User:Dr Von Wer/Historical sandbox

In an in-universe point of view, as stated by the rules of this Wikia, stories are set in a time period which is not the present, past or future but for the beings living in it. For example, the Doctor neither considers 1930 to be the past, nor 2300 to be the future, because he travels in time.

But ever since Doctor Who was first transmitted, both the viewers and the crew have referred to certain stories as being historical or pseudo-historical. This distinction is based on the setting of such story: If it's situated on Earth and in a time period prior to the its release and with no science fiction elements (save the Doctor and the Tardis), it should be, by nature, historical. But if it does contain said elements, it's pseudo-historical, as it does not depict events exactly as we know them on the real world. For example, as The Aztecs is set on our past, and didn't show any anachronistic components, only the Aztec society itself, it's commonly catalogued as a historical story. On the other hand, Vincent and the Doctor does contain certain sci-fi elements, such as the Krafayis, so it's known to be pseudo-historical.

Note that a story is not historical/pseudo-historical if its setting is prior to its time of release. It can also be such if it is situated on the present day of each Doctor's era. For example, most Third Doctor stories are located on present day at its time of broadcast, because of his exile; but a story released now with the Third Doctor in that condition is not to be considered historical, because, in a way, is set in the present of said era.

List of Historical and Pseudo-historical stories

Name	Date of release	Format	Type
An Unearthly Child	23 November - 14 December 1963	TV story	Historical
Marco Polo	22 February - 4 April 1964	TV story	Historical
The Aztecs	23 May - 13 June 1964	TV story	Historical
The Reign of Terror	8 August - 12 September 1964	TV story	Historical
The Ice-Age Monster	1964	Comic	Historical
The Prehistoric Monster	1964	Comic	Historical
The Romans	16 January - 6 February 1965	TV story	Historical
The Crusade	27 March - 17 April 1965	TV story	Historical
Challenge of the Piper	14 June - 12 July 1965	Comic	Pseudo-historical
The Time Meddler	3 - 24 July 1965	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Myth Makers	16 October - 6 November 1965	TV story	Historical
Doctor Who and the Crusaders	September 1965	Novelisation	Historical
The Daleks' Master Plan	13 November 1965 - 29 January 1966	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Massacre	5 - 26 February 1966	TV story	Historical
The Gunfighters	30 April - 21 May 1966	TV story	Historical
The Smugglers	10 September - 1 October 1966	TV story	Historical
The Highlanders	17 December 1966 - 7 January 1967	TV story	Historical
Egyptian Escapade	2 - 23 September 1967	Comic
The Abominable Snowmen	30 September - 4 November 1967	TV story	Pseudo-historical
H.M.S. TARDIS	1968	Short story	Historical
The Brotherhood	6 - 27 September 1969	Comic
The Kingdom Builders	19 December 1970 - 6 February 1971	Comic
Backtime	2 October - 13 November 1971	Comic
A Stitch in Time	29 April - 17 June 1972	Comic
Who is the Stranger	10 February 1973	Comic
The Glen of Sleeping	3 March - 31 March 1973	Comic
The Time Warrior	15 December 1973 - 5 January 1974	TV story
The Amateur	15 December 1973 - 26 January 1974	Comic
The Magician	6 July - 17 August 1974	Comic
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen	21 November 1974	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Perils of Paris	1974	Comic
The Emperor's Spy	26 July - 6 September 1975	Comic
Timechase	September 1975	Short story
Pyramids of Mars	25 October - 15 November 1975	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Woden's Warriors	1976	Comic
Treasure Trail	20 March - 1 May 1976	Comic
The Masque of Mandragora	4 - 25 September 1976	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Exploration Earth	4 October 1976	Audio
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars	16 December 1976	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Time Snatch	1976	Short story
The Talons of Weng-Chiang	26 February - 2 April 1977	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Horror of Fang Rock	3 - 24 September 1977	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Living Wax	October or September 1977	Short story
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang	15 November 1977	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora	8 December 1977	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Sky Warrior	1977	Comic
City of Death	29 September - 20 October 1979	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Weapon	September 1979	Comic	Pseudo-historical
Dragon's Claw	10 July - October 1980	Comic
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child	15 October 1981	Novelisation	Historical
The Visitation	15 - 23 February 1982	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Devil of the Deep	February 1982	Comic
Black Orchid	1 - 2 March 1982	TV story	Historical
Time-Flight	22 - 30 March 1982	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Doctor Who and the Visitation	19 August 1982	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The King's Demons	15 - 16 March 1983	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Time-Flight	15 April 1983	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Aztecs	20 September 1984	Novelisation	Historical
The Highlanders	15 November 1984	Novelisation	Historical
The Mark of the Rani	2 - 9 February 1985	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Timelash	9 - 16 March 1985	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Myth Makers	12 September 1985	Novelisation	Historical
Time Wake	1986	Short story
The Gunfighters	9 January 1986	Novelisation	Historical
Timelash	15 May 1986	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Mark of the Rani	12 June 1986	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The King's Demons	10 July 1986	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Time Bomb	July - September 1986	Comic
The Heat-Seekers	October 1986	Short story
Black Orchid	19 February 1987	Novelisation	Historical
The Reign of Terror	20 August 1987	Novelisation	Historical
The Romans	17 September 1987	Novelisation	Historical
Delta and the Bannermen	2 - 16 November 1987	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Massacre	19 November 1987	Novelisation	Historical
The Time Meddler	17 March 1988	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Claws of the Klathi!	May - July 1988	Comic
Remembrance of the Daleks	5 - 26 October 1988	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Silver Nemesis	23 November - 7 December 1988	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Delta and the Bannermen	19 January 1989	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Chase	20 July 1989	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Time Bomb!	July 1989	Comic
Ghost Light	4 - 18 October 1989	TV story	Pseudo-historical
The Mutation of Time	19 October 1989	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Curse of Fenric	25 October - 15 November 1989	TV story	Pseudo-historical
Silver Nemesis	16 November 1989	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Remembrance of the Daleks	21 June 1990	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
Doctor Conkerer!	July 1990	Comic
Ghost Light	20 September 1990	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
The Curse of Fenric	15 December 1990	Novelisation	Pseudo-historical
A Victorian Interlude	21 March 1991	Short story
The Good Soldier	13 June - 5 September 1991	Comic
Timewyrm: Genesys	20 June 1991	Novel
Doctor Who: The New Adventures Prologue	10 July 1991	Short story
Seaside Rendezvous	July 1991	Comic
Timewyrm: Exodus	15 August 1991	Novel
An Unfulfilled Dream	5 September 1991	Short story
Who Discovered America?	20 February 1992	Short story
Prelude Nightshade	6 August 1992	Short story
Nightshade	20 August 1992	Novel
City of Devils	August 1992	Comic
Memorial	3 September 1992	Comic
Cambridge Previsited	September 1992	Short story
The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor	21 January 1993	Short story
The Smugglers	18 February 1993	Novelisation
The Pit	18 March 1993	Novel
White Darkness	17 June 1993	Novel
Prelude Birthright	5 August 1993	Short story
The Evil of the Daleks	19 August 1993	Novelisation
Birthright	9 August 1993	Novel
Loop the Loup	September 1993	Short story
Pulling Strings	September 1993	Short story
The Left-Handed Hummingbird	2 December 1993	Novel
Time & Time Again	25 November 1993	Comic
Front Line	23 December 1993	Short story
Cuckoo	23 December 1993 - 17 February 1994	Comic
Playback	17 March 1994	Short story
The Book of Shadows	17 March 1994	Short story
Fallen Angel	17 March 1994	Short story
The Duke of Dominoes	17 March 1994	Short story
Prelude Blood Harvest	9 June 1994	Short story
All-Consuming Fire	16 June 1994	Novel
Prelude Strange England	7 July 1994	Novel
Strange England	18 August 1994	Novel
Evolution	15 September 1994	Novel
First Frontier	15 September 1994	Novel
State of Change	1 December 1994	Novel
Prelude Set Piece	19 January 1995	Short story
Set Piece	16 February 1995	Novel
Sanctuary	20 April 1995	Novel
Prelude Human Nature	11 May 1995	Short story
Human Nature	18 May 1995	Novel
The Curse of the Scarab	6 July - 31 August 1995	Comic
The Nine-Day Queen	20 July 1995	Short story
Timeshare	20 July 1995	Short story
Managra	21 September 1995	Novel
Toy Soldiers	21 September 1995	Novel
Operation Proteus	28 September - 23 November 1995	Comic
The Empire of Glass	16 November 1995	Novel
Just War	18 January 1996	Novel
The Man in the Velvet Mask	15 February 1996	Novel
The English Way of Death	21 March 1996	Novel
Who Killed Kennedy	18 April 1996	Novel
The Eye of the Giant	18 April 1996	Novel
The Sands of Time	16 May 1996	Novel
Christmas on a Rational Planet	18 July 1996	Novel
The Shadow of Weng-Chiang	15 August 1996	Novel
The Death of Art	19 September 1996	Novel
The Plotters	21 November 1996	Novel
Bad Therapy	5 December 1996	Novel
The Room With No Doors	20 February 1997	Novel
The Eight Doctors	2 June 1997	Novel
The Bodysnatchers	18 August 1997	Novel
Genocide	1 September 1997	Novel
The Judgement of Solomon	18 September 1997	Short story
Tooth and Claw	25 September - 18 December 1997	Comic
Illegal Alien	6 October 1997	Novel
The Roundheads	24 November 1997	Novel
Eye of Heaven	2 February 1998	Novel
Walking to Babylon	3 February 1998	Novel
The Last Days	2 March 1998	Short story
Old Flames	2 March 1998	Short story
The People's Temple	2 March 1998	Short story
The Witch Hunters	2 March 1998	Novel
The Sword of Forever	2 June 1998	Novel
Matrix	5 October 1998	Novel
Walking to Babylon	January 1999	Audio
The Wages of Sin	1 February 1999	Novel
Birthright	February 1999	Audio
Femme Fatale	1 March 1999	Short story
Romans Cutaway	1 March 1999	Short story
Totem	1 March 1999	Short story
Revolution Man	6 April 1999	Novel
Players	6 April 1999	Novel
The Road to Hell	6 May - 26 August 1999	Comic
Autumn Mist	5 July 1999	Novel
The Sirens of Time	July 1999	Audio
Interference - Book Two	2 August 1999	Novel
Just War	August 1999	Audio
The Taking of Planet 5	4 October 1999	Novel
Phantasmagoria	October 1999	Audio
A Town Called Eternity	6 March 2000	Short story
The Marian Conspiracy	March 2000	Audio
The Banquo Legacy	5 June 2000	Novel
The Burning	7 August 2000	Novel
Imperial Moon	7 August 2000	Novel
Casualties of War	4 September 2000	Novel
The Fires of Vulcan	September 2000	Audio
The Turing Test	2 October 2000	Novel
Endgame	6 November 2000	Novel
Storm Warning	January 2001	Audio
Bunker Soldiers	5 February 2001	Novel
The Shadow in the Glass	2 April 2001	Novel
Asylum	7 May 2001	Novel
Eater of Wasps	7 May 2001	Novel
Loups-Garoux	May 2001	Audio
The Way of All Flesh	28 June, 23 August- 18 October 2001	Comic
Byzantium!	2 July 2001	Novel
Bloodtide	July 2001	Audio
The Eye of the Scorpion	September 2001	Audio
Dying in the Sun	1 October 2001	Novel
Colditz	October 2001	Audio
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street	5 November 2001	Novel
Primeval	November 2001	Audio
Mad Dogs and Englishmen	7 January 2002	Novel
Invaders from Mars	January 2002	Audio
The Chimes of Midnight	February 2002	Audio
Excelis Dawns	February 2002	Audio
The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull	6 March 2002	Short story
Seasons of Fear	March 2002	Audio
Amorality Tale	8 April 2002	Novel
Me and My Shadow	30 May 2002	Comic
The Time of the Daleks	May 2002	Audio
History 101	1 July 2002	Novel
Camera Obscura	5 August 2002	Novel
Time Zero	2 September 2002	Novel
Foreign Devils	23 November 2002	Novel
The Church and the Crown	November 2002	Audio
Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses	October 2003	Comic
Sabbath Dei	February 2003	Audio
Reckless Engineering	7 April 2003	Novel
The Canvey Angels	24 April 2003	Short story
Doctor Who and the Pirates	April 2003	Audio
In the Year of the Cat	April 2003	Audio
Loving the Alien	5 May 2003	Novel
Mire and Clay	3 July 2003	Short story
Whiskey and Water	3 July 2003	Short story
The Cabinet of Light	10 July 2003	Novel
Timeless	4 August 2003	Novel
The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack	20 August - 16 October 2003	Comic
Political Animals	August 2003	Comic
Fallen Gods	25 September 2003	Novel
Emotional Chemistry	6 October 2003	Novel
Mordieu	9 October 2003	Short story
Hymn of the City	9 October 2003	Short story
Living Legend	13 November 2003	Audio
The Winning Side	20 November 2003	Novel
Bad Blood	11 December 2003 - 1 April 2004	Comic
Blood and Hope	19 February 2004	Novel
Empire of Death	1 March 2004	Novel
The Eleventh Tiger	3 May 2004	Novel
White Man's Burden	20 May 2004	Short story
Of the Mermaid and Jupiter	20 May 2004	Short story
Mortlake	20 May 2004	Short story
The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up	20 May 2004	Short story
The Immortals	20 May 2004	Short story
All Done with Mirrors	20 May 2004	Short story
Ante Bellum	20 May 2004	Short story
Bide-a-Wee	20 May 2004	Short story
Far from Home	20 May 2004	Short story
A Blind Eye	May 2004	Audio
The Clockwork Woman	14 June 2004	Novel
The Northern Heights	1 July 2004	Short story
The Age of Ambition	1 July 2004	Short story
Observation	1 July 2004	Short story
The Roof of the World	July 2004	Audio
The Grel Escape	July 2004	Audio
The Republican's Story	26 August 2004	Short story
The Bushranger's Story	26 August 2004	Short story
The Farmer's Story	26 August 2004	Short story
Medicinal Purposes	August 2004	Audio
Screamager	7 October 2004	Short story
Warring States Prologue	November 2004	Short story
Bad Blood	11 December 2003 - 1 April 2004	Comic
Never Seen Cairo	30 December 2004	Short story
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow	30 December 2004	Short story
Other Lives	December 2005	Audio
The Unquiet Dead	9 April 2005	TV story
Catch-1782	April 2005	Audio
The Clockwise Man	19 May 2005	Novel
The Empty Child	21 May 2005	TV story
The Doctor Dances	28 May 2005	TV story
The Gallifrey Chronicles	2 June 2005	Novel
Warring States	June 2005	Novel
Unregenerate!	June 2005	Audio
After Midnight	7 July 2005	Short story
Waiting for Jeremy	7 July 2005	Short story
Coming to Dust	23 July 2005	Audio
The Council of Nicaea	July 2005	Audio
Peculiar Lives	July 2005	Novel
The Coming of the Queen	1 August 2005	Novel
Blame Iris	1 August 2005	Short story
Most Horrid	1 August 2005	Short story
Minions of the Moon	1 August 2005	Short story
Only Human	8 September 2005	Novel
Doctor vs Doctor	September 2005	Short story
World Game	6 October 2005	Novel
A Groatsworth of Wit	10 November - 8 December 2005	Comic
Be Good for Goodness's Sake	26 November 2005	Short story
Comforts of Home	26 November 2005	Short story
The Church of Saint Sebastian	26 November 2005	Short story
The Feast	26 November 2005	Short story
Danse Macabre	26 November 2005	Short story
The Lampblack Wars	26 November 2005	Short story
Set in Stone	26 November 2005	Short story
Atom Bomb Blues	25 December 2005	Novel
Cryptobiosis	December 2005	Audio
Deus Le Volt	December 2005	Novel