Now: Twenty-Eighteen
Auld Aquaintance Short story,
published 2017 Doctor: 0
Featuring Erimem
Written by Iain
McLaughlin.
Takes place on
Mars but principally in London, ending self-datedly on New Year’s Day in 2018
CE.
Another Man’s Shoes Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by Tim Foley.
The Serpent’s Tongue Novel, published 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lucy Wilson
Written by Jonathan Macho.
Takes place pivotally in
South Wales, self-dated two months after The Brigadier and the
Bledoe Cadets.
Dr Fifth Illustrated short story, published 2018 Doctor:
5
Featuring the Master, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, with the Cybermen (glimpse)
Written by Adam Hargeaves.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
Best Seller Short story, published 2004 Doctor: 8
featuring Charley
Written by Ian Mond and
Danny Oz.
Informed guess Takes place in Melbourne,
Victoria, and New York, NY. Madonna and Gary Oldman are still celebrities; the
level of technology suggests not before the late twenty-teens CE. The distinct
oddness of events in this story may be partially explained by their taking
place during the six-month reign of the Monks.
Ghost Walk Audio drama, released 2018 Doctor: 5
Featuring Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Written by James Goss.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in York.
Dismemberment Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring Missy
Written by James Goss.
Contemporary to publication Takes place principally in London.
The Enemy of the World TV Story, broadcast 1968 Doctor: 2
featuring Jamie,
Victoria
Written by David
Whitaker, script edited by Peter Bryant.
Informed guess Takes place on Earth. A
scrap of newspaper used for packing is dated August 2017 CE, which is described
as the previous year. It was probably published not too long before. It is noticeable
that a World Zones Authority was not public knowledge by 2018. I speculate that
following the events of Cat’s Cradle: Warhead ten years previously,
figures including and similar to those conspiring to achieve digital
immortality in that novel set the Authority up to supervise human affairs,
judging, understandably, that institutions such as the national governments,
the UN, the World Economic Forum and the IMF had slid into a reality-television
arena where decisions had to prioritise popular theatre over actual
problem-solving. Individuals like Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Christine Lagarde
and George Soros were by no means without agency, but essentially specialists,
as opposed un-“news”- worthy generalists in the exercise of power, like Ramon
Salamander, Alexander Denes and Giles Kent.
The Midnight People Novel, published 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lucy Wilson
Written by John Peel.
Informed guess Takes place in south
Wales; self-dated 2018 CE.
Eye of the Storm Audio drama, released
2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood
Written by David Llewellyn.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Another Man’s Shoes.
The Turn of the Screw Audio short story, released 2018 Doctor: 8
Featuring UNIT
Written by Eddie Robson.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Puerto Rico.
The Bandril Invasion Novel,
published 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lucy Wilson, with Lethbridge-Stewart (informative
mention)
Written by Wink Taylor.
Informed guess Takes place in south Wales,
after The Midnight People.
Peckham Poltergeist Video drama,
released 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring PROBE
Written by James Hornby.
Takes place in Peckham; self-dated April
2018 CE.
A Mother’s Son Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor:
0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by Alexandria Riley.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated two months
after Eye of the
Storm.
The Book of the Enemy Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring Sherlock Holmes, the Second War in Heaven
Written by Andrew Hickey, with introductory material by Michael
Simpson.
Lucy Wilson
& the Bledoe Cadets Novel, published 2019 Doctor: 13 (glimpse)
Featuring Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, Lucy
Wilson
Written by Tim Gambrell.
Takes place in south Wales and Cornwall, the later sections dated early
May 2018 CE.
The Lie of the Land TV Story, broadcast 2017 Doctor:
12
Featuring Missy, Nardole, Bill
Written by Toby
Whithouse, script supervised by Steven Moffat.
Informed guess Takes place on Earth, self-dated six months
after The
Pyramid at the End of
the World.
The Xanthous Knight Charity short story, released 2018 Doctor: 7
Written by Blair Bidmead.
Contemporary to publication Probably takes place in Beanotown.
ScrapeJane Audio drama, released
2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood
Written by Robin Bell.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff; self-dated “a few
months” after Eye of the Storm.
Day Zero Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor:
0
Featuring Torchwood, Captain Jack
Written by Tim Foley.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after ScrapeJane.
Closing the Casebook Novella,
published 2019 Doctor:
0
Featuring the Manleigh Halt Irregulars
Written by Nick
Wallace.
Thoughts and Prayers Audio drama, released 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Torchwood, Captain Jack
Written by James Goss.
Informed guess Takes place in Cardiff, after Day Zero.
The Arcade of Doom Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring the Quarks, Lucy Wilson
Written by Chris Lynch.
Informed guess Takes place in Porthcawl, a town on the south coast of Wales; self-dated 2018 CE.
The Enemy – The Hole in Everything Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring the Second War in Heaven
Written, along with introductory material, by Simon Bucher-Jones.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The Tactics of Defeat Audio drama, released 2018 Doctor: 2
Featuring Jamie, Zoe, UNIT
Written by Tony Jones.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Belize.
The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
13
Featuring Missy
Written by Peter Anghelides.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in Venice, the later sections
contemporaneously.
It Takes a Thief Audio drama, released
2018 Doctor: 0
Featuring UNIT, Lady Christina
Written by John Dorney.
Contemporary to release Takes place on the French
Riviera.
The Clockwise War Comic story, published 2018 Doctors: 12, with War (glimpse)
Featuring Shayde, Fey, Annabel Lake, Bill, with the Time Lords (informative mention)
Written by Scott Gray.
Fey Truscott-Sade is a Tellurian, born in 1910 CE.
The Thief of Joy Charity short story, released 2018 Doctor:
11
Featuring Amy
Written by Jon Arnold.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The Dispossessed Audio drama, released 2018 Doctor: 7
Featuring Mel, Ace, with Intra-Venus (glimpse)
Written by Mark Morris.
Contemporary to release Takes place in Manchester.
Things She Thought While Falling Web short story, released 2020 Doctor: 13
Written by Chris
Chibnall.
Takes place above South Yorkshire, ending at the beginning of The Woman Who Fell To Earth.
The Woman Who Fell to Earth TV Story, broadcast 2018 Doctor:
13
Featuring Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Written by
Chris Chibnall.
Takes place in Sheffield, a city of Yorkshire; self-dated September 2018 CE.
Graham, Ryan and Yaz leave linear time, being aboard the TARDIS when it dematerialises.
Arachnids in the UK TV Story, broadcast 2018 Doctor: 13
Featuring Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Written by Chris
Chibnall.
Takes place in
Sheffield, beginning half an hour after The Woman Who Fell to Earth.
The Greed of the Gavulav Comic story, published 2009 Doctor:
10
featuring Heather
Written by
Christopher Cooper.
Informed guess Takes place in New York, NY; self-dated 2018
CE.
The Expo of Terror Short story, published 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lucy Wilson, the Quarks, UNIT
Written by Tim Gambrell.
Takes place in London; self-dated three
months after The Arcade of Doom.
Beyond the Sunset Short story, published 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Lucy Wilson, the Quarks, UNIT
Written by Tim Gambrell.
Takes place in south Wales; self-dated a
few days after The Expo of Terror.
The Maze of Doom Novel, published 2020 Doctor: 13
Featuring the Nimon, Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Written by David Solomons.
What Happened in Manchester Online short story, released 2020 Doctor: 0
featuring PROBE
Written by James Hornby.
Takes place in Manchester, the Hallowe’en
before Manchester.
Fair Charity short story, released 2018 Doctor:
4
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by Ned Netherwood.
Manchester Video drama,
released 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring PROBE
Written by James Hornby.
Takes place in London; self-dated November
2018 CE.
Power Play Comic story, published 1965 Doctor: 0
featuring
the Daleks
Written by David
Whitaker.
informed guess Takes place on Skaro; some
time after Genesis
of Evil: the Daleks
have built a technologically sophisticated city.
Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg Audio drama,
released 2018 Doctor: 8
Featuring Liv, Helen
Written by John Dorney.
Contemporary to release Takes place in Salzburg; self-dated early
December, in the early 21st century.
It Takes You Away TV Story, broadcast 2018 Doctor:
13
Featuring Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Written by Ed
Hime, script supervised by Chris Chibnall.
Takes place in
Norway; self-dated winter 2018 CE.
Dr Thirteenth Illustrated short story, released 2018 Doctor:
13
Featuring Graham, Ryan, Yaz, with the Sontarans (glimpse)
That’s What Friends Do Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring Erimem
Written by
Rachel Blake.
Takes place in
London; self-dated 2018 CE, after the British Museum’s Christmas party.
‘_’ Charity short story, released 2018 Doctor:
7
Featuring Ace
Written by Philip Marsh.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in a workshop.
The Hunting Ground Audio drama,
released 2018 Doctor:
6
Written by A K Benedict.
Contemporary to publication
Takes place in Iceland.
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Webcast, posted 2018 Doctor:
13
Written anonymously.
Takes place on
Earth, pivotally Lapland; self-dated Christmas Eve, 2018 CE.
Past, Present & Yet to Come Short story, published 2018 Doctor:
0
Featuring Lucy Weston
Written by Chris Lynch.
Total Stories Considered 1998
Proportion Written By Women 11%
Top Docs
3 222 stories
10 156 stories
4 151 stories
7 145 stories
11 130 stories
8 106 stories
6 97 stories
5 90 stories
2 82 stories
12 71 stories
1 55 stories
Unbound 32 stories
9 24 stories
13 14 stories
War 2 stories
Top Twenty Recurring Elements
London 528 stories
Regional England 415 stories
UNIT 334
stories
Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart
family 324 stories
Wales 225
stories Climber!
Torchwood 221
stories
North America 211 stories
Captain Jack 175
stories
Sarah Jane 141
stories
Christmas 116 stories
Continental Europe 105 stories Climber!
Jo 99 stories
The Master, including Missy 98
stories
Iris Wildthyme 97
stories
Benton 93
stories
Ace 93
stories Climber!
At sea 85
stories
The Time Lords 82 stories
Amy and Rory 78
stories
Yates 77
stories
Top Decades
The Teens 899 stories
The Noughties 596 stories
The Nineties 191 stories
The Seventies 120
stories
The Twenties 100
stories
The Eighties 57
stories
The Sixties 35 stories
And Top Twenty Years
2016 141 stories
2008 127
stories
2018 111 stories Climber!
2017 106
stories
2011 100 stories
2009 98
stories
2015 89
stories
2019 84
stories Climber!
2010 83
stories
2013 75 stories
2007 73
stories
2001 69
stories
2006 62
stories
2012 59 stories
2020 56 stories Climber!
2014 49
stories
2005 48 stories
2021 44
stories
2004 43
stories Climber!
1999 42
stories
Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology
linking material writers) 618
Proportion of Female Writers 17%
Top Twenty Writers
Russell T Davies 85
stories
Paul Magrs 57
stories
James Goss 50
stories
Terrance Dicks 36
stories
Justin Richards 34 stories
Steven Moffat 33
stories
Eddie Robson 33 stories
Gareth Roberts 31
stories
? John Canning 30
stories
Joseph Lidster 30
stories
Steve Lyons 28
stories
Jonathan Morris 25 stories
Andrew Cartmel 23 stories
Guy Adams 22
stories
Gary Russell 22
stories
Christopher Cooper 22
stories Climber!
John Dorney 21 stories Climber!
Trevor Baxendale 20
stories =
Andy Frankham-Allen 20
stories =
Simon Guerrier 20 stories =
David
Llewellyn 20
stories =
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