Theory:Timeline - Last Great Time War

This page lists appearances of the Last Great Time War in the order in which it occured. 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.

Timeline

• TV: Genesis of the Daleks

The Time Lords fire the proverbial first short of the war by instructing the Doctor to wipe out the Daleks before they are even created.

• PROSE: The Stranger

Set during the First Segment of the War.

• COMIC: The Forgotten (flashback)

The Doctor is still in his eighth incarnation, therefore the Time War is in its early days.

• PROSE: Natural Regression

The Doctor is still in his eighth incarnation, but has cut his hair, placing it after The Forgotten.

• AUDIO: The Sontaran Ordeal

The Doctor is trying to minimise the damage caused by the Time War.

• AUDIO: The Rulers of the Universe

The Doctor mentions that there is a war on.

• AUDIO: Day of the Vashta Nerada

The Doctor comes across a Time Lord-backed operation overseen by Cardinal Ollistra, whom he will confront on numerous occasions in his next incarnation.

• TV: The Night of the Doctor

The Eighth Doctor regenerates into the War Doctor.

• PROSE: A Prologue
• COMIC: Four Doctors

The young looking War Doctor makes a decision. In one outcome, he ends up a Dalek spy.

• COMIC: Pull to Open (flashback)

The Doctor fights various battles with the Squire.

• COMIC: Outrun

The Doctor isn't aware of who wrote the term "Exterminhate" on a wall, placing it before The Organ Grinder, where he meets the Volatix Cabal.

• COMIC: The Then and the Now

Along with the War Master, the Doctor lands on the Overcast homeworld during the Time War, where his actions on the planet unleash the Malignant.

• COMIC: The Organ Grinder

COMIC: First Rule

• COMIC: Kill God
• COMIC: Fast Asleep
• COMIC: Gently Pulls the Strings
• COMIC: Physician, Heal Thyself
• COMIC: The Bidding War

Ollistra orders the release of the Great Vampires against the Daleks. Arriving on Zenobia II, the War Doctor protests to Councillor Voltrix in Ollistra's absence.

• AUDIO: The Innocent / The Thousand Worlds / The Heart of the Battle
• AUDIO: Legion of the Lost / A Thing of Guile / The Neverwhen
• AUDIO: The Shadow Vortex / The Eternity Cage / Eye of Harmony
• AUDIO: Pretty Lies / The Lady of Obsidian / The Enigma Dimension
• COMIC: Four Doctors

The War Doctor is fighting in the War.

• PROSE: Engines of War

Takes place 400 years after The Night of the Doctor.

• TV: The Last Day

Takes place at the Fall of Arcadia before the scenes in The Day of the Doctor.

• COMIC: Sky Jacks

Priyan tells Engin that Rassilon is initiating the Ultimate Sanction, placing it just before The End of Time.

• TV: The End of Time

Set on the last day of the Time War. Dalek saucers are already on Gallifrey, placing it after The Last Day.

• TV: The Day of the Doctor

The General states that the High Council's plan has failed, therefore placing it later in the last day of the Time War than The End of Time.