Theory:Timeline - The Brigadier

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This page lists the appearances of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the order in which he experienced them.

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Timeline

Early Life

• July 1937 - PROSE: The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen

Alistair is 7 years years old and James is still alive. They live with their mother Mary Lethbridge-Stewart in Bledoe. James is a member of the Bledoe Cadets, though Alistair is told he's too young to join.

• PROSE: The Forgotten Son (flashbacks)

Alistair is a 7-year-old child and has his 8th birthday. James dies.

• 1943 - PROSE: The War Romance

Alistair's father is still at war, though he briefly returned for James' funeral. Alistair still lives with his mother at Redrose Cottage in Bledoe.

• 1945 - PROSE: In His Kiss

Alistair is a 15-year-old boy. Jemima Fleming shares a kiss with Alistair before she is taken away to apparently have a baby.

• May 1945 PROSE: The Note

Following the pronouncement of Alistair's father as MIA at the end of World War II, his extended family visit Bledoe for the funeral. His grandfather recieves a note from his deceased son which reveals he knows Archibald is the biological father of Alistair Jr. It is not revealed whether he tells his grandson at this point.

(SEGMENT) Following the events of The Note, Alistair and Mary depart Bledoe for Lancashire. Alistair has forgotten his brother by now. Jemima returns to Bledoe and finds Alistair has forgotten her as well. (PROSE: In His Kiss)

• PROSE: Deadly Reunion (part 1)

Set just after WWII.

• 1951 - PROSE: On His Majesty's National Service

Alistair is called upon for National Service in the Korean War.

• 1956 - PROSE: The Lock-In (flashbacks)

• 27 July 1957 - PROSE: A Funny Turn

Alistair is a Captain of the Scots Guards. The Great Intelligence, heading backwards in time, attempts to kill Alistair, but fails.

• TV: Survivors of the Flux

Set in 1967. Alistair has recently been recruited into UNIT and is a Corporal. He makes a call to the RAF.

First Contact and HAVOC

• PROSE: Fear of the Web

Set in February 1969.

• PROSE: The Ambush!

Direct prequel to The Web of Fear.

• TV: The Web of Fear

Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart meets the Second Doctor for the first time.

• PROSE: The Forgotten Son

Set directly after The Web of Fear. Set in March 1969 according to Candy Jar Books dating.

PROSE: Legacies

Set concurrently with The Forgotten Son.

• PROSE: The Contented Mind

Set in March 1969.

• PROSE: One Cold Step

Set in April 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Schizoid Earth

Set in April 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Cult of the Grinning Man

Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock

Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Dogs of War

Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Mutually Assured Domination

Set from May to June 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: House of Giants

Set in June 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Black Eggs of Khufu

Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Moon Blink

Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Band of Evil

Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Playing Dead
• PROSE: The Showstoppers

Set in August 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Schädengeist's First Love
• PROSE: The Grandfather Infestation

Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Runaway Bomb

Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Exodus from Venus

• PROSE: The Last Duty

: Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Times Squared

Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Lost Skin

Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating and set concurrently with Times Squared.

• PROSE: Eve of the Fomorians

Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Wishing Bazaar
• PROSE: Blood of Atlantis

Set in November 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Mind of Stone

Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Feast of Evans

Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Fright Before Christmas

Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Home for Christmas

Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: United in Blood

Set in January 1970, according to Candy Jar books dating.

• PROSE: Night of the Intelligence

Set in January 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Brother, Where Art Thou

Set in January 1970.

• PROSE: The Daughters of Earth

Set in February 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Piece of Mind

Set in March 1970. Sally thinks she is being punished for the events of The Daughters of Earth.

• PROSE: The Dreamer's Lament

Set in March 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: Kiss of the Ice Maiden

• PROSE: All the Kings Men

Set in April 1970.

• PROSE: The Flaming Soldier

Set in April 1970.

• PROSE: A Very Private Haunting

Set in May 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The New Unusual

Set in June 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: The Man from Yesterday

Set in August 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: '48 Crash

• PROSE: Domination Game

The Brigadier meets Fiona for the first time.

• PROSE: Tall Tales

Set in October 1970, shortly after Domination Game.

• PROSE: Fear Frequency

Set shortly after Domination Game.

• PROSE: Warriors of Montu

Set a few months after Domination Game.

• PROSE: The Overseers

Set after Warriors of Montu.

• PROSE: Blue Blood

Set after Blue Blood.

The UNIT Years

• AUDIO: Memories of Tomorrow

With his "new unit" newly-formed, the young Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart oversees their moving into new HQ.

• TV: The Invasion

• AUDIO: Wrath of the Ice Warriors

The Brigadier's previous encounter with the Doctor was during the events of The Invasion.

Working with the Doctor and Liz Shaw

• TV: Spearhead from Space

The Doctor has regenerated from his previous incarnation. Upon recovering, he assists UNIT in combating the Nestene Consciousness's Auton invasion and is asked by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart to become UNIT's scientific advisor with Dr. Liz Shaw, and he accepts in return for a car.

(FLASHBACK)

The Brigadier buys a car from a dealership as a "sweetener" for the Doctor, who has recently joined UNIT. She is taken back to UNIT HQ where she is unveiled to the Doctor. The Doctor names her Bessie and begins work on refurbishment. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)

• COMIC: The Arkwood Experiments

• COMIC: The Multi-Mobile

• COMIC: Insect

• PROSE: The Mind Extractors

• PROSE: The Ghouls of Grestonspey

• PROSE: Caught in the Web

Liz is examining the leftovers of the Auton invasion, setting this shortly after Spearhead from Space.

• PROSE: Invaders Invisible

The Doctor has not yet had an adventure on Earth without the Brigadier since his exile began.

• PROSE: The Dark Planet

• PROSE: Caverns of Horror

• PROSE: A Universe Called Fred

• COMIC: The Metal Eaters

• COMIC: Undercover

• TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians

The Doctor encounters the Silurians for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.

• AUDIO: AWOL

The Brigadier tracks down the Doctor after he absconded following Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• PROSE: The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back

The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.

• AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones

RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain.

• AUDIO: Shadow of the Past

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: Old Soldiers

Set a few weeks after Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• TV: 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.

• PROSE: Rise of the Dominator

Set concurrently to The Ambassadors of Death. Set in 1973 according to Candy Jar Books dating.

• PROSE: 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 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: Walls of Confinement

This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.

• PROSE: Prelude White Darkness

The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.

• AUDIO: The Unzal Incursion

The Doctor uses the TARDIS console to transport himself, Liz and the Brigadier a short distance.

• AUDIO: The Last Post

Concludes shortly before Inferno.

• TV: 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 it.

• PROSE: Still Lives

Set immediately after Inferno.

• PROSE: Ashes of the Inferno

• COMIC: The Fishmen of Carpantha

• COMIC: Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus

• PROSE: Soldiers from Zolta

It is summer.

• PROSE: The Science of Magic

• PROSE: 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.

• AUDIO: The Blue Tooth

Liz decides to leave UNIT.

• AUDIO: Binary

Liz announces her intentions to leave UNIT.

• PROSE: The Scales of Injustice

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

Liz has just recently left UNIT.

• AUDIO: The Rings of Ikiria

Set after Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• COMIC: Castaway

• COMIC: Levitation

• PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune

Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.

• PROSE: Reconnaissance

The Master is at large, setting this after Prisoners of the Sun.

• PROSE: Country of the Blind

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.

Jo Grant

• TV: Terror of the Autons

Jo Grant joins UNIT as the Doctor's new assistant, just in time for UNIT's first open battle with the Master. The Doctor steals a dematerialisation circuit from the Master's TARDIS, stranding his new enemy on Earth with him.

Set in either 1970 (AUDIO: The Other Woman) or 1972 (AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant).

• AUDIO: The Doll of Death

Though the audio's blurb places it between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks, Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting this before The Claws of Axos.

• PROSE: Dark Intruders

• PROSE: The Claw

• PROSE: Saucer of Fate

• TV: The Mind of Evil

The Master reclaims his dematerialisation circuit, and promptly leaves in his TARDIS.

• PROSE: Deadly Reunion

The Master has a working TARDIS, setting this after The Mind of Evil.

• PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce

The Doctor hasn't seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.

• AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant

Set during Jo's first year at UNIT. The Doctor doesn't have the TARDIS working yet, and UNIT considerers the Master a threat to Earth safety, setting this between The Mind of Evil and Colony in Space.

• TV: The Claws of Axos

From a deal with the Master, the Doctor is able to restore his TARDIS back to working order, only to discover the Time Lords have programmed it to always return him to 20th century Earth.

• AUDIO: The Mega

The Mega received advice from the Master, setting this after he got his TARDIS working in The Mind of Evil. The Nuton Power Complex is referenced, setting this after The Claws of Axos.

• TV: Colony in Space

Jo visits her first alien planet.

• TV: The Dæmons

After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat in Devil's End, the Master is arrested by UNIT.

• PROSE: Freedom

Set after the Master's arrest in The Dæmons.

• AUDIO: Degrees of Truth

The events of Freedom are mentioned.

• PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy

• AUDIO: The Magician's Oath

Set between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks.

• COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask

Set sometime after The Dæmons, and not long before The Face of the Enemy, as the Master is being held in Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre.

• TV: Day of the Daleks

• AUDIO: UNIT Dating

The Eighth Doctor claims that the Third Doctor is about to have his exile ended by the Time Lords, setting this not long before The Three Doctors. The Brig initially assumes an Ogron he encounters is left over from the events of Day of the Daleks, setting this soon after that story.

• PROSE: The Monster in the Woods

The Doctor refers to the events of Day of the Daleks.

• PROSE: Harvest of Time

Set between The Dæmons and The Sea Devils, as the Master is still in prison. The Brigadier mentions the Daleks, setting this after Day of the Daleks.

• PROSE: The Face of the Enemy

Set concurrently with The Curse of Peladon.

• PROSE: Honest Living

Set shortly after The Curse of Peladon.

• PROSE: The Switching

The Master changes the internal configuration of the Doctor's TARDIS, setting this after The Curse of Peladon, and before The Sea Devils, as the Master is sent to Fortress Island.

• COMIC: The Forgotten

The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this shortly before The Sea Devils.

• AUDIO: Find and Replace

Set after The Sea Devils, as the Doctor is making a device to track the Master and Jo has encountered the Daleks.

• AUDIO: The Other Woman

Set after The Mutants, as Jo hasn't been in the TARDIS very often, the Master is free and the Doctor is anticipating being freed from his exile soon.

• AUDIO: Prisoners of the Lake

Authorial intent places this between Day of the Daleks and The Time Monster.

• PROSE: The Touch of the Nurazh

The events of The Mutants are mentioned.

• PROSE: Where the Heart Is

Set three years after Spearhead from Space. The Doctor lists his work for the Time Lords, with The Mutants being the last one he mentions. This is also where UNIT acquires the manor house seen in The Three Doctors.

• AUDIO: Primord

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.

• COMIC: Change of Mind

The Doctor and Liz spend some time together and reference her departure from UNIT, setting this after Primord. Supposedly set in January 1971.

• AUDIO: The Scream of Ghosts

Jo recalls her recent encounter with Liz, setting this shortly after Primord.

• PROSE: Rags

Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, setting this after Day of the Daleks. Likewise, the Doctor confesses that sheep have never filled him with dread before, setting this before Verdigris.

• TV: The Time Monster

Jo comments on the TARDIS's new interior design, which the Doctor dismisses as a "redecoration".

• COMIC: Target Practice

• PROSE: Verdigris

Ending leads directly into The Three Doctors.

• TV: The Three Doctors

The Doctor's knowledge of time travel is restored to him as a reward for defeating Omega. However, he doesn't leave immediately, as he needs to fix up the TARDIS further.

• AUDIO: The Scorchies

The Scorchies song mentions the Gell guards, setting this after The Three Doctors. The Doctor is still working on the TARDIS.

• AUDIO: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant

In the first artificial scenario, the Brigadier refers to the Doctor recently being released from his exile on Earth by the Time Lords, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

• PROSE: The Spear of Destiny

The Doctor has had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him recently, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

• COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction

The Doctor admits to Jo that he has come to find comfort in Earth since his exile was lifted, and that he reason he keeps returning is to see his friends there. Some of his abilities that were previously blocked by the Time Lords are still returning, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

• PROSE: Listen - The Stars

• PROSE: Out of the Green Mist

• COMIC: The Time Thief

• PROSE: The Fathom Trap

The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.

• COMIC: Menace of the Molags

• PROSE: Old Father Saturn

• PROSE: Galactic Gangster

• COMIC: Dead on Arrival

• PROSE: Once upon a Time Machine

Set before Frontier in Space.

• PROSE: The Piper

The Doctor has recently been to Spiridon, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.

• COMIC: Death to the Doctor!

• PROSE: Dancing the Code

Set a week after Planet of the Daleks. The Doctor and Jo have spent the past few weeks trying and failing to get to Metebelis III.

• AUDIO: Time Tunnel

Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.

• PROSE: The Clean Air Act

Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after Come Friendly Bombs....

• PROSE: Last of the Gaderene

Set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.

• TV: The Green Death

Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor Clifford Jones.

• AUDIO: Council of War

Benton refers to the events of The Green Death.

• PROSE: Deep Blue

The Brig encounters the Fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.

• COMIC: Fogbound

• PROSE: Smash Hit

• COMIC: Secret of the Tower

• PROSE: The One Second Hour

• AUDIO: The Three Companions

• PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 1

Set before The Time Warrior.

Sarah Jane

• TV: The Time Warrior

The Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith, who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS.

• AUDIO: The Paradise of Death

Set immediately after The Time Warrior, with the Doctor returning Sarah home. She decides to officially join the Doctor's company.

• COMIC: Doomcloud

• TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

• PROSE: Signal S.O.S.

• COMIC: In With the Tide

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.

• PROSE: Island of Death

Sarah mentions her vacation in Sicily, setting this after The Ghosts of N-Space.

• PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas

Set after The Monster of Peladon.

• PROSE: An Overture Too Early

Set shortly before Planet of the Spiders.

• TV: Planet of the Spiders

Confronting the Great One of the Eight Legs, the Doctor receives a lethal dose of radiation, but is able to escape in the TARDIS.

• TV: Robot

• TV: Terror of the Zygons

• COMIC: Official Secrets

• PROSE: Double Trouble

• PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass

• PROSE: The Magic Box

• PROSE: Hello Goodbye

The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after The Masque of Mandragora.

• PROSE: No Future

The Seventh Doctor implants the idea of the Brigadier retiring.

• HOMEVID: Wartime

Both Benton and The Brigadier work for UNIT, setting this at least before the Brigadier's retirement in 1976.

Retirement

• PROSE: Scary Monsters

Story concludes with the 1981 Brigadier visiting the bar at the Hotel de Rois, leading directly into The Revisionists.

• AUDIO: The Revisionists

The Brigadier visits Geneva to finalise the details of his retirement. He has left Colonel Cosworth to run UNIT in his absence.

• AUDIO: Memories of Tomorrow

On his last day at HQ, the Brigadier is briefly transported back in time to his first, meeting his younger self.

• AUDIO: New Pastures

Shortly after retiring, and a week before taking on his new post as a maths teacher, Alistair takes a holiday in Yorkshire and helps put an end to a murder spree.

Working at Brendon school

• TV: Mawdryn Undead

In 1977 and while working at Brendon school, the Brigadier comes into contact with his future self and loses his memories of the Doctor because of this.

• PROSE: A Most Haunted Man

Set in 1979, two years after the Brigadier lost his memories. The Brigadier is working at Brendon Public School.

• PROSE: The Case of the Missing Fairy

Set in 1982. The Brigadier is still working at Brendon Public School.

• TV: Mawdryn Undead

In 1983, the Brigadier regains his memories of the Doctor after coming into contact with his past self from 1977.

• TV: The Five Doctors

The Brigadier attends a UNIT reunion and meets with his successor, Colonel Crichton.

• PROSE: Punting

Set during The Five Doctors.

• PROSE: Business Unusual

Set in 1989. The Brigadier meets the Sixth Doctor for the first time and the last time he saw the Doctor was during The Five Doctors. He is still working at Brendon school and after being reminded of Doris, begins thinking he should get back in touch with her.

• PROSE: Of the Future

Set in September to December 1989. The Brigadier is visited by Kate, who tells him that she's pregnant.

• PROSE: The Enfolded Time

Set January 1st 1990. The Brigadier discovers that he has a son with Doris Wilson.

• PROSE: Hide No More

Set in June 1990.

• PROSE: Of the Future

Set in September 1990.

• PROSE: A Wee Deoch an ...?

The Sixth Doctor accidentally orchestrates a reunion between the Brigadier and Doris, setting this after Business Unusual.

• HOMEVID: Downtime / PROSE: Downtime

Set in 1995, The Brigadier hasn't seen Kate since 1989. He claims to have been working at Brendon Public School for "twenty-odd" years and is retiring soon.

Return to UNIT

• PROSE: The Gift

Set during Christmas 1995 according to Not in My Back Yard. The Brigadier is in his 70s, despite the fact that the Brigadier would be 65 in 1995. He has retired again and buys a speed boat, but the First Doctor warns him about it, hinting that it could cause a death in the future.

• TV: Battlefield

Set in 1997. The Brigadier has retired from teaching and is married to Doris.

• PROSE: A Romantic Evening

The Brigadier and Doris reminisce over their wedding photographs, only to discover that the Seventh Doctor has changed the timeline so that he could be there.

• PROSE: The Algebra of Ice

The Brigadier has already met the Seventh Doctor. The Brigadier appears to have returned to active duty, but is not yet a general, setting this before The Dying Days.

• PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 2

The Brigadier has come out of retirement to aid Brigadier Bambera. He spends Christmas with Doris and his nephew's family.

• PROSE: The Dying Days

Set in 1997. The Brigadier is promoted to the rank of General.

• COMIC: Darkness, Falling

Set in 1999.

• PROSE: The King of Terror

Set in 1999. The Brigadier has met nine incarnations of the Doctor.

New Millenium, New Challenges

• AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor

Set in 2000.

• PROSE: The Two Brigadiers

Set in Winter 2000.

• PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass

Set in 2001.

• AUDIO: Minuet in Hell

Set in 2003.

• PROSE: Child of the New World

Set in September 2004.

• AUDIO: The Coup

Set in late 2004, according to Rise of the Dominator.

• AUDIO: The Wasting

Set in early 2005, according to Rise of the Dominator.

• PROSE: The Midwife and the Alien

Set on 2 June 2005. The Brigadier is present for the birth of his granddaughter, Lucy Wilson.

• PROSE: Home Fires Burn

The Brigadier is plucked out of time from 2005, shortly after the birth of Lucy Wilson.

• AUDIO: The Grey Man of the Mountain

• AUDIO: Way of the Burryman

Set in the late 1990s or early 2000s. The Brig meets the Ninth Doctor for the first time. Ending leads directly into The Forth Generation.

• AUDIO: The Forth Generation

• COMIC: The Warkeeper's Crown

The Brigadier meets the Tenth Doctor for the first time. If the Doctor is synchronised with Earth then this would be set roughly around 2006 or 2007.

• TV: Enemy of the Bane

Set in November 2009.

• AUDIO: The Three Companions

Set in 2009.

• HOMEVID: Liberty Hall

The Brigadier is retired and still married to Doris. He refers to his encounter with the Eighth Doctor in Malebolgia in 2003.

Losing Doris

• PROSE: Happy Endings

Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.

• PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon

Doris passed away in a boating accident some time before 2012. He presumably spends many years in Avalon before reurning to Earth only a few years later.

• PROSE: The King of Terror

According to one account, The Brigadier is still alive on 25 September 2050 at the age of one-hundred-and-twenty-one. He physically appears to be around 75 years old and returned to Earth from Avalon roughly twenty years after he left.

(NOTE)

The First Doctor in collaboration with his other incarnations, visits the Brigadier in December 1995 and convinces him to get rid of his newly acquired boat, vaguely implying that something bad would happen if he kept it. (PROSE: The Gift) Evidently the Doctor was successful and erased The Shadows of Avalon from the timeline, creating a new version of history where the Brigadier and Doris live happily in Cheldon Bonniface until at least 2017. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard)

Retiring to Cheldon Bonniface

• PROSE: Happy Endings

Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.

• PROSE: Not in My Back Yard

According to one account, the Brigadier and Doris remained it Cheldon Bonniface following the events of Happy Endings and were both still alive by 2017. The Doctor claims that the Brigadier and Doris still owe him for "Christmas 95" seemingly referencing the events of The Gift and implying that Doris would’ve died if not for his intervention.

• PROSE: Lucy Wilson

Set in September 2011. The Brigadier visits his Granddaughter, Lucy.

The Laughing Gnome

• PROSE: Scary Monsters

The Brigadier is pulled back in time from November 2011 to 1981.

• PROSE: Fear of the Web

Set in November 2011 and after Scary Monsters for Sir Alistair.

• PROSE: Spectre of the Gyraan

Set directly after Fear of the Web.

• PROSE: A Moment in History

• PROSE: Locked In

• PROSE: The Dinner Party

• PROSE: Latent Image

• PROSE: And the Crowd Goes Wild

• PROSE: The Danger Men

Set in November 2011 for Sir Alistair.

• PROSE: Rise of the Dominator

Set in November 2011 for Sir Alistair.

• PROSE: Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets

Alistair returns to November 2011 and the nursing home.

Final days

• PROSE: The Lock-In

Set between November and December 2011.

• PROSE: The Forgotten Son original opening

The Brigadier is on his death-bed. He has a brandy out for the Doctor.

• PROSE: Acceptance, and then Understanding

Set on Friday 16th December 2011. The Brigadier passes away.

• PROSE: Prelude Transit

According to one account, The Brigadier passes away after a period infirmity at a duchy in Geneva.

• TV: Death in Heaven

Set in 2014. The Brigadier is resurrected as a Cyberman.

Alternate timelines and universes

Silurian Earth

• PROSE: Blood Heat

When Mortimus meddled with the timeline and caused the Doctor to be killed during his first encounter with the Silurians, a parallel universe came into existence. In this universe the Silurians took back control of the planet Earth. An alternate version of the Brigadier inhabited this universe.

Wolfsbane

• PROSE: Wolfsbane

In a timeline where Harry Sullivan turned into a werewolf and killed Sarah Jane Smith, the Doctor responded to The Brigadier's distress call in Scotland alone.

Sympathy for the Devil universe

• AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil

In 1997, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart joins the Doctor in his travels.

• AUDIO: Masters of War

Bloodlines

• PROSE: An Ordinary Man

Set in an alternate timeline February 1969, where the Brigadier is called Archie Lethbridge-Stewart.

• PROSE: The George Kostinen Mystery

Set in an alternate 2021 and features Archie Lethbridge-Stewart.

• PROSE: Foreword to the Past

Unsorted stories

• PROSE: The Nemertines

The Brigadier is working with UNIT and encounters the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, suggesting a setting after The Five Doctors.

• GAME: Destiny of the Doctors

The Brigadier aids The Graak on his mission from UNIT HQ.

• PROSE: The Magic Box

• PROSE: Listening Watch

• PROSE: Hidden Talent

• PROSE: Fond Memories

• PROSE: UNITed We Fall

• PROSE: The Arrival

Set in April, during the 1970s.

• AUDIO: The Fall of Shield Sentai

• PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 3

Doris has been dead for some years. The Brigadier is a general and has already met Charley Pollard, setting this after Minuet in Hell. Colonel Emily Chaudhry appears to be in charge of UNIT.

• PROSE: Into the Fire

• PROSE: Car Wars