Doctor Who chronology

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

The following is a list of Doctor Who serials and episodes by their era and date, when known. It is intended roughly to give a description of the extent of the Doctor's time travels.

Main article: Doctor Who: New series chronology

Contents

[edit] Historical

[edit] BCE

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
City of Death, episode 4 stated as c. 400 million BCE
(probably intended to be c. 4 billion BCE)		 4th 1979
Time-Flight c. 140 million BCE 5th 1982
Earthshock 65 million BCE 5th 1982
An Unearthly Child, episodes 2-4 c. 100,000 BCE 1st 1963
The Time Monster c. 10,000 BCE 3rd 1972
The Daleks' Master Plan, episode 9 c. 2500 BCE 1st 1966
The Myth Makers c. 1250 BCE 1st 1965

[edit] 1st Millennium

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Romans June, 18? - July, 18 64 [1] 1st 1965

[edit] Early 2nd Millennium

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Time Meddler 1066 1st 1965
The Crusade 1191 1st 1965
The Time Warrior between 1189 and 1199 3rd 1974
The King's Demons 1215 5th 1983
Marco Polo 1289 1st 1964
The Aztecs around 1450 [2] 1st 1964
The Masque of Mandragora around 1475 4th 1976

[edit] Mid 2nd Millennium

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
City of Death, episodes 2-3 1505 4th 1979
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1572 1st 1966
Silver Nemesis 1638 7th 1988
The Visitation September 2,1666 [3] 5th 1982
The Smugglers between 1680 and 1700 1st 1966
The Highlanders 1746 2nd 1967
The Girl in the Fireplace c. 1730 - 1764 [4] 10th 2006
The Reign of Terror 1794 1st 1964
The Mark of the Rani 1820s 6th 1985

[edit] Victorian era

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Evil of the Daleks 1866 2nd 1967
The Unquiet Dead December 24, 1869 [5] 9th 2005
The Chase November 25, 1872 [6] 1st 1965
Tooth and Claw 1879 [7] 10th 2006
The Gunfighters 1881 1st 1966
Ghost Light 1883 7th 1989
Timelash 1885 6th 1985
The Talons of Weng-Chiang between 1889 and 1901 4th 1977

[edit] Early 20th Century

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Horror of Fang Rock between 1901 and 1910 4th 1977
Enlightenment between 1901 and 1910 [8] 5th 1983
Pyramids of Mars 1911 [9] 4th 1975
Black Orchid 1925 5th 1982
The Abominable Snowmen 1935 2nd 1967

[edit] World War II

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances January 20-21, 1941[10] 9th 2005
The Curse of Fenric c. 1943 7th 1989

[edit] 1950s

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Idiot's Lantern June 2, 1953 [11] 10th 2006
Delta and the Bannermen 1959 7th 1987

[edit] Contemporary

[edit] 1960s

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
An Unearthly Child, episode 1 October 1963 1st 1963
Remembrance of the Daleks late November 1963 around the 23rd [12] 7th 1988
Planet of Giants 1964 1st 1964
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Evil of the Daleks (episode 1)		 July 20, 1966 1st
2nd
2nd		 1964
1966
1966
Fury from the Deep late 1960s 2nd 1967
The Underwater Menace 20th century, after 1968[13] 2nd 1967

[edit] 1970s

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Hand of Fear February 1974 4th 1976
Image of the Fendahl July 1974 4th 1977
The Stones of Blood between 1975 and 1980 4th 1978
Mawdryn Undead 1977 5th 1983
City of Death 1979 [14] 4th 1979

[edit] 1980s

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Meglos 1980s 4th 1980
The Keeper of Traken 1981 4th 1981
Logopolis 28 February 1981 4th 1981
Four to Doomsday 28 February 1981 5th 1982
A Girl's Best Friend Late December, 1981 K-9 1981
Time-Flight 1982 5th 1982
Arc of Infinity January 1983 5th 1983
Mawdryn Undead February 1983 5th 1983
The Awakening January 1984 5th 1984
Resurrection of the Daleks February 1984 5th 1984
Attack of the Cybermen January 1985 6th 1985
Planet of Fire 1985 5th 1984
The Two Doctors Sometime in the 1980s 2nd/6th 1985
The Tenth Planet December 1986 1st 1966
Father's Day November 7, 1987 9th 2005
Silver Nemesis November 23, 1988 7th 1988
Survival 1989 7th 1989

[edit] 1990s

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Battlefield probably the 1990s 7th 1989
Doctor Who television movie December 30, 1999 - January 1, 2000 8th 1996

[edit] UNIT Adventures (late 20th Century)

The adventures that revolve around UNIT have been a highly discussed issue for decades. There is no clear evidence as to when all of these adventures took place, though evidence obviously suggests late 20th century. (See UNIT dating controversy for more info.) Below is a list, in order of transmission, of those adventures:

Episode/Serial Doctor
The Web of Fear 2nd
The Invasion 2nd
Spearhead from Space 3rd
Doctor Who and the Silurians 3rd
The Ambassadors of Death 3rd
Inferno 3rd
Terror of the Autons 3rd
The Mind of Evil 3rd
The Claws of Axos 3rd
Colony in Space 3rd
The Dæmons 3rd
Day of the Daleks 3rd
The Sea Devils 3rd
The Time Monster 3rd
The Three Doctors 3rd
The Green Death 3rd
The Time Warrior 3rd
Invasion of the Dinosaurs 3rd
Planet of the Spiders 3rd
Robot 4th
Terror of the Zygons 4th
The Android Invasion 4th
The Seeds of Doom 4th
Battlefield 7th

[edit] 2000s

The beginning of the new show. When Rose returns from her trips, a year had passed on Earth, so episodes taking place in 2006 were broadcast in 2005. By this time the general human population has evidence of the existence of aliens, though some see it as a hoax. Harriet Jones is the Prime Minister of the UK and Margaret Blaine is the Lord Mayor of Cardiff. The British government has a top-secret department, Torchwood, where they study alien technology.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Rose March 2005 [15] 9th 2005
Aliens of London/World War Three March 2006 [16] 9th 2005
Boom Town c. September 2006 [17] 9th 2005
The Parting of the Ways c October or November 2006 [18] 9th 2005
The Christmas Invasion December 24/25, 2006 [19] 10th 2005
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel February 1, 2007 (alternate timeline)[20] 10th 2006
School Reunion 2007 [21] 10th 2006
Love & Monsters 2007 [22] 10th 2006
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday 2007 [23] 10th 2006
Torchwood season 1 Late 2007 [24] TW 2006

[edit] Future

[edit] 2010s

Little is known about the world during this period, but it is implied that nothing is particularly unusual about Earth.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Doomsday 2010 (alternate timeline)[23] 10th 2006
Dalek 2012 [25] 9th 2005
Fear Her July, 2012 [26] 10th 2006
The Enemy of the World early 21st century 2nd 1967

[edit] Late 21st Century

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Moonbase 2070 2nd 1967
The Wheel in Space between 2070 and 2164 2nd 1968
Warriors of the Deep 2084 5th 1984
Paradise Towers late 21st century 7th 1987
The Seeds of Death end of 21st century 2nd 1969

[edit] 22nd Century

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
Nightmare of Eden c. 2116 4th 1979
The Dalek Invasion of Earth 2164 [27] 1st 1964
Day of the Daleks between 2164 and 2200, alternate timeline 3rd 1972
The Twin Dilemma 2200 6th 1984

[edit] Mid to Late 3rd Millennium

Space travel is commonplace for humans.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Leisure Hive c. 2290 4th 1980
Vengeance on Varos about 2300 6th 1985
The Androids of Tara 2370s 4th 1978
Mindwarp July 3, 2379 [28] 6th 1986
Colony in Space 2472 3rd 1971
The Rescue 2493 1st 1965
Earthshock 2526 5th 1982
Frontier in Space c. 2540 3rd 1973
Planet of the Daleks c. 2540 3rd 1973
The Tomb of the Cybermen c. 2600 2nd 1967
The Sensorites 28th century 1st 1964
Revenge of the Cybermen about 2875 4th 1975
State of Decay 2929 4th 1980
The Mutants 30th century 3rd 1972
Terror of the Vervoids 2986 6th 1986

[edit] Thousands

The Ninth Doctor notes that by this time the human civilization has occupied half of the Milky Way galaxy. Also noted on The Talons of Weng-Chiang, the 5000s is an important era in the series; K-9 and Jack Harkness are from this time era, time travel among humans is possible, and humans start to leave the Earth to live elsewhere in the Universe.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Ice Warriors 4th millennium 2nd 1967
Mission to the Unknown 3999 1st 1965
The Daleks' Master Plan 4000 1st 1965-66
The Invisible Enemy 5000 4th 1977
The Girl in the Fireplace c. 5000 10th 2006

[edit] Tens of Thousands

Earth has been heavily damaged and civilization had to be rebuilt from a small number of individuals.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The End of the World[29] 12,005 9th 2005
Planet of Evil 37,166 4th 1975

[edit] Hundreds of Thousands

Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Earth in this time period is at its height, covered with mega cities, five moons and a population of 96 billion, the centre of a galactic domain that stretches across a million planets and species. A great deal of human’s time is spent watching the broadcasts from satellite 5.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Long Game 200,000 9th 2005
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 200,100 9th 2005

[edit] Millions

Earth has been abandoned by humans.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The Mysterious Planet c. 2,000,000 6th 1986
The Ark c. 10,000,000 1st 1966

[edit] Billions

The year 5.5/Apple/26. Earth and its sun have died. Humans live on other planets, though all of them have either bred with aliens, mutated, evolved, or are genetically engineered. Trees and cats have evolved into humanoids.

Episode/Serial Year Doctor Year Aired
The End of the World c. 5,000,000,000 (called 5.5/Apple/26) 9th 2005
New Earth c. 5,000,000,023 10th 2006

[edit] Unknown future year

Episode/Serial Planet Doctor Year Aired
The Daleks Skaro 1st 1963
The Keys of Marinus Marinus 1st 1964
The Web Planet Vortis 1st 1965
The Space Museum Xeros 1st 1965
Galaxy 4 planet of Rills 1st 1965
The Celestial Toymaker Toymaker realm 1st 1966
The Savages a distant planet 1st 1966
The Power of the Daleks Vulcan 2nd 1966
The Macra Terror colony of Earth 2nd 1967
The Dominators Dulkis 2nd 1968
The Mind Robber Land of Fiction 2nd 1968
The Krotons planet of Gonds 2nd 1969
The Space Pirates deep space 2nd 1969
The Curse of Peladon Peladon (Earth's future) [30] 3rd 1972
Carnival of Monsters in a miniscope 3rd 1973
Planet of the Daleks Spiridon 3rd 1973
Death to the Daleks Exxilon 3rd 1974
The Monster of Peladon Peladon (Earth's future) [31] 3rd 1974
The Ark in Space orbiting Earth 4th 1975
The Sontaran Experiment Earth 4th 1975
Genesis of the Daleks Skaro 4th 1975
The Brain of Morbius Karn 4th 1976
The Face of Evil jungle planet 4th 1977
The Robots of Death desert planet 4th 1977
The Sun Makers Pluto (Earth's future) [32] 4th 1977
Underworld deep space 4th 1978
The Ribos Operation Ribos 4th 1978
The Pirate Planet Zanak 4th 1978
The Armageddon Factor Atrios 4th 1979
Destiny of the Daleks Skaro 4th 1979
The Creature from the Pit Chloris 4th 1979
The Horns of Nimon Skonnos 4th 1980
Full Circle Alzarius 4th 1980
Warriors' Gate null space 4th 1981
Kinda Deva Loka 5th 1982
Snakedance Manussa 5th 1983
Terminus deep space 5th 1983
Frontios Frontios 5th 1984
The Caves of Androzani Androzani Minor 5th 1984
Revelation of the Daleks Necros 6th 1985
Time and the Rani Lakertya 6th/7th 1987
Dragonfire Svartos 7th 1987
The Happiness Patrol Terra Alpha 7th 1988
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Segonax 7th 1988
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit Krop Tor 10th 2006

[edit] Inside the TARDIS

Episode/Serial Doctor
The Edge of Destruction 1st
Children in Need special 10th

[edit] Adventures on (or dealing with) Gallifrey

Episode/Serial Doctor
The War Games ep 10 2nd
The Three Doctors ep 1 3rd
The Deadly Assassin 4th
The Invasion of Time 4th
Castrovalva 5th
Arc of Infinity ep 1 5th
The Five Doctors 5th
The Trial of a Time Lord 6th

[edit] Notes on the dating

Some dating information on this page is taken from BBC Doctor Who website.

  1. ^ Vicki mentioned that they have been here for a month. The Great Fire of Rome started on July 18, 64
  2. ^ The Aztecs novelisation gives the date as 1507, but this was not stated on screen
  3. ^ The Great Fire of London started on this date.
  4. ^ In The Girl in the Fireplace, Reinette gives the date as 1727 on her first meeting with the Doctor; she later says that she has known him since she was seven years old. It therefore follows that when she is 37 (which is when the climax of the episode takes place) the date is approximately 1757. The date of birth and death of Madame de Pompadour are also known.
  5. ^ The date is specifically stated in dialogue.
  6. ^ The date of the final log for the Marie Celeste.
  7. ^ The year is specifically stated in dialogue. They had meant to go to Sheffield on November 21, 1979, to see Ian Dury.
  8. ^ Actually, the date for the episode is not actually given, but the Doctor and companions spends most of the time with characters thinking and acting like it was still an Edwardian racing yacht they signed on for.
  9. ^ The year is specifically given in dialogue.
  10. ^ Torchwood - Everything Changes
  11. ^ The year is specifically stated in dialogue, and a historical event in that year (the televised coronation of Elizabeth II) forms a major part of the plot.
  12. ^ The serial is set shortly after the events of An Unearthly Child. A calendar showing the month as November 1963 is visible, and an in-joke reference is made to the premier of a BBC t.v. programme which from context may be inferred to be Doctor Who itself.
  13. ^ There is a faux Aztec piece that reads "Mexico Olympiad" on it.
  14. ^ The year is specifically stated in dialogue.
  15. ^ A poster seen in Aliens of London/World War Three dates the event of Rose to March 2005, which was also when the episode was broadcast.
  16. ^ Aliens of London / World War Three are said to be one year after the events of Rose, and therefore take place in March 2006.
  17. ^ Boom Town is set six months after World War Three, as stated at the beginning of the episode.
  18. ^ The section of The Parting of the Ways where Rose returns to her mother and Mickey presumably takes place shortly after the events of Boom Town, as Rose says the last time she met Mickey was "when [they] fought the Slitheen".
  19. ^ The Christmas Invasion features Harriet Jones, and is therefore set after the events of World War Three, therefore, the Christmas mentioned can be Christmas 2006 at the earliest - possibly it is later.
  20. ^ Rise of the Cybermen is set on February 1st, on Jackie Tyler's 40th birthday. From the episode she is a year older than Cuba Gooding, Jr.
  21. ^ School Reunion is less than a year after The Christmas Invasion : Sarah Jane refers to the events therein as taking place at the Christmas just gone.
  22. ^ The episode is set after the events of The Christmas Invasion, but presumably before Army of Ghosts.
  23. ^ a b The episodes are set at least "two months" after the Doctor and Rose's last visit to contemporary Earth. The year is confirmed by Jackie saying that Pete had been dead 20 years (he had died in 1987 as shown in Father's Day). However, in the parallel world, three years have passed since the events of Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel.
  24. ^ Ghost Machine is set around late 2007 (i.e. airdate + 1 year), as the final of Strictly Come Dancing is referenced, a show that airs in Autumn
  25. ^ The year is specifically given in dialogue.
  26. ^ The year is specifically mentioned in Fear Her. The month appears on the missing children posters. The episode depicts the 2012 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony, depicted in the episode, is currently planned for July 27, 2012.
  27. ^ A calendar by the protagonists gives the year as 2164.
  28. ^ Mindwarp was said to take place in the 24th century, last quarter, fourth year, seventh month, third day.
  29. ^ The TARDIS briefly stops at this date, the time of the "New Roman Empire"
  30. ^ The Federation is mentioned.
  31. ^ The Federation is mentioned.
  32. ^ Humans have moved from the Earth to Pluto.


[edit] See also

Doctor Who  v • d • e 
Doctor Who main pages
History • Serials • Chronology • Missing episodes • Theme music • Audio releases • DVD releases
Books • In America • In Australia • Fandom • The Doctor • Daleks • Cybermen • TARDIS
Regeneration • UNIT • Whoniverse
Doctor Who lists
Producers • Script editors • Celebrity appearances • Spoofs • Historical characters
Incomplete serials • Supporting characters • Spin-off companions • Monsters and aliens • Villains
Robots • Planets • Items • Vehicles
Related programmes
K-9 and Company • Torchwood • The Sarah Jane Adventures • Doctor Who Confidential
Totally Doctor Who • K-9 Adventures
Portal
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/o/c/Doctor_Who_chronology_59da.html"