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A rough list of potential and disputed diverging continuities/timelines/universes to keep track of things. Generally speaking, simple alternate timelines caused by clear changes to history (Day of the Daleks etc.) and explicit parallel universes separate from "N-Space" such as Pete's World and the Unbound Universe should not be included here; to see them go to User:Chubby Potato/Sandbox/List of realities, though that's not to say that the realities listed below may not be added there if so desired.
This page is very much a work in progress. Feel free to add or edit. Suggestions or recommendations are welcome.
| Name | First Appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Doctor's universe | TV: An Unearthly Child (1963) | The original "continuity" which begins in the very first episode with the First Doctor played by William Hartnell. Later developments establish his ability to regenerate, his disputed origin as a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey and the conflicting accounts of incarnations preceding the First Doctor. |
| Dr. Who's reality (Dr. Who and the Daleks) | TV: Dr. Who and the Daleks | The alternative continuity home to the human Dr. Who, played by Peter Cushing. |
| "Dalek timeline" | TV: Genesis of the Daleks (mentioned only) | A potential future in which the Daleks have exterminated all other life, motivating the Time Lords to prevent this from happening by enacting the Genesis Incident. |
| Genesis timeline | TV: Genesis of the Daleks | The disputed results of the Fourth Doctor's interference in the Daleks' early history. |
| Pre-Time War universe | TV: An Unearthly Child | The state of reality prior to the Last Great Time War, primarily seen in the "classic series" and spin-off works prior to the introduction of the "new series". |
| Infinity Doctor's reality | PROSE: The Infinity Doctors (1998) | The unique state of reality home to the Infinity Doctor. |
| The Doctor's reality (The Curse of Fatal Death) | TV: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) | The divergent continuity home to the Ninth Doctor (Rowan Atkinson) and beyond. |
| The Doctor's reality (Scream of the Shalka) | NOTVALID: Scream of the Shalka (2003) | The divergent continuity home to the Ninth Doctor as played by Richard E Grant. |
| Time War timeline | The distinct, fluctuating state of reality during the Last Great Time War. Mostly sealed off from the normal universe by time lock. | |
| Gallifrey's history (The Day of the Doctor) | A potential history in which Gallifrey was in fact destroyed at the end of the Time War before history was changed so that it survived in The Day of the Doctor (2013). May or may not be related to that seen in Doctor Who and the Time War. | |
| Post-Time War universe | TV: Rose (2005) | The state of reality in the "new series" in which the "Ninth Doctor" (Christopher Eccleston) follows the War Doctor, who himself followed the Eighth Doctor. Lasts at least up to the end of the Tenth Doctor's life (the RTD era). |
| Cracked universe (The Eleventh Hour) | TV: The Eleventh Hour (2010) | The damaged universe seen throughout Series 5 (the Eleventh Doctor's first series). |
| Rebooted universe (The Big Bang) | TV: The Big Bang (2010) | The restored universe introduced in the Series 5 finale. Presumably the current state of reality at least as far as the television series is concerned. |