Then: The Early First Millennium
The Doctor’s Cross Word Short story, published 2008 Doctor: 4
Written by J J Secker.
Takes place on and above Judea, on the east coast
of the Mediterranean; self-dated 1 CE.
Running With Caesars Short story, published 2011 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme
Written by
Geoffrey Hammell.
Takes place in Rome and Germany, just after the death of the emperor Augustus in 14 CE.
Empire of the Daleks Comic story, published 2017 Doctor: 0
Featuring the Daleks
Written by Mark Wright.
Takes place in Rome; self-dated 37 CE.
The Relics of Time Audio
drama, released 2011 Doctor: 4
featuring Yates, Mrs Wibbsey
Written by Paul
Magrs.
Takes place
near the British south coast; the earlier sections self-dated 46 CE.
The Wrath of the Iceni Audio drama, released 2012 Doctor: 4
Featuring Leela
Written by John Dorney.
Takes place in southern Britain. Historically,
the Iceni attack on Camulodunam took place in 60 CE.
The Fall of the Druids Short story, published 2009 Doctor: 5
featuring
Tegan, Turlogh, Kamelion
Written by David N Smith.
Takes place in northwest Wales and on Anglesey;
Suetonius’s campaign against the Druids took place in 61 CE.
Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen Short
story, published 2008 Doctor:
4
featuring
the Time Lords, K9 II, Romana
Written by Terri Osborne.
Takes place in southern Britain. Historically,
Boudicca died in 61 CE.
Romans Cutaway Short
story, published 1999 Doctor: 1
featuring
Barbara, Ian, Vicki
Written by David A McIntee.
Takes place in Italy, immediately before The Romans.
Byzantium! Novel,
published 2001
Doctor:
1
featuring
Barbara, Ian, Vicki
Written by Keith Topping.
Takes place near and in Byzantium, a city on the
east coast of the Balkan peninsula, across the Bosporus strait from Anatolia; also
immediately before The Romans on
a timeline alternative to Romans Cutaway.
The Romans TV
story, broadcast 1965
Doctor: 1
featuring
Barbara, Ian, Vicki
Written by Dennis Spooner.
Takes place in Italy. Historically, the Great Fire
of Rome took place in 64 CE.
The Anti-Hero Short
story, published 2014 Doctor: 2
Featuring Jamie, Zoe
Written by Stella Duffy.
Informed guess Takes place in Alexandria, some time before
Hero’s death in 70 CE.
The Last Days Short
story, published 1998 Doctor: 1
featuring
Susan, Barbara, Ian
Written by Evan Pritchard.
Takes place in Judea. Historically, the citadel of
Massala fell in 70 CE.
The Fires of Vulcan Audio
drama, released 2000 Doctor: 7
featuring
UNIT, Mel
Written by Steve Lyons.
Takes place mainly in Pompeii, a city on the west
coast of Italy, simultaneously with The Fires of Pompeii.
The Fires of Pompeii TV
story, broadcast 2008 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna
Written by James Moran, script supervised by Russell T Davies.
Takes place in and around Pompeii; historically, the city was buried by
volcanic eruption in 79 CE.
The Eaters of Light TV
story, broadcast 2017 Doctor: 12
Featuring Missy, Nardole, Bill
Written by Rona Munro, script supervised by Steven Moffat.
Informed guess Takes place in Aberdeen; self-dated the
second century CE.
Pericles Short story, published 2014 Doctor: 4 (informative
mention)
Featuring the William Shakespeare thing, Romana
Written by James Goss, Jonathan Morris, Justin Richards, Julian Richards
and Matthew Sweet.
Informed guess Pericles, Prince of Tyre, at least partly written by William
Shakespeare, survives only in a corrupt form, probably written from memory
after its first run, so it is not surprising that this passage was lost. The
source material was the various versions of Apollonius of Antioch, probably dating from the second century CE.
I shall assume that the events related here took place in and near Anitioch,
then.
Gladiator Audio drama, released 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Rory
Written by
David Llewellyn.
Takes
place in an alternative timeline, in Rome, dated 118 CE in The Pandorica
Opens.
The Stone Rose Novel,
published 2006 Doctor: 10
Featuring Rose, Mickey, Jackie
Written by Jacqueline Rayner.
Takes place principally in and around Rome; self-dated
120 CE. Also in early 21st century London.
The Unwilling Assassin Audio drama, released 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Rory
Written by
Sarah Ward.
Takes
place in an alternative Rome, not long after Gladiator.
I, Rorius Audio drama, released 2021 Doctor: 0
Featuring Rory
Written by
Jacqueline Rayner.
Takes
place in an alternative Rome, not long after The Unwilling Assassin.
The Spear of Destiny Short
story, published 2013 Doctor: 3
Featuring the Master, Jo, with Lethbridge-Stewart (glimpse)
Written by Marcus Sedgwick.
Takes place partly in Sweden; self-dated 141 CE. Also in contemporary
London.
The Not-so-sinister Sponge Short
story, published 2000 Doctor: 4
featuring
Romana
Written by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.
Arbitrary placement Takes place a long way
from Earth.
Silver Mosquitoes Short
story, published 2015 Doctor: 12
Featuring Clara
Written by Lizbeth Myles.
Takes place in Germany, during the interregnum of
Ulpia Severina; historically 275 CE.
Seasons of Fear Audio drama, released 2002 Doctor: 8
featuring
the Nimons, Charley, with the Time Lords
(glimpse)
Written by Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox.
The latest events in an unnegated timeline take
place in Britain; self-dated 305 CE. Also, equivocally, in Singapore.
Conversion Comic story, published 2015 Doctor: 11
Featuring the Cybermen, Alice, John Jones, Arc
Written by Rob Williams.
Takes place mainly in Rome; self-dated 312 CE.
The Council of Nicaea Audio drama, released 2005 Doctor: 5
featuring
Peri, Erimem
Written by Caroline Symcox.
Takes place in Nicaea, a city of northwest
Anatolia; historically dated May 325 CE
The Library of
Alexandria Audio drama, released 2013 Doctor: 1
featuring Susan, Barbara, Ian, the Mim
Written by Simon Guerrier.
Takes place in Alexandria; during Hypatia’s time in the city, between
400 and 415 CE.
The Prodigal Sun Short
story, published 2005 Doctor: 4
featuring
Leela
Written by Matthew Griffiths.
Informed guess Takes place in Britain,
many years after the Romans have left.
Combat Magicks Novel,
published 2018 Doctor: 13
Featuring Bradley, Ryan, Yaz
Written by Stephen Cole.
Takes place near Chalons, in what would later be France; self-dated 451
CE.
Legends of Camelot Novel, published 2021 Doctor: 10
Featuring Donna
Written by
Jacqueline Rayner.
Takes
place in a version of Britain, during the reign of King Arthur.
The Adventures of Strax & The Time Shark 9 Comic story, published 2017 Doctor: 0
Featuring the Sontarans, the Matter of Britain
Written by an anonymous Panini UK writer.
Informed guess Takes place in a version of Britain, in the
early part of King Arthur’s reign
The Creation of Camelot Illustrated
short story, published 1983 Doctor: 5
featuring
the Master, the Matter of Britain, Tegan
Written by the World Distributors Annual 1984 crew.
Informed guess Takes place in a version of
Britain, in the early part of King Arthur’s reign.
Random History Comic story, published 2011 Doctor: 11
Featuring the Matter of Britain, Amy, Rory
Written by Trevor Baxendale.
Takes place variously in England and continental Europe, but finally in
a version of England, in the reign of King Arthur.
Foule Deethe Charity
short story in verse, published 2001 Doctor: Unbound
featuring
the Matter of Britain, Unbound Abslom
Daak
Written by Nick Lancaster.
Informed guess Takes place in a version
of Britain, during the reign of King Arthur.
One Fateful Knight Short story, published 2008 Doctor: 8
Featuring the Matter of Britain
Written by Peter David.
Informed guess Takes place in a version of Britain, ending
some time after Foule Deethe.
Helicon Prime Audio drama, released 2007 Doctor: 2
Featuring Jamie
Written by Jake Elliott.
Arbitrary placement
Takes place on
Helicon Prime. Also, in the Scottish Highlands.
Black
and White Audio drama, released 2012 Doctor: 7
Featuring Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally
Written by Matt
Fitton.
Informed guess Takes
place pivotally in Denmark; self-dated the fifth century CE. Also, in London.
Goths and Robbers Short
story, published 2008 Doctor:
5
featuring
Nyssa, Tegan
Written by Diane Duane.
Takes place in Byzantium and Ravenna, a city on the
northeast coast of Italy; the later sections self-dated 493 CE.
Total Stories Considered 3163
Proportion Written By Women 11%
Top Docs
4 290 stories
3 280 stories
7 247 stories
8 221 stories
10 216 stories
11 202 stories
5 194 stories
1 173 stories Climber!
6 171 stories
2 168 stories
12 101 stories
Unbound 82 stories
9 56 stories
13 49 stories
War 45 stories
Top Twenty Recurring Elements
London 643 stories
Regional England 503 stories
UNIT 402
stories
Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart
family 393 stories
The Time Lords 392 stories
Wales 245
stories
North America 240 stories
Torchwood 233
stories
The Daleks and Davros 209
stories
Sarah Jane 207
stories
The Master, including Missy 203
stories
Captain Jack 188
stories
Continental Europe 183 stories
The K9s 159
stories
Romana 153
stories
Ace 150
stories
Jo 134
stories
Christmas 131 stories
Iris Wildthyme 117
stories
Benton 116
stories =
Amy and Rory 116
stories= Re-entry!
Top Decades
The Teens 1317 stories
The Noughties 791 stories
The Nineties 318 stories
The Twenties 276
stories
The Seventies 197
stories
The Eighties 192
stories
The Sixties 72 stories
And Top Twenty Years
2016 194 stories
2018 171 stories
2017 161
stories
2020 158 stories
2008 152
stories
2015 144
stories
2021 137
stories
Climber!
2019 134
stories
2011 127 stories
2013 122 stories
2009 116
stories
2010 111
stories
2001 101
stories
2007 94 stories
2012 77 stories
2014 75
stories
1993 74
stories
2006 74
stories Climber!
2005 71 stories
2004 65
stories
Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology linking
material writers) 892
Proportion of Female Writers 16%
Top Twenty Writers
Terrance Dicks 116
stories
Russell T Davies 105
stories
James Goss 85
stories
Paul Magrs 69
stories
Steven Moffat 60
stories
Justin Richards 53 stories
John Dorney 46 stories
Robert Holmes 45
stories
Matt Fitton 44
stories Climber!
Gareth Roberts 44
stories Climber!
Eric Saward 43
stories
Eddie Robson 42 stories
Gary Russell 40
stories
Jonathan Morris 38 stories
Andrew Cartmel 36 stories
Alan Barnes 35
stories
? John Canning 35
stories
Steve Lyons 35
stories Climber!
David Llewellyn 34
stories Climber!
Guy Adams 33
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David Whitaker 33
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