Then Again: The Sixth Milliaeon

 

This is approximately as far in the future as the appearance of the ancestors of horses was in the past.

 

Jungle of Doom   Comic story, published 1968                                                      Doctor: 2

featuring Jamie, the Quarks

Written by John Canning.

Arbitrary placement Takes place on an unnamed world inhabited by humanoids.

 

James Blish’s 1952 novella in the Pantropic sequence, Surface Tension describes posthumans engineered to be microscopic and aquatic. I am slotting it into Doctor Who narrative at this point.

 

Who’s That Girl   Comic story, published 1989                                                      Doctor: 7

Written by Simon Furman.

Featuring the Time Lords (informed mention)

Arbitrary placement Takes place on Okul.


Line of Battle   Comic story, published 2013                                                           Doctor: 11

Written by Edie Robson.

Featuring Clara

Arbitrary placement Takes place on Ninsul.


Serpent in the Silver Mask   Audio drama, released 2018                         Doctor: 5

Featuring Adric, Nyssa, Tegan

Written by David Llewellyn.

Arbitrary placement Takes place on space station Argentia.


The Germ War   Comic story, published 2006                                                       Doctor: 10

Featuring Rose

Written by Alan Barnes.

Informed guess Takes place in the outer Solar System. Tellurian civilisation can teleport vast amounts of material “a few billion light years” away.

The Fate Of The Earth

There is a New Brentford.


The Queen of Eros   Short story, published 2000                                                Doctor: 8

Featuring Sam

Written by Trevor Baxendale.

Arbitrary placement Takes place on Eros.

 

 

 

Total Stories Considered             6171

Proportion Written By Women 10%                                       

 

Top Docs

4                 533 stories                   

7                 524 stories 

10               447 stories 

11               444 stories 

8                 416 stories 

6                 387 stories

3                 384 stories 

5                 371 stories         

1                 355 stories 

2                 335 stories         

12               187 stories

Unbound  131 stories

9                 93 stories  

13               83 stories           

War           48 stories                     

 

 

Top Twenty Recurring Elements

 

London                                                              1172 stories                

Regional England                                            832 stories

The Time Lords                                               546 stories

The Daleks and Davros                                  502 stories 

UNIT                                                                  469 stories  

Alastair, Kate, Kadiatu, Lucy Weston and the Lethbridge-Stewart family                                                                            464 stories  

Continental Europe                                         442 stories 

North America                                                 435 stories  

Benny                                                                 319 stories

The Master, including Missy                         296 stories

Ace                                                                    288 stories

Sarah Jane                                                        285 stories 

Amy and Rory                                                  266 stories  Climber! 

The K9s                                                              266 stories 

Wales                                                                  261 stories

Torchwood                                                        256 stories  

At Sea                                                                 234 stories

Peri                                                                     222 stories 

Jamie                                                                  212 stories 

Christmas                                                          210 stories

 

 

Top Decades

 

The Teens                                                          2490 stories

The Noughties                                                  1657 stories       

The Nineties                                                      632 stories  

The Twenties                                                     504 stories   

The Eighties                                                      327 stories   

The Seventies                                                    288 stories         

The Sixties                                                         203 stories

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

 

 

And Top Twenty Years

 

2016                                                          314 stories 

2018                                                          312 stories

2020                                                          294 stories  

2008                                                          274 stories  

2015                                                          273 stories 

2017                                                           252 stories       

2011                                                          243 stories 

2010                                                           239 stories 

2013                                                          239 stories  Climber!

2009                                                          238 stories 

2019                                                          230 stories 

2007                                                          220 stories 

2021                                                          212 stories 

2014                                                          210 stories 

2001                                                          184 stories  

2012                                                          183 stories  

2006                                                          167 stories

2004                                                          157 stories

2005                                                          142 stories

2003                                                          124 stories  

                            

         

 

 

 

Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology linking material writers)                                     1168

Proportion of Female Writers                17%      

 

Top Twenty Writers

 

Justin Richards                                       161 stories

James Goss                                              155 stories 

Terrance Dicks                                       148 stories

Russell T Davies                                     125 stories  

Jonathan Morris                                    119 stories 

Steven Moffat                                         105 stories

Eddie Robson                                          104 stories                   

Paul Magrs                                              97 stories  

Terry Nation                                           90 stories  

Matt Fitton                                              89 stories  

Nicholas Briggs                                       88 stories 

John Dorney                                            85 stories 

Simon Guerrier                                       84 stories  

David Whitaker                                      83 stories           

Steve Lyons                                             74 stories 

Trevor Baxendale                                  72 stories  

Alan Barnes                                             69 stories   Climber!

Gareth Roberts                                       69 stories  

Guy Adams                                              68 stories  

Eric Saward                                            66 stories  

 

 

 



 

 

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