Then Again: The Early Twenty-Sixth Century

 

Space Squid   Comic Story, published 2011                                                 Doctor: 11

Featuring Amy, Rory, Kevin, with Japan (informative mention)

Written by Tony Lee.

Informed guess Takes place in Tellurian space.


The Monsters Inside   Novel, published 2005                           Doctor: 9

Featuring Rose, the Raxacoricofallapatorians

Written by Stephen Cole.

Takes place in the Justicia system; self-dated 2501 CE.


Face Value   Short story, published 2000                                                    Doctor: 6

Written by Steve Lyons.

Informed guess Takes place on Krennos, in Tellurian space. I’m assuming that Chameleons are very long-lived.


The Sword of Orion   Audio drama, released 2001                     Doctor: 8

featuring the Cybermen, Charley

Written by Nicholas Briggs.

Takes place in Tellurian space; dated 2503 CE in Neverland. The date of “three-zero-zero-five-zero-seven” given for the death of Captain Jansen seems to be by a local calendar; indeed, it may well have happened seven years into a calendar started by the Androids themselves (they declared independence from Earth eight years previously). “A very long time” after the Cyber War seems to be about a hundred and fifty years, which just about works.


Heliotrope Bouquet   Illustrated short story, published 1991                  Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks, the Cybermen

Written by Dan Abnett.

Informed guess Takes place in space near Soarpath Junction; self-dated the Twenty-Sixth century, generations after Earth’s last contact with the Daleks or the Cybermen.


Cyberman: Scorpius   Audio drama, released 2005                          Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by Nicholas Briggs.

Takes place in Tellurian space, including in London, Washington DC and the Isle of Wight, not long after The Sword of Orion.                                                                                                                       


Cyberman: Fear   Audio drama, released 2005                                   Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by Nicholas Briggs.

Takes place in Tellurian space, including Washington DC and the Isle of Wight, not long after Cyberman: Scorpius.


Shadow of the Sun   Audio drama, released 2020                             Doctor: 4

Featuring Leela, K9 I

Written by Robert Valentine.

Informed guess Takes place in the Solar System; self-dated the twenty-sixth century CE.


Cyberman: Conversion   Audio drama, released 2005                   Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by Nicholas Briggs.

Takes place in Tellurian Space, including Washington DC and at sea, not long after Cyberman: Fear.


Cyberman: Telos   Audio drama, released 2006                                Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by Nicholas Briggs.

Takes place in Tellurian space, including at sea, immediately after Cyberman: Conversion.


Cyberman: Outsiders   Audio drama, released 2009                      Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by James Swallow.

Takes place in Tellurian space, six months after Cyberman: Telos.


Cyberman: Terror   Audio drama, released 2009                              Doctor: 0

featuring the Cybermen

Written by James Swallow.

Takes place in Tellurian space, after Cyberman: Outsiders.


Cyberman: Machines   Audio drama, released 2009                       Doctor: 0

Featuring the Cybermen

Written by James Swallow.

Takes place in Tellurian space, after Cyberman: Terror.


Cyberman: Extinction   Audio drama, released 2009                     Doctor: 0

Featuring the Cybermen

Written by James Swallow.

Takes place in Tellurian space, after Cyberman: Machines.


The Greedy Gulper   Comic Story, published 2012                                   Doctor: 11

Written by Steve Lyons.

Informed guess Takes place on an unnamed planet colonised for several generations by Tellurians, at a time when Tellurian space is dominated by corporate concerns, suggesting a time not too distant from Colony in Space.


The Taking of Chelsea 426   Novel, published 2009             Doctor: 10

Featuring The Sontarans, the Rutan

Written by David Llewellyn.

Informed guess Takes place above Saturn; self-dated the early 26thcentury CE.


The Evergreen Death   Comic Story, published 2011                                Doctor: 11

Featuring Amy or an Amy ganger, Rory

Written by Christopher Cooper.

Informed guess Takes place on a Tellurian interstellar colony.


Parasite   Novel, published 1994                                                           Doctor: 7

featuring Ace, Benny

Written by Jim Mortimore.

Takes place in the Artefact, in the Elysium system; dated 2513 CE by Parkin in Ahistory.


C9 H13 NO3   Short story, published 1997                                                        Doctor: 0

featuring the Forrester family

Written by Peter Anghelides.

Informed guess Takes place on Callisto and the Moon. The Whoniverse has it around The Power of Kroll, because of the reference to the Sons of Earth, but the structure of Decalog 4 really requires it to be in the twenty-sixth century CE. The Sons of Earth of The Power of Kroll, in choosing a name so generic and masculine, are probably dim nostalgists anyway, so it might well be, to them, an old name. The Synthi-humans sound like a technological substitute for the androids who became sentient and rebelled in the Orion sector.


The Pit: Prelude   Illustrated short story, published 1993                        Doctor: 0

featuring the Time Lords (glimpse)

Written by Neil Penswick.

Takes place on Nicea; just before The Pit.


The Pit   Novel, published 1993                                                             Doctor: 7

featuring the Time Lords, the Yssgaroth, Benny, and the Daleks (informative mention)

Written by Neil Penswick.

Takes place in the Althosian system: self-dated fifty years before Benny’s time: 2400 Galactic Standard, or 2520 CE.


Conspiracy in Space   Audio drama, released 2021                Doctor: 3

Featuring Jo, the Draconians, with Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT (informative mention)

Written by Alan Barnes.

Takes place in Draconian space; self-dated 2520 CE.


Monitor   Short story, published 2003                                                         Doctor: 7

featuring the Draconians

Written by Huw Wilkins.

Takes place in the Eta Cassiopeia system; self-dated over eighteen months into the Tellurio-Draconian War.

The Fate Of The Earth

Earth’s population is now twelve billion: an eighty-eight per cent drop in half a century. It is possible that the planet’s population is now fluctuating due to economic circumstances as the population of a city’s financial district fluctuates over a twenty-four period. The UES Monitor can traverse interstellar space at at least one light-year a day under its own power.


The King of Sontar   Audio drama, released 2014                             Doctor: 4

Featuring the Sontarans, Leela, with the Draconians (informative mention)

Written by John Dorney.

Takes place on Dowcra, during the Tellurio-Draconian war.


Metamorphosis   Comic Story, published 1992                                         Doctor: 7

featuring the Daleks, Ace, and the Draconians (informative mention)

Written by Paul Cornell.

Takes place in Tellurian space; self-dated shortly after the Draconian Wars.


Earthshock   TV story, broadcast 1982                                               Doctor: 5

featuring the Cybermen, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan

Written by Eric Saward, script edited by Anthony Root.

Takes place in and on the outskirts of the Solar System; self-dated 2526 CE.


Mindgame   Video drama, released 1998                                                  Doctor: 0

Featuring the Draconians, the Sontarans

Written by Terrance Dicks.

Takes place on an unnamed asteroid; after the Tellurio-Draconian War, but before Pureblood.


Battlefield   Video drama, released 1999                                                   Doctor: 0

Featuring the Sontarans, with the Rutan (informative mention)

Written by Terrance Dicks

Takes place on an unnamed planet, not long after Mindgame.


Prisoner 451   Video drama, released 1999                                                Doctor: 0

Featuring the Draconians

Written by Miles Richardson.

Takes place on Draconia, not long after Mindgame.


Scoutship   Video drama, released 1999                                                    Doctor: 0

Written by Roger Stevens.

Takes place in Tellurian space, not long after Mindgame.


Mindgame   Novelisation of video dramas, published 2020                  Doctor: 0

Featuring the Sontarans, the Draconians, with the Rutan (informative mention)

Adapted by David J Howe from scripts by Terrance Dicks, Miles Richardson and Roger Stevens.

Novelisation of Mindgame, Battlefield, Prisoner 451 and Scoutship.


The Rainbow Man   Charity short story, published 2001              Doctor: Unbound 8

Featuring Unbound Vicki

Written by Robert Smith.

Informed guess Takes place on Bewong Prime, “decades” after The Rescue.


Catastrophea   Novel, published 1998                                              Doctor: 3

featuring Jo, the Draconians

Written by Terrance Dicks.

Informed guess Takes place on Kastopheria; between The King of Sontar and Frontier in Space.


Black Legacy   Comic Story, published 1980                                  Doctor: 4 (glimpse)

featuring the Cybermen, and the Sontarans (glimpse), and the Daleks (informative mention).

Written by Alan Moore.

Informed guess Takes place on Goth; plausibly after Earthshock, as the Cybermen search desperately for a war-winning weapon.


Return of the Trods   Comic Story, published 1966                                 Doctor: 1

featuring Gillian, John, the Trods

Written by Roger Noel Cook.

Informed guess Takes place on Trodos; between The Trodos Tyranny and The Trodos Ambush.


Frontier in Space   TV story, broadcast 1973                                 Doctor: 3

featuring the Master, Jo, the Ogrons, the Draconians, with the Daleks (glimpse) and the Time Lords (informative mention)

Written by Malcolm Hulke, script edited by Terrance Dicks.

Takes place in Tellurian and Draconian space, including on the Moon; self-dated 2540 CE.


Planet of the Daleks   TV story, broadcast 1973                         Doctor: 3

featuring the Daleks, Jo

Written by Terry Nation, script edited by Terrance Dicks.

Takes place on Spiridon, immediately after Frontier in Space.


Glum Culture   Comic Story, published 2009                                            Doctor: 10

Featuring Heather

Written by Christopher Cooper.

Informed guess Takes place in the future, in Tellurian space.


No Exit   Short story, published 2003                                                           Doctor: 5

featuring Nyssa, Tegan

Written by Kate Orman.

Informed guess Takes place on a Tellurian colony; the Tellurians have been in interstellar space for long enough to incur the enmity of some of their neighbours.


Blood of the Daleks   Audio drama, broadcast 2007                 Doctor: 8

Featuring the Daleks, Lucie

Written by Steve Lyons.

Informed guess Takes place on Red Rocket Rising, colonised by Tellurians who have not previously heard of the Daleks, at a time when Dalek battle fleets are massing, plausibly soon after Planet of the Daleks. Lucie leaves linear time, being placed aboard the TARDIS by the Time Lords.


Decorative Purposes  Short story, published 2007                                   Doctor: 8

Featuring Lucie, with the Draconians (informative mention)

Written by Eddie Robson.

Informed guess Takes place in Tellurian space, in December; the assassination attempt on the Draconian ambassador could be an attempt to pull the Draconian Empire into the war against the Daleks.


The Transcendence of Ephros   Audio drama, released 2016   Doctor: 3

Featuring Jo

Written by Guy Adams.

Takes place on Ephros, soon after Frontier in Space.


The Spaceship Graveyard   Gamebook, published 2007                Doctor: 10

Featuring Martha

Written by Colin Brake.

Informed guess Takes place on an unknown planet, after the Tellurio-Draconian war.


Enemy of the Daleks   Audio drama, released 2009                 Doctor: 7

Featuring the Daleks, Ace, Hex

Written by David Bishop.

Informed guess Takes place on Bliss, during a Tellurio-Dalek interstellar conflict that has been going on for years; plausibly this one.


Closure   Audio drama, released 1999                                                        Doctor: 0

featuring Benny

Written by Paul Cornell.

Takes place on Panyos; dated circa 2545 by Pearson in I, Who 2.


Terror Task Force   Illustrated short story, published 1975                      Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Mars, Venus and Skaro; plausibly in the conflict following Planet of the Daleks and in the same desperate circumstances as Enemy of the Daleks.


Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!   Illustrated short story, published 1975                                                                                                                           Doctor: 0

featuring (predictably enough) the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Omegon; as published.


Planet of Serpents   Comic Story, published 1975                                    Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Terroth; as published.


Nightmare   Illustrated short story, published 1975                                   Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Earth; as published.


Flood!!!   Comic Story, published 1975                                                         Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks, with New York, Denmark

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place variously, including in London, Australia andAntarctica; as published.


Timechase   Illustrated short story, published 1975                                   Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place variously, including in Flanders, Italy and at sea; as published.


The Doomsday Machine   Illustrated short story, published 1976         Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Emmeron and Skaro; as published, a year after Terror Task Force.


Biology Lesson on Mal Oreille   Short story, published 2007               Doctor: 0

featuring Benny

Written by Xanna Eve Chown.

Takes place on Mal Oreille; self-dated 2547 CE.


Report from an Unknown Planet   Illustrated short story, published 1976   Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Zebron, and in ADF HQ (Mars?); as published.


Here Again   Charity short story, published 2001                                       Doctor: 5

featuring Adric, Nyssa, Tegan

Written by Nick Campbell.

Informed guess Takes place on Earth; the Time Travel experiments plausibly put it around the time of Timechase


The Castaway   Illustrated short story, published 1977                             Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Knosson; as published.


The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam   Short story, published 2007                                                             Doctor: 0

featuring Benny, with the Daleks (informative mention)

Written by Ben Aaronovitch.

Takes place in an unnamed spaceport; self-dated 2548 CE.


The Seeds of Destruction   Illustrated short story, published 1977        Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Earth, and in ADF HQ; as published.


Conversion   Audio drama, released 2019                                             Doctor: 5

Featuring the Cybermen, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc

Written by Guy Adams.

Informed guess Takes place in Tellurian space, some time after Earthshock.


Assasination Squad   Illustrated short story, published 1977                  Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Mars; as published.


Blockade   Illustrated short story, published 1978                                     Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place in Tellurian space; as published.


Out of Time   Audio drama, released 2020                                           Doctors: 4, 10

Featuring the Daleks

Written by Matt Fitton.

Informed guess Takes place on the Cathedral of Contemplation; for the Daleks, some time before Prisoner of the Daleks.


The Solution   Illustrated short story, published 1978                               Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Takes place on Scottus; as published.


The Human Bombs   Comic Story, published 1978                                  Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

Informed guess Taks place in Tellurian space (including “Twelve Galaxy” and “Fourth Galaxy”, possible satellite galaxies of Mutter’s Spiral), also at sea; as published.


Island of Horror   Comic Story, published 1978                                        Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

ig Takes place in the Pacific Ocean; as published.


The Planet That Cried “Wolf!”   Illustrated short story, published 1978           Doctor: 0

featuring the Daleks

Written by ?Terry Nation.

ig Takes place on Penal Planet X26; as published.

 

 

 

Total Stories Considered             4927

Proportion Written By Women  11%                                       

 

Top Docs

4                 414 stories                   

7                 388 stories 

8                 345 stories 

3                 342 stories

11               335 stories 

10               335 stories Climber! 

5                 316 stories         

6                 302 stories    

1                 295 stories 

2                 265 stories         

12               151 stories

Unbound  112 stories

9                 84 stories  

13               67 stories           

War           47 stories                     

 

 

Top Twenty Recurring Elements

 

London                                                              1137 stories                

Regional England                                            803 stories

UNIT                                                                  467 stories  

The Time Lords                                               465 stories 

Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart family                                                                            457 stories  

Continental Europe                                         422 stories 

North America                                                 413 stories  

The Daleks and Davros                                  326 stories

The Master, including Missy                          264 stories

Wales                                                                 261 stories

Torchwood                                                        252 stories  

Sarah Jane                                                        247 stories  

Ace                                                                      222 stories 

The K9s                                                              218 stories 

At Sea                                                                 216 stories  

Captain Jack                                                     202 stories

Amy and Rory                                                  198 stories 

Asia                                                                     189 stories

Romana                                                             182 stories

Christmas                                                          181 stories 

 

 

Top Decades

 

The Teens                                                          2064 stories

The Noughties                                                  1278 stories       

The Nineties                                                      491 stories

The Twenties                                                     403 stories

The Seventies                                                    243 stories Climber!  

The Eighties                                                      242 stories

The Sixties                                                         136 stories

(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde and William Hope Hodgson)                                                                                       70 stories  

 

 

And Top Twenty Years

 

2016                                                          279 stories

2018                                                          255 stories 

2020                                                          232 stories  

2015                                                          225 stories 

2017                                                           225 stories       

2008                                                          216 stories  

2011                                                          197 stories  Climber! 

2013                                                          197 stories 

2019                                                          197 stories  Climber! 

2010                                                          193 stories

2009                                                          192 stories 

2021                                                          172 stories

2014                                                          156 stories  

2001                                                          153 stories  

2007                                                          153 stories  Climber!

2012                                                          141 stories  

2006                                                          130 stories

2004                                                          127 stories

2005                                                          121 stories

1993                                                          102 stories

                            

         

 

 

 

Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology linking material writers)                                     1085

Proportion of Female Writers                17%      

 

Top Twenty Writers

 

Terrance Dicks                                       136 stories

James Goss                                              130 stories   

Justin Richards                                       126 stories 

Russell T Davies                                     117 stories  

Paul Magrs                                              95 stories  

Jonathan Morris                                    88 stories  

Steven Moffat                                         85 stories  

Eddie Robson                                          74 stories  

Matt Fitton                                              70 stories  

John Dorney                                            66 stories   Climber!   

David Whitaker                                      66 stories  

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle                        60 stories           

Steve Lyons                                             60 stories  Climber!    

Gareth Roberts                                       58 stories  

Terry Nation                                           58 stories  Re-entry!

Alan Barnes                                             55 stories  

Eric Saward                                            55 stories

Robert Holmes                                        54 stories           

Guy Adams                                              50 stories= Re-entry!

Stephen Cole                                           50 stories= Climber!  

Marc Platt                                               50 stories=

Gary Russell                                            50 stories=

 

 

 

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