1966 CE
Expectant Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood, with UNIT (glimpse)
Written by Xanna Eve Chown.
Informed guess Takes place in south Wales, soon after Fragments and Exit Wounds.
The Rising Tide Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Written by Eddie Robson.
Featuring Heather, Wolfie
Contemporary to publication Takes place on the coast of the UK.
The Planet of the Dead TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring UNIT, Lady Christina
Written by
Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts.
Takes place in
London and on San Helios; self-dated Easter, but after The Stolen Earth and Journey’s
End, and therefore after Beautiful Chaos. This means that thanks to the inimitable Gary Russell, in 2009 CE
Easter fell a couple of months after it usually does. Perhaps the Battle of the
Medusa Cascade was held to have interrupted and delayed the Lunar calendar, but
you can see I’m clutching at straws here.
Lady Christina de Souza is a Tellurian: Michelle Ryan, who plays her, was born in
1984 CE.
Brain Train Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather, Wolfie
Written by Christopher Cooper.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in south-east England.
The Sin Eaters
Audio story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain
Jack, Torchwood
Written by Brian Minchin.
Takes place in and near
Cardiff, self-dated 2009 CE, at a Bank Holiday, but before Risk Assessment. I’m guessing the Whitsun Bank Holiday.
The Last Sontaran TV
story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring the Sontarans, Sarah Jane, with UNIT (informative mention)
Written by Phil
Ford, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing and near the Berkshire/
Buckinghamshire border, starting not long after The Sontaran Stratagem and The
Poison Sky and ending six weeks later.
torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor Audio drama, released 2017 Doctor: 0
featuring Torchwood
Written by Scott
Handcock.
Informed guess Takes place online and in
London, concluding implicitly some months after Tosh’s death.
Just the Ticket Short
story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Phil
Craggs.
Contemporary to
publication Takes place in the UK.
Who By Fire Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Andy
Lane.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Fragments
and Exit Wounds.
Inner Darkness Audio drama, released 2015 Doctor: 0
Featuring Dorian Gray
Written by Mark B Oliver.
Informed guess Takes place in Iceland; self-dated 2009 CE.
Lost Souls Audio drama, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring UNIT, Captain Jack, Torchwood, Martha
Written by
Joseph Lidster.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff and
on the Franco-Swiss border, soon after Fragments and Exit Wounds. In this
timeline, the CERN Large Hadron Collider was evidently switched on some nine
months after our own.
Captain Jack and the Selkie Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by
Carole E Barrowman and John Barrowman.
Informed guess Takes place in Scotland,
about the same time as Who By
Fire as published.
The Day of the Clown TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Phil
Ford.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing, self-dated
October. This is the first time Sarah Jane meets Rani, yet they are well
acquainted by Wraith
World, dated September2009 CE.
As this clearly takes place after Maria moves out of Bannerman Road after The Last Sontaran, I am forced to disregard the reference to October; perhaps it can be
put down to an Enfolded Time effect from Candy Jar books.
Apocalypse Slough Short
story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Mark
Morris.
Contemporary to
publication Takes place in Slough, Berkshire.
Gordian Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by
Steven Savile.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Captain
Jack and the Selkie as published.
The Man Who Dreamed of Stars Illustrated
short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Brian
Minchin.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Gordian as published.
Secrets of the Stars TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by
Gareth Roberts, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing,
after The Day of the Clown.
Things That Doctor Who Writers
Who Want To Set Things In “The Present” Should Find Difficult To Ignore. Though
Quite Likely They’ll Just Pile More Stuff In.
ELEVEN TWELFTHS OF THE EARTH’S POPULATION
IS BRIEFLY HYPNOTISED.
Death Disco Comic story, published 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna
Written by Alan Barnes.
Informed guess Takes place partly in
Birmingham; self-dated 2009 CE.
Almost Perfect Novel, published in 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
soon after Fragments and Exit Wounds.
Foot Soldiers Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather, Wolfie
Written by Eddie
Robson.
Contemporary to
publication Takes place in the UK.
The Mark of
the Beserker TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Joseph Lidster, script supervised
by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess
Takes place in Ealing,
Washington DC and the coast of the UK, after Secrets of
the Stars.
Closing Time Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Andy Lane.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
concluding after The Man Who Dreamed of Stars as published.
The Last
Voyage of Osiris Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Closing Time as published.
The Ghost House Audio story,
released 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Stephen Cole.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing,
after The Day of the Clown.
Stakes on a
Plane Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Moran.
Informed guess Takes place after The Last
Voyage of Osiris, as published.
In the Shadows Audio story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Joseph Lidster.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; the
later periods not long after Fragments and Exit Wounds.
Peri and the Piscon Paradox Audio drama, released 2011 Doctors: 5, 6
Featuring Peri, with the Time Lords, Romana (informative
mention)
Written by Nev Fountain.
Informed guess Takes place in Los Angeles, Ca.; self-dated
2009 CE.
I May Be Some
Time Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by David Llewellyn.
Informed guess
Takes place after Stakes on
a Plane, as published.
The Keep
Killing Andy Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Trevor Baxendale.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff;
after I May Be Some Time as published.
Broken Comic story, published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood 11
Written by Gary Russell and Nick Abadzis.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; around the time of They Keep Killing Andy, as published.
The Time
Capsule Audio story,
released 2008 Doctor:
0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Peter Anghelides.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing; dated a year after Invasion
of the Bane and after The Ghost House as released.
Flotsam and Jetsam Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Kate Orman.
Informed guess
Takes place in Cardiff, about the same time
as They Keep Killing Andy.
The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor:
0
Featuring Sarah Jane, with the Graske (glimpse)
Written by Gareth Roberts, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing and Hertfordshire,
after The Mark of the Beserker as broadcast.
Photo Finish Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Mark Morris.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Flotsam and Jetsam as published.
The Ball and Chain Gang Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather
Written by Craig Donaghy.
Contemporary to publication
Takes place in Edinburgh.
An Edinburgh University summer ball would probably take place in July.
Fated to Pretend Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Brian Minchin.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same
time as Photo Finish.
The Avenues of
Possibility Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 6
Featuring Charley
Written by Jonathan Morris.
Informed guess
Takes place in London and
Manchester; the latest sections self-dated July 2009 CE.
Asylum Audio drama, broadcast 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Anita Sullivan.
Informed guess
Takes place in Cardiff, between Fragments and Exit Wounds and Children of the Earth.
Postcards From the Rift Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Guy Adams.
Informed guess
Takes place in Cardiff, after Fated to Pretend as published.
Into the Silence Novel,
published in 2009 Doctor: 0
10
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Sarah Pinborough.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, before Children of the Earth and after Almost Perfect as published.
Reflections Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Juliet E McKenna.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same
time as Postcards From the Rift.
Bay of the Dead Novel, published in 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood, with UNIT (informative
mention)
Written by Mark Morris.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Into the Silence.
The Package
Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Reflections as published.
The House That Jack Built Novel, published in 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Guy Adams.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Bay of the Dead.
Ashes to Ashes Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Sandra Shennan.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same
time as The Package.
The Eternal Summer Audio drama, released 2009 Doctor: 5
Featuring Nyssa, with the Rutan (informative mention)
Written by Jonathan Morris.
Informed guess Takes place in Stockbridge; ending
self-datedly in early August 2009 CE.
The Pictures of Emptiness Novella,
published in 2009 Doctor:
10
Written by Jacqueline Rayner.
Contemporary to publication
Takes place
partly in London.
Enemy of the Bane TV story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Sarah Jane, the
Sontarans, the Bane
Written by Phil Ford, script edited by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing, after The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith as broadcast.
Rift-Raff Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Lynn Johnston.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same
time as The Package.
Risk Assessment Novel,
published in 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Queen
Victoria, Captain Jack, Torchwood,
with the Daleks, the Ice Warriors, UNIT, Martha (informative mention)
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after The House That Jack Built.
Victoria, of Great Britain and Ireland by the Grace
of God Queen, Defender of the Faith and Empress of India, of the House
of Hanover and by marriage of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, is a Tellurian born in 1819
CE.
Lockdown Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Lisa Moran.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same
time as The Package.
Rare Earth Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Kate Orman.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff at about the same time
as The Package.
The Undertaker’s Gift Novel, published in 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Trevor Baxendale.
Informed guess
Takes place in Cardiff, after Risk Assessment.
The End of the Rainbow Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Written by Jacqueline Rayner.
Contemporary to publication
Takes place in
the UK.
Prisoner of the Judoon TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Sarah Jane, the Judoon, with UNIT (informative
mention)
Written by Phil Ford, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing; some time after Enemy of the Bane.
…And Not a Drop to Drink Short story, published 2009 Doctor:
0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Steven Wickham.
Contemporary to publication
Takes place in
Scotland.
Golden Age Audio drama, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Delhi,
capital city of India, after Asylum as broadcast.
Everything’s
True Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Guy Adams.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Rare
Earth.
Perfect Day Short story, published 2021 Doctor: 0
featuring Lethbridge-Stewart,
Lucy Wilson
Written by Susan Brand.
Takes place in South Wales.
Lucy, born in June 2005 CE, is four.
Consequences Narrative story anthology,
published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Moran, Joseph Lidster,
Andrew Cartmel, Sarah Pinborough and David Llewellyn.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
concluding after Golden Age.
The Turning of
the Tide Illustrated short story, published 2019 Doctor: 10
(Unbound)
Featuring Rose
Written by Jenny T
Colgan.
Informed guess Takes place on Pete’s World; self-dated two years after Army of
Ghosts and Doomsday.
The Secret of
Crow Island Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by David Llewellyn.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at about the same time as Rare
Earth.
The Mad Woman
in the Attic TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane, K9 IV
Written by Joseph Lidster, script supervised
by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing and
Sussex, after Prisoner of the Judoon as broadcast.
The Sontaran
Games Novella, published in 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring the Sontarans, the
Rutan
Written by
Jacqueline Rayner.
Contemporary to
publication Takes place in the UK.
Department X Audio story, released 2011 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after The Sin Eaters as released.
Somebody
Else’s Problem Comic story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by Christopher Cooper.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, at
about the same time as Rare Earth.
The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: Watch It Come Down Comic story, published 2012 Doctors: 1, 11 (glimpse)
Featuring Vampires
Written by Alan Moore.
Informed guess Takes place in London and
elsewhere in the UK, and briefly in Africa; self-dated 2009 CE. Kevin O’Neill
gives the Doctor another wordless cameo appearance, this time in two incarnations.
They both look knowing and not dissatisfied with how things are going.
Red-Handed Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Kate Orman.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Somebody Else’s Problem as published.
Hell House Comic story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Roger Gibson.
Informed guess Takes place in and near
Cardiff, around the same time as Red-Handed.
The Dead Line Audio drama, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Phil Ford.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Golden Age as broadcast.
Cultural
Firsts Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Richard Stokes.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
around the same time as Red Handed.
The Party in Room Four Short story,
published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Simon Guerrier.
The Devil and
Miss Carew Audio drama,
broadcast 2011 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Rupert Laight.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; after The Dead
Line as broadcast.
Submission Audio drama, broadcast 2011 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Ryan Scott.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, on
the Severn Bridge, Tokyo and in the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean, after The Devil
and Miss Carew as broadcast.
The Mind’s Eye Illustrated short story, published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
around the same time as Red Handed.
Silver-Tongued Liars Short story, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Liz, the Cyberons, PROBE
Written by James Wylder.
Takes place in London and Philadelphia,
the later sections dated 2009 CE.
Outbreak Stage
One – Incubation: Know Audio drama,
released 2016 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Guy Adams.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated 2009 CE
Outbreak Stage
Two – Prodromal: Love Audio drama,
released 2016 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Emma Reeves.
Takes place in Cardiff, immediately after Outbreak
Stage One -Incubation: Know.
Outbreak Stage
Three – Invasion: Kill Audio drama,
released 2016 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by A K Benedict.
Takes place in Cardiff, immediately after Outbreak
Stage Two -Prodromal: Love.
Ghost Train Audio story, released 2011 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Department X as released.
Wraith World Audio story, released 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright.
Takes place in London; self-dated September,
2009.
We All Go
Through Illustrated short story,
published 2010 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by James Goss and Steve Tribe.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after The
Mind’s Eye.
Dissected Audio drama, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring UNIT, Torchwood, Martha
Written by Tim Foley.
Informed guess Takes place in Hereford. A
Christmas party is described as having taken place since Tosh and Owen’s
deaths, but nobody is remembering things very clearly this evening.
The Wedding of
Sarah Jane Smith TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Sarah Jane, K9 IV
Written by Gareth Roberts, script supervised
by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing and Buckinghamshire, after The Mad
Woman in the Attic as broadcast.
Rhys &
Ianto’s Excellent Barbecue Audio drama, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by Tim Foley.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff,
after Dissected.
Shrouded Comic story, published 2010 Doctor:
0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Gareth David-Lloyd.
Takes place in Cardiff, concluding in September or early October 2009
CE.
Coffee Audio drama, released
2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by James Goss
Takes place in Cardiff, ending after Shrouded.
Long Time Dead Novel, published in 2011 Doctor:
0
Featuring Torchwood, with Captain Jack (informative mention)
Written by Sarah Pinborough.
Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated October 2009 CE.
Don’t Step On the Grass Comic story, published 2010 Doctor:
10
Featuring UNIT, Martha, Emily, Matthew
Written by Tony Lee.
Takes place in Greewich; self-dated shortly after September 2009 CE.
Emily Winter is a Tellurian, born in the early 1900s CE.
Matthew Finnegan is a
Tellurian, born around 1900 CE.
The Deviant Strain Novel, published in 2005 Doctor:
9
Featuring Rose, Captain Jack
Written by Justin Richards.
Informed guess Takes place on the north coast of Russia;
self-dated twenty years after the end of the Cold War.
This Hollywood Life Charity short story, published 1999 Doctor: 8
Featuring
Fitz or the Remembered Fitz, with Grace
(informative mention)
Written by Jonathan
Dennis.
Informed guess Takes place in
Hollywood, Ca; self-dated 2009 CE.
Shadows of the Time Before Short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by Matt Kimpton.
Contemporary to publication Takes place on the coast of Cornwall
Blue Forgotten Planet Audio
drama, released 2009 Doctor: 6
Featuring Charley, the Viyrans
Written by Nicholas Briggs.
Contemporary to publication Takes place on Earth, in a
negated timeline. I’m assuming that the time the Doctor winds Earth back to is
contemporaneous with the CD’s release.
Monster Hunt Web comic story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane, the Judoon
Written by Trevor Baxendale.
Contemporary to release Takes place in Ealing and in
space.
The Guardian of Murcher Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather
Written by Craig Donaghy.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Edinburgh and on
the Murcher Moon.
The Eternity Trap TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written
by Phil Ford, script edited by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in the English
countryside, after The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith as broadcast.
Scared Stiff Illustrated short story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring the Gelth
Written by Mark Gatiss.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Cheltenham, a town
of Gloucestershire; self-dated Hallowe’en.
Vortex Butterflies Comic story, published 2017 Doctors: 10, 12, with 3, 4 (glimpse)
Featuring Sarah Jane, the Osirians, Gabby, Cindy, Noobis
Written
by Nick Abadzis.
Informed guess Takes
place variously but pivotally in Willesden, self-dated 2009 CE and after Sarah
Jane’s wedding.
Gabriella
Fernanda Lucia Gonzalez, know as Gabby, is a Tellurian born in the
mid-1990s CE.
Cindy Wu is a Tellurian born in the
mid-1990s CE.
Anubis,
known as Noobis, is an Osiran, his age incalculable but certainly at
large around 5000 BCE.
Only Living Girls Short story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris
Wildthyme, Fitz?
Written by Stephen Cole.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK. Mr Cole would have us
believe that the character in this story called Fritz is in point of fact Fitz.
The White Wolf Audio
story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written
by Gary Russell.
Informed guess Takes place in Dorset; self-dated
November, before Deadly Download as released.
The Brigadier Rides Again Short story, published 2018 Doctor: 0
featuring Lethbridge-Stewart
Written by Ross Hastings.
Takes place in the UK.
Lethbridge-Stewart is living in a nursing home.
Mona Lisa’s Revenge TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane, with K9 IV (informative mention)
Written
by Phil Ford, script edited by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes
place in Ealing and central London, after The
Eternity Trap as
broadcast.
The Genuine Article Online animation, released 2021 Doctor: 10
Written by Dominic G Martin.
Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated 2009
CE.
Deadly Download Audio story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring
Sarah Jane
Written by Jason Arnopp.
Takes place in Ealing, in late November.
Ghosts of the Northern Line Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Majenta
Written
by Dan McDaid.
Informed guess Takes place beneath North London;
self-dated late 2009 CE.
Majenta Price is a Vessican, of unknown
birthdate, humanoid but not obviously of Tellurian ancestry, being green and
pointy-eared.
Brenda’s B&B Short
story, published 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Brenda, with the Vampires, Iris Wildthyme (informative mention)
Written
by Paul Magrs.
Takes
place in Whitby; self-dated early December 2009 CE.
The Advent of Fear Web
based short story, released 2009 Doctor: 10
Written by Mark B Oliver.
Contemporary to release Takes place in the UK; self-dated
mid-December.
The Gift TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring Sarah Jane, K9 IV, the Raxacoricofallapatorians
Written
by Rupert Laight, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Informed guess Takes place in Ealing and
Antarctica, after Mona Lisa’s Revenge as broadcast.
The Stockbridge Child Comic story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Majenta, with UNIT, Torchwood (informative mention)
Written by Dan McDaid.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Stockbridge;
self-dated December.
The Doctor on My Shoulder Web
based short story, released 2009 Doctor: 10
Written by Daniel Roth.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK; near
Christmas, but in term-time.
The Shadow People Audio
story, released 2009 Doctor: 0
Featuring
Sarah Jane
Written by Scott Handcock.
Contemporary
to release Takes place in Ealing and Snowdonia, after Prisoner of the Judoon as
released. Not sure I’d organise a school trip to Snowdonia in December, but
there we are.
A Merry Little Christmas Comic
story, published 2009 Doctor: 10
Featuring Heather
Written
by Eddie Robson.
Takes
place in Stillmuir, Scotland; self-dated Christmas 2009 CE.
Planet of the Elves Short story, published 2009 Doctor: 4
featuring
Adric
Written by John Binns.
contemporary to
publication Takes
place partly at the North Pole, at Christmas.
The Stuff of Nightmares Audio drama, released 2009 Doctor: 4
Featuring Yates, Mrs.Wibbsey, the Hornets, with UNIT (informative mention)
Written by Paul
Magrs.
Takes place in Sussex;
self-dated Christmas Eve, 2009 CE.
Hive of Horror Audio drama, released 2009 Doctor: 4
Featuring Yates, Mrs Wibbsey, the Hornets, with UNIT, K9II (informative mention)
Written by Paul
Magrs.
Takes place in Sussex,
immediately after The Stuff of Nightmares.
10
The End of Time TV story, broadcast 2009 Doctors: 10, with 11 (glimpse)
Featuring the Time Lords, the Master, the Ood, Donna, Wilf, with the Daleks, UNIT,
the Sontarans, Sarah Jane, Rose, Mickey, the Raxacoricofallapatorians, Captain
Jack, the Sycorax, Martha, the Judoon (glimpse)
Written
by Russell T Davies, with a scene by Steven Moffat.
Takes
place in London and elsewhere; self-dated Christmas Day, 2009 CE.
Frosty the Snowdemon Comic story, published 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna
Written by Christopher Cooper.
Takes place in the UK; the Doctor tells Donna it is “next
Christmas”.
Total Stories Considered 1474
Proportion Written By Women 10%
Top Docs
3 216 stories
4 134 stories
7 123 stories
10 117 stories Climber!
8 86 stories
6 80 stories
5 79 stories
2 69 stories
1 48 stories
11 30 stories Climber!
Unbound 28 stories
9 17 stories
12 16 stories
13 5 stories
Top Twenty Recurring Elements
London 383 stories
Regional England 319 stories
UNIT 298
stories
Climber!
Alastair, Kate and the Lethbridge-Stewart family 288 stories
Torchwood 161
stories
Climber!
North America 151 stories
Wales 150
stories
Climber!
Captain Jack 125
stories
Climber!
Sarah Jane 123
stories
Jo 94 stories
Benton 92
stories
Continental Europe 85 stories
The Master, including Missy 80
stories
Ace 77
stories
Christmas 76 stories Climber!
The Time Lords 70 stories
At sea 69
stories
Yates 68
stories
Iris Wildthyme 67
stories Climber!
The K9s 67
stories
Top Decades
The Noughties 572 stories
The Teens 430 stories
The Nineties 186 stories
The Seventies 120
stories
The Twenties 76
stories Climber!
The Eighties 57
stories
The Sixties 33 stories
And Top Twenty Years
2008 123
stories
2009 92
stories Re-entry!
2007 70
stories
2001 68
stories
2016 62 stories Climber!
2006 59
stories
2019 59
stories Climber!
2018 56 stories
2005 46
stories
2015 45 stories
2017 45
stories Climber!
1999 42
stories
2004 40
stories
2010 40
stories Re-entry!
2013 40 stories
2020 40 stories Climber!
2011 37 stories Climber!
2021 36
stories
1993 33
stories
2012 33 stories Climber!
Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology
linking material writers) 513
Proportion of Female Writers 16%
Top Twenty Writers
Russell T Davies 62
stories
Paul Magrs 40
stories Climber!
Terrance Dicks 35
stories
James Goss 31
stories Re-entry!
? John Canning 30
stories
Justin Richards 25 stories
Joseph Lidster 24
stories
Gareth Roberts 22
stories Climber!
Eddie Robson 21 stories
Andy Frankham-Allen 18 stories
Steve Lyons 18
stories Climber!
Andrew Cartmel 17 stories
Stephen Cole 17
stories Climber!
John Dorney 17 stories
Jonathan Morris 17 stories Climber!
Gary Russell 17
stories Climber!
Trevor Baxendale 16
stories Climber!
Simon Guerrier 16 stories Climber!
Eric Saward 16
stories
Anonymous Polystyle Writers 15 stories=
Paul Cornell 15
stories=
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