Theory:Timeline - Third Doctor: Difference between revisions

: Set between ''Zeron Invasion'' and ''Deadly Choice''.^{''Evidence yet to be determined for this placement.''}  The Doctor recalls the recent events of ''The Vogan Slaves'', ''*Sub Zero'' and ''The Ugrakks''.

: Set around [[13 September]]. Before she is correct by the Doctor, Jo was under the impression that the TARDIS had been in working order since the events of ''Colony in Space'', but the Doctor confirms that he still does not have full control over it.<ref group = quote>JO: ''"I thought the TARDIS was working again."''<br>DOCTOR: ''"What gave you that idea?"''<br>JO: ''"Oh, being dragged off to an alien planet five hundred years in the future, for example. Oh, you know, all that business with the miners and the colonists."''<br>DOCTOR: ''"My dear Jo, the TARDIS was being operated then under remote control by the High Council of the Time Lords."''</ref> The TARDIS control console has been removed from the control room again, and the Doctor is working in yet another laboratory. Jo encounters the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Ogron]]s for the first time when they try to disrupt the Second [[World Peace Conference]] to ensure the the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], but the Doctor is able to break the [[bootstrap paradox]] and stop them.

=== First voyages with Sarah ===

: While helping the Brigadier investigate missing scientists at a research centre, the Doctor meets [[Sarah Jane Smith]], who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS when he travels to the [[13th century]], where he finds the [[Sontaran]] [[Linx]] is kidnapping the scientists to repair his ship at [[Irongron]]'s castle.

: According to this account, the Doctor and Sarah reunite for the first time since the events of ''The Time Warrior'' when Sarah tracks the Doctor down at UNIT HQ for an interview. She meets the Brigadier for the first time and decides to officially join the Doctor's company.

: This account also depicts the Doctor returning Sarah home to London from the events of ''The Time Warrior''.<ref group=quote>DOCTOR: ''"Well, I told you I'd get you back home safely, didn't I?"''<br>SARAH: ''"We set off from the Research Centre."''<br>DOCTOR: ''"Well, there's no point in going back there. No, I set course for UNIT HQ."''</ref> The Doctor drives the [[Whomobile]] for what seems to be the first time. Mike betrays UNIT due to his faith in [[Operation Golden Age]], but the Brigadier allows him to quietly resign instead of being imprisoned. The Doctor proposes taking Sarah on a trip to [[Florana]], leading directly into ''Death to the Daleks''. According to the [[dating protocol]], Sarah is 23-years-old in [[1974]].

: According to [[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|the novelisation]], the TARDIS has returned immediately back to UNIT HQ following ''Death to the Daleks'' and is still recovering from the energy drainage sustained on Exxilon.<ref group=quote>''"As you'll remember"'', he went on, continuing his work, ''"the TARDIS energy banks were totally drained by the beacon of the Exxilon City –"'' Sarah shuddered as she remembered their escape from the Daleks; and another curler slipped from its moorings. ''"–and although she was able to generate enough temporal thrust to take us home, she's by no means back to normal, poor old thing."''</ref> Sarah recalls "every time" she has travelled in the TARDIS with the Doctor as only being her trips in ''The Time Monster'', ''The Paradise of Death'' and ''Death to the Daleks''.

: Sarah doesn't know much about the Doctor's origins, setting this before ''The Time Thief''.

: The Doctor tells Sarah about Gallifrey and the Time Lords.

: The Doctor has been trying to get Sarah to Florana since they left London, but has failed to get her there several times already.<ref group=quote>''"Is this better than Florana, then?"'' asked Sarah, skipping to catch up. The Doctor had been promising to take her to Florana ever since they had left London, but somehow the TARDIS always seemed to have other plans.</ref>

: Sarah is still adjusting to her new life in the TARDIS, and has been avoiding the Doctor for the past few days, while he has been busy in his laboratory with delta particles. However, after making some repairs to the [[Helmic regulator]], he invites her on a test flight in the TARDIS and they visit a human colony four-hundred years in the future, and then Africa millions of years in the past, where Sarah is able to relax for the first time in the seven weeks that have passed since ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs''. <ref group=quote>''It had all changed seven weeks earlier. [Sarah's] discovery of the existence of the government's nuclear shelters in Sir Charles Grover's Whitehall offices had piqued her curiosity about what other Cold War projects were still under wraps and patiently awaiting her investigation.''</ref>

: 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 [[Remoraxian]]s. Liz, Sarah and the Brigadier are kidnapped by [[Adam Mitchell]], leading directly into ''Endgame''.

: While out for a ride in [[Bessie]], the Doctor is kidnapped by {{Latham}} to play [[Game of Rassilon (The Five Doctors)|the Game of Rassilon]] in the [[Death Zone]] with his first, second and [[fifth incarnation]]s. The Doctor recognises Sarah Jane when he encounters her in the Death Zone, setting this after ''The Time Warrior'', while Sarah Jane, having been taken to the Death Zone years after she left the TARDIS, tells the Doctor she will be present when he regenerates. After [[Matrix Rassilon|Rassilon]] deals with Borusa at the First Doctor's urging, the Doctors and their friends are returned to their [[time stream]]s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: The Doctor recalls the events of ''The Time Warrior'', although Sarah Jane is not accompanying him on this trip.<ref group=quote>''"Primitive humans,"'' the aristocrat said. ''"It reminds me of the time Sarah and I-"''''</ref>

=== Nearing the end ===

* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House That Hoxx Built (audio story)|The House That Hoxx Built]]''

: As he explores the [[end of the world]] with Sarah, the Doctor feels that his regeneration is approaching. Sarah recalls the events of ''The Gulf'' and ''The Monster of Peladon'', and the Doctor still owes her a trip to Florana, setting this before ''The Hungry Bomb''.

* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Children of the Future (audio story)|The Children of the Future]]''

: Set over a week after ''The House That Hoxx Built'', with the Doctor having been stationary on Earth since returning from the end of the world, secretly gathering components after being tricked by [[Rutan]]s disguised as time displaced [[Earth Defence Force]] agents from [[1994]]. On the day before the Brigadier's birthday, which multiple accounts would credit as being [[21 February]], Sarah and the the Brigadier, having grown suspicious of the Doctor's behaviour, follow him to the "agents'" base at Irongron's castle, where they discover the Rutan's deceit. After they thwart the Rutans' invasion attampt, the Doctor admits that he is nearing the end of his life, and worries if his next incarnation will be able to cope without having the Brigadier and UNIT to help him.  

: Sarah is aware of the TARDIS' ability to tow large objects, setting this after ''The Gulf''. The Doctor sees Sarah in the company of his next incarnation, potentially setting this prior to ''The Children of the Future''. In a contradiction to ''The Touch of the Nurazh'', the Third Doctor is unable to recognise the "teeth and curls" of his fourth incarnation.

* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Revolution in Space (audio story)|Revolution in Space]]''

: Sarah recalls the events of ''Death to the Daleks'' and ''The Monster of Peladon'', and believes that every place they visit seems to involve mining in some way. The Doctor and Sarah are on their way back to Earth, and Sarah learns that the Time Lords sometimes take control of the TARDIS and send the Doctor on missions.