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|The [[First Doctor]] and his companions become exhibits in the [[Morok]]s' [[Space Museum]]||[[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Vicki]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]''
|The [[First Doctor]] and his companions become exhibits in the [[Morok]]s' [[Space Museum]]||[[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Vicki]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]''
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|[[Barbara Wright]] marries [[Ptolemy I]] and becomes [[Queen]] of [[Alexandria]]||alternate Barbara||[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Shadows]]''
|[[Barbara Wright]] marries [[Ptolemy I]] and becomes [[Queen]] of [[Alexandria]]||Alternate Barbara||[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Shadows]]''
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|[[WOTAN]] conquers [[Earth]] (this was the correct timeline before it was changed by the Doctor)||[[First Doctor]]||[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''
|[[WOTAN]] conquers [[Earth]] (this was the correct timeline before it was changed by the Doctor)||[[First Doctor]]||[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''
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|Humans don't evolve and Earth is a [[Tractis]] colony known as [[Paratractis]]||[[Eighth Doctor]], [[Sam Jones]], [[Jo Grant]]||[[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''
|Humans don't evolve and Earth is a [[Tractis]] colony known as [[Paratractis]]||[[Eighth Doctor]], [[Sam Jones]], [[Jo Grant]]||[[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''
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|[[Sato Katsura]] forms the [[Church of the Glorious Dead]]; the Church, led by Sato, conquer [[Earth]] and rename it Dhakan; the Church begin invading and massacring other [[planet]]s they view as "unbelieving"||[[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]]||[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]''
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|[[Pete Tyler]] doesn't die and [[Reaper]]s begin consuming humanity||Pete Tyler||[[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day]]''
|[[Pete Tyler]] doesn't die and [[Reaper]]s begin consuming humanity||Pete Tyler||[[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day]]''
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|'''[[Donna's World]]'''||alternate [[Donna Noble]], with assistance from [[Rose Tyler]]||[[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''
|'''[[Donna's World]]'''||alternate [[Donna Noble]], with assistance from [[Rose Tyler]]||[[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''
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|The [[Progenitor]] [[Dalek]]s repopulate [[Skaro]] and exterminate humanity to extinction||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]||[[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''
|The [[Progenitor]] [[Dalek]]s repopulate [[Skaro]] and exterminate humanity to extinction in [[1963]]||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]||[[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''
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|[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] explodes, creating a [[Time Field]] which erases parts of history||[[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams (Auton)]] and [[River Song]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')||[[TV]]: [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)]]
|[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] explodes, creating [[Time Field|Cracks in Time]] which begin erasing the universe's history||[[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams (Auton)]] and [[River Song]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')||[[TV]]: [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]]
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|[[Amy Pond]] is stranded on [[Apalapucia]] for 36 years||[[Eleventh Doctor]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]''
|[[Amy Pond]] is stranded on [[Apalapucia]] for 36 years||[[Eleventh Doctor]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]''
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|'''[[River Song's World]]'''||[[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], [[River Song]], the [[Teselecta]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
|'''[[River Song's World]]'''||[[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], [[River Song]], the [[Teselecta]]||[[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
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|The [[Silurian]]s attempt pump poison onto Earth's surface to reclaim it||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]||[[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''
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|The Progenitor Daleks invade and destroy [[London]] in or before [[2106]]||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]||[[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''
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|The [[Cybermen]] conquer the galaxy||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Jean-Luc Picard]]||[[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation²]]''
|The [[Cybermen]] conquer the galaxy||[[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Jean-Luc Picard]]||[[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation²]]''

Revision as of 20:29, 4 January 2013

An alternate timeline was a reality that diverged from the "true" timeline due to the actions of time travellers or other temporal phenomena. They were different from parallel universes in that they did not separate cleanly at the point of creation resulting in the new timeline destroying the old one. (PROSE: Imperial Moon)

Physics

Alternate timelines could be visited accidentally by contact with a time track (TV: The Space Museum, AUDIO: The Mutant Phase) or other anomalies (AUDIO: Colditz) in the Time Vortex. Deliberate travel to these timelines was possible if the traveller possessed something, such as the sigil ring, that allowed them to change time streams. (PROSE: Goth Opera)

They may have diverged from points in history where there was temporal fluctuation, but beings with enough power were capable of changing time enough to create them, such as Sutekh and the Chronovores. Because the universe only had a finite amount of mass and energy, the creation of an alternate timeline adversely affected the real timeline, causing chaos throughout the universe; releasing enough energy could destroy the timeline and set history back on its correct course. (PROSE: Blood Heat)

Though a timeline may be negated, memories of it could still be retained. (TV: The Big Bang, The Impossible Astronaut)

Timelines encountered by the Doctor

Timeline Negated By Featured in
The First Doctor and his companions become exhibits in the Moroks' Space Museum First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki TV: The Space Museum
Barbara Wright marries Ptolemy I and becomes Queen of Alexandria Alternate Barbara PROSE: The Book of Shadows
WOTAN conquers Earth (this was the correct timeline before it was changed by the Doctor) First Doctor PROSE: The Time Travellers, TV: The War Machines
Nancy Grover uses Grold technology to become a goddess Third Doctor and Liz Shaw PROSE: The Eye of the Giant
The Power Elite take over Earth Third Doctor PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun
Freedom fighters from the 22nd century assassinate Sir Reginald Styles Third Doctor and Jo Grant TV: Day of the Daleks
Theodore Cassells's experiments lead to a global war which devastates Earth Third Doctor COMIC: A Stitch in Time
The Third Doctor dies on Dust and regenerates Eighth Doctor by destroying Gallifrey (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) PROSE: Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two
Sutekh is freed and devastates Earth Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith TV: Pyramids of Mars
Daleks undergo the Mutant Phase Dalek Emperor AUDIO: The Mutant Phase
Melanicus creates the Millennium Wars Fifth Doctor, Sir Justin and Shayde COMIC: The Tides of Time
Humans evolve into Haemovores Seventh Doctor and Ace TV: The Curse of Fenric
The Dark Matrix terrorises England Seventh Doctor and Ace PROSE: Matrix
The Nazis win World War II after a piece of laser technology is left at Colditz Castle Alternate Eighth Doctor and Elizabeth Klein (inadvertantly) AUDIO: Colditz, Klein's Story
Vladimir Khrushgov succeeds Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union causing World War III to occur in 1989 Seventh Doctor AUDIO: Protect and Survive
Adolf Hitler uses the Timewyrm's power to enable Nazi Germany to conquer Earth Seventh Doctor and Ace PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus
Chad Boyle kills Dorothy McShane with a brick to the head Ace PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation
The Process enslaves the Time Scaphe crew Seventh Doctor PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
Silurian Earth Destroyed, not negated, by Seventh Doctor PROSE: Blood Heat
Alternate timeline (Time & Time Again) Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield COMIC: Time & Time Again
The Knights of Velyshaa conquer Gallifrey Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, the Temperon AUDIO: The Sirens of Time
Humans don't evolve and Earth is a Tractis colony known as Paratractis Eighth Doctor, Sam Jones, Jo Grant PROSE: Genocide
Sato Katsura forms the Church of the Glorious Dead; the Church, led by Sato, conquer Earth and rename it Dhakan; the Church begin invading and massacring other planets they view as "unbelieving" Kroton COMIC: The Glorious Dead
Pete Tyler doesn't die and Reapers begin consuming humanity Pete Tyler TV: Father's Day
The Year That Never Was Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Captain Jack Harkness TV: Last of the Time Lords
Donna's World alternate Donna Noble, with assistance from Rose Tyler TV: Turn Left
The Progenitor Daleks repopulate Skaro and exterminate humanity to extinction in 1963 Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond GAME: City of the Daleks
The Doctor's TARDIS explodes, creating Cracks in Time which begin erasing the universe's history Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams (Auton) and River Song (TV: The Big Bang) TV: Series 5
Amy Pond is stranded on Apalapucia for 36 years Eleventh Doctor TV: The Girl Who Waited
River Song's World Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song, the Teselecta TV: The Wedding of River Song
The Silurians attempt pump poison onto Earth's surface to reclaim it Eleventh Doctor and River Song GAME: The Eternity Clock
The Progenitor Daleks invade and destroy London in or before 2106 Eleventh Doctor and River Song GAME: The Eternity Clock
The Cybermen conquer the galaxy Eleventh Doctor and Jean-Luc Picard COMIC: Assimilation²
Rory Williams remains imprisoned in Winter Quay for the rest of his life Rory Williams, Amy Pond TV: The Angels Take Manhattan

Timelines encountered by others

Timeline Negated By Featured in
Andrea Yates' World alternate Andrea Yates TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
The Trickster's World Eddie and Barbara Smith TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith
Ship erases Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith and Clyde Langer Adam Lloyd TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic
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