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This page lists the appearances of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] in the order in which he experienced them  
This page lists the appearances of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] in the order in which he experienced them.
 
{{Doctor Who timelines}}


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
=== Early Life ===
=== Early Life ===
* [[July]] [[1937]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen (short story)|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 (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'' (flashbacks)
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'' (flashbacks)
: Alistair is a 7-9-year-old child.
: Alistair is a 7-year-old child and has his 8th birthday. James dies.  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[In His Kiss (short story)|In His Kiss]]''  
 
: Alistair is a 15-year-old boy.
* [[1943]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The War Romance (short story)|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 (short story)|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 (short story)|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. [[Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|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.
 
:: (<u>SEGMENT</u>) ''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 (short story)|In His Kiss]]'')
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'' (part 1)
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'' (part 1)
: Set just after WWII.
: Set just after WWII.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lock-In (short story)|The Lock-In]]'' (flashbacks)
 
: Set in 1956.
* [[1951]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[On His Majesty's National Service (novel)|On His Majesty's National Service]]''
: Alistair is called upon for National Service in the [[Korean War]].
 
* [[1956]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lock-In (short story)|The Lock-In]]'' (flashbacks)
 
* [[27 July]] [[1957]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Funny Turn (short story)|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 (TV story)|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 ===
=== First Contact and HAVOC ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of the Web (novel)|Fear of the Web]]''
: Set in February 1969.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]''
: ''Direct prequel to Web of Fear''
: Direct prequel to ''The Web of Fear''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''
: ''Original appearance.''
: Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart meets the [[Second Doctor]] for the first time.  
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]''
: ''Set directly after Web of Fear''
: Set directly after ''The Web of Fear''. Set in [[March]] [[1969]] according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]''
 
: ''Concurrent with The Forgotten Son''
:: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]''
:: Set concurrently with ''The Forgotten Son''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Contented Mind (short story)|The Contented Mind]]''
: Set in [[March]] [[1969]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]''
: Set in [[April]] 1969, according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]''
: Set in [[April]] 1969, according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cult of the Grinning Man (short story)|The Cult of the Grinning Man]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cult of the Grinning Man (short story)|The Cult of the Grinning Man]]''
: Set in [[May]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]''
: Set in [[May]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dogs of War (LS short story)|The Dogs of War]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dogs of War (LS short story)|The Dogs of War]]''
: Set in [[May]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mutually Assured Domination (novel)|Mutually Assured Domination]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mutually Assured Domination (novel)|Mutually Assured Domination]]''
: Set from [[May]] to [[June]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[House of Giants (short story)|House of Giants]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[House of Giants (short story)|House of Giants]]''
: Set in [[June]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Black Eggs of Khufu (short story)|The Black Eggs of Khufu]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Black Eggs of Khufu (short story)|The Black Eggs of Khufu]]''
: Set in [[July]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]''
: Set in [[July]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Band of Evil (short story)|The Band of Evil]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Band of Evil (short story)|The Band of Evil]]''
: Set in [[July]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playing Dead (short story)|The Playing Dead]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]''
: Set in [[August]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Schädengeist's First Love (short story)|Schädengeist's First Love]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grandfather Infestation (novel)|The Grandfather Infestation]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grandfather Infestation (novel)|The Grandfather Infestation]]''
: Set in [[September]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Runaway Bomb (short story)|The Runaway Bomb]]''
: Set in [[September]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus from Venus (short story)|Exodus from Venus]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Duty (short story)|The Last Duty]]''
: : Set in [[September]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Times Squared (novel)|Times Squared]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Times Squared (novel)|Times Squared]]''
: Set in [[October]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Skin (short story)|The Lost Skin]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Skin (short story)|The Lost Skin]]''
: ''Concurrent with Times Squared''
: Set in [[October]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating and set concurrently with ''Times Squared''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eve of the Fomorians (short story)|Eve of the Fomorians]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eve of the Fomorians (short story)|Eve of the Fomorians]]''
: Set in [[October]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wishing Bazaar (short story)|The Wishing Bazaar]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood of Atlantis (novel)|Blood of Atlantis]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood of Atlantis (novel)|Blood of Atlantis]]''
: Set in [[November]] [[1969]], according to Candy Jar Books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]''
: Set in [[December]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of Evans (short story)|The Feast of Evans]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of Evans (short story)|The Feast of Evans]]''
: Set in [[December]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fright Before Christmas (short story)|The Fright Before Christmas]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fright Before Christmas (short story)|The Fright Before Christmas]]''
: Set in [[December]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Home for Christmas (short story)|Home for Christmas]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Home for Christmas (short story)|Home for Christmas]]''
: Set in [[December]] [[1969]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[United in Blood (short story)|United in Blood]]''
: Set in [[January]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]''
: Set in [[January]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar Books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Brother, Where Art Thou (short story)|Brother, Where Art Thou]]''
: Set in [[January]] [[1970]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Daughters of Earth (novel)|The Daughters of Earth]]''
: Set in [[February]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar Books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Piece of Mind (short story)|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 (novel)|The Dreamer's Lament]]''
: Set in [[March]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar Books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Kiss of the Ice Maiden (novel)|Kiss of the Ice Maiden]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[All the Kings Men (short story)|All the Kings Men]]''
: Set in [[April]] [[1970]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Flaming Soldier (novel)|The Flaming Soldier]]''
: Set in [[April]] [[1970]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Private Haunting (novel)|A Very Private Haunting]]''
: Set in [[May]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar Books dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The New Unusual (novel)|The New Unusual]]''
: Set in [[June]] [[1970]], according to Candy Jar Books dating. 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man from Yesterday (novel)|The Man from Yesterday]]''
: Set in [[August]] [[1970]], according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[['48 Crash (short story)|'48 Crash]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Domination Game (novel)|Domination Game]]''
: The Brigadier meets [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart|Fiona]] for the first time.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tall Tales (short story)|Tall Tales]]''
: Set in [[October]] [[1970]], shortly after ''Domination Game''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Frequency (novel)|Fear Frequency]]''
: Set shortly after ''Domination Game''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warriors of Montu (novel)|Warriors of Montu]]''
: Set a few months after ''Domination Game''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Overseers (novel)|The Overseers]]''
: Set after ''Warriors of Montu''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Blood (novel)|Blue Blood]]''
: Set after ''Blue Blood''.


=== The UNIT Years ===
=== The UNIT Years ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playing Dead (short story)|The Playing Dead]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]''
: With his "new unit" newly-formed, the young Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart oversees their moving into [[UNIT HQ|new HQ]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile]]''
: 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 (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]''
: The Doctor has [[Regeneration|regenerated]] from his [[Second Doctor|previous incarnation]]. Upon recovering, he assists [[UNIT]] in combating the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s [[Auton]] [[Black Thursday|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.
 
:: (<u>FLASHBACK</u>)
:: ''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 (audio story)|Bessie Come Home]]'')
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments (comic story)|The Arkwood Experiments]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile (comic story)|The Multi-Mobile]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones]]''
 
:The Doctor has had Bessie for a relatively short period of time.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind Extractors (short story)|The Mind Extractors]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghouls of Grestonspey (short story)|The Ghouls of Grestonspey]]''
: The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Caught in the Web (short story)|Caught in the Web]]''
: Liz is examining the leftovers of the Auton invasion, setting this shortly after ''Spearhead from Space''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Invaders Invisible (short story)|Invaders Invisible]]''
: The Doctor has not yet had an adventure on Earth without the Brigadier since his exile began.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Planet (short story)|The Dark Planet]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Caverns of Horror (short story)|Caverns of Horror]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Universe Called Fred (short story)|A Universe Called Fred]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal Eaters (comic story)|The Metal Eaters]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Undercover (comic story)|Undercover]]''
 
* [[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.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[AWOL (audio story)|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 (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.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones (audio story)|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 (audio story)|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 (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
: ''Tentative placement in regards to the "recent" falling out between the Doctor and Brigadier over the Silurians.''
: Set a few weeks after ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of the Past]]''
 
: ''The Silurians occurred a few weeks earlier.''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''
* [[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]]: ''[[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.
:* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rise of the Dominator (novel)|Rise of the Dominator]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walls of Confinement]]''
:: Set concurrently to ''The Ambassadors of Death''. Set in [[1973]] according to [[Candy Jar Books]] dating.
: This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas]]''  
: The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before 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 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 (audio story)|Walls of Confinement]]''
: This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after ''The Arkwood Experiments''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude White Darkness (short story)|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 (audio story)|The Unzal Incursion]]''
: The Doctor uses the TARDIS console to transport himself, Liz and the Brigadier a short distance.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]''
: Concludes shortly before ''Inferno''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post]]''
: 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.
: ''The Last Post spans from Spearhead to just before Inferno.''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Still Lives (short story)|Still Lives]]''  
: Set immediately after ''Inferno''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)|The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Science of Magic]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
: Mike Yates arrives at UNIT and sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Soldiers from Zolta (short story)|Soldiers from Zolta]]''
: It is summer.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Science of Magic (short story)|The Science of Magic]]''
 
* [[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''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
: Liz decides to leave UNIT.
: Liz decides to leave UNIT.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Binary]]''
 
: Liz announces her intention to leave UNIT.  
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]''
: Liz announces her intentions to leave UNIT.
: Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to Captain Rank, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]''
: Liz has recently left UNIT.  
: Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]''
: Liz has just recently left UNIT.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria (audio story)|The Rings of Ikiria]]''
: Set after ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Castaway (comic story)|Castaway]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Castaway (comic story)|Castaway]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Levitation (comic story)|Levitation]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Levitation (comic story)|Levitation]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|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.
: Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.
* ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
 
: After Prisoners of the Sun as the Master is active, unbeknown to the Brigadier.  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''
: The Master is at large, setting this after ''Prisoners of the Sun''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doll of Death]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
: Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting it before The Claws of Axos.
: 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''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mega]]''
 
: The Mega were aided by the Master.  
==== Jo Grant ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]'' (part 2)
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
: The Master has a working TARDIS, placing this after The Mind of Evil.
: [[Jo Grant]] joins UNIT as the Doctor's new assistant, just in time for UNIT's first open battle with {{Delgado}}. The Doctor steals a [[dematerialisation circuit]] from [[the Master's TARDIS]], stranding his new enemy on Earth with him.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce]]''
 
: No one has seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.
:: Set in either 1970 ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Woman (audio story)|The Other Woman]]'') or 1972 ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)|The Sacrifice of Jo Grant]]'').
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doll of Death (audio story)|The Doll of Death]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''
: 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''.
* [[AUDIO]]:''[[Degrees of Truth]]''
 
: Set immediately after The Dæmons.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Intruders (short story)|Dark Intruders]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Claw (short story)|The Claw]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Saucer of Fate (short story)|Saucer of Fate]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
: The Master reclaims his dematerialisation circuit, and promptly leaves in his TARDIS.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]''
: The Master has a working TARDIS, setting this after ''The Mind of Evil''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce]]''  
: The Doctor hasn't seen the Master since ''Deadly Reunion''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)|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 (TV story)|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 (audio story)|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 (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''
: Jo visits her first alien planet.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
: After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat in [[Devil's End]], the Master is arrested by UNIT.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]''  
: Set after the Master's arrest in ''The Dæmons''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Degrees of Truth (audio story)|Degrees of Truth]]''
: The events of ''Freedom'' are mentioned.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]''
 
: Set soon after The Dæmons.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Magician's Oath (audio story)|The Magician's Oath]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]''
: Set between ''The Dæmons'' and ''Day of the Daleks''.{{source}}
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''
 
: This is concurrent with The Curse of Peladon.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|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 (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[UNIT Dating (audio story)|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 (short story)|The Monster in the Woods]]''
: The Doctor refers to the events of ''Day of the Daleks''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''
: Set between ''The Dæmons'' and ''The Sea Devils'', as the Master is still in prison. The Brigadier mentions the [[Dalek]]s, setting this after ''Day of the Daleks''.
: For the third Doctor, this takes place immediately after the Sea Devils, but before Find and Replace.  
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Find and Replace]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rags]]''
: Set concurrently with ''The Curse of Peladon''.
: Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, which places this firmly after Day of the Daleks. Likewise, the Doctor confesses that sheep have never filled him with dread before, placing this before Verdigris.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living (short story)|Honest Living]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris]]''
: Set shortly after ''The Curse of Peladon''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Scorchies]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Many Deaths of Jo Grant]]''
: 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]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene]]''
 
: The takes place before the Green Death
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''
: The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this shortly before ''The Sea Devils''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Find and Replace (audio story)|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 (audio story)|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 (audio story)|Prisoners of the Lake]]''
: Authorial intent places this between ''Day of the Daleks'' and ''The Time Monster''.{{source}}
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh (short story)|The Touch of the Nurazh]]''
: The events of ''The Mutants'' are mentioned.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is (short story)|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 (audio story)|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 (comic story)|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 (audio story)|The Scream of Ghosts]]''
: Jo recalls her recent encounter with Liz, setting this shortly after ''Primord''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rags (novel)|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 (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''
: Jo comments on the TARDIS's new interior design, which the Doctor dismisses as a "redecoration".
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Target Practice (comic story)|Target Practice]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
: Ending leads directly into ''The Three Doctors''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deathworld (TLS audio story)|Deathworld]]''
: The events of this story fade and replaced by ''The Three Doctors'', with its ending leading directly into that story.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|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 (audio story)|The Scorchies]]''
: The [[Scorchie]]s song mentions the [[Gell guard]]s, setting this after ''The Three Doctors''. The Doctor is still working on the TARDIS.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (audio story)|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 (short story)|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 (comic story)|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 (short story)|Listen - The Stars]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Green Mist (short story)|Out of the Green Mist]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Thief (comic story)|The Time Thief]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fathom Trap (short story)|The Fathom Trap]]''
: The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, setting this shortly after ''The Three Doctors''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Menace of the Molags (comic story)|Menace of the Molags]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Old Father Saturn (short story)|Old Father Saturn]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Galactic Gangster (short story)|Galactic Gangster]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dead on Arrival (comic story)|Dead on Arrival]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Once upon a Time Machine (short story)|Once upon a Time Machine]]''
: Set before ''Frontier in Space''.{{source}}
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Piper (short story)|The Piper]]''
: The Doctor has recently been to Spiridon, setting this after ''Planet of the Daleks''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Death to the Doctor! (comic story)|Death to the Doctor!]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|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]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Josephine and the Argonauts (novel)|Josephine and the Argonauts]]''
: Set between ''Planet of the Daleks'' and ''The Green Death''. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CwSjxgVIim8/ Paul Magrs on Instagram: "Placement, for those who need to know."]</ref> The Doctor claims he’s been keeping his ear to ground for the Master coming back to Earth since he and Jo returned from Spiridon.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]''
: Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after ''Planet of the Daleks''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clean Air Act (short story)|The Clean Air Act]]''
: Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after ''Come Friendly Bombs...''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]''
: Set between ''Planet of the Daleks'' and ''The Green Death''.{{source}}
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''
: Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor [[Clifford Jones]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]''
: Takes place soon after the Green Death.  
: 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.  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deep Blue (novel)|Deep Blue]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 1]]''
: The Brig encounters the Fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.  
: The third Doctor returns from his Sabbatical from UNIT.  
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound (comic story)|Fogbound]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Paradise of Death]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Smash Hit (short story)|Smash Hit]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time]]''
 
: The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs''.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Secret of the Tower (comic story)|Secret of the Tower]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]''  
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour (short story)|The One Second Hour]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 1 (short story)|Faithful Friends: Part 1]]''  
: Set before ''The Time Warrior''.
 
==== Sarah Jane ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]''
: The Doctor meets [[Sarah Jane Smith]], who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Paradise of Death (audio story)|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 (comic story)|Doomcloud]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Signal S.O.S. (short story)|Signal S.O.S.]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[In With the Tide (comic story)|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 [[Remoraxian]]s. Liz, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are kidnapped [[Adam Mitchell]], leading directly into ''Endgame''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]''
: The Doctor senses that he will soon regenerate.
: Sarah mentions her vacation in Sicily, setting this after ''The Ghosts of N-Space''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[An Overture Too Early]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]''
: Set after ''The Monster of Peladon''.{{source}}
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[An Overture Too Early (short story)|An Overture Too Early]]''  
: Set shortly before '' Planet of the Spiders''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''
: Confronting [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|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 story)|Robot]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future]]''
 
: The seventh Doctor implants the idea of the Brigadier retiring.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Double Trouble (short story)|Double Trouble]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Magic Box (short story)|The Magic Box]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hello Goodbye (short story)|Hello Goodbye]]''
: The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after ''The Masque of Mandragora''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
: The Seventh Doctor implants the idea of the Brigadier retiring.
 
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]''
: Both [[John Benton|Benton]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] work for [[UNIT]], setting this at least before the Brigadier's retirement in [[1976]].


=== Retirement ===
=== Retirement ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Scary Monsters (novel)|Scary Monsters]]''
: ''1977 Brigadier''
: Story concludes with the 1981 Brigadier visiting the bar at the [[Hotel de Rois]], leading directly into ''The Revisionists''.
==== 1980s =====
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Revisionists (audio story)|The Revisionists]]''
: ''1983 Brigadier''
: The Brigadier visits Geneva to finalise the details of his retirement. He has left [[Cosworth (The Revisionists)|Colonel Cosworth]] to run UNIT in his absence.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''
 
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]''
: On his last day at [[UNIT HQ|HQ]], the Brigadier is briefly transported back in time to his first, meeting his younger self.
 
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[New Pastures (audio story)|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 (TV story)|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 (novel)|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 (short story)|The Case of the Missing Fairy]]''
: Set in [[1982]]. The Brigadier is still working at [[Brendon Public School]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|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 (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]''
: The Brigadier attends a UNIT reunion and meets with his successor, [[Charles Crichton|Colonel Crichton]].
: Set in 1989.
 
==== 1990s ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Punting (short story)|Punting]]''
: Set during ''The Five Doctors''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|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 (short story)|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 (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]''
: Set January 1st 1990.
: Set January 1st 1990. The Brigadier discovers that he has a son with Doris Wilson.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hide No More (short story)|Hide No More]]''
: Set in [[June]] [[1990]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the Future (short story)|Of the Future]]''
: Set in [[September]] [[1990]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Wee Deoch an ...? (short story)|A Wee Deoch an ...?]]''
: The Sixth Doctor accidentally orchestrates a reunion between the Brigadier and Doris, setting this after ''Business Unusual''.
 
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]''
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]''
: Set in 1995.
: 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.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 2]]''
=== Return to UNIT ===
: The Brig has married Doris.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gift (ST short story)|The Gift]]''
* [[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.
: ''The Brigadier is in his 70's.''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''
: Set in 1997.
: Set in 1997. The Brigadier has retired from teaching and is married to [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]].
==== New Millenium, New Challenges ====
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Romantic Evening (short story)|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 (novel)|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 (short story)|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 (novel)|The Dying Days]]''
: Set in 1997. The Brigadier is promoted to the rank of General.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Darkness, Falling (comic story)|Darkness, Falling]]''
: Set in 1999.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|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 (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''
: Set in 2000.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Brigadiers (short story)|The Two Brigadiers]]''
: Set in [[Winter]] [[2000]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''
: Set in 2001.
: Set in 2001.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]''
: Set in 2003.
: Set in 2003.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)|Child of the New World]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''
: Set in [[September]] [[2004]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]''
: Set in late [[2004]], according to ''Rise of the Dominator''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]''
: Set in early [[2005]], according to ''Rise of the Dominator''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Midwife and the Alien (short story)|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 (novel)|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 story)|The Grey Man of the Mountain]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Way of the Burryman (audio story)|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 (audio story)|The Forth Generation]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)|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 (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]''
: Set in [[November]] [[2009]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]''
: Set in 2009.
: Set in 2009.
=== A New lease of Life ===
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Liberty Hall (home video)|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 (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
: Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
: Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]''
 
:Set in 2012. He presumably spends many years in Avalon before reurning to Earth only a few years later.  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 3]]''
: 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.  
: Doris has been dead for some years.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Not in My Back Yard]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]''
:Set in 2018.
: 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.
=== Death ===
 
:: (<u>NOTE</u>)
:: 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 (ST short story)|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 (short story)|Not in My Back Yard]]'')
 
=== Retiring to Cheldon Bonniface ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
: Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Not in My Back Yard (short story)|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 (short story)|Lucy Wilson]]''
: Set in [[September]] [[2011]]. The Brigadier visits his Granddaughter, [[Lucy Wilson|Lucy]].
 
=== The Laughing Gnome ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scary Monsters (novel)|Scary Monsters]]''
: The Brigadier is pulled back in time from [[November]] [[2011]] to [[1981]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of the Web (novel)|Fear of the Web]]''
: Set in [[November]] [[2011]] and after ''Scary Monsters'' for Sir Alistair.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Spectre of the Gyraan (short story)|Spectre of the Gyraan]]''
: Set directly after ''Fear of the Web''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Moment in History (short story)|A Moment in History]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Locked In (short story)|Locked In]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dinner Party (short story)|The Dinner Party]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Latent Image (short story)|Latent Image]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[And the Crowd Goes Wild (short story)|And the Crowd Goes Wild]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Danger Men (novel)|The Danger Men]]''
: Set in [[November]] [[2011]] for Sir Alistair.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rise of the Dominator (novel)|Rise of the Dominator]]''
: Set in [[November]] [[2011]] for Sir Alistair.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets (novel)|Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets]]''
: Alistair returns to [[November]] [[2011]] and the nursing home.
 
=== Final days ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lock-In (short story)|The Lock-In]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lock-In (short story)|The Lock-In]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son original opening]]''
: Set between November and December 2011.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son original opening (short story)|The Forgotten Son original opening]]''
: The Brigadier is on his death-bed. He has a brandy out for the Doctor.
: The Brigadier is on his death-bed. He has a brandy out for the Doctor.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven]]''
 
: The Brigadier is resurrected as a Cyberman.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Acceptance, and then Understanding (short story)|Acceptance, and then Understanding]]''
: Set on Friday 16th December 2011. The Brigadier passes away.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Transit (short story)|Prelude Transit]]''
: According to one account, The Brigadier passes away after a period infirmity at a duchy in Geneva.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
: Set in 2014. The Brigadier is resurrected as a Cyberman.
 
== Alternate timelines and universes ==
=== Silurian Earth ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]''
: When {{Champion}} 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 (novel)|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 (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]''
: In 1997, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Sympathy for the Devil)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] joins [[the Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the Doctor]] in his travels.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of War (audio story)|Masters of War]]''
 
=== Bloodlines ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[An Ordinary Man (novel)|An Ordinary Man]]''
: Set in an alternate timeline [[February]] [[1969]], where the Brigadier is called [[Archie Lethbridge-Stewart]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The George Kostinen Mystery (novel)|The George Kostinen Mystery]]''
: Set in an alternate [[2021]] and features Archie Lethbridge-Stewart.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Foreword to the Past (novel)|Foreword to the Past]]''


== Unsorted stories ==
== Unsorted stories ==
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nemertines (short story)|The Nemertines]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]''
: The Brigadier is working with UNIT and encounters the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], suggesting a setting after ''The Five Doctors''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]''
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors (video game)|Destiny of the Doctors]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror]]''
: The Brigadier aids [[The Graak]] on his mission from [[UNIT HQ]].  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Magic Box (short story)|The Magic Box]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Signal S.O.S.]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Magic Box]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch (short story)|Listening Watch]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Smash Hit]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Wee Deoch an ...?]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent (short story)|Hidden Talent]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fond Memories (short story)|Fond Memories]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Still Lives]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNITed We Fall (short story)|UNITed We Fall]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Arrival (short story)|The Arrival]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]''
: Set in [[April]], during the [[1970s]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fall of Shield Sentai (audio story)|The Fall of Shield Sentai]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Once upon a Time Machine]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Transit]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 3 (short story)|Faithful Friends: Part 3]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Undercover (comic story)|Undercover]]''
: Doris has been dead for some years. The Brigadier is a general and has already met Charley Pollard, setting this after ''Minuet in Hell''. [[Emily Chaudhry|Colonel Emily Chaudhry]] appears to be in charge of UNIT.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Secret of the Tower]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Into the Fire (short story)|Into the Fire]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doomcloud]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Darkness Falling]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Car Wars (short story)|Car Wars]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Death to the Doctor!]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]''

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

Timeline[[edit source]]

Early Life[[edit source]]

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.
Alistair is a 7-year-old child and has his 8th birthday. James dies.
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.
Alistair is a 15-year-old boy. Jemima Fleming shares a kiss with Alistair before she is taken away to apparently have a baby.
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)
Set just after WWII.
Alistair is called upon for National Service in the Korean War.
Alistair is a Captain of the Scots Guards. The Great Intelligence, heading backwards in time, attempts to kill Alistair, but fails.
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[[edit source]]

Set in February 1969.
Direct prequel to The Web of Fear.
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart meets the Second Doctor for the first time.
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.
Set in March 1969.
Set in April 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in April 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in May 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set from May to June 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in June 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in July 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in August 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
: Set in September 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating and set concurrently with Times Squared.
Set in October 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in November 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in December 1969, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in January 1970, according to Candy Jar books dating.
Set in January 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in January 1970.
Set in February 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in March 1970. Sally thinks she is being punished for the events of The Daughters of Earth.
Set in March 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in April 1970.
Set in April 1970.
Set in May 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in June 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
Set in August 1970, according to Candy Jar Books dating.
The Brigadier meets Fiona for the first time.
Set in October 1970, shortly after Domination Game.
Set shortly after Domination Game.
Set a few months after Domination Game.
Set after Warriors of Montu.
Set after Blue Blood.

The UNIT Years[[edit source]]

With his "new unit" newly-formed, the young Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart oversees their moving into new HQ.
The Brigadier's previous encounter with the Doctor was during the events of The Invasion.

Working with the Doctor and Liz Shaw[[edit source]]

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)
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.
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.
The Brigadier tracks down the Doctor after he absconded following Doctor Who and the Silurians.
The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.
RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain.
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 Benton has only recently been promoted to Sergeant.
Set concurrently to The Ambassadors of Death. Set in 1973 according to Candy Jar Books dating.
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.
This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.
The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.
The Doctor uses the TARDIS console to transport himself, Liz and the Brigadier a short distance.
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 it.
Set immediately after Inferno.
It is summer.
Sergeant Mike Yates sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.
Liz decides to leave UNIT.
Liz announces her intentions to leave UNIT.
Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to from sergeant to captain, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
Liz has just recently left UNIT.
Set after Doctor Who and the Silurians.
Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.
The Master is at large, setting this after Prisoners of the Sun.
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[[edit source]]

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).
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.
The Master reclaims his dematerialisation circuit, and promptly leaves in his TARDIS.
The Master has a working TARDIS, setting this after The Mind of Evil.
The Doctor hasn't seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.
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.
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.
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.
Jo visits her first alien planet.
After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat in Devil's End, the Master is arrested by UNIT.
Set after the Master's arrest in The Dæmons.
The events of Freedom are mentioned.
Set between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks.[source needed]
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.
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.
The Doctor refers to the events of Day of the Daleks.
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.
Set concurrently with The Curse of Peladon.
Set shortly after The Curse of Peladon.
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.
The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this shortly before The Sea Devils.
Set after The Sea Devils, as the Doctor is making a device to track the Master and Jo has encountered the Daleks.
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.
Authorial intent places this between Day of the Daleks and The Time Monster.[source needed]
The events of The Mutants are mentioned.
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.
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.
Jo recalls her recent encounter with Liz, setting this shortly after Primord.
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.
Jo comments on the TARDIS's new interior design, which the Doctor dismisses as a "redecoration".
Ending leads directly into The Three Doctors.
The events of this story fade and replaced by The Three Doctors, with its ending leading directly into that story.
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.
The Scorchies song mentions the Gell guards, setting this after The Three Doctors. The Doctor is still working on the TARDIS.
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.
The Doctor has had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him recently, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.
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.
The Doctor's exile has been recently lifted, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors.
Set before Frontier in Space.[source needed]
The Doctor has recently been to Spiridon, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.
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.
Set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death. [1] The Doctor claims he’s been keeping his ear to ground for the Master coming back to Earth since he and Jo returned from Spiridon.
Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.
Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after Come Friendly Bombs....
Set between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.[source needed]
Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor Clifford Jones.
Benton refers to the events of The Green Death.
The Brig encounters the Fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.
Set before The Time Warrior.

Sarah Jane[[edit source]]

The Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith, who becomes a reluctant stowaway aboard the TARDIS.
Set immediately after The Time Warrior, with the Doctor returning Sarah home. She decides to officially join the Doctor's company.
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.
Sarah mentions her vacation in Sicily, setting this after The Ghosts of N-Space.
Set after The Monster of Peladon.[source needed]
Set shortly before 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.
The Doctor is using the secondary control room, setting this after The Masque of Mandragora.
The Seventh Doctor implants the idea of the Brigadier retiring.
Both Benton and The Brigadier work for UNIT, setting this at least before the Brigadier's retirement in 1976.

Retirement[[edit source]]

Story concludes with the 1981 Brigadier visiting the bar at the Hotel de Rois, leading directly into The Revisionists.
The Brigadier visits Geneva to finalise the details of his retirement. He has left Colonel Cosworth to run UNIT in his absence.
On his last day at HQ, the Brigadier is briefly transported back in time to his first, meeting his younger self.
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[[edit source]]

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.
Set in 1979, two years after the Brigadier lost his memories. The Brigadier is working at Brendon Public School.
Set in 1982. The Brigadier is still working at Brendon Public School.
In 1983, the Brigadier regains his memories of the Doctor after coming into contact with his past self from 1977.
The Brigadier attends a UNIT reunion and meets with his successor, Colonel Crichton.
Set during The Five Doctors.
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.
Set in September to December 1989. The Brigadier is visited by Kate, who tells him that she's pregnant.
Set January 1st 1990. The Brigadier discovers that he has a son with Doris Wilson.
Set in June 1990.
Set in September 1990.
The Sixth Doctor accidentally orchestrates a reunion between the Brigadier and Doris, setting this after Business Unusual.
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[[edit source]]

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.
Set in 1997. The Brigadier has retired from teaching and is married to Doris.
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.
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.
The Brigadier has come out of retirement to aid Brigadier Bambera. He spends Christmas with Doris and his nephew's family.
Set in 1997. The Brigadier is promoted to the rank of General.
Set in 1999.
Set in 1999. The Brigadier has met nine incarnations of the Doctor.

New Millenium, New Challenges[[edit source]]

Set in 2000.
Set in Winter 2000.
Set in 2001.
Set in 2003.
Set in September 2004.
Set in late 2004, according to Rise of the Dominator.
Set in early 2005, according to Rise of the Dominator.
Set on 2 June 2005. The Brigadier is present for the birth of his granddaughter, Lucy Wilson.
The Brigadier is plucked out of time from 2005, shortly after the birth of Lucy Wilson.
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.
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.
Set in November 2009.
Set in 2009.
The Brigadier is retired and still married to Doris. He refers to his encounter with the Eighth Doctor in Malebolgia in 2003.

Losing Doris[[edit source]]

Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
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.
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[[edit source]]

Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
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.
Set in September 2011. The Brigadier visits his Granddaughter, Lucy.

The Laughing Gnome[[edit source]]

The Brigadier is pulled back in time from November 2011 to 1981.
Set in November 2011 and after Scary Monsters for Sir Alistair.
Set directly after Fear of the Web.
Set in November 2011 for Sir Alistair.
Set in November 2011 for Sir Alistair.
Alistair returns to November 2011 and the nursing home.

Final days[[edit source]]

Set between November and December 2011.
The Brigadier is on his death-bed. He has a brandy out for the Doctor.
Set on Friday 16th December 2011. The Brigadier passes away.
According to one account, The Brigadier passes away after a period infirmity at a duchy in Geneva.
Set in 2014. The Brigadier is resurrected as a Cyberman.

Alternate timelines and universes[[edit source]]

Silurian Earth[[edit source]]

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[[edit source]]

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[[edit source]]

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

Bloodlines[[edit source]]

Set in an alternate timeline February 1969, where the Brigadier is called Archie Lethbridge-Stewart.
Set in an alternate 2021 and features Archie Lethbridge-Stewart.

Unsorted stories[[edit source]]

The Brigadier is working with UNIT and encounters the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, suggesting a setting after The Five Doctors.
The Brigadier aids The Graak on his mission from UNIT HQ.
Set in April, during the 1970s.
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.
  1. ↑ Paul Magrs on Instagram: "Placement, for those who need to know."
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