Then: The Chronarchy and the Doctor’s Timeline: The Doctor’s Third Incarnation
(Say, twenty-four years. The Doctor tells Sarah Jane
that he is seven hundred and fifty in Pyramids of Mars, which in her
timeline is explicitly 1980. I believe he has been keeping her broadly within
her timeline in their journeys in the TARDIS, though perhaps less so than he
did with Jo. For her, his third regeneration was, in my estimation, four years
earlier in 1976, so I would place his age at that time as seven hundred and
forty-six. Seven hundred and forty-six minus seven hundred and twenty-two
equals twenty-four.)
Doctor Who and The
Auton Invasion Novelisation, published 1974 Doctor:
3
featuring Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Liz, the Nestene Consciousness, the Time
Lords (glimpse)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Robert
Holmes.
Takes place immediately after the Doctor’s second
regeneration. The Doctor becomes UNIT’s scientific advisor, with Liz as his
assistant. Takes place in regional England and London.
Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death Novelisation, published 1987 Doctor:
3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Benton, Liz,
with Mars (informative mention)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by David
Whitaker.
As broadcast. Takes place in regional England.
Doctor Who - Inferno Novelisation, published 1984 Doctor: 3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Benton, Liz,
the Primords, the British Republic
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Don
Houghton.
As broadcast. The TARDIS console slips into a
parallel timeline. Takes place in regional England.
Prisoners of the Sun Short story, published 1994 Doctor:
3
featuring
the Time Lords, UNIT, Benton, Liz,
Yates, with the Master (informative mention)
Written by Tim Robins.
informed guess: The Doctor does not recognise
Mike Yates, although there is a certain forgetability to him. Much of this
takes place in a subsequently negated timeline; but the Solarian invasion and
its defeat remain ‘real’ on Gallifrey. The action on Gallifrey leads into Doctor Who – Terror of the
Autons. The oxbow
timeline features a flooded London, consisting of only the upper storeys of
high rise buildings, similar to that featured in J G Ballard’s 1965 novel The
Drowned World. Tim Robbins gives us an appropriate pastiche of Ballard’s
emotionally remote prose: the title may be a call out to his novel Empire of the Sun.
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons Novelisation, published 1975 Doctor:
3
featuring
the Master, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT,
Benton, the Nestene Consciousness, Yates, Jo, with the Time Lords (glimpse)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Robert
Holmes.
As broadcast. Liz has resigned from UNIT and Jo is appointed the Doctors assistant.
Doctor Who - The Mind of Evil Novelisation, published 1985 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Master, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT,
Benton, Yates, Jo
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Don
Houghton.
As broadcast.
Doctor Who and The Claws of Axos Novelisation,
published 1977 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Master, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT,
Benton, Yates, Jo, Axos
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Bob Baker
and Dave Martin.
As broadcast. Takes place in regional England.
Court Report on the Doomsday Weapon Fictional
document, published 1972 Doctor:
3
featuring
the Time Lords, with the Master, Jo
(informative mention)
Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke.
Takes place, for the Master at least, after Doctor Who and the Claws of
Axos.
Doctor Who and The Daemons Novelisation, published 1974 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Master, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT,
Benton, Yates, Jo, the Daemons
Adapted by Barry Letts from a script by himself and
Robert Sloman.
As broadcast. Takes place in regional England.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks Novelisation, published 1974 Doctor:
3
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from
a script by Louis Marks.
featuring
the Daleks, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT,
Benton, Yates, Jo, the Ogrons
As broadcast. Takes place in regional England.
Doctor Who and The Curse of Peladon Novelisation, published 1975 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Ice Warriors, Jo, the Alpha
Centaurans, with the Time Lords (informative mention)
Adapted by Brian Hayles from his own script, edited
by Terrance Dicks.
As broadcast.
Court Report on Peladon Fictional document, published 1972 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Time Lords, with the Ice Warriors,
Jo, the Alpha Centaurans (informative mention)
Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke.
A summary of the events of Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon.
Doctor Who and The Sea Devils Novelisation, published 1974 Doctor:
3
featuring
the Master, the Earth Reptiles, Jo
Adapted by Malcolm Hulke from his own script, edited
by Terrance Dicks.
As broadcast. Takes place in regional England and
at sea.
Doctor Who and The Mutants Novelisation, published 1977 Doctor: 3
featuring
Jo, and the Time Lords (informative mention)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Bob Baker
and Dave Martin.
As broadcast.
Future Imperfect Illustrated short story, published 1991 Doctor:
2
featuring
the Time Lords, with the Land of Fiction
(informative mention)
Written by Marc Platt.
Takes place largely, I suggest, in the Doctor’s
head, leading into (for him) The Three Doctors. The implication here is that the Doctor is
timescooped by the Time Lords of his future from the Land of Fiction during or
just after The
Mind Robber, but this
won’t really do. At that point the Doctor had not met Benton, and would have no
reason to think him a corporal. Rather, I would suggest that he is timescooped
while working for the Time Lords after World Game and the psychic affects of
this process cause him to have a flashback to The Mind Robber, prompted by the
remarkable similarity between Gulliver and Goth. Actually, I suggest that his return
to his own timestream at the end of The Three Doctors is something that he is able to take control of,
which enables him to escape the Time Lords for a second time. And that his
location when timescooped was Scotland in the late 1960s, whence he had been
sent with Jamie (Invasion of the Quarks), possibly to deal with
the Quarks.
The Three Doctors TV story, broadcast 1973 Doctors: 1, 2, 3
featuring
the Time Lords, Lethbridge-Stewart,
UNIT, Benton, Jo, Omega
Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, script-edited
by Terrance Dicks.
Takes place on Gallifrey, in the TARDIS and in
Omega’s realm around the singularity formed presumably by the Star Death of
Qqabba; also in regional England. As broadcast. The Time Lords revoke the
Doctor’s exile and restore his memories. The console room has been redesigned.
Tea for 2 Charity drabble, published 1993 Doctors:
2, 3
Written by Vanessa Bishop (as Ness Bishop).
Takes place in the TARDIS, during The Three Doctors.
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters Novelisation, published 1977 Doctor:
3
featuring
Jo, the Time Lords (informative mention)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Robert
Holmes.
As broadcast. Takes place partly at sea.
Doctor Who and The Space War Novelisation, published 1976 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Master, Jo, the Ogrons, the
Draconians, with the Daleks (glimpse)
Adapted by Malcolm Hulke from his own script, edited
by Terrance Dicks.
As broadcast.
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks Novelisation, published 1976 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Daleks, Jo, with the Time Lords (informative
mention)
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Terry
Nation.
As
broadcast.
The Battle Within Illustrated short story, published 1974 Doctor:
3
featuring
Jo
Written by the World Distributors Annual 1975 crew.
informed guess Jo is aboard the TARDIS,
where it takes place. I assume the Doctor’s condition is a result of the events
in /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet.
The Green Death Novelisation, published 1975 Doctor:
3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Benton, Yates,
Jo
Adapted by Malcolm Hulke from a script by Robert
Sloman, edited by Terrance Dicks.
As broadcast; Jo leaves UNIT. Takes place almost
entirely in Wales. The Doctor is described as being seven hundred and
twenty-five.
Downtime Novelisation of video drama, published 1996 Doctors: 2, 3 (glimpse)
featuring
Victoria, Edward Travers, the Great
Intelligence, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Kate, Sarah Jane, K9 III, and Jamie (glimpse)
Adapted by Marc Platt from his own script.
Takes place for the Doctor between Doctor Who and the Green Death and Doctor Who and the Dinosaur
Invasion, in Asia,
regional England and London.
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Novelisation, published 1976
Doctor: 3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Benton, Yates,
Sarah Jane, with the Planagenet dynasty (informative mention)
Adapted by Malcolm Hulke from his own script, edited
by Terrance Dicks.
As broadcast. Sarah Jane has started travelling
aboard the TARDIS. Takes place in London.
The Paradise of Death Novelisation of an audio drama, published 1994 Doctor: 3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, Sarah Jane, Jeremy,
with Yates (informative mention)
Adapted by Barry Letts from his own story.
Takes place between Doctor Who and The Dinosaur Invasion and Doctor Who – Death to the
Daleks; partly in
London.
Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks Novelisation, published 1978 Doctor:
3
featuring
the Daleks, Sarah Jane
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Terry
Nation.
As broadcast. The City of the Exxilons drains most
operating power from the TARDIS.
The Ghosts of N-Space Audio adaptation of a novel, broadcast 1996 Doctor: 3
featuring
Lethbridge-Stewart, Sarah Jane, Jeremy
Adapted from his own story by Barry Letts.
Takes place after Doctor Who – Death to the Daleks, but before Sarah Jane
starts travelling regularly with the Doctor, on an island in the Mediterranean.
Doctor Who and The Monster of Peladon Novelisation, published 1980 Doctor: 3
featuring
the Ice Warriors, the Alpha Centaurans,
Sarah Jane
Adapted by Terrance Dicks from a script by Brian
Hayles.
As broadcast.
Written by Joanne Harris.
Featuring the Time Lords, the Daleks, the Master, the
Ice Warriors, Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT, Benton, Liz, the Nestene Consciousness,
the Earth Reptiles, the British Republic, Yates, Jo, Axos, the Daemons, the
Ogrons, the Alpha Centaurans, Atlantis, the Chronovores, Omega, the Draconians,
Sarah Jane, the Sontarans, the Giant Spiders
Written by James Goss and Steve Tribe.
We may assume that River Song assembles this material up to this point
in the Doctor’s timeline.
Total Stories Considered 2328
Proportion Written By Women 11%
Top Docs
3 252 stories
10 166 stories
4 164 stories
7 159 stories
11 137 stories
2 129 stories
8 119 stories
1 113 stories
5 108 stories
6 104 stories
12 75 stories
Unbound 38 stories
9 34 stories
13 32 stories
War 4 stories
Top Twenty Recurring Elements
London 595 stories
Regional England 451 stories
UNIT 376
stories
Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart
family 368 stories
Wales 240
stories
North America 229 stories
Torchwood 228
stories
Captain Jack 179
stories
The Time Lords 159 stories
Sarah Jane 152
stories
Christmas 122 stories
The Master, including Missy 119
stories
Climber!
Jo 118 stories Climber!
Continental Europe 115 stories
Benton 109
stories
Climber!
Iris Wildthyme 102
stories
Ace 98
stories
The Daleks and Davros 93
stories
At sea 91
stories
Yates 88
stories Re-entry!
Top Decades
The Teens 972 stories
The Noughties 621 stories
The Nineties 227 stories
The Twenties 201
stories
The Seventies 147
stories
The Eighties 111
stories
The Sixties 49 stories
And Top Twenty Years
2016 150 stories
2008 128
stories
2020 124 stories
2017 117
stories
2018 116 stories
2011 103 stories
2009 99
stories
2019 99
stories
2015 98
stories
2010 88
stories
2013 84 stories
2021 76
stories
2007 74
stories
2001 73
stories
2006 64
stories
2012 63 stories
2005 51 stories Climber!
2014 50
stories
2004 48
stories
1999 45
stories
Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology
linking material writers) 699
Proportion of Female Writers 16%
Top Twenty Writers
Russell T Davies 86
stories
Terrance Dicks 73
stories Climber!
Paul Magrs 61
stories
James Goss 60
stories
Justin Richards 39 stories
Steven Moffat 38
stories
Eddie Robson 33 stories
? John Canning 32
stories
Gareth Roberts 31
stories
Joseph Lidster 30
stories
Steve Lyons 29
stories
David Whitaker 29
stories Climber!
James Hornby 28
stories
Jonathan Morris 28 stories
Matt Fitton 26
stories
Guy Adams 23
stories
Andrew Cartmel 23 stories
John Dorney 23 stories
Christopher Cooper 22
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Andy Frankham-Allen 22
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Scott Gray 22
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Simon Guerrier 22
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Gary Russell 22
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