Then Again: The Late Second Myriad

 

City at World’s End   Novel, published 1999                             Doctor: 1

featuring Susan, Barbara, Ian

Written by Christopher Bulis.

Takes place on Sarath and Mirath; dated 15,000 CE by Parkin in Ahistory.


The Secret Army   Comic story, published 2009                                       Doctor: 10      

Featuring Heather

Written by Simon Guerrier.

Informed guess Takes place in space, on the outskirts of the Empire of Whap. This is described as ‘human’: assuming this means, in this context, ‘of Tellurian descent’, this suggests a time in the at least moderately far future.


Piecemeal   Short story, published 2007                                                     Doctor: 5

featuring Turlough

Written by James Swallow.

Takes place in space; self-dated 15,644 Oldterra Calendar.


Seven Keys to Doomsday   Audio adaptation of a stage play, released 2008

                                                                                           Doctor: Unbound

featuring the Daleks

Written by Terrance Dicks.

Informed guess Takes place on Karn; the Daleks are not noticeably concerned with Tellurians.


Milena   Illustrated short story, published 1978                                            Doctor: 4

Featuring the Time Lords (informative mention)

Written by an anonymous Polystyle writer.

Arbitrary placement Takes place in the Migron system.


Fear of the Daleks   Audio drama, released 2007                              Doctor: 2

featuring the Daleks, Jamie, Zoe

Written by Patrick Chapman.

Informed guess Takes place outside Tellurian space; a long time after anyone in the galaxy has heard of the Daleks

 

Climate scientists expect another greening of the Sahara region at this time, due to orbital tilt and the North African monsoon. It is as far in the future as the peopling of South America by Homo Sapiens and the domestication of dogs was in the past.

 

Bedlam   Charity short story, published 2001                                                Doctor: 4

featuring Sarah Jane

Written by Helen Fayle.

Informed guess Takes place on an unnamed planet, a long time after it has been used as a psychiatric facility by humanoid offworlders, possibly Tellurians.


Max Warp   Audio drama, released 2008                                             Doctor: 8

Featuring Lucie

Written by Jonathan Morris.

Informed guess Takes place on the Sirius Exhibition Station. Assuming this is in the Sirius system, and given that we are told that it is part of a civilisation spanning seven galaxies, and that the humanoids seem to be Tellurian-descended and not too far in the future, and that Earth isn’t mentioned, I’m placing it here. The TARDIS Wiki’s suggestion that this is set in the twenty-first century because a Galactic Salvage and Insurance is mentioned (Nightmare of Eden) I consider to be delirious.


The Court of Birds   Comic story, published 2014                                    Doctor: 12

Featuring Clara

Written by Simon Guerrier.

Arbitrary placement Takes place on Hoopoe.


Downward Spiral   Audio short story, released 2020                               Doctor: 5

Featuring Nyssa

Written by Alan Flanagan.

Arbitrary placement Takes place in Tellurian space.


Gemini: Twin Piques   Short story, published 2002                                Doctor: 2

featuring Jamie

Written by Tony Keetch.

Arbitrary placement Takes place on an unnamed planet inhabited by humanoids. Or possibly two.


Tomb Ship   Audio drama, released 2014                                         Doctor: 5

Featuring Nyssa, Hannah

Written by Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby.

Informed guess Takes place in space. Assuming the humanoid characters are of Tellurian descent, Virna’s reference to the Wirrrn probably puts this story after Wirrn Dawn.

 

 

 

Total Stories Considered             5840

Proportion Written By Women 11%                                       

 

Top Docs

4                 494 stories                   

7                 486 stories 

11               406 stories 

10               405 stories 

8                 399 stories 

3                 369 stories

5                 358 stories         

6                 352 stories    

1                 335 stories 

2                 310 stories         

12               175 stories

Unbound  126 stories

9                 90 stories  

13               82 stories           

War           48 stories                     

 

 

Top Twenty Recurring Elements

 

London                                                              1165 stories                

Regional England                                            827 stories

The Time Lords                                               529 stories

The Daleks and Davros                                  468 stories  Climber! 

UNIT                                                                  468 stories  

Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart family                                                                           463 stories  

Continental Europe                                         441 stories 

North America                                                 433 stories  

Benny                                                                 309 stories

The Master, including Missy                         287 stories

Ace                                                                      269 stories 

Sarah Jane                                                        269 stories  Climber! 

Wales                                                                  261 stories

Torchwood                                                        254 stories  

The K9s                                                              248 stories 

Amy and Rory                                                  246 stories 

At Sea                                                                 230 stories

Christmas                                                          208 stories 

Captain Jack                                                    206 stories

Peri                                                                     205 stories 

 

 

Top Decades

 

The Teens                                                          2349 stories

The Noughties                                                  1584 stories       

The Nineties                                                      609 stories

The Twenties                                                     470 stories

The Eighties                                                      303 stories

The Seventies                                                    269 stories         

The Sixties                                                         186 stories

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

 

 

And Top Twenty Years

 

2018                                                          301 stories 

2016                                                          293 stories

2020                                                          269 stories  

2015                                                          261 stories 

2008                                                          255 stories  

2017                                                           238 stories       

2011                                                           231 stories 

2013                                                          227 stories 

2010                                                          224 stories 

2009                                                          221 stories 

2019                                                          219 stories 

2007                                                          208 stories 

2021                                                          203 stories 

2014                                                          190 stories 

2001                                                          180 stories  

2012                                                          170 stories  

2006                                                          160 stories

2004                                                          155 stories

2005                                                          138 stories

2003                                                          121 stories  

                            

          

 

Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology linking material writers)                                     1139

Proportion of Female Writers               17%      

 

Top Twenty Writers

 

Justin Richards                                       155 stories

Terrance Dicks                                       146 stories

James Goss                                              144 stories   

Russell T Davies                                     123 stories  

Jonathan Morris                                    110 stories 

Steven Moffat                                         102 stories

Paul Magrs                                              97 stories  

Eddie Robson                                          95 stories  

Terry Nation                                           89 stories  

Matt Fitton                                              85 stories  

David Whitaker                                      82 stories  

Nicholas Briggs                                       81 stories 

John Dorney                                            80 stories  

Simon Guerrier                                       74 stories  

Steve Lyons                                             68 stories 

Gareth Roberts                                       68 stories  

Guy Adams                                              63 stories

Alan Barnes                                             62 stories  

Trevor Baxendale                                  62 stories

Gary Russell                                            61 stories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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