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*[[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)| 1963: The Assassination Games]]
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)| 1963: The Assassination Games]]
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*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]''  
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]''  
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Grief (comic story)|The Grief]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Grief (comic story)|The Grief]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time (comic story)|Prisoners of Time]]''
:Set after ''Survival'' as Ace recognises the Master.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''
:The Doctor hasn't been to Alaska.
:The Doctor hasn't been to Alaska.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Ravens (comic story)|Ravens]]'' (takes place within ''Warhead'')
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]''
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*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time (comic story)|Prisoners of Time]]''
:Set after ''Survival'' as Ace recognises the Master.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Excelis Decays (audio story)|Excelis Decays]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]''
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*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thicker than Water (audio story)|Thicker than Water]]''  
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thicker than Water (audio story)|Thicker than Water]]''  
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nocturne (audio story)|Nocturne]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nocturne (audio story)|Nocturne]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Husband (audio story)|The Dark Husband]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Husband (audio story)|The Dark Husband]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Forty-Five (audio anthology)|Forty-Five]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Forty-Five (audio anthology)|Forty-Five]]''
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*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]''
: The "young Ace" in the Big Finish audios mean that they have to be placed before ''Love and War'' when she leaves the Doctor to fight the Daleks.
: The "young Ace" in the Big Finish audios mean that they have to be placed before ''Love and War'' when she leaves the Doctor to fight the Daleks.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''
:Ace has become far more adult in here than in the previous Cats Cradle book
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Ravens (comic story)|Ravens]]'' (takes place within ''Warhead'')
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Memorial (comic story)|Memorial]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Memorial (comic story)|Memorial]]''
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: Order of the NAs and DWM comics based on editorial intent in "[[Interweaving with the New Adventures]]"
: Order of the NAs and DWM comics based on editorial intent in "[[Interweaving with the New Adventures]]"
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Independence Day (novel)|Independence Day]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Independence Day (novel)|Independence Day]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Sunday Afternoon, 848,988 AD]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cathedral Heart (short story)|Cathedral Heart]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cathedral Heart (short story)|Cathedral Heart]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)]]'' / [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love and War (audio story)]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)]]'' / [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love and War (audio story)]]''
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:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]''
:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]''
:Authorial intent places it within ''The Room With No Doors''. Furthermore the NA style tone without a companion also makes this the only plausible gap anyway.
:Authorial intent places it within ''The Room With No Doors''. Furthermore the NA style tone without a companion also makes this the only plausible gap anyway.
:*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''
:The Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to pick up the Master's remains.
:The Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to pick up the Master's remains.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Excelis Decays (audio story)|Excelis Decays]]''
The Doctor talks to the TARDIS about her new console
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''
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*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Valhalla (audio story)|Valhalla]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Valhalla (audio story)|Valhalla]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frozen Time]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frozen Time]]''
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*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Natalie's Diary]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Natalie's Diary]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Private Investigations]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Private Investigations]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Sunday Afternoon, 848,988 AD]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Report]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Report]]''  
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*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Death Sentences]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Death Sentences]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Season (short story)|The Infinity Season]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Season (short story)|The Infinity Season]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Last Word (comic story)|The Last Word]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Last Word (comic story)|The Last Word]]''
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*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Nineveh (comic story)|Nineveh]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Nineveh (comic story)|Nineveh]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb!]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb!]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Redemption (comic story)|Redemption]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Redemption (comic story)|Redemption]]''
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*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Conkerer (comic story)|Doctor Conkerer]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Conkerer (comic story)|Doctor Conkerer]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[A Religious Experience (comic story)|A Religious Experience]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[A Religious Experience (comic story)|A Religious Experience]]''o
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Persuasion (audio story)|Persuasion]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starlight Robbery (audio story)|Starlight Robbery]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daleks Among Us| Daleks Among Us]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]
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Index → Timey-wimey detector → Timeline - Seventh Doctor
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This page lists appearances of the Seventh Doctor 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. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Additionally there are statements on the back many BBC Past Doctor Adventures novels that state between which TV stories the novel takes place between. These can be used to narrow the field, and should be viewed as the only placing for these novels.

Limiting factors

Limiting factors for the Seventh Doctor's timeline placement are based on which companions he is travelling with at the time. However there are also several instances when the Doctor travels alone, these can often be placed in the latter part of his regeneration as they represent a more sombre character for the Doctor.

Any stories featuring Melanie Bush must take place between TV: Time and the Rani and Dragonfire.

Any stories involving a younger Ace must take place from TV: Dragonfire to PROSE: Love and War. Any story featuring a battle-knowledgeable Ace must take place between PROSE: Deceit and Set Piece.

Any stories where he travels with Bernice Summerfield must take place between PROSE: Love and War and Happy Endings (except Return of the Living Dad, which takes place later).

Any story featuring Roz Forrester must take place between PROSE: Original Sin and So Vile a Sin. Any story featuring Chris Cwej must take place between PROSE: Original Sin and Lungbarrow.

Any story featuring Hex must take place after AUDIO: The Harvest.

There are however some issues with using these stories alone to define story placement as some companions (such as Ace) have contradictory departure stories. Ace departs travelling the with the Doctor in PROSE: Set Piece and is apparently killed in COMIC: Ground Zero.

Series basics

The Seventh Doctor's adventures can be sorted roughly by medium and then also roughly by companion.

Medium

Companions

TV created

Novel created

Audio created

Comic created

Timeline

The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation.
Mel is wearing the same clothes as in Paradise Towers.
The Fires of Vulcan is set here as it begins the transfer to a more S25 type tone but is set before Mel's departure. Red follows it per authorial intent plus it fits better here than in the earlier gap due to tone as well.
Established by John Dorney that he placed this story in the season 25/26 gap.
Ace is still feeling the effects of the Cheetah virus.
Set after Survival as Ace recognises the Master.
The Doctor hasn't been to Alaska.

Ace also recalls the Blitz of illegal Alien which cannot occur between storm and Matrix for the above reason.

This leads directly into Storm Harvest

Storm must take place before Dust Breeding as the doctor and Ace know of the Krill in Dust.

Ace's death here is undone in Sometime Never....
  1. False Gods
  2. Order of Simplicity
  3. Casualties of War
  4. The Word Lord
The Doctor leaves Ace and Hex for a time and begins travelling with Sally Morgan and Lysandra Aristedes. In Black and White, the Doctor states that he left them after their adventure in Alaska.
The "young Ace" in the Big Finish audios mean that they have to be placed before Love and War when she leaves the Doctor to fight the Daleks.
Ace has become far more adult in here than in the previous Cats Cradle book
Order of the NAs and DWM comics based on editorial intent in "Interweaving with the New Adventures"
Order of the NAs and DWM comics through Theatre of War and Uninvited Guest based on editorial intent in "Interweaving with the New Adventures"
The Big Finish pages for The Shadow of the Scourge and The Dark Flame places them after All-Consuming Fire and before Blood Harvest.
Authorial intent places it within The Room With No Doors. Furthermore the NA style tone without a companion also makes this the only plausible gap anyway.
The Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to pick up the Master's remains.

The Doctor talks to the TARDIS about her new console

While recovering his memories, the Doctor erroneously refers to Genevieve as Mel, Ace and Hex, before remembering he's alone.
The Doctor is taking a few side steps before he collects the Master's remains.
The Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation.

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