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This page lists appearances of Harry Sullivan in the order in which he experienced them. This timeline is based on observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events in each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like their TV story counterparts, that each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in.
The layout of this timeline is based in part on the observations on Doctor Who Reference Guide and Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as DocOhoReviews, The History of the Doctor, The Discontinuity Guide, Clive Banks Databank, the Big Finish forums and The Divergent Universe forums. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.
Timeline[[edit source]]
Early life[[edit source]]
- The Brigadier meets Harry Sullivan for the first time.
- Harry is UNIT's new medical officer.
- Harry is contacted by the Brigadier concerning a medical emergency, but is quickly told not to bother.
Travels in the TARDIS[[edit source]]
- Harry follows the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith into the TARDIS.
- Harry is taking his first trip in the TARDIS, setting this directly after Robot. The TARDIS crew arrive at the Nerva Beacon due to Harry fiddling with TARDIS, and volunteer to beam down to Earth to do repairs, leading directly into The Sontaran Experiment.
- The TARDIS crew fix the faulty equipment on Earth and beam back to the Nerva Beacon.
- Set immediately after The Sontaran Experiment. The Time Lords intercept to transmat beam and give the Doctor a Time Ring and a mission on Skaro, where the Doctor meets Davros and witnesses the creation of the Daleks.
- The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the Time Ring, setting this immediately after Genesis of the Daleks.
- The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are still using the Time Ring, setting this shortly after Genesis of the Daleks.
- Just as they retrieve the TARDIS from the Nerva Beacon, the TARDIS crew receive a summons from the Brigadier, leading into Terror of the Zygons.
- The TARDIS still needs time to recover from the solar flare radiation from Revenge of the Cybermen.
- The Doctor is attempting to travel to Scotland, but the TARDIS is knocked off course and arrives on the Zephyr instead.
- The Doctor and his companions expect to find the Loch Ness on exiting the TARDIS, setting this shortly before Terror of the Zygons.
- The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are wearing their costumes from Terror of the Zygons. The TARDIS is knocked off course after an attempt to get to Scotland. After returning Godric to the arthurian times, the TARDIS makes its way to Scotland, leading into Terror of the Zygons.
- Ending leads directly into Terror of the Zygons.
- The TARDIS crew make it to Scotland, and Harry decides to remain on Earth with UNIT.
Return to duty[[edit source]]
- The Doctor and Sarah leave UNIT HQ to take a trip in the TARDIS. The Brigadier is not happy and questions Harry on their whereabouts.
- The Doctor alludes to the recent events of Terror of the Zygons and The Android Invasion.
- The Doctor and Harry's cameo takes place immediately after The Last Broadcast.
Travels with the Fourth Doctor and Naomi[[edit source]]
- Harry is taking a holiday in Calcutta when he meets UNIT secretary Naomi Cross and becomes embroiled in an adventure involving Sea Devils where he is reunited with the Fourth Doctor for the first time since the events of The Android Invasion. Harry is a surgeon lieutenant and has met up with Sarah Jane several times since she parted ways with the Doctor. The Doctor invites Harry and Naomi to join him in the TARDIS and after some persuading from Naomi, he agrees and they set out to visit a new holiday destination, leading directly into Worlds Beyond.
- With Naomi settling into the TARDIS and reacting to it being bigger on the inside, the Doctor sets course for a holiday planet, setting this directly after Storm of the Sea Devils. Harry realises how much he enjoys being a Doctor while being less enamoured with the military side of his work. The TARDIS is hijacked by an unknown force which uses chess notation as coordinates.
Stranded in the 21st century[[edit source]]
- Harry and Naomi are working for UNIT in the 21st century, however they come from the 70s or 80s. Harry and Naomi accompany Kate Stewart back to London.
Travels with the Seventh Doctor[[edit source]]
- Harry and Naomi encounter the Seventh Doctor who agrees to take them home to their own time.
Life after the Doctor[[edit source]]
- Harry has left the TARDIS.
- Sarah and Harry haven't seen the Doctor in years.
Post-UNIT career[[edit source]]
- Set in 1983. Ten years have passed since Terror of the Zygons and since Harry left UNIT. He meets Sarah Jane for the first time since they parted ways in Scotland. He is working for NATO.
- Set in 1998. Harry is roughly 20 years older than when Sarah Jane last saw him, in The Android Invasion. Harry is now working at MI5 as the deputy director.
- (FLASHBACK)
- In 1998, Harry and Sarah meet for coffee to reminisce about old times. The events of System Shock were "last year". (PROSE: Millennium Shock)
- Set in 1999.
- Set on Tuesday 25 December 2001. Harry meets the Eighth Doctor for the first time.
- (REFERENCE)
- By 2005, he was back at NATO, having achieved the rank of Commodore. The Brigadier asked him for a favour at the time. (AUDIO: The Wasting)
- (REFERENCE)
- By 2006, Harry had been missing in action for some time, though Sarah kept coming to the same place they used to meet. She "talked" to him and raised a toast to him wherever he was. (AUDIO: Buried Secrets) Harry was still missing in 2009. (PROSE: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
- In 2006, Harry, visible older, is unknowlingly working alongside the Two, who is pretending to be a future Doctor. He eventually meets the real Doctor, who is undergoing a degeneration crisis and helps him to foil a plot by the Two to kill the Doctor back in 1963.
- In June 2015, Harry discovers a potential HIV cure using blood samples taken from David Daniels. He is formerly the chief of staff at MI5.
Unplaced[[edit source]]
- At the end of the audio version, Harry Sullivan emerges from the TARDIS, following the Third Doctor and Sarah's departure in a previous version of the TARDIS. (instead of Jeremy Fitzoliver)