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* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones]]''
:The Doctor has had Bessie for a relatively short period of time.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back]]''
: The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
: ''Tentative placement in regards to the "recent" falling out between the Doctor and Brigadier over the Silurians.''
: ''Tentative placement in regards to the "recent" falling out between the Doctor and Brigadier over the Silurians.''
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: ''The Silurians occurred a few weeks earlier.''
: ''The Silurians occurred a few weeks earlier.''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[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.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walls of Confinement]]''
:  This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]''
: The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post]]''
** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post]]''
: ''The Last Post spans from Spearhead to just before Inferno.''
: ''The Last Post spans from Spearhead to just before Inferno.''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Science of Magic]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]''
: Mike Yates arrives at UNIT and sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.
: Mike Yates arrives at UNIT and sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.
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: Liz has recently left UNIT.  
: Liz has recently left UNIT.  
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Castaway]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Levitation]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[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.
: Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.
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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mega]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mega]]''
: The Mega were aided by the Master.  
: The Mega were aided by the Master.  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]''
: The Master has a working TARDIS, placing this after The Mind of Evil.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce]]''
: No one has seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''
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: For the third Doctor, this takes place immediately after the Sea Devils, but before Find and Replace.  
: For the third Doctor, this takes place immediately after the Sea Devils, but before Find and Replace.  
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Find and Replace]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Find and Replace]]''
* [[PROSE]: ''[[Rags]]''
: Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, which places this firmly after Day of the Daleks. Likewise, the Doctor confesses that sheep have never filled him with dread before, placing this before Verdigris.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Scorchies]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Scorchies]]''
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: The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs''.
: The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]''  
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]''
: The Doctor senses that he will soon regenerate.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[An Overture Too Early]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
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== Unsorted stories ==
== Unsorted stories ==
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance of the Stones]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walls of Confinement]]''
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]''
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rags]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror]]''
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Wee Deoch an ...?]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Wee Deoch an ...?]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listening Watch]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living]]''
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[An Overture Too Early]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Ships That Pass]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Science of Magic]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Once upon a Time Machine]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Once upon a Time Machine]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Transit]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Transit]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Undercover (comic story)|Undercover]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Undercover (comic story)|Undercover]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Castaway]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Levitation]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Secret of the Tower]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Secret of the Tower]]''

Revision as of 11:02, 31 August 2016

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This page lists the appearances of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the order in which he experienced them

Timeline

Early Life

Alistair is a 7-9-year-old child.
Alistair is a 15-year-old boy.
Set in 1956.

First Contact and HAVOC

Direct prequel to Web of Fear
Original appearance.
Set directly after Web of Fear
Concurrent with The Forgotten Son

The UNIT Years

The Doctor has had Bessie for a relatively short period of time.
The outcome of Doctor Who and the Silurians is still fresh on the Doctor's mind.
Tentative placement in regards to the "recent" falling out between the Doctor and Brigadier over the Silurians.
The Silurians occurred a few weeks earlier.
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.
This is the second time the Doctor has visited a zoo, setting this after The Arkwood Experiments.
The Brigadier finds it doubtful that the Doctor can get the TARDIS to work, setting this before Inferno.
The Last Post spans from Spearhead to just before Inferno.
Mike Yates arrives at UNIT and sees inside the TARDIS for the first time, and the Doctor mentions visiting the parallel universe from Inferno.
Liz decides to leave UNIT.
Liz announces her intention to leave UNIT.
Liz officially leaves UNIT, Yates is promoted to Captain Rank, and the Doctor is in a new laboratory.
Liz has recently left UNIT.
Liz is called back to UNIT, and has been absent long enough for the Doctor to admit missing her company.
After Prisoners of the Sun as the Master is active, unbeknown to the Brigadier.
Jo is still quite new to UNIT, and is unaware of the true nature of the TARDIS, setting it before The Claws of Axos.
The Mega were aided by the Master.
The Master has a working TARDIS, placing this after The Mind of Evil.
No one has seen the Master since Deadly Reunion.
Set immediately after The Dæmons.
Set soon after The Dæmons.
This is concurrent with The Curse of Peladon.
For the third Doctor, this takes place immediately after the Sea Devils, but before Find and Replace.
Jo recalls the Daleks and Ogrons, which places this firmly after Day of the Daleks. Likewise, the Doctor confesses that sheep have never filled him with dread before, placing this before Verdigris.
The takes place before the Green Death
Takes place soon after the Green Death.

The Brig encounters the fifth Doctor while the Third is having a break from UNIT.

The third Doctor returns from his Sabbatical from UNIT.
The Doctor is driving the "Whomobile", setting this after Invasion of the Dinosaurs.
The Doctor senses that he will soon regenerate.
The seventh Doctor implants the idea of the Brigadier retiring.

Retirement

1977 Brigadier

1980s =

1983 Brigadier
Set in 1989.

1990s

Set January 1st 1990.
Set in 1995.
The Brig has married Doris.
The Brigadier is in his 70's.
Set in 1997.

New Millenium, New Challenges

Set in 2001
Set in 2003.
Set in 2009.

A New lease of Life

Set in 2010. The Brigadier regains his youth.
Set in 2012. He presumably spends many years in Avalon before reurning to Earth only a few years later.
Doris has been dead for some years.
Set in 2018.

Death

The Brigadier is on his death-bed. He has a brandy out for the Doctor.
The Brigadier is ressurected as a Cyberman.

Unsorted stories