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This page lists appearances of the [[Great Intelligence]] in the order in which he experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.
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This page lists appearances of the [[Great Intelligence]] in the order in which it experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the [[Doctor Who universe]] and the events that occur during each of these stories.
 
According to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'', the Great Intelligence was an imprint of an inter-dimensional being, which existed in many realities, always ending up as the Great Intelligence and sharing the same basic attributes, although the Intelligences originated in various ways, including an immortal soul, and various Great Old Ones.
 
Its linear timeline starts with [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' and ends with [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'' after being splintered across the Doctor's timeline. [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'' also explains that the Intelligence lost its memory and somehow ended up in 1842. This explains how the intelligence was in London in 1892 when it possesed the body of Padmasambhava in Tibet between the 17th century and the 1920's/30's.
 
The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of the Web (novel)|Fear of the Web]]'', a date is given of February 1969 for the [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. However, in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Web of Time (audio story)|The Web of Time]]'', River Song acknowledges that due to the Doctor's long time spent on Earth during the seventies, UNIT had to create a whole new dating protocol due to numerous events happening several times in history.


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
*[[1892]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen]]''
* Between c.1925 and c.1935 [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
:The [[Eleventh Doctor]] shows the Intelligence a map of the [[London Underground]].
: This is the immortal soul Intelligence also known as Yog-Sothoth. At some point in the 17th century, it possessed the Tibetan lama Padmasambhava while it was travelling the astral plane and forced him to build its Robot Yeti over the next two centuries.
*[[1935]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''
 
*[[1968]]/[[1975]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of the Web (novel)|Fear of the Web]]''
:This story is inadvertently a source of the [[UNIT dating controversy]]: it was made in 1968, a date that is sometimes attributed to it, but [[Edward Travers]] says [''The Abominable Snowmen''] was "over forty years ago."
: This novel tells not only the events of ''The Web of Fear'', but it also acts as a prequel and sequel. It also references Captain Knight's other mission in Soho, which is depicted in ''The Web of Time''. One potential setting for the events of ''The Web of Fear'' is early 1969.
*[[1980s]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti]]''
 
*[[1995]] - [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Web of Time (audio story)|The Web of Time]]''
:The Intelligence plots revenge on [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]].
: Captain Knight disappears briefly in ''Fear of the Web'' and goes to Soho, where he meets River, who must preserve his life in order for him to die in ''The Web of Fear'' as planned.
*[[1999]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]''
 
:The Intelligence mentions being recently repelled from Earth.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''
*[[2013]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John]]''
: The Intelligence encounters UNIT, set in either 1969, 1975, or other various dates. The Intelligence has been following the Doctor's adventures and traps him, intending to drain his mind and experience. It's left bound to the Earth.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Times Squared (novel)|Times Squared]]''
: One potential date given is October 1969.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]''
: Set one year after ''The Web of Fear''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time of the Intelligence (audio story)|Time of the Intelligence]]''
: Set "a few years" after ''The Web of Fear''. The Intelligence wants to summon the Doctor back to Earth.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]''
: Set in the 1980s
 
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]''
: The Intelligence plots revenge on [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], freeing itself from the binds of ''The Web of Fear''. It takes over [[Victoria Waterfield]] in 1984, destroying Det-Sen Monastery, and is eventually defeated at New World University in 1994.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]''
: The Intelligence mentions being recently repelled from Earth, and on New Year's Even, 1999, is pushed out towards the blue shift.
 
:: ''The Intelligence forgets its memories and ends up in 1842. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]''
: In 1999, the [[Ninth Doctor]] removes a control sphere from the [[Mornington Crescent tube station]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
: The Intelligence meets Walter Simeon in 1842, and by 1892 amasses as a swarm of sentient snow.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]''
:The Intelligence remembers UNIT.
:The Intelligence remembers UNIT.
*Post [[52nd century]] ([[alternate timeline]]) - [[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]''
:''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'' takes place in the 52nd century. We later learn [[Kovarian]] is trying to prevent the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], making it contemporary, so the now defunct future seen in "The Name of the Doctor" was sometime after the Siege.


==Notes==
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''
This timeline is presumably a single, linear one, as there is no indication the Intelligence was splintered to the point of leading multiple lives like [[Clara Oswald]] was.
: The Intelligence is scattered across the Doctor's time stream.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]''
: The Great Intelligence is aware of the events of ''The Snowmen'' and [[Walter Simeon]].
 
==Currently Unplaced==
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)| Child of the New World]]''

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This page lists appearances of the Great Intelligence in the order in which it experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

According to PROSE: Legacies, the Great Intelligence was an imprint of an inter-dimensional being, which existed in many realities, always ending up as the Great Intelligence and sharing the same basic attributes, although the Intelligences originated in various ways, including an immortal soul, and various Great Old Ones.

Its linear timeline starts with TV: The Abominable Snowmen and ends with PROSE: The Forgotten Son after being splintered across the Doctor's timeline. PROSE: The Forgotten Son also explains that the Intelligence lost its memory and somehow ended up in 1842. This explains how the intelligence was in London in 1892 when it possesed the body of Padmasambhava in Tibet between the 17th century and the 1920's/30's.

The events of PROSE: Fear of the Web, a date is given of February 1969 for the TV: The Web of Fear. However, in AUDIO: The Web of Time, River Song acknowledges that due to the Doctor's long time spent on Earth during the seventies, UNIT had to create a whole new dating protocol due to numerous events happening several times in history.

Timeline[[edit source]]

This is the immortal soul Intelligence also known as Yog-Sothoth. At some point in the 17th century, it possessed the Tibetan lama Padmasambhava while it was travelling the astral plane and forced him to build its Robot Yeti over the next two centuries.
This novel tells not only the events of The Web of Fear, but it also acts as a prequel and sequel. It also references Captain Knight's other mission in Soho, which is depicted in The Web of Time. One potential setting for the events of The Web of Fear is early 1969.
Captain Knight disappears briefly in Fear of the Web and goes to Soho, where he meets River, who must preserve his life in order for him to die in The Web of Fear as planned.
The Intelligence encounters UNIT, set in either 1969, 1975, or other various dates. The Intelligence has been following the Doctor's adventures and traps him, intending to drain his mind and experience. It's left bound to the Earth.
One potential date given is October 1969.
Set one year after The Web of Fear.
Set "a few years" after The Web of Fear. The Intelligence wants to summon the Doctor back to Earth.
Set in the 1980s
The Intelligence plots revenge on Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, freeing itself from the binds of The Web of Fear. It takes over Victoria Waterfield in 1984, destroying Det-Sen Monastery, and is eventually defeated at New World University in 1994.
The Intelligence mentions being recently repelled from Earth, and on New Year's Even, 1999, is pushed out towards the blue shift.
The Intelligence forgets its memories and ends up in 1842. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
In 1999, the Ninth Doctor removes a control sphere from the Mornington Crescent tube station.
The Intelligence meets Walter Simeon in 1842, and by 1892 amasses as a swarm of sentient snow.
The Intelligence remembers UNIT.
The Intelligence is scattered across the Doctor's time stream.
The Great Intelligence is aware of the events of The Snowmen and Walter Simeon.

Currently Unplaced[[edit source]]

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