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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Universe Called Fred (short story)|A Universe Called Fred]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Universe Called Fred (short story)|A Universe Called Fred]]''


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal Eaters (comic story)|The Metal Eaters]]''
:: (<u>REFERENCE</u>)
 
:: ''The Doctor and Liz go to [[Stegmoor]] to investigate reports of a crashed [[Voord spaceship]], but find nothing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beachhead (audio story)|Beachhead]]'')''
:: ''The Doctor and Liz go to [[Stegmoor]] to investigate reports of a crashed [[Voord spaceship]], but find nothing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beachhead (audio story)|Beachhead]]'')''


* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
: The Doctor encounters the [[Silurian]]s for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.
: The Doctor finishes tinkering with Bessie and takes the car for its first test drive. He then encounters the [[Silurian]]s for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.


=== After the Wenley Moor massacre ===
=== After the Wenley Moor massacre ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back (short story)|The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of the Past (audio story)|Shadow of the Past]]''
: The outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians'' is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.
: Set between ''The Silurians'' and ''Ambassadors of Death''. <ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-shadow-of-the-past-485</ref> The Doctor is still unhappy about the outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Liz mentions Captain Yates, setting this after ''Vengeance of the Stones''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of the Past (audio story)|Shadow of the Past]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
: The Doctor is still unhappy about the outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Liz mentions Captain Yates, setting this after ''Vengeance of the Stones''.
: Set a few weeks after ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.


* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''
: The Doctor has yet to forgive the Brigadier for the outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Corporal [[Benton]] has only recently been promoted to Sergeant.
: The Doctor has yet to forgive the Brigadier for the outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Corporal [[John Benton]] has only recently been promoted to Sergeant.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal Eaters (comic story)|The Metal Eaters]]''
: The Doctor drives Bessie, setting this after ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas]]''  
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)|The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
: Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites as her reason for leaving. The TARDIS console has also been removed from within the ship, as it was in ''The Ambassadors of Death''.  
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Boxes (audio story)|Blue Boxes]]''
: The events of ''The Ambassadors of Death'' are referred to.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Unzal Incursion (audio story)|The Unzal Incursion]]''
: The Doctor and Liz recall the recent events of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians'', which the Doctor is still resentful towards the Brigadier for. [[Sergeant]] [[Nicola Attah]] is seconded into UNIT to replace the recently promoted Sergeant Benton. The Doctor moves the TARDIS console from the lab to the garage, setting this between ''The Ambassadors of Death'' and ''Inferno''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas]]''
: Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites in ''Terror of the Autons'' as her reason for leaving. The TARDIS console has also been removed from within the ship, as it was in ''The Ambassadors of Death''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Christmas Dimension (audio story)|The Christmas Dimension]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Christmas Dimension (audio story)|The Christmas Dimension]]''
: Christmas Day
: Set on Christmas Day.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walls of Confinement (audio story)|Walls of Confinement]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walls of Confinement (audio story)|Walls of Confinement]]''
: This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after ''The Arkwood Experiments''.
: This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after ''The Arkwood Experiments''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Home From Home (audio story)|A Home From Home]]''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]''
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* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
: In an attempt to get his TARDIS working, the Doctor is transported to [[Inferno Earth|a different dimension]], where the Earth is destroyed as a result of the [[Inferno Project]]. Returning to his own dimension before the destruction, the Doctor is able to prevent the Inferno Project from destroying it.
: In an attempt to get his TARDIS working, the Doctor is transported to [[Inferno Earth|a different dimension]], where the Earth is destroyed as a result of the [[Inferno Project]]. Returning to his own dimension before the destruction, the Doctor is able to prevent the Inferno Project from destroying his Earth.  


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Still Lives (short story)|Still Lives]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Still Lives (short story)|Still Lives]]''  
: Set immediately after ''Inferno''.
: Set immediately after ''Inferno''.


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)|The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back (short story)|The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back]]''
: The outcome of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians'' is still fresh on the Doctor's mind. He has been working with UNIT for "months" and the Brigadier has warned Liz about her tone before, suggesting a setting after ''Inferno''. The TARDIS console is still disconnected from the control room.


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blame Game (audio story)|The Blame Game]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blame Game (audio story)|The Blame Game]]''
: It has been "months" since ''Spearhead from Space'', and {{Hound}} also mentions the events of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Liz has heard the Doctor's TARDIS materialise before, setting this after ''Inferno''.  
: It has been "months" since ''Spearhead from Space'', and {{Hound}} also mentions the events of ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''. Liz has heard the Doctor's TARDIS materialise before, setting this after ''Inferno''.  
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Home From Home (audio story)|A Home From Home]]''
: Six months have passed since ''Spearhead from Space''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Soldiers from Zolta (short story)|Soldiers from Zolta]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Soldiers from Zolta (short story)|Soldiers from Zolta]]''
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]''
: Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from ''Inferno''.
: Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from ''Inferno''. The TARDIS console is still disconnected, setting this before ''Rivers of Light''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Annihilators (audio story)|The Annihilators]]''
: The Doctor manages to reinstall the TARDIS console into the control room, however after fighting off an alien invasion with his [[Second Doctor|previous incarnation]], the timeline is reset and the Doctor is unsuccessful in reinstalling the console, setting this before ''Rivers of Light''.  


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hiccup in Time (short story)|Hiccup in Time]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rivers of Light (audio story)|Rivers of Light]]''
: One of the Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS sends Liz back in time to [[1539]].
: The Doctor returns to UNIT after hunting for [[Sensorite]]s across Europe for several months. [[River Song]] has been acting as UNIT's scientific advisor in the meantime and has reinstalled the TARDIS console, setting this between ''Inferno'' and ''Terror of the Autons''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''
: Set between ''Inferno'' and ''Terror of the Autons'', according to the back cover. Liz volunteers for a mission to Cambridge for a few days, as an opportunity to catch up with old friends. She claims that she is "always on the verge of leaving UNIT".


=== Resignation ===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
: Liz decides to leave UNIT.
: An older Liz recalls that the experience with the [[Cybermen]] was one of many factors that lead to her decision to leave UNIT.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
: Liz announces her intentions to leave UNIT.
: Liz openly states her intention to eventually leave UNIT.


=== Liz resigns ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]''
: Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
: Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.  


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
: Liz has just recently left UNIT.
: According to this account, Liz is offered a position working at [[CERN]] and decides to tell the Doctor about the opportunity. However, after he reacts badly to the news, she decides that she must put her career first, and immediately leaves UNIT without saying goodbye to him.  


=== Brief Return ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''
: {{Delgado|c}} hypnotises Liz into wanting to leave UNIT and return to Cambridge University.
: Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]''
: The Master is at large, setting this after ''Prisoners of the Sun''.
: Set one month after the events of ''Inferno'' and immediately after Liz's farewell party. The Doctor is aware that Liz is leaving UNIT, which she believes he found out from the Brigadier. The Time Lords send the Doctor on a mission to stop Liz from becoming a dictator in the future, and then decide to release the Master from Shada in order to keep the Doctor busy.  


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hiccup in Time (short story)|Hiccup in Time]]''
: Liz has decided to tell the Doctor about her decision to officially leave UNIT, setting this after the Doctor found out from the Brigadier during ''Prisoner of the Sun''.
: One of the Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS sends Liz back in time to [[1539]]. She is rescued and returned by the Doctor's future self, but is forced to return to Cambridge a day earlier than planned and avoid saying goodbye to the Doctor in order to fulfil the destiny trap.


=== Post-UNIT ===
=== Post-UNIT ===

Revision as of 05:12, 9 February 2022

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This page lists appearances of Liz Shaw in the order in which she experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as DocOhoReviews, The History of Doctor Who, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, Big Finish forums, The Whoniverse and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Additionally there are statements on the back of Virgin Missing Adventures and many BBC Past Doctor Adventures novels that state between which TV stories the novel takes place between. These can be used to narrow the field, and should be viewed as the only placing for these novels.

Timeline

UNIT career begins

Dr. Liz Shaw joins UNIT as assistant to the Third Doctor.
Liz is examining the leftovers of the Auton invasion, setting this shortly after Spearhead from Space.
The Doctor has not yet had an adventure on Earth without the Brigadier since his exile began.
(REFERENCE)
The Doctor and Liz go to Stegmoor to investigate reports of a crashed Voord spaceship, but find nothing. (AUDIO: Beachhead)
The Doctor finishes tinkering with Bessie and takes the car for its first test drive. He then encounters the Silurians for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.

After the Wenley Moor massacre

Set between The Silurians and Ambassadors of Death. [1] The Doctor is still unhappy about the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz mentions Captain Yates, setting this after Vengeance of the Stones.
Set a few weeks after Doctor Who and the Silurians.
The Doctor has yet to forgive the Brigadier for the outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Corporal John Benton has only recently been promoted to Sergeant.
The Doctor drives Bessie, setting this after Doctor Who and the Silurians.
The events of The Ambassadors of Death are referred to.
The Doctor and Liz recall the recent events of Doctor Who and the Silurians, which the Doctor is still resentful towards the Brigadier for. Sergeant Nicola Attah is seconded into UNIT to replace the recently promoted Sergeant Benton. The Doctor moves the TARDIS console from the lab to the garage, setting this between The Ambassadors of Death and Inferno.
Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites in Terror of the Autons as her reason for leaving. The TARDIS console has also been removed from within the ship, as it was in The Ambassadors of Death.
Set on Christmas Day.
This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.
Concludes shortly before Inferno.
In an attempt to get his TARDIS working, the Doctor is transported to a different dimension, where the Earth is destroyed as a result of the Inferno Project. Returning to his own dimension before the destruction, the Doctor is able to prevent the Inferno Project from destroying his Earth.
Set immediately after Inferno.
The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind. He has been working with UNIT for "months" and the Brigadier has warned Liz about her tone before, suggesting a setting after Inferno. The TARDIS console is still disconnected from the control room.
It has been "months" since Spearhead from Space, and the Monk also mentions the events of Doctor Who and the Silurians. Liz has heard the Doctor's TARDIS materialise before, setting this after Inferno.
Six months have passed since Spearhead from Space.
It is summer.
Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno. The TARDIS console is still disconnected, setting this before Rivers of Light.
The Doctor manages to reinstall the TARDIS console into the control room, however after fighting off an alien invasion with his previous incarnation, the timeline is reset and the Doctor is unsuccessful in reinstalling the console, setting this before Rivers of Light.
The Doctor returns to UNIT after hunting for Sensorites across Europe for several months. River Song has been acting as UNIT's scientific advisor in the meantime and has reinstalled the TARDIS console, setting this between Inferno and Terror of the Autons.
Set between Inferno and Terror of the Autons, according to the back cover. Liz volunteers for a mission to Cambridge for a few days, as an opportunity to catch up with old friends. She claims that she is "always on the verge of leaving UNIT".
An older Liz recalls that the experience with the Cybermen was one of many factors that lead to her decision to leave UNIT.
Liz openly states her intention to eventually leave UNIT.

Liz resigns

Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
According to this account, Liz is offered a position working at CERN and decides to tell the Doctor about the opportunity. However, after he reacts badly to the news, she decides that she must put her career first, and immediately leaves UNIT without saying goodbye to him.
The Master hypnotises Liz into wanting to leave UNIT and return to Cambridge University.
Set one month after the events of Inferno and immediately after Liz's farewell party. The Doctor is aware that Liz is leaving UNIT, which she believes he found out from the Brigadier. The Time Lords send the Doctor on a mission to stop Liz from becoming a dictator in the future, and then decide to release the Master from Shada in order to keep the Doctor busy.
One of the Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS sends Liz back in time to 1539. She is rescued and returned by the Doctor's future self, but is forced to return to Cambridge a day earlier than planned and avoid saying goodbye to the Doctor in order to fulfil the destiny trap.

Post-UNIT

Months have passed for Liz since she left UNIT, and the Doctor now has a new assistant, setting this shortly after Terror of the Autons.
Jo recalls the events of The Sea Devils. Jo and Liz meet for the first time, and the Doctor and Liz last saw each other in The Sentinels of the New Dawn.
The Doctor and Liz spend some time together and reference her departure from UNIT, setting this after Primord. Supposedly set in January 1971.
The Doctor goes on his first test flight into the past since his time travel knowledge was returned in The Three Doctors, taking Liz and Jo with him.
Jo knows the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Curse of Peledon. Liz is in the same area as the UNIT HQ, and is acquainted with Jo, setting this after The Wages of Sin.
The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Doctor and Sarah have been absent from UNIT long enough for it to have been infiltrated by the Remoraxians. Liz, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are kidnapped Adam Mitchell, leading directly into Endgame.
Liz doesn't know about regeneration.
The Fourth Doctor tracks down Liz to give her a proper goodbye.
Liz meets the Eighth Doctor.

Working for P.R.O.B.E

Liz is working for P.R.O.B.E during the 90's.
According to this account, Liz dies in 2003 while working for UNIT on the Moon.
Thirty years after she worked for UNIT, Liz returns to a UNIT Base to help deal with the consequences of an old mission. She mentions her "preternatural research".
In 2010, Liz can't attend the Doctor's funeral because she's stranded on a UNIT Moonbase and can't get back until afterwards. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
Liz is still working for P.R.O.B.E. in 2015.
Liz attends the funeral of Sarah Jane Smith.
  1. ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-shadow-of-the-past-485
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