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|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|{{sort|004|After c. [[BC|1323 BC]]}}<ref>Approximate year of [[Tut-Ankh-Amen|Tutankhamun]]'s death.</ref>
|{{sort|004|After c. [[BC|1323 BC]]}}<ref>Approximate year of [[Tut-Ankh-Amen|Tutankhamun]]'s death.</ref>
| data-sort-value="1 September 1967" |September 1967
| data-sort-value="1 September 1967" |[[September (releases)|September]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
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|-
|''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]''
|''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]''
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[1066]]
|[[1066]]
| data-sort-value="1 August 1984" |August 1984
| data-sort-value="1 August 1984" |[[August (releases)|August]] [[1984 (releases)|1984]]
|-
|-
|''[[A Victorian Interlude (short story)|A Victorian Interlude]]''
|''[[A Victorian Interlude (short story)|A Victorian Interlude]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[1890]]
|[[1890]]
|21 March 1991
|[[21 March (releases)|21 March]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|-
|-
|''[[An Unfulfilled Dream (short story)|An Unfulfilled Dream]]''
|''[[An Unfulfilled Dream (short story)|An Unfulfilled Dream]]''
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|{{sort|005|[[BC|1240 BC]]}}
|{{sort|005|[[BC|1240 BC]]}}
|5 September 1991
|[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]]
|-
|-
|''[[Who Discovered America? (short story)|Who Discovered America?]]''
|''[[Who Discovered America? (short story)|Who Discovered America?]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[1002]]
|[[1002]]
|20 February 1992
|[[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]''  
|''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]''  
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[1590s]]
|[[1590s]]
|21 January 1993
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|-
|-
|''[[Front Line (short story)|Front Line]]''
|''[[Front Line (short story)|Front Line]]''
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
| {{sort|1914|c. [[1914]]-[[1918]]}}  
| {{sort|1914|c. [[1914]]-[[1918]]}}  
|23 December 1993
|[[23 December (releases)|23 December]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Last Days (short story)|The Last Days]]''
|''[[The Last Days (short story)|The Last Days]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|{{sort|74|c. [[74]]}}<ref>Real world date of the Siege of Masada.</ref>
|{{sort|74|c. [[74]]}}<ref>Real world date of the Siege of Masada.</ref>
|2 March 1998
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|-
|''[[The People's Temple (short story)|The People's Temple]]''
|''[[The People's Temple (short story)|The People's Temple]]''
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|{{sort|002|[[Stone Age]]}}
|{{sort|002|[[Stone Age]]}}
|2 March 1998
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|-
|''[[Romans Cutaway (short story)|Romans Cutaway]]''
|''[[Romans Cutaway (short story)|Romans Cutaway]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[64]]
|[[64]]
|1 March 1999
|[[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|-
|''[[Five Card Draw (short story)|Five Card Draw]]''
|''[[Five Card Draw (short story)|Five Card Draw]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]], [[Second Doctor|2nd]], <br>[[Third Doctor|3rd]], [[Fifth Doctor|5th]], [[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]], [[Second Doctor|2nd]], <br>[[Third Doctor|3rd]], [[Fifth Doctor|5th]], [[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|{{sort|1100|[[12th century]]}}
|{{sort|1100|[[12th century]]}}
|6 March 2002  
|[[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]''
| ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]''
|[[Eighth Doctor|1st]]
|[[Eighth Doctor|1st]]
|{{sort|007|After [[BC|1200 BC]]}}
|{{sort|007|After [[BC|1200 BC]]}}
|2 April 2003
|[[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mire and Clay (short story)|Mire and Clay]]''
|''[[Mire and Clay (short story)|Mire and Clay]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]  
|[[First Doctor|1st]]  
|[[1842]]
|[[1842]]
|16 June 2003
|[[16 June (releases)|16 June]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Immortals (short story)|The Immortals]]''
|''[[The Immortals (short story)|The Immortals]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
| [[1016]]
| [[1016]]
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]''
|''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]''
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[1593]]
|[[1593]]
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]''
| ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|{{sort|1100|[[12th century]]}}
|{{sort|1100|[[12th century]]}}
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[White Man's Burden (short story)|White Man's Burden]]''
|''[[White Man's Burden (short story)|White Man's Burden]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[1877]]
|[[1877]]
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[Of the Mermaid and Jupiter (short story)|Of the Mermaid and Jupiter]]''
|''[[Of the Mermaid and Jupiter (short story)|Of the Mermaid and Jupiter]]''
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[1829]]
|[[1829]]
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up (short story)|The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up]]''
|''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up (short story)|The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up]]''
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|{{sort|800|[[9th century]]}}
|{{sort|800|[[9th century]]}}
|9 April 2004
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Bushranger's Story (short story)|The Bushranger's Story]]''
|''[[The Bushranger's Story (short story)|The Bushranger's Story]]''
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]  
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]  
|[[1876]]
|[[1876]]
|26 August 2004
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Farmer's Story (short story)|The Farmer's Story]]''
| ''[[The Farmer's Story (short story)|The Farmer's Story]]''
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|{{sort|1915|After [[1914]]}}
|{{sort|1915|After [[1914]]}}
|26 August 2004
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Republican's Story (short story)|The Republican's Story]]''
|''[[The Republican's Story (short story)|The Republican's Story]]''
| [[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
| [[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[1666]]
|[[1666]]
|26 August 2004
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[Never Seen Cairo (short story)|Never Seen Cairo]]''
|''[[Never Seen Cairo (short story)|Never Seen Cairo]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]], [[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]], [[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[1914]]
|[[1914]]
|30 December 2004  
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
| ''[[It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow]]''
| ''[[It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow]]''
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[1940]]
|[[1940]]
|30 December 2004
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Duke's Folly (short story)|The Duke's Folly]]''
|''[[The Duke's Folly (short story)|The Duke's Folly]]''
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|{{sort|1870|Late [[19th century]]}}
|{{sort|1870|Late [[19th century]]}}
|9 April 2005
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|-
|''[[Comforts of Home (short story)|Comforts of Home]]''
|''[[Comforts of Home (short story)|Comforts of Home]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[1861]]
|[[1861]]
|26 November 2005
|[[26 November (releases)|26 November]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|-
|''[[Log 384 (short story)|Log 384]]''
|''[[Log 384 (short story)|Log 384]]''
| [[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
| [[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
| [[1933]]
| [[1933]]
|18 September 2006
|[[18 September (releases)|18 September]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Slave War (short story)|The Slave War]]''
|''[[The Slave War (short story)|The Slave War]]''
| [[Second Doctor|2nd]]
| [[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|{{sort|012|[[BC|71 BC]]}}
|{{sort|012|[[BC|71 BC]]}}
|10 May 2008
|[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[Goths and Robbers (short story)|Goths and Robbers]]''  
|''[[Goths and Robbers (short story)|Goths and Robbers]]''  
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[493]]
|[[493]]
|10 May 2008
|[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Price of Conviction (short story)|The Price of Conviction]]''  
|''[[The Price of Conviction (short story)|The Price of Conviction]]''  
| [[First Doctor|1st]]
| [[First Doctor|1st]]
|{{sort|1521|c. [[1521]]}}<ref>Real world date of the [[Diet of Worms]].</ref>
|{{sort|1521|c. [[1521]]}}<ref>Real world date of the [[Diet of Worms]].</ref>
|10 May 2008
|[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)|God Send Me Well to Keep]]''
|''[[God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)|God Send Me Well to Keep]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[1539]]
|[[1539]]
|10 May 2008
|[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
| ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]''
| ''[[On a Pedestal (short story)|On a Pedestal]]''
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]  
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]  
|{{sort|1200|[[13th century]]}}
|{{sort|1200|[[13th century]]}}
|10 May 2008
|[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[Hiccup in Time (short story)|Hiccup in Time]]''  
|''[[Hiccup in Time (short story)|Hiccup in Time]]''  
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|[[1539]]
|[[1539]]
|30 March 2009
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|-
|''[[Shamans (short story)|Shamans]]''
|''[[Shamans (short story)|Shamans]]''
| [[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
| [[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[1856]]
|[[1856]]
|30 March 2009
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Reign Makers (short story)|The Reign Makers]]''
|''[[The Reign Makers (short story)|The Reign Makers]]''
| [[First Doctor|1st]]
| [[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[1415]]
|[[1415]]
|30 March 2009
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen (short story)|The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen]]''*  
| ''[[The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen (short story)|The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen]]''*  
|N/A
|N/A
|[[1937]]
|[[1937]]
|March 2017
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
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| rowspan="37" |Audio
| rowspan="37" |Audio

Revision as of 16:43, 23 October 2024

Pure historicals are Doctor Who stories that are set in in a historical time period and feature no science fiction anachronisms other than the TARDIS team. These stories were highlighted by Philip MacDonald in the article "A Foreign Country" in DWM 194.

Pure historicals were common in televised Doctor Who until The Highlanders in 1966. The only pure historical since then was Black Orchid in 1982.

The Time Meddler was the first "pseudo-historical" story with the Monk serving as the science fiction anachronism.

List of pure historicals

List of pure historicals

Medium Title Doctor Era Release Date
TV An Unearthly Child 1st 100,000 BC 23 November–14 December 1963
Marco Polo 1289 22 February–4 April 1964
The Aztecs After 1430 23 May–13 June 1964
The Reign of Terror 1794 8 August–12 September 1964
The Romans 64 16 January–6 February 1965
The Crusade 1190s 27 March–17 April 1965
The Myth Makers 1200 BC 16 October–6 November 1965
The Massacre 1572 5–26 February 1966
The Gunfighters 1881 30 April–21 May 1966
The Smugglers 17th century 10 September–1 October 1966
The Highlanders 2nd 1746 17 December 1966–7 January 1967
Black Orchid 5th 1925 1–2 March 1982
Mini-episode The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel 11th 1990s 23 March 2013
The Doctor's Meditation 12th 1138 15 September 2015
Comic Backtime 3rd 1863 2 October-13 November 1971
Who is the Stranger 3rd c. 1940-1944 10 February 1973
Perils of Paris 3rd 1880 Summer 1974
Woden's Warriors 4th to be added 1 September 1975
Treasure Trail 4th 1944 20 March- 1 May 1976
The Sky Warrior 4th 16th century 1 July 1977
Doctor Conkerer! 7th 5th or 8th century[1] 14 June 1990
The Submariners 10th 1944 19 February 2009
They Think It's All Over 11th 966 25 May 2011
The Doctor Shops for Comics 11th 1923 12 August 2015
Novel Sanctuary 7th 1242 20 April 1995
The Plotters 1st 1605 21 November 1996
The Roundheads 2nd 1648 24 November 1997
The Witch Hunters 1st 1692-1693 2 March 1998
The Wages of Sin 3rd 1916 1 February 1999
Byzantium! 1st 64 2 July 2001
Blood and Hope 5th 1860-1865 19 February 2004
The Coming of the Queen 5th 15th century BC 13 October 2005
Short story The King of Golden Death 2nd After c. 1323 BC[2] September 1967
The Real Hereward 6th 1066 August 1984
A Victorian Interlude 5th 1890 21 March 1991
An Unfulfilled Dream 7th 1240 BC 5 September 1991
Who Discovered America? 1st 1002 20 February 1992
The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor 4th 1590s 21 January 1993
Front Line 7th c. 1914-1918 23 December 1993
The Last Days 1st c. 74[3] 2 March 1998
The People's Temple 8th Stone Age 2 March 1998
Romans Cutaway 1st 64 1 March 1999
Five Card Draw 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 5th, 6th 		12th century 6 March 2002
Apocrypha Bipedium 1st After 1200 BC 2 April 2003
Mire and Clay 1st 1842 16 June 2003
The Immortals 5th 1016 9 April 2004
All Done with Mirrors 4th 1593 9 April 2004
The Thief of Sherwood 1st 12th century 9 April 2004
White Man's Burden 5th 1877 9 April 2004
Of the Mermaid and Jupiter 7th 1829 9 April 2004
The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up 6th 9th century 9 April 2004
The Bushranger's Story 4th 1876 26 August 2004
The Farmer's Story 2nd After 1914 26 August 2004
The Republican's Story 4th 1666 26 August 2004
Never Seen Cairo 5th, 7th 1914 30 December 2004
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow 4th 1940 30 December 2004
The Duke's Folly 1st Late 19th century 9 April 2005
Comforts of Home 5th 1861 26 November 2005
Log 384 7th 1933 18 September 2006
The Slave War 2nd 71 BC 10 May 2008
Goths and Robbers 5th 493 10 May 2008
The Price of Conviction 1st c. 1521[4] 10 May 2008
God Send Me Well to Keep 5th 1539 10 May 2008
On a Pedestal 2nd 13th century 10 May 2008
Hiccup in Time 3rd 1539 30 March 2009
Shamans 4th 1856 30 March 2009
The Reign Makers 1st 1415 30 March 2009
The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen* N/A 1937 March 2017
Audio The Marian Conspiracy 6th 1555 12 March 2000
The Fires of Vulcan 7th 79 18 September 2000
The Church and the Crown 5th 1626 28 November 2002
Doctor Who and the Pirates 6th c. 1702 April 2003
Catch-1782 6th 1782 April 2005
The Council of Nicaea 5th 325 July 2005
Other Lives 8th 1851 13 December 2005
The Settling 7th 1649 May 2006
No Man's Land 7th 1917 November 2006
Summer 5th 17th century 20 January 2007
Autumn 5th 2000s 20 January 2007
Son of the Dragon 5th 1462 6 September 2007
100 BC 6th 101 BC 26 September 2007
Resistance 2nd 1944 March 2009
The Angel of Scutari 7th 1854 June 2009
The Emperor of Eternity 2nd 210 BC 9 March 2010
Farewell, Great Macedon 1st 323 BC 10 November 2010
The Wondrous Box 4th 1885 11 May 2011
The Wrath of the Iceni 4th 60 March 2012
The Alchemists 1st 1933 August 2013
Murder at Moorsey Manor N/A 1894 3 April 2014
The Doctor's Tale 1st 1400 17 October 2014
The Founding Fathers 1st 1762 3 June 2015
Dark Convoy 7th 1941 20 July 2015
Murder at the Abbey N/A 1950s 6 August 2015
The Peterloo Massacre 5th 1819 15 March 2016
The Ravelli Conspiracy 1st 1514 10 November 2016
The Barbarians and the Samurai 1st 1820s 25 July 2018
The Phoenicians 1st 814 BC 29 January 2019
Black Thursday 5th 1902 12 February 2019
Last of the Romanovs 1st 1918 18 March 2020
Operation: Hellfire 3rd 1943 14 May 2020
The Hollow Crown 1st 1601 27 April 2021
The Rotting Deep 6th 2000s 17 May 2022
A Ghost of Alchemy 4th 1921 8 March 2023
River of Death 6th 19th century 7 March 2024
The Merfolk Murders 5th 1940 9 April 2024
Role-playing game The Bellagio Imbroglio Uncertain 1778 12 January 2017

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In the original printing of DWM 162, this story is dated to the 5th century. This was changed to the more historically accurate 8th century in The Mark of Mandragora.
  2. ↑ Approximate year of Tutankhamun's death.
  3. ↑ Real world date of the Siege of Masada.
  4. ↑ Real world date of the Diet of Worms.
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