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This page lists '''appearances of [[Mike Yates]] in chronological order'''. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.
This page lists '''appearances of [[Mike Yates]] in chronological order'''. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.
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==Timeline==
==Timeline==
===Before UNIT===
=== In the RAF ===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Foreshadowing (audio story)|Foreshadowing]]''
: After an encounter with the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]], Yates is assigned as a liaison to UNIT as they investigate a missing fighter jet, leading into ''Vengeance of the Stones''.


===UNIT career===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones (audio story)|Vengeance of the Stones]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones (audio story)|Vengeance of the Stones]]''
: Yates is recruited to UNIT.
: RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)| First Christmas]]''
=== UNIT career ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas]]''  
: Liz has been working with UNIT for "a few months", and her complaints about her job here are similar to those that the Brigadier cites 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]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]''
: Captain 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]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
: Liz decides to leave UNIT.


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


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]''
* [[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]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria (audio story)|The Rings of Ikiria]]''
: Set after ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.
* [[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.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
 
: Liz has decided to tell the Doctor about her decision to officially leave UNIT, setting this after the Doctor found out from the Brigadier during ''Prisoner of the Sun''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''


* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
: [[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.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doll of Death (audio story)|The Doll of Death]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doll of Death (audio story)|The Doll of Death]]''
: Though the audio's blurb places it between ''The Dæmons'' and ''Day of the Daleks'', Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting this before ''The Claws of Axos''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Claw (short story)|The Claw]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Claw (short story)|The Claw]]''


* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
* [[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]]''
* [[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''.


* [[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
* [[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.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce (short story)| Christmas Truce]]''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mega (audio story)|The Mega]]''
* [[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]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
* [[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.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gardeners' Worlds (audio story)|Gardeners' Worlds]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gardeners' Worlds (audio story)|Gardeners' Worlds]]''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Magician's Oath (audio story)|The Magician's Oath]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Magician's Oath (audio story)|The Magician's Oath]]''
: Set between ''The Dæmons'' and ''Day of the Daleks''.{{source}}


* [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Missing in Action (short story)|Missing in Action]]''
: Set shortly after the events of ''Day of the Daleks''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
: 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''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''
: Set concurrently with ''The Curse of Peladon''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]''
: The Master changes the internal configuration of the Doctor's TARDIS, setting this after ''The Curse of Peladon'', and before ''The Sea Devils'', as the Master is sent to [[Fortress Island]].


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
: The Master is said to be locked up on a secure island, setting this shortly before ''The Sea Devils''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Lake (audio story)|Prisoners of the Lake]]''
* [[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]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is (short story)|Where the Heart Is]]''
* [[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''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rags (novel)|Rags]]''
* [[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]]''
* [[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".


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
: Ending leads directly into ''The Three Doctors''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]''
: The Doctor is switched with his [[seventh incarnation]] by {{Garden}}. Jo refers to the crisis of ''The Three Doctors'', but acts as if she hasn't travelled in the TARDIS yet, setting this shortly after that story.


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]''
* [[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''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Havoc of Empires (audio story)|The Havoc of Empires]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Havoc of Empires (audio story)|The Havoc of Empires]]''
: The Doctor's exile has been rescinded recently by the Time Lords, setting this shortly after ''The Three Doctors''. Jo and Mike plan to take trips into history for their dates, and Mike has accompanied the Doctor and Jo to other planets before, but is treating time travel as a new experience.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listen - The Stars (short story)|Listen - The Stars]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listen - The Stars (short story)|Listen - The Stars]]''


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|Dancing the Code]]''
* [[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]]: ''[[Dr. Third (novel)|Dr. Third]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Third (novel)|Dr. Third]]''
: Jo knows the Ice Warriors, setting this after ''The Curse of Peledon''. Liz is in the same area as the UNIT HQ, and is acquainted with Jo, setting this after ''The Wages of Sin''.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]''
: Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after ''Planet of the Daleks''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Speed of Flight (novel)|Speed of Flight]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Speed of Flight (novel)|Speed of Flight]]''
: The Doctor is attempting to take Jo and Mike to Karfel, leading into of ''Timelash''.
:: ''The Doctor, Jo and Mike take a trip to [[Karfel]], where they prevent the experiments of a scientist named [[Megelen]] on a local life form called [[Morlox]]es. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clean Air Act (short story)|The Clean Air Act]]''
: Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after ''Come Friendly Bombs...''.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Christmas Inversion (short story)|The Christmas Inversion]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Christmas Inversion (short story)|The Christmas Inversion]]''
: Mike is displeased to find himself traveling in the TARDIS, suggesting he has already travelled within it. The Doctor tells Jo that she will leave him when she feels the time is right.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]''
* [[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]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''
: Jo leaves UNIT, and the Doctor's company, to marry ecologist Professor [[Clifford Jones]].
:: ''Following the events of ''The Green Death'', Yates goes on leave from UNIT. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'')''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deep Blue (novel)|Deep Blue]]''
: Yates has returned to UNIT and encounters the Fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour (short story)|The One Second Hour]]''


* [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''


===Aftermath===
=== Aftermath ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]''
: In early [[2005]], Mr Yates warned other [[Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|readers]] on the website [[Doctor Who?]] not to concern themselves with the Doctor.


===Reunited with the Doctor===
===Reunited with the Doctor===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]''
: Yates is reunited with the Doctor in December 2010.
: Yates is reunited with the Doctor in the late 2000s.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
: Yates attends Bernice Summerfield's wedding in [[April]] [[2010]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Time (audio story)|The Relics of Time]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Time (audio story)|The Relics of Time]]''
: Yates calls The Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey, who are in the year 46, from 2011.
: Yates calls The Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey, who are in the year 46, from around 2010.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demon of Paris (audio story)|The Demon of Paris]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demon of Paris (audio story)|The Demon of Paris]]''
: Set in December 2011, Yates is reunited with the Doctor once more.
: Set in December, Yates is reunited with the Doctor once more.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Shard of Ice (audio story)|A Shard of Ice]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Shard of Ice (audio story)|A Shard of Ice]]''
: Yates joins the Doctor as his companion.
: Yates joins the Doctor as his companion.
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: Yates is left on Earth while Mrs Wibbsey and the Doctor are sucked through a wormhole.
: Yates is left on Earth while Mrs Wibbsey and the Doctor are sucked through a wormhole.


===Rejoing UNIT===
===Rejoining UNIT===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hexford Invasion (audio story)|The Hexford Invasion]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hexford Invasion (audio story)|The Hexford Invasion]]''
: Set in 2012, Yates has been called back to UNIT.
: Set in 2012, Yates has been called back to UNIT.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Survivors in Space (audio story)|Survivors in Space]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Survivors in Space (audio story)|Survivors in Space]]''
: Yates spends three months in a Hexford that's been dragged through a wormhole.
: Yates spends three months in a Hexford that's been dragged through a wormhole.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Winged Coven (audio story)|The Winged Coven]]''
: Mike has permanently retired to Hexford. He and Mrs Wibbsey haven’t seen the Doctor for two years.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]''
:After [[Tish Madoc]]'s [[Romance in the Milky Way|novel]] that revealed information protected under the [[Official Secrets Act]], Mike left Happenstance Village for good.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''
: Set in 2014, Yates is working with UNIT.
: Set in 2014, Yates is working for UNIT.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]''
: Follows on from ''The Screaming Skull''.


===Retirement===
===Retirement===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 3 (short story)|Faithful friends: Part 3]]''
: Doris has been dead for some years. The Brigadier is a general and has already met Charley Pollard. Colonel Emily Chaudhry appears to be in charge of UNIT.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call to Arms (audio story)|Call to Arms]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call to Arms (audio story)|Call to Arms]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[United (audio story)|United]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[United (audio story)|United]]''


==Unplaced==
==Unplaced==
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Foreshadowing (audio story)|Foreshadowing]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deep Blue (novel)|Deep Blue]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Missing in Action (short story)|Missing in Action]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch (short story)|Listening Watch]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch (short story)|Listening Watch]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Faithful Friends: Part 3 (short story)| Part 3]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Penumbra Affair (audio story)|The Penumbra Affair]]''

Latest revision as of 23:23, 29 January 2023

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This page lists appearances of Mike Yates in chronological order. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

Timeline[[edit source]]

In the RAF[[edit source]]

After an encounter with the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard, Yates is assigned as a liaison to UNIT as they investigate a missing fighter jet, leading into Vengeance of the Stones.
RAF Lieutenant Mike Yates is asked to join UNIT, with a promotion from lieutenant to captain.

UNIT career[[edit source]]

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.
Captain 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
After his failed escape attempt upon his defeat in Devil's End, the Master is arrested by UNIT.
Set between The Dæmons and Day of the Daleks.[source needed]
Set shortly after 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.
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.
Authorial intent places this between Day of the Daleks and The Time Monster.[source needed]
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 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 Doctor is switched with his seventh incarnation by the Monk. Jo refers to the crisis of The Three Doctors, but acts as if she hasn't travelled in the TARDIS yet, setting this shortly after that story.
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 rescinded recently by the Time Lords, setting this shortly after The Three Doctors. Jo and Mike plan to take trips into history for their dates, and Mike has accompanied the Doctor and Jo to other planets before, but is treating time travel as a new experience.
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.
Jo knows the Ice Warriors, setting this after The Curse of Peledon. Liz is in the same area as the UNIT HQ, and is acquainted with Jo, setting this after The Wages of Sin.
Jo is familiar with the Doctor entering comas, setting this after Planet of the Daleks.
The Doctor is attempting to take Jo and Mike to Karfel, leading into of Timelash.
The Doctor, Jo and Mike take a trip to Karfel, where they prevent the experiments of a scientist named Megelen on a local life form called Morloxes. (TV: Timelash)
Jo demonstrates her growing environmental awareness, setting this after Come Friendly Bombs....
Mike is displeased to find himself traveling in the TARDIS, suggesting he has already travelled within it. The Doctor tells Jo that she will leave him when she feels the time is right.
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.
Following the events of The Green Death, Yates goes on leave from UNIT. (AUDIO: Council of War)
Yates has returned to UNIT and encounters the Fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.

Aftermath[[edit source]]

In early 2005, Mr Yates warned other readers on the website Doctor Who? not to concern themselves with the Doctor.

Reunited with the Doctor[[edit source]]

Yates is reunited with the Doctor in the late 2000s.
Yates attends Bernice Summerfield's wedding in April 2010.
Yates calls The Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey, who are in the year 46, from around 2010.
Set in December, Yates is reunited with the Doctor once more.
Yates joins the Doctor as his companion.
Yates is left on Earth while Mrs Wibbsey and the Doctor are sucked through a wormhole.

Rejoining UNIT[[edit source]]

Set in 2012, Yates has been called back to UNIT.
Yates spends three months in a Hexford that's been dragged through a wormhole.
Mike has permanently retired to Hexford. He and Mrs Wibbsey haven’t seen the Doctor for two years.
After Tish Madoc's novel that revealed information protected under the Official Secrets Act, Mike left Happenstance Village for good.
Set in 2014, Yates is working for UNIT.
Follows on from The Screaming Skull.

Retirement[[edit source]]

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

Unplaced[[edit source]]

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