The majority of the stories in the long-running television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs include an element of time travel, with the settings taking place on dates across a wide span of time in the fictional universe of Doctor Who – the "Whoniverse". To date, 11 actors have portrayed the Doctor, with each receiving an ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.). This list encompasses the adventures of all 11 Doctors and the spin-off series Torchwood (TW), The Sarah Jane Adventures (SJA) and K-9 (K-9). It also includes the singular pilot episode of K-9 and Company (K-9 & Co). It does not cover audio dramas, such as those by Big Finish Productions, or novels.
Contents |
Not all of these stories can have a possible date attributed to them. Some have none; some have more than one, and some have contradictory dating. For example, most of the adventures in Doctor Who featuring the fictional UNIT organisation contain information that would attribute various, often contradictory dates between the 1960s to the 1980s to them. Over the long period of production, different writers have suggested different dates on which the stories are set, resulting in some noted controversy regarding these stories. Other stories take place on the timeless fictional planet of Gallifrey; stories set there can be attributed to a distinct chronological order but cannot be attributed to any specific date.
Many stories and episodes depict or refer to events similar to historical events in real life, or involve characters identifiable as real-life historic individuals. Many dates or periods of time are given without specifying the calendar or units of time; they may be in the Gregorian calendar and the units of time are those in common, everyday usage in the real world.
| Story[1] | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castrovalva[xr 1] | "Event One" ("the hydrogen in-rush that preceded the creation of the universe").[2] | 5th | 1982 |
| "The Pandorica Opens"[xr 2] (Planet One scene) | the oldest planet in the Universe with the oldest writing in the universe, "Hello Sweetie" | 11th | 2010 |
| "The Runaway Bride"[xr 3] (Earth's formation) | 4.6 billion BCE | 10th | 2006 |
| City of Death[xr 4] (primeval Earth) | between 4.4 and 2.7 billion BCE (i) 400 million BCE (ii) |
4th | 1979 |
| The Hand of Fear[xr 5] (opening) | c. 150 million BCE | 1976 | |
| Time-Flight[xr 1] (primeval Earth) | c. 140 million BCE | 5th | 1982 |
| Earthshock[xr 6] (Adric's death) | c. 65.5 million BCE | ||
| An Unearthly Child (episodes 2–4) | c. 100,000 BCE | 1st | 1963 |
| "Curse of Anubis" (still images of K-9 Mark I) | "Thousands of years ago" | K-9 | 2009 |
| The Myth Makers | c. 1250 BCE[3] | 1st | 1965 |
| Story | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Exit Wounds"[xr 7] (Jack's burial) | 27 | TW | 2008 |
| The Romans | leading up to 18 July 64[4] | 1st | 1965 |
| "The Fires of Pompeii" | 23–24 August 79 (majority) c. February 80 (final scene) |
10th | 2008 |
| "The Pandorica Opens"[5] & "The Big Bang"[xr 8] | Friday, 21 January 102 118 (The Pandorica taken to Rome) 420 (The Pandorica taken during raid by the Franks) |
11th | 2010 |
| "The Unicorn and the Wasp" (flashback of the Doctor in Belgium) | 800 | 10th | 2008 |
| Story | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Time Meddler | Late Summer 1066[6] | 1st | 1965 |
| "The Gunpowder Plot" (cold open) | c. 1101-1125[7] | 11th | 2011 |
| "The Big Bang" (The Pandorica (containing Amy Pond) is a prized possession of the Knights Templar) | 1120[8] | 2010 | |
| The Crusade | October 1191[9] | 1st | 1965 |
| The Time Warrior (excluding UNIT scenes) | c. 1189-1199[10] | 3rd | 1973 |
| The King's Demons | 4 March 1215[11] | 5th | 1983 |
| "The Big Bang" (The Pandorica (containing Amy Pond) is donated to the Pope) | 1231 | 11th | 2010 |
| Marco Polo | 1289[12] | 1st | 1964 |
| The Aztecs | 15th century | ||
| "Dead Man Walking" (still images of Death) | 1479 | TW | 2008 |
| The Masque of Mandragora | late 15th Century | 4th | 1976 |
| City of Death[xr 4] (Da Vinci's workshop) | 1505 | 1979 | |
| "Lost in Time"[xr 9] (Rani & Queen Jane) | 19–20 July 1553 | SJA | 2010 |
| The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (except final scene) | 22–23 August 1572[13] | 1st | 1966 |
| "The Vampires of Venice" | 1580 | 11th | 2010 |
| The Chase[xr 10] (William Shakespeare & Francis Bacon with Elizabeth I) | c. 1596 | 1st | 1965 |
| "The Shakespeare Code" | 1599 | 10th | 2007 |
| "The Gunpowder Plot"[14] | 4 November 1605[15][16] | 11th | 2011 |
| Silver Nemesis (Lady Peinforte & Richard in the past)[xr 11] | 23 November 1638 | 7th | 1988 |
| "The Eternity Trap"[xr 9] | 1665 | SJA | 2009 |
| The Visitation | 5 September 1666[17] | 5th | 1982 |
| "The Impossible Astronaut" (the Doctor hiding under Matilda's skirt) | mid-late 17th Century | 11th | 2011 |
| "The Curse of the Black Spot" | 1 April 1699 or shortly thereafter | ||
| The Smugglers | c. 1696–1699[18] | 1st | 1966 |
| "The Girl in the Fireplace"[xr 12] (8 consecutive Reinette scenes) | 1st: 1727 2nd: months later 3rd/4th: unspecified |
10th | 2006 |
| The Highlanders | Shortly after 16 April 1746 | 2nd | 1967 |
| The War Games (Jamie's return to Culloden) | 1969 | ||
| "The Girl in the Fireplace"[xr 12] (8 consecutive Reinette scenes) | 5th: c. 1746 (when aged 23)[19] 6th: c. 1764 (5 years prior to 7th) 7th: c. 1769 (when aged 37)[19] 8th: 1774, when aged 42[19] |
10th | 2006 |
| The Reign of Terror | 5 days, ending 27 July 1794 | 1st | 1964 |
| "Greeks Bearing Gifts"[xr 13] (soldier and prostitute) | 1812 | TW | 2006 |
| The Mark of the Rani | 1820s[20] | 6th | 1985 |
| "The Next Doctor" | c. 10 December 1851 (flashback) 24 December 1851 (majority) |
10th | 2008 |
| The Chase[xr 10] (Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address) | 19 November 1863 | 1st | 1965 |
| The Evil of the Daleks[xr 14] (episodes 2 to 6) | 2 June 1866 | 2nd | 1967 |
| "The Unquiet Dead" | December 1869 | 9th | 2005 |
| The Chase[xr 10] (Mary Celeste scene) | 25 November 1872 | 1st | 1965 |
| "Father's Day" (Bell summoning Watson) | 10 March 1876 | 9th | 2005 |
| "Tooth and Claw" | 1879 | 10th | 2006 |
| The Gunfighters | 26 October 1881 | 1st | 1966 |
| Ghost Light | 1883 | 7th | 1989 |
| "Rose" (Doctor at Krakatoa) | 26–27 August 1883 | 9th | 2005 |
| "Attack of the Graske" (partly) | 25 December 1883 | 10th | 2005 |
| "The Unicorn and the Wasp" (Delhi flashback) | 1885 | 2008 | |
| Timelash[xr 15] (meeting HG Wells) | summer 1885 | 6th | 1985 |
| "A Good Man Goes to War" (London) | 1888, on or after 9 November | 11th | 2011 |
| "Lost in Time"[xr 9] (Sarah Jane's plot) | 1889 | SJA | 2010 |
| "Vincent and the Doctor"[xr 13] | 1–3 June 1890 (majority of episode) July 1890 (opening scene in the wheatfield) |
11th | |
| "The Pandorica Opens"[xr 2] (Vincent scene) | 3 June – 30 July 1890 | ||
| The Talons of Weng-Chiang | c. 1890s[21] | 4th | 1977 |
| "Fragments" (Jack joins Torchwood) | 13 September 1898 | TW | 2008 |
For additional events that possibly occur in this period see [nb 1][nb 2]
| Story | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Exit Wounds"[xr 7] (early Torchwood) | 1901 | TW | 2008 |
| Horror of Fang Rock | c. 1901-1910[22] | 4th | 1977 |
| "Small Worlds"[xr 16] (Lahore) | 1909 | TW | 2006 |
| Pyramids of Mars[xr 17] | 1911 | 4th | 1975 |
| "Rose" (Doctor at Southampton) | 9 April 1912 (the eve of RMS Titanic's voyage) | 9th | 2005 |
| "Human Nature" & "The Family of Blood" | 10 November 1913 and at least 2 more days Penultimate scene: between 4 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 |
10th | 2007 |
| "To the Last Man"[xr 16] (WWI hospital) | Between 11 April and 11 November 1918 | TW | 2008 |
| "Blink"[xr 18] (Kathy & Ben in Hull) | 5 December 1920[23] | 10th | 2007 |
| "From Out of the Rain"[xr 16] (early carnival) | 1920s | TW | 2008 |
| "Golden Age" (perpetually repeated day) | 24 February 1924 | 2009 | |
| Black Orchid | 11 June 1925 | 5th | 1982 |
| Carnival of Monsters (perpetual S.S. Bernice day) | 4 June 1926 | 3rd | 1973 |
| "The Unicorn and the Wasp" | 23 November 1926 (church & library scenes) 3 December 1926 (majority) 4 December 1926 (Agatha Christie's car discovered at Silent Pool & she arrives in Harrogate) |
10th | 2008 |
| "Immortal Sins" (New York scenes) | July 1927 (majority) summer 1928 (after Angelo's release) |
TW | 2011 |
| "Daleks in Manhattan" & "Evolution of the Daleks" | 1 November 1930[23] | 10th | 2007 |
| The Abominable Snowmen | c. 1935 | 2nd | 1967 |
| "Let's Kill Hitler" (Berlin scenes) | 1938 | 11th | 2011 |
| "The Impossible Astronaut" (The Doctor appearing in The Flying Deuces) | July or August 1939[24] | ||
| "Captain Jack Harkness" (WWII dance hall) | 20 January 1941 | TW | 2007 |
| "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" | Between 21 January and 10 May 1941[25] | 9th | 2005 |
| "Ghost Machine" (railway station scenes) | 1941, during The Blitz | TW | 2006 |
| "Victory of the Daleks" | 11th | 2010 | |
| "The Big Bang"[26] (painted scene of "Lone Centurion" Rory) | |||
| "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"[27] | 2011 | ||
| "The Pandorica Opens"[xr 2] (Churchill and Bracewell scene) | 1941 | 2010 | |
| Lost in Time (Clyde fighting the Waffen-SS) | warm season of 1941 | SJA | 2010 |
| "The Impossible Astronaut" (POW camp tunnel scene) | 2nd World War | 11th | 2011 |
| The Curse of Fenric | 1943 | 7th | 1989 |
| "Death is the Only Answer" (Einstein's perspective) | 18 September 1945 | 11th | 2011 |
| "Dreamland" (Roswell cold open) | 13 June 1947 | 10th | 2009 |
| "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith"[xr 16] (Foxgrove) | 18 August 1951[23] | SJA | 2008 |
| "A Christmas Carol" (Frank Sinatra's party) | 24 December 1952 | 11th | 2010 |
| "The Idiot's Lantern" | 1–2 June 1953 | 10th | 2006 |
| "Dreamland" | c. June 1958 | 2009 | |
| Delta and the Bannermen | Wednesday & Thursday, c. 7 March 1959 | 7th | 1987 |
| "Random Shoes" (Christie & Halliday in A for Andromeda) | late summer 1961 | TW | 2006 |
| "Ghost Machine" (Lizzie Lewis' rape & murder) | 29 March 1963 | ||
| "City of the Daleks"[28] (Sylvia at the end) | 1963 | 11th | 2010 |
| An Unearthly Child | shortly before 22 November 1963 | 1st | 1963 |
| "Rose" (Doctor in Dallas) | 22 November 1963 | 9th | 2005 |
| Remembrance of the Daleks | 22–23 November 1963 | 7th | 1988 |
| "The Cambridge Spy" (scenes in the past) | 23 November 1963 | K-9 | 2010 |
| "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?"[xr 19] (Maria in the past) | 13 July 1964 | SJA | 2007 |
| The Chase[xr 10] (Ian & Barbara return home to London) | 1965 | 1st | 1965 |
| Children of Earth[xr 20] (first 456 encounter) | November 1965 | TW | 2009 |
| The Daleks' Master Plan | 1 January 1966[13] | 1st | 1966 |
| The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (final scene) | 1966[13][29] | ||
| The Chase[xr 10] (Empire State Building scene) | 1965 | ||
| The War Machines | 13 July-20 July 1966 | 1966 | |
| The Faceless Ones[xr 14] | 20 July 1966 | 2nd | 1967 |
| The Evil of the Daleks (episode 1)[nb 3] | |||
| The Web of Fear | August 1966[30] | 1968 | |
| "Blink" (DI Shipton, Martha & the Doctor) | March or April 1969 | 10th | 2007 |
| "The Impossible Astronaut" | 8 April 1969 | 11th | 2011 |
| The Invasion | Spring 1969[31][32] | 2nd | 1968 |
| Spearhead from Space | 3rd | 1970 | |
| Doctor Who and the Silurians | early Summer 1969[33] | ||
| The Ambassadors of Death | Summer 1969 | ||
| "Day of the Moon" (excluding final scene) | July 1969, before 16th through 20th | 11th | 2011 |
| Inferno | 23–25 July 1969[34] | 3rd | 1970 |
| "Day of the Moon" (regeneration) | January 1970 | 11th | 2011 |
| Terror of the Autons | late Summer 1970[35] | 3rd | 1971 |
| The Mind of Evil | Autumn 1970[36] | ||
| The Claws of Axos | c. November 1970[37] | ||
| Colony in Space (Earth) | c. late 1970 / early 1971[38] | ||
| The Dæmons | 30 April - 1 May 1971[39] | ||
| Day of the Daleks (present day) | 11–14 September 1971[40] | 1972 | |
| The Sea Devils | Autumn 1971[41] | ||
| The Time Monster | few days on and about 29 September 1971[42] | ||
| The Three Doctors (UNIT & Minsbridge scenes) | c. November 1971[43] | 1st | 1972-73 |
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| The Green Death | February 1972[44] | 3rd | 1973 |
| The Time Warrior (UNIT research facility scenes) | September 1972[45] | 1973-74 | |
| Invasion of the Dinosaurs | c. October 1972[46] or c. 1974 | 1974 | |
| Planet of the Spiders (Earth scenes) | March or April 1973 (majority)[47] 3 weeks later (final scene)[47] |
||
| Robot | 4–5 April 1973[48] | 4th | 1974-75 |
| Terror of the Zygons | c. May/June 1973[49][50] | 1975 | |
| The Android Invasion | Friday, 6 July 1973[51] | ||
| The Seeds of Doom | c. late 1973 | 1976 | |
| The Hand of Fear (excluding opening) | early 1974[52] | ||
| Mawdryn Undead (Brig. & Tegan; unconscious Brig. returned) | 1977, shortly before 6 June[53] | 5th | 1983 |
| Image of the Fendahl | Lammas Eve (31 July) 1977[54] | 4th | 1977 |
| City of Death[xr 4] (Paris) | 1979, sometime between 26 January & 31 May | 1979 | |
| The Five Doctors (Fourth Doctor & Romana in Cambridge) | October 1979[55] | 1st | 1983 |
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 5th | |||
| Shada | 4th | 2003 | |
| Logopolis | 28 February 1981 | 1981 | |
| Four to Doomsday | 5th | 1982 | |
| "A Girl's Best Friend" | 18–25 December 1981 | K-9 & Co. | 1981 |
| Mawdryn Undead (Turlough on Earth; Brig. & Fifth Doctor; final exteriors) | 1983[56] | 5th | 1983 |
| The Five Doctors (Sarah Jane, K-9, & Brig on Earth) | c. 1983-84 | 1st | 1983 |
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 5th | |||
| The Awakening | 1984[57][58] | 5th | 1984 |
| Resurrection of the Daleks (Docklands) [xr 21] | |||
| Planet of Fire | 1985[nb 4] | ||
| Attack of the Cybermen | 6th | 1985 | |
| The Tenth Planet | December 1986 | 1st | 1966 |
| "Father's Day" | 7 November 1987 | 9th | 2005 |
| Silver Nemesis (modern day scenes)[xr 11] | 23 November 1988 | 7th | 1988 |
| "Random Shoes" (Eugene Jones' childhood) | 1992 | TW | 2006 |
| "Father's Day" (young Rose at home) | early 1990s | 9th | 2005 |
| The Chase[59] (House of Horrors scene) | 1996 | 1st | 1965 |
| "The Eleventh Hour" (young Amelia scenes) | 11th | 2010 | |
| "The Big Bang" (young Amelia and National Gallery scenes) | |||
| "Let's Kill Hitler" (Amelia, Rory & Mels as children) | c. 1997-1998 | 2011 | |
| Doctor Who (1996 film) | 30 December 1999 – 1 January 2000 (Pacific Standard Time) | 7th | 1996 |
| 8th | |||
| "Fragments" (second Jack flashback) | 31 December 1999 – 1 January 2000 (GMT) | TW | 2008 |
Many stories airing between 1968 and 1989 involved an organisation called UNIT. The dating of these stories is uncertain (see UNIT dating controversy).
Doctor Who’s 2005 series' present-day setting jumped a year into the future, beginning with "Aliens of London" The 2006 series did not state the present-day years, but treated the preceding episodes' events having already occurred. The 2007 series, its tie-in websites, spin-off series Torchwood and its tie-in website realigned the present-day into 2007, while nevertheless retaining the preceding series' events in the past. This paradox is accounted for below by referring to the five 2005 episodes' 2006 events as having occurred in "2006-A".
| Story | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fragments" | 2003 (Toshiko's backstory) 2004 (Owen's backstory) |
TW | 2008 |
| "Let's Kill Hitler" (Leadworth Comprehensive School) | c. 2004 | 11th | 2011 |
| The End of Time (Rose scene) | 1 January 2005 | 10th | 2010 |
| "The End of the World" (Jackie Tyler's side of the telephone conversation) | no later than 5 March 2005 | 9th | 2005 |
| "Rose" | 5–6 March 2005[60] | ||
| "Aliens of London" & "World War Three" | March 2006-A[60] | ||
| "Boom Town" | September 2006-A (6 months after "World War Three") | ||
| "The Parting of the Ways" (modern-day scenes) | late 2006-A | ||
| "The Christmas Invasion" | 24–25 December 2006-A | 10th | |
| "Attack of the Graske" (modern-day scenes) | 25 December 2006-A | ||
| "School Reunion" | early 2006 | 2006 | |
| "Love & Monsters" | |||
| "Army of Ghosts" & "Doomsday" | 2006, at least two months after "Love & Monsters" | ||
| "Cyberwoman" (Canary Warf flashbacks) | TW | ||
| "Fragments" (Jack hires Ianto) | 2006, shortly after "Doomsday" | 2008 | |
| "The New World" (Oswald Danes' trial) | 2006 | 2011 | |
| "Everything Changes" | early October 2006 | 2006 | |
| "Day One" | |||
| "Ghost Machine" | late 2006 | ||
| "Cyberwoman" | |||
| "Small Worlds" | |||
| "Countrycide" | |||
| "Greeks Bearing Gifts" | |||
| "They Keep Killing Suzie" | December 2006, nearly three months after "Everything Changes" | ||
| "Random Shoes" | |||
| "Out of Time" | late December 2006 | ||
| "The Runaway Bride"[61] | 24 December 2007 | 10th | |
| "Combat" | end of 2006 or early 2007 | TW | |
| Web of Lies ("missing day") | 2007, before "Captain Jack Harkness" | 2011 | |
| "A Day in the Death" (Maggie's wedding day) | March 2007 | 2008 | |
| "Let's Kill Hitler" (companions' young adulthood) | c. a year before "The Eleventh Hour"'s 2008 majority | 11th | 2011 |
| "Smith and Jones" | 31 March 2007[62] | 10th | 2007 |
| "The Lazarus Experiment" | 1 April 2007 (12 hours after "Smith and Jones")[62] | ||
| "Blink" (majority of episode)[xr 18] | 2007 | ||
| "Captain Jack Harkness" (present-day scenes) | May 2007 | TW | |
| "42" (Francine scenes) | May 2007 (Election Day, one day before "The Sound of Drums")[62] | 10th | |
| "End of Days" | TW | ||
| "Utopia" (Cardiff Rift cold open) | 10th | ||
| "The Sound of Drums" & "Last of the Time Lords" (after time reversal) | May 2007[62] (Four days after "Smith and Jones") | ||
| "Invasion of the Bane | c. August 2007 | SJA | |
| Revenge of the Slitheen | early September 2007 | ||
| Eye of the Gorgon | autumn 2007 | ||
| Warriors of the Kudlak | c. early November 2007 (cold open) 3 days later (remainder) |
||
| Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (present day scenes) | late 2007 | ||
| The Lost Boy | c. December 2007 | ||
| "Voyage of the Damned" | 24–25 December 2007 | 10th | |
| "Adrift" (cold open) | 7 months, 11 days before "Adrift" | TW | 2008 |
| "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" | 16 January 2008 | ||
| "Sleeper" | 22–23 January 2008 | ||
| "To the Last Man" (present-day) | 29 January 2008 | ||
| "Meat" | February 2008 | ||
| "Adam" | |||
| "Reset" | 20 February 2008 | ||
| "Dead Man Walking" | 27 February 2008 | ||
| "A Day in the Death" | 5 March 2008 | ||
| "Something Borrowed" | 12 March 2008 | ||
| "From Out of the Rain" | 19–20 March 2008[63] | ||
| "Adrift" (except cold open) | begins on 21 March 2008 | ||
| "Fragments" | 21+ months after "Doomsday" | ||
| "Exit Wounds" | |||
| "Partners in Crime" | early April 2008 | 10th | |
| "The Sontaran Stratagem" & "The Poison Sky" | April 2008 (few days after "Partners in Crime") | ||
| The Last Sontaran (Commader Kaagh's flashbacks) | SJA | ||
| "The Stolen Earth" & "Journey's End" | May/June[64] 2008 | 10th | |
| "The Waters of Mars" [xr 22] (young Adelaide) | 2009 | ||
| "The Eleventh Hour" (majority) | 2008 | 11th | 2010 |
| "Blink" (final scene)[xr 18] | 10th | 2007 | |
| The Last Sontaran | early summer 2008 (majority of episode) late summer 2008 (final scene) |
SJA | 2008 |
| "Lost Souls" | prior to & on 10 September 2008 | TW | |
| The Day of the Clown | c. 9 October 2008 | SJA | |
| Secrets of the Stars | 5–7 November 2008 | ||
| The Mark of the Berserker | late 2008 | ||
| The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith[xr 16] | |||
| Enemy of the Bane | |||
| "The Family of Blood" (Remembrance Sunday scene) | 9 November 2008 | 10th | 2007 |
| "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" | 2009 | SJA | 2009 |
| "Planet of the Dead" | Easter 2009 | 10th | |
| Prisoner of the Judoon | Summer term 2009[xr 9] | SJA | |
| The Mad Woman in the Attic | |||
| The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith | |||
| The Eternity Trap | |||
| Mona Lisa's Revenge | |||
| The Gift | |||
| "Asylum" | summer/autumn 2009 | TW | |
| "Golden Age" (present-day scenes) | |||
| "The Dead Line" | |||
| "The Devil and Miss Carew" | 2011 | ||
| "Submission" | |||
| Children of Earth (majority) [xr 20] | Mon-Fri or Tue-Sat, September 2009 | 2009 | |
| The Nightmare Man (flashback scene) | c. late 2009 | SJA | 2010 |
| The End of Time[xr 23] | December 2009 | 10th | 2009–2010 |
| "The House of the Dead" | c. March 2010 | TW | 2011 |
| Children of Earth (final scene) | 2009 | ||
| "The Eleventh Hour" (Amy's bedroom, final scene) | 25–26 June 2010 | 11th | 2010 |
| "Flesh and Stone" (Amy's bedroom) | |||
| "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" ep. 2 | |||
| "The Vampires of Venice" (Rory's stag party) | |||
| "The Pandorica Opens"[xr 2] (Amy's house) | 26 June 2010 | ||
| "The Big Bang" (Amy and Rory's wedding) | |||
| "Vincent and the Doctor" (Musée d'Orsay scenes)[xr 13] | between 17 March and 29 August 2010 | ||
| "The Lodger" | 2010[65] | ||
| "Blood of the Cybermen"[28] | |||
| The Nightmare Man (present-day) | September 2010 | SJA | |
| The Vault of Secrets | Autumn 2010 | ||
| Death of the Doctor | |||
| The Empty Planet | |||
| Lost in Time (shop scenes) | 23 November 2010 | ||
| Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith | late 2010 | ||
| "Night Terrors | early 2011 | 11th | 2011 |
| "The God Complex" (Williams' house) | prior to April 18, 2011 | ||
| "Closing Time" | April 18–21, 2011 | ||
| "The Impossible Astronaut" (Amy & Rory at home) | spring 2011, prior to 22 April | ||
| "Closing Time" (closing shot of River Song) | 22 April 2011 | ||
| "The Impossible Astronaut" (the reunion picnic and the Doctor's apparent death) | |||
| "The Wedding of River Song" (garden scene) | |||
| Sky | spring/summer 2011 | SJA | |
| The Curse of Clyde Langer | |||
| The Man Who Never Was | |||
| Torchwood: Miracle Day (present day) & Torchwood: Web of Lies (present day) |
between July and September 2011 | TW | |
| "Let's Kill Hitler" prequel (Amy's perspective) "Let's Kill Hitler" (crop circle cold-open) |
summer or early autumn 2011 early autumn 2011 |
11th | |
| "Dalek" | 2012 | 9th | 2005 |
| "The Long Game" (Mitchells' house) | |||
| "Fear Her" | 27 July 2012 | 10th | 2006 |
| "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" (Amy & Rory's house) | 25 December 2013 | 11th | 2011 |
| "The Hungry Earth" & "Cold Blood" | 2020 | 11th | 2010 |
| The Wheel in Space | c. 2050 | 2nd | 1968 |
| The War Games (Zoe's return to the Wheel) | 1969 | ||
| "Regeneration" "Liberation" "The Korven" "The Bounty Hunter" (aside from final scene) "Sirens of Ceres" "Fear Itself" "The Fall of The House of Gryffen" "Jaws of Orthrus" "Dream-Eaters" "Curse of Anubis" "Oroborus" "Alien Avatar" "Aeolian" "The Last Oak Tree" "Black Hunger" "The Cambridge Spy" (2050 scenes) "Lost Library of Ukko" "Mutant Copper" "The Custodians" "Taphony and the Time Loop" "Robot Gladiators" "Mind Snap" "Angel of the North" "The Last Precinct" "Hound of the Korven" "The Eclipse of the Korven" |
2050 | K-9 | 2009 |
| "The Mad Woman in the Attic"[xr 24] (old Rani, 2nd version) | 2059 | SJA | 2009 |
| "The Waters of Mars" | 21 November 2059 | 10th | |
| Paradise Towers | late 21st Century[66] | 7th | 1987 |
| The Moonbase | 2070 | 2nd | 1967 |
| Warriors of the Deep | c. 2084 | 5th | 1984 |
| The Seeds of Death | end of the 21st century[67] | 2nd | 1969 |
| Story | Story date(s) | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightmare of Eden | c. 2116[68] | 4th | 1979 |
| Day of the Daleks (future) | 22nd century[40] | 3rd | 1972 |
| "The Rebel Flesh" & "The Almost People" | 11th | 2011 | |
| The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 2164 | 1st | 1964 |
| "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada"[28] | 23rd century, at Christmas | 11th | 2010 |
| The Twin Dilemma | August 2200[69] or 2300 | 6th | 1984 |
| The Leisure Hive (Argolis) | c. 2290[70] | 4th | 1980 |
| Vengeance on Varos | c. 2285-2320[71] | 6th | 1985 |
| Mindwarp (Thoros-Beta) The Ultimate Foe (King Ycranos & Peri) |
3 July 2379[72] | 1986 | |
| The Androids of Tara | c. 2370s[73] | 4th | 1978 |
| Colony in Space | 1–5 March 2472[74] | 3rd | 1971 |
| The Rescue | 2493[75] | 1st | 1965 |
| Earthshock[xr 6] | 2526 | 5th | 1982 |
| Frontier in Space | 2540[76] | 3rd | 1973 |
| The Tomb of the Cybermen | after 2570[77] | 2nd | 1967 |
| "Midnight" | 27th century[78] | 10th | 2008 |
| The Sensorites | 28th century | 1st | 1964 |
| Revenge of the Cybermen | c. 2875[79] | 4th | 1975 |
| State of Decay | c. 2929[80] | 1980 | |
| The Mutants | 30th century[81] | 3rd | 1972 |
| Terror of the Vervoids | 16 April 2986[82] | 6th | 1986 |
| "The Beast Below" | 3295 | 11th | 2010 |
| The Infinite Quest | 40th century (segment 1 several years prior to remainder) | 10th | 2007 |
| "The Impossible Planet" & "The Satan Pit" | no earlier than 3926 | 2006 | |
| "Mission to the Unknown" | late 3999[83] (6 months before Daleks' Master Plan) | 1st | 1965 |
| The Daleks' Master Plan | 4000 | 1965–1966 | |
| "A Good Man Goes to War" (Battle of Zaruthstra) | 4037 | 11th | 2011 |
| "Planet of the Ood" | 4126 | 10th | 2008 |
| "The End of Time" (Ood scene) | 4226 | 2010 | |
| "A Christmas Carol" | 24–25 December 4398[84] | 11th | |
| The Invisible Enemy | c. 5000 | 4th | 1977 |
| "The Girl in the Fireplace"[xr 12] (spaceship) | 51st century | 10th | 2006 |
| "The Time of Angels" & "Flesh and Stone" | 11th | 2010 | |
| "The Big Bang" (Doctor and Amy in the forest scene) | |||
| "Silence in the Library" & "Forest of the Dead" | 10th | 2008 | |
| "Adam" and "Exit Wounds"[85] (Jack's childhood on Boeshane Peninsula) | TW | ||
| "Let's Kill Hitler" (Luna University) | 5123 | 11th | 2011 |
| "Closing Time" (Luna University) | mid-late 5120s | ||
| "The Pandorica Opens"[xr 2] (Stormcage Containment Facility, Royal Collection and Maldovarium scenes) | 5145 | 2010 | |
| "The Impossible Astronaut" & "Day of the Moon" (Stormcage Containment Facility scenes) | 52nd century | 2011 | |
| "The Doctor's Daughter" | 24 July 6012 | 10th | 2008 |
| "Turn Left" (Shan Shen scenes) | 85th century[78] | ||
| "The Time of Angels" (museum scenes) | 171st century | 11th | 2010 |
| Planet of Evil | c. 37,166[86] | 4th | 1975 |
| "The Bounty Hunter" (Ahab's arrival in the future) | c. 52,050 | K-9 | 2009 |
| "The Long Game" | 200,000 | 9th | 2005 |
| "Bad Wolf" & "The Parting of the Ways" | 200,100 | ||
| The Mysterious Planet (Ravolox/Earth) | c. 2,002,000 | 6th | 1986 |
| The Ark | c. 10,000,000 and then 700 years later | 1st | 1966 |
| "The End of the World"[xr 25] | 5,000,000,000 | 9th | 2005 |
| "New Earth" | 5,000,000,023 | 10th | 2006 |
| "Gridlock" | 5,000,000,053 | 2007 | |
| "Utopia" | 100,000,000,000,000 |
Some stories depict events occurring in timelines that are specifically stated as having been subsequently negated.
| Story | Possible Date(s) | Doctor | Year Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| "City of the Daleks"[28] | 1963 | 11th | 2010 |
| "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?"[xr 19] (Trickster and teenage Andrea) | 1964 | SJA | 2007 |
| Pyramids of Mars[xr 17] (a future destroyed Earth) | 1980 | 4th | 1975 |
| "Turn Left" (5 successive time periods) | right version of left/right choice: June 2007[87] Christmas star: 24 December 2007[88] Donna's dismissal: months later; between June and November 2008[89] Christmas prize: 24–25 December 2008[90] Leeds and TARDIS scenes: over 3 months later, spanning at least 3 weeks[91] |
10th | 2008 |
| "Last of the Time Lords" | One year after "The Sound of Drums" | 2007 | |
| "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?"[xr 19] (altered present) | contemporaneous with 2000s entries | SJA | |
| "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith" (altered present) | 2008 | ||
| "The Wedding of River Song" (majority) | 5:02 pm, 22 April 2011[92] | 11th | 2011 |
| "The Mad Woman in the Attic"[xr 24] (old Rani, 1st version) | 2059 | SJA | 2009 |
| Day of the Daleks | 22nd Century | 3rd | 1972 |
Some stories depict events occurring in what is specifically stated to be a different, parallel universe.
| Story | Possible Date(s) | Doctor | Year Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inferno | contemporaneous with 1970s entry | 3rd | 1970 |
| "Rise of the Cybermen" & "The Age of Steel" | 1 February 2007 | 10th | 2006 |
| "Army of Ghosts" & "Doomsday" | 3 years after the events of "The Age of Steel" | ||
| "Journey's End" (Dålig Ulv Stranden scene) | several years after "Doomsday" | 2008 |
Many of the stories do not give sufficient information to determine possible dates at which they might be set, though they can often be seen to be set in a contemporary period or at some future time.
The TARDIS's nature as a time machine makes it impossible to place adventures set solely in the ship to a specific date and locale. However, most of the adventures occur while the ship is in transit between two specifically mentioned locations.
| Story | In transit from | Travelling towards | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Edge of Destruction | Skaro | Big Bang, later 1289 | 1st | 1964 |
| The War Games (episode 10) | 2nd | 1969 | ||
| "Time Crash" (Fifth Doctor's perspective) | unknown | unknown | 5th | 2007 |
| "The End of the World"[xr 25] | 6 March 2005 | 5,000,000,000 via 2105 and 12005 | 9th | 2005 |
| "Doctor Who: Children in Need", aka "Born Again"[104] | 200,100 | 5006, later to Christmas 2006 | 10th | |
| "Time Crash" (Tenth Doctor's perspective) | 2008 | Christmas 2008[105] | 2007 | |
| "Music of the Spheres" | 2009 | Christmas 1851 | 2008 | |
| "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" ep. 1 | 25 June 2010 | 3295 | 11th | 2010 |
| "Amy's Choice" | unknown, presumably 1580 | unknown, later 2020 | ||
| "TARDIS"[28] | unknown, presumably 2010 | 23rd century at Christmas | ||
| "Space" and "Time" | Christmas 4398 | winter 2010–2011 | 2011 | |
| "Let's Kill Hitler" prequel (Doctor's perspective) | unknown | no earlier than autumn 2011 | ||
| "Death is the Only Answer" | unknown, possibly 1996 | 18 September 1945, approximately 2:00 |
The time period in which these adventures take place is not specifically stated.[nb 6]
| Story | Doctor | Year aired |
|---|---|---|
| The War Games (episode 10) | 2nd | 1969 |
| Colony in Space | 3rd | 1971 |
| The Three Doctors (Gallifrey scenes) | 1st | 1973 |
| 2nd | ||
| 3rd | ||
| The Deadly Assassin | 4th | 1976 |
| The Invasion of Time | 1978 | |
| Arc of Infinity (partly), The Five Doctors (after Arc of Infinity) | 5th | 1983 |
| The Trial of a Time Lord: • The Mysterious Planet (trial scenes) • Mindwarp (trial scenes) • Terror of the Vervoids (trial scenes) • The Ultimate Foe |
6th | 1986 |
| "The Sound of Drums" (young Master flashback) | 10th | 2007 |
| "The End of Time"[xr 23] (Time Lord President council scenes and young Master flashback) | 2009–2010 |
<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named chase; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||