Big Finish Doctor Who chronology

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The Big Finish Doctor Who chronology lists the intended placement of the Big Finish Productions line of audio adventures based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

In the original television series run from 1963–1989, each serial was assigned a production code. For their plays, Big Finish assigns each one a similar production code which aids its placement in the programme's sequence of stories.

The vast majority of audio plays serve to fill unexplained gaps in the series, such as the (apparently long) period between Season 23 and Season 24, the period between the final television season in 1989 and the Fox Network Doctor Who television movie in 1996, and the period between that movie and the revivial of Doctor Who on television in 2005.

Other plays are produced as "side steps" or take place in alternative realities, referencing material from other spin-off material like the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip and the Virgin New Adventures novels. It should be noted that, as with all spin-off media, the precise canonicity of the audio plays is unclear.

In the listing of production codes and stories below, the audio plays are listed in bold.

Contents

[edit] Peter Davison

[edit] Season 19 (1982)

[edit] Big Finish Season 19a

Stories set in a period where Tegan Jovanka left the TARDIS crew.

[edit] Season 20 (1983)

[edit] Season 21 (1984)

Stories involving new companion Erimem

Some time before "Androzani" Erimem leaves the Doctor's company

[edit] Colin Baker

[edit] Season 21 (1984) — continued

[edit] Season 22 (1985)

[edit] Season 23 (1986)

[edit] Side-step adventures

Stories involving comic strip and novel elements.

[edit] Big Finish Season 23a

Stories with new companion Evelyn Smythe.

[edit] Big Finish Season 23b

Stories set prior to the Sixth Doctor's regeneration. Mel officially joins the Doctor's company.

[edit] Sylvester McCoy

[edit] Season 24 (1987)

[edit] Season 25 (1988)

[edit] Season 26 (1989)

[edit] Big Finish Season 26a

First narrative thread, continuing from the end of the television series.

[edit] Big Finish Season 26b

Second narrative thread, involving new companion Hex.

[edit] Side-step adventures

Stories set among the Virgin New Adventures novels

[edit] Big Finish Season 26c

Stories set toward the end of the Seventh Doctor's life.

[edit] Paul McGann

[edit] Doctor Who (1996)

[edit] Big Finish Season 27

[edit] Big Finish Season 28

[edit] Big Finish Season 29

[edit] Big Finish Season 30

[edit] Big Finish Season 30a

Stories set after the fourth McGann audio season.

[edit] BBC7 Eighth Doctor original dramas

Stories set later in the Eighth Doctor's life.

[edit] Uncertain placement

The following stories are of unconfirmed placement.

[edit] Fifth Doctor Adventures

[edit] Sixth Doctor Adventures

[edit] Seventh Doctor Adventures

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Excelis Dawns is set within the final episode of Frontios
  2. ^ In The Gathering, the Doctor says that he has left Peri and Erimem in Monte Carlo, making this story contemporaneous with The Gathering. The Veiled Leopard was released after The Council of Nicaea.
  3. ^ The original TARDIS sound effects are used here, so this story is placed before Project: Lazarus and Master
  4. ^ According to producer Gary Russell this is where Legend occurs.
  5. ^ As Erimem has joined the TARDIS crew and her pet cat Antranak is present, this has to take place after The Eye of the Scorpion and before Nekromanteia. No Place Like Home was released after The Church and the Crown.
  6. ^ The Doctor Who Reference Guide website suggests, as the Seventh Doctor is travelling alone, that it takes place near the end of his incarnation, possibly after The Sirens of Time.
  7. ^ Ace and Hex's easy banter indicates this is some time after Hex has joined the TARDIS crew. The Veiled Leopard was released after Night Thoughts.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Doctor Who Reference Guide - an attempt to place every Doctor Who story, television, audio play, book or comic strip into chronological order, with detailed synopses.
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