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== Timeline ==
== Timeline ==
===Post-regeneration===
=== Rose Tyler ===
==== Early Adventures with Rose ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''
: The Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerates]] from his [[Ninth Doctor|previous incarnation]].
: The Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerates]] from his [[Ninth Doctor|previous incarnation]].
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* [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''
: ''Children in Need Special'' and ''The Christmas Invasion'' both involve the Doctor in the early stages after his regeneration.
: ''Children in Need Special'' and ''The Christmas Invasion'' both involve the Doctor in the early stages after his regeneration.
===The Platform One mystery===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Growing Terror (comic story)|Growing Terror]]'' / ''[[Hyperstar Rising (comic story)|Hyperstar Rising]]'' / ''[[Death Race Five Billion (comic story)|Death Race Five Billion]]'' / ''[[The Macrobe Menace (comic story)|The Macrobe Menace]]'' / ''[[The Hunt of Doom (comic story)|The Hunt of Doom]]'' / ''[[Reunion of Fear (comic story)|Reunion of Fear]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Growing Terror (comic story)|Growing Terror]]'' / ''[[Hyperstar Rising (comic story)|Hyperstar Rising]]'' / ''[[Death Race Five Billion (comic story)|Death Race Five Billion]]'' / ''[[The Macrobe Menace (comic story)|The Macrobe Menace]]'' / ''[[The Hunt of Doom (comic story)|The Hunt of Doom]]'' / ''[[Reunion of Fear (comic story)|Reunion of Fear]]''
===New adventures with Rose===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[I am a Dalek (novel)|I am a Dalek]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[I am a Dalek (novel)|I am a Dalek]]''
:The Doctor and Rose unsuccessfully attempt to visit [[the Moon]].
:The Doctor and Rose unsuccessfully attempt to visit [[the Moon]].
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* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Opera of Doom! (comic story)|Opera of Doom!]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Opera of Doom! (comic story)|Opera of Doom!]]''


===Mickey tags along===
==== Mickey tags along ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]''
:* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Dog's Life (short story)|A Dog's Life]]''
:* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Dog's Life (short story)|A Dog's Life]]''
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: Mickey stays behind in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]] with the walls closed behind him.
: Mickey stays behind in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]] with the walls closed behind him.


===Final adventures with Rose===
==== Final adventures with Rose ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''
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: Rose and Jackie are trapped on the parallel Earth. [[Donna Noble]] appears in the TARDIS.
: Rose and Jackie are trapped on the parallel Earth. [[Donna Noble]] appears in the TARDIS.


===Grieving for Rose===
=== Grieving for Rose ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''
: The Doctor is returning Donna to Earth after Donna was pulled into the TARDIS by mistake.
: The Doctor is returning Donna to Earth after Donna was pulled into the TARDIS by mistake.
* [[COMIC]]: ''A Rose by Any Other Name''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[A Rose by Any Other Name]]''
: The Doctor stops traveling for awhile as he mourns over the loss of Rose.
: The Doctor stops traveling for awhile as he mourns over the loss of Rose.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)|The Warkeeper's Crown]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)|The Warkeeper's Crown]]''


===Meeting Martha===
=== Martha Jones ===
==== "Just one trip" ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]''
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: [[Martha Jones|Martha]] officially joins the TARDIS full-time.
: [[Martha Jones|Martha]] officially joins the TARDIS full-time.


===The new companion===
==== Adventures with Martha ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]''
: The events of the book must take place after ''The Lazarus Experiment'' as Martha says something about facing mad scientists again. Martha is forced to wait outside the TARDIS in the Doctor's absence, placing this story before ''42'', when Martha receives a key to the TARDIS.  
: The events of the book must take place after ''The Lazarus Experiment'' as Martha says something about facing mad scientists again. Martha is forced to wait outside the TARDIS in the Doctor's absence, placing this story before ''42'', when Martha receives a key to the TARDIS.  
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* [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' (The Doctor and [[Billy Shipton|Billy]] in 1969)
* [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' (The Doctor and [[Billy Shipton|Billy]] in 1969)
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Universal Monsters (comic story)|Universal Monsters]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Universal Monsters (comic story)|Universal Monsters]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' / ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' / ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
===The return of the Master===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' / ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
: Martha leaves the TARDIS to take care of her family and to move on from her feelings towards the Doctor. A replica of the [[Titanic (spaceship)|''Titanic'']] hits the hull of the TARDIS.
: Martha leaves the TARDIS to take care of her family and to move on from her feelings towards the Doctor. A replica of the [[Titanic (spaceship)|''Titanic'']] hits the hull of the TARDIS.
===Travelling alone===
:* [[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]''
:* [[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]''
: ''Time Crash'' occurs during the final scene of ''Last of the Time Lords'' and ends on the same cliffhanger.
: ''Time Crash'' occurs during the final scene of ''Last of the Time Lords'' and ends on the same cliffhanger.
=== Between Martha and Donna ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''
: Continues the cliffhanger that occurs in both ''Last of the Time Lords'' and ''Time Crash''.
: Continues the cliffhanger that occurs in both ''Last of the Time Lords'' and ''Time Crash''.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]''


===Early exploits with Donna===
=== Donna Noble ===
==== Early exploits with Donna ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]''
: Martha is mentioned as "the last time" the Doctor has travelled with someone.
: Martha is mentioned as "the last time" the Doctor has travelled with someone.
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: Donna's first trip to an alien planet.
: Donna's first trip to an alien planet.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''
:Donna has seen ood, but has only recently met the Doctor.
:Donna has seen [[Ood]], but has only recently met the Doctor.
 
==== Reunited with Martha ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''
: [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]] find out about the Doctor, and the Doctor and Donna meet [[UNIT]]. Martha is accidentally taken aboard the TARDIS.
: [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]] find out about the Doctor, and the Doctor and Donna meet [[UNIT]]. Martha is accidentally taken aboard the TARDIS.
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: Immediately after ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', the TARDIS is suddenly pulled towards [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]]. Martha returns home at the end of this story.
: Immediately after ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', the TARDIS is suddenly pulled towards [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]]. Martha returns home at the end of this story.


===Having a fun time===
==== Having a fun time ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''
: Martha and UNIT are mentioned, placing it after ''The Doctor's Daughter''.
: Martha and UNIT are mentioned, placing it after ''The Doctor's Daughter''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''
===Last exploits with Donna===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Appendix - The Last Will (short story)|Appendix - The Last Will]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Appendix - The Last Will (short story)|Appendix - The Last Will]]''  
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: The Doctor begins travelling on his own full-time after ''Journey's End''.  
: The Doctor begins travelling on his own full-time after ''Journey's End''.  


===The lonely go ===
=== The lonely go ===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''
:Set directly after ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''.
:Set directly after ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''
===The end is nearing ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''
: [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]] prophesies the Doctor's death.
: [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]] prophesies the Doctor's death.
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: The Doctor realizes how much he misses traveling with a companion.
: The Doctor realizes how much he misses traveling with a companion.


===No song should end too soon===
=== Gabby Gonzalez ===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Revolutions of Terror (comic story)|Revolutions of Terror]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Revolutions of Terror (comic story)|Revolutions of Terror]]''
: ''[[Gabby Gonzalez]]'' begins traveling with the Doctor. The Doctor has been traveling alone for a while before this story.
: ''[[Gabby Gonzalez]]'' begins traveling with the Doctor. The Doctor has been traveling alone for a while before this story.
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* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Singer Not the Song (comic story)|The Singer Not the Song]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Singer Not the Song (comic story)|The Singer Not the Song]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Medicine Man (comic story)|Medicine Man]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Medicine Man (comic story)|Medicine Man]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Arena of Fear (comic story)|Arena of Fear]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wishing Well Witch (comic story)|The Wishing Well Witch]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady of the Blue Box (comic story)|Lady of the Blue Box]]''


===Meddling with time===
=== Meddling with time ===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Silver Scream (comic story)|Silver Scream]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Silver Scream (comic story)|Silver Scream]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fugitive (comic story)|Fugitive]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fugitive (comic story)|Fugitive]]''
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* [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]''


===Final adventures===
=== Final adventures ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''

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This page lists appearances of the Tenth 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 that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.[1]

Fan sources like the Doctor Who Reference Guide should not be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.

Limiting factors

Though multiple stories that predate TV: Journey's End, in particular DWBIT comic stories, feature the Doctor travelling alone, TV: Smith and Jones and TV: Partners in Crime have the Doctor state or strongly imply that it hasn't been long since Rose Tyler and Martha Jones have departed (respectively in TV: Doomsday and TV: Last of the Time Lords).

Any story with Rose Tyler travelling must be after TV: The Christmas Invasion and before TV: Army of Ghosts. Any story with Martha Jones travelling must be after TV: Smith and Jones and before TV: Utopia. Any story with Donna Noble must be after TV: Partners in Crime and before TV: Turn Left.

Series basics

There are two notable divisions in the varying Tenth Doctor media, those where he is almost constantly travelling with a companion and those, set after his hearts were broken by all his losses in TV: Journey's End, where he spends most of the time travelling alone.

The era while he constantly travels with someone can be further divided into adventures with original to television companions:

There are also the original to comics companions:

His adventures with Matthew and Emily are said to take place towards the end of his time alone.

Timeline

Rose Tyler

Early Adventures with Rose

The Doctor regenerates from his previous incarnation.
Children in Need Special and The Christmas Invasion both involve the Doctor in the early stages after his regeneration.
The Doctor and Rose unsuccessfully attempt to visit the Moon.
This is Rose's first trip to the Moon.
The Doctor and Rose return to the Powell Estate
The Doctor and Rose leave the Powell Estate.
The Doctor and Rose fight off the Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform.

Mickey tags along

Rose mentions meeting a werewolf to Sarah Jane in School Reunion, clearly placing it after Tooth and Claw. Rose also works for a couple of days as a dinner lady at Deffry Vale High School. The final scene of A Dog's Life takes place during the scene where the Doctor awakens K9 Mark III in School Reunion. At the end of School Reunion, Mickey joins the TARDIS crew.
Mickey's first trip in the TARDIS.
Mickey is still travelling in the TARDIS.
Mickey stays behind in a parallel universe with the walls closed behind him.

Final adventures with Rose

Rose mentions being a dinner lady but Mickey isn't present, placing this after School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel.
Second part to The Impossible Planet. Rose's "death" is foreshadowed by the Beast, implying not much time passes between this story and Army of Ghosts.
Rose is still stopping off to see her mother, but is no longer with Mickey, placing this after The Age of Steel.
Rose and Jackie are trapped on the parallel Earth. Donna Noble appears in the TARDIS.

Grieving for Rose

The Doctor is returning Donna to Earth after Donna was pulled into the TARDIS by mistake.
The Doctor stops traveling for awhile as he mourns over the loss of Rose.

Martha Jones

"Just one trip"

The events of Smith and Jones through Gridlock flow into one another. Martha's intended "single trip" in the TARDIS during The Shakespeare Code is postponed to an uncertain length between Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment.
Martha officially joins the TARDIS full-time.

Adventures with Martha

The events of the book must take place after The Lazarus Experiment as Martha says something about facing mad scientists again. Martha is forced to wait outside the TARDIS in the Doctor's absence, placing this story before 42, when Martha receives a key to the TARDIS.
Immediately follows 42 Prologue.
Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia places this story between 42 and Human Nature.
Sally gives the Doctor the transcript his future self has already read to her.
Martha leaves the TARDIS to take care of her family and to move on from her feelings towards the Doctor. A replica of the Titanic hits the hull of the TARDIS.
Time Crash occurs during the final scene of Last of the Time Lords and ends on the same cliffhanger.

Between Martha and Donna

Continues the cliffhanger that occurs in both Last of the Time Lords and Time Crash.

Donna Noble

Early exploits with Donna

Martha is mentioned as "the last time" the Doctor has travelled with someone.
Donna's first trip to an alien planet.
Donna has seen Ood, but has only recently met the Doctor.

Reunited with Martha

Sylvia and Wilf find out about the Doctor, and the Doctor and Donna meet UNIT. Martha is accidentally taken aboard the TARDIS.
Immediately after The Poison Sky, the TARDIS is suddenly pulled towards Jenny. Martha returns home at the end of this story.

Having a fun time

Martha and UNIT are mentioned, placing it after The Doctor's Daughter.
The Doctor and Donna travel to Midnight.
Rose warns the Doctor and Donna about the end of the universe.
Continues where Turn Left leaves off. Wilf tells Rose that Donna was last heard calling from on the planet Midnight, implying that this story takes place not long after Midnight. The Doctor meets Luke Smith over the Sub-Wave.
The Doctor begins travelling on his own full-time after Journey's End.

The lonely go

Set directly after Journey's End.
Carmen prophesies the Doctor's death.
The Doctor realizes how much he misses traveling with a companion.

Gabby Gonzalez

Gabby Gonzalez begins traveling with the Doctor. The Doctor has been traveling alone for a while before this story.

Meddling with time

The end of this story leads into The Waters of Mars.

Final adventures

At the end of the story, the Doctor decides that after all of his adventuring, his time is up.
Set during the final scenes of The End of Time.
The Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation.

Unplaced

Set after The Lazarus Experiment, but before Utopia.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A notable exception is PROSE: The Story of Martha, which features Martha Jones as an occupant of the TARDIS, despite being published on the same day as a Donna Noble novel and a post-Donna novel.
  2. ↑ There are clear signs of Rose travelling alone before and after Mickey, notably mentioning events of TV: Tooth and Claw in TV: School Reunion and references to Mickey staying on Pete's World in TV: Love & Monsters and Army of Ghosts / Doomsday.
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