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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.

The historical genre was devised by Sydney Newman, Doctor Who's creator, as a way to make the show more educational. (REF: The Second Doctor Handbook, TEDW 8)

The distinction between the two 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Name Date of release Doctor Format Type
An Unearthly Child 23 November - 14 December 1963 1st TV story Historical
Marco Polo 22 February - 4 April 1964 1st TV story Historical
The Aztecs 23 May - 13 June 1964 1st TV story Historical
The Reign of Terror 8 August - 12 September 1964 1st TV story Historical
The Ice-Age Monster 1964 1st Comic Historical
The Prehistoric Monster 1964 1st Comic Historical
The Romans 16 January - 6 February 1965 1st TV story Historical
The Crusade 27 March - 17 April 1965 1st TV story Historical
Challenge of the Piper 14 June - 12 July 1965 1st Comic Pseudo-historical
The Time Meddler 3 - 24 July 1965 1st TV story Pseudo-historical
The Myth Makers 16 October - 6 November 1965 1st TV story Historical
Doctor Who and the Crusaders September 1965 1st Novelisation Historical
The Daleks' Master Plan 13 November 1965 - 29 January 1966 1st TV story Pseudo-historical
The Massacre 5 - 26 February 1966 1st TV story Historical
The Gunfighters 30 April - 21 May 1966 1st TV story Historical
The Smugglers 10 September - 1 October 1966 1st TV story Historical
The Highlanders 17 December 1966 - 7 January 1967 2nd TV story Historical
Egyptian Escapade 2 - 23 September 1967 2nd Comic
The Abominable Snowmen 30 September - 4 November 1967 2nd TV story Pseudo-historical
H.M.S. Tardis 1968 2nd Short story Historical
The Brotherhood 6 - 27 September 1969 2nd Comic
The Kingdom Builders 19 December 1970 - 6 February 1971 3rd Comic
Backtime 2 October - 13 November 1971 3rd Comic
A Stitch in Time 29 April - 17 June 1972 3rd Comic
Who is the Stranger 10 February 1973 3rd Comic
The Glen of Sleeping 3 March - 31 March 1973 3rd Comic
The Time Warrior 15 December 1973 - 5 January 1974 3rd TV story
The Amateur 15 December 1973 - 26 January 1974 3rd Comic
The Magician 6 July - 17 August 1974 3rd Comic
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen 21 November 1974 2nd Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Perils of Paris 1974 3rd Comic
The Emperor's Spy 26 July - 6 September 1975 4th Comic
Timechase September 1975 --- Short story
Pyramids of Mars 25 October - 15 November 1975 4th TV story Pseudo-historical
Woden's Warriors 1976 4th Comic
Treasure Trail 20 March - 1 May 1976 4th Comic
The Masque of Mandragora 4 - 25 September 1976 4th TV story Pseudo-historical
Exploration Earth 4 October 1976 4th Audio
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars 16 December 1976 4th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Time Snatch 1976 4th Short story
The Talons of Weng-Chiang 26 February - 2 April 1977 4th TV story Pseudo-historical
Horror of Fang Rock 3 - 24 September 1977 4th TV story Pseudo-historical
The Living Wax October or September 1977 4th Short story
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang 15 November 1977 4th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora 8 December 1977 4th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Sky Warrior 1977 4th Comic
City of Death 29 September - 20 October 1979 4th TV story Pseudo-historical
The Weapon September 1979 1st Comic Pseudo-historical
Dragon's Claw 10 July - October 1980 4th Comic
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child 15 October 1981 1st Novelisation Historical
The Visitation 15 - 23 February 1982 5th TV story Pseudo-historical
Devil of the Deep February 1982 --- Comic
Black Orchid 1 - 2 March 1982 5th TV story Historical
Time-Flight 22 - 30 March 1982 5th TV story Pseudo-historical
Doctor Who and the Visitation 19 August 1982 5th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The King's Demons 15 - 16 March 1983 5th TV story Pseudo-historical
Time-Flight 15 April 1983 5th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Aztecs 20 September 1984 1st Novelisation Historical
The Highlanders 15 November 1984 2nd Novelisation Historical
The Mark of the Rani 2 - 9 February 1985 6th TV story Pseudo-historical
Timelash 9 - 16 March 1985 6th TV story Pseudo-historical
The Myth Makers 12 September 1985 1st Novelisation Historical
Time Wake 1986 6th Short story
The Gunfighters 9 January 1986 1st Novelisation Historical
Timelash 15 May 1986 6th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Mark of the Rani 12 June 1986 6th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The King's Demons 10 July 1986 5th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Time Bomb July - September 1986 6th Comic
The Heat-Seekers October 1986 4th Short story
Black Orchid 19 February 1987 5th Novelisation Historical
The Reign of Terror 20 August 1987 1st Novelisation Historical
The Romans 17 September 1987 1st Novelisation Historical
Delta and the Bannermen 2 - 16 November 1987 7th TV story Pseudo-historical
The Massacre 19 November 1987 1st Novelisation Historical
The Time Meddler 17 March 1988 1st Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Claws of the Klathi! May - July 1988 7th Comic
Remembrance of the Daleks 5 - 26 October 1988 7th TV story Pseudo-historical
Silver Nemesis 23 November - 7 December 1988 7th TV story Pseudo-historical
Delta and the Bannermen 19 January 1989 7th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Chase 20 July 1989 1st Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Time Bomb! July 1989 7th Comic
Ghost Light 4 - 18 October 1989 7th TV story Pseudo-historical
The Mutation of Time 19 October 1989 1st Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Curse of Fenric 25 October - 15 November 1989 7th TV story Pseudo-historical
Silver Nemesis 16 November 1989 7th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Remembrance of the Daleks 21 June 1990 7th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
Doctor Conkerer! July 1990 7th Comic
Ghost Light 20 September 1990 7th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
The Curse of Fenric 15 December 1990 7th Novelisation Pseudo-historical
A Victorian Interlude 21 March 1991 5th Short story
The Good Soldier 13 June - 5 September 1991 7th Comic
Timewyrm: Genesys 20 June 1991 7th Novel
Doctor Who: The New Adventures Prologue 10 July 1991 7th Short story
Seaside Rendezvous July 1991 7th Comic
Timewyrm: Exodus 15 August 1991 7th Novel
An Unfulfilled Dream 5 September 1991 7th Short story
Who Discovered America? 20 February 1992 1st Short story
Prelude Nightshade 6 August 1992 --- Short story
Nightshade 20 August 1992 7th Novel
City of Devils August 1992 --- Comic
Memorial 3 September 1992 7th Comic
Cambridge Previsited September 1992 1st Short story
The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor 21 January 1993 4th Short story
The Smugglers 18 February 1993 1st Novelisation
The Pit 18 March 1993 7th Novel
White Darkness 17 June 1993 7th Novel
Prelude Birthright 5 August 1993 7th Short story
The Evil of the Daleks 19 August 1993 2nd 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 5th, 6th, 7th 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 5th Audio
A Town Called Eternity 6 March 2000 Short story
The Marian Conspiracy March 2000 6th 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 7th Audio
The Turing Test 2 October 2000 Novel
Endgame 6 November 2000 Novel
Storm Warning January 2001 8th 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 5th Audio
The Way of All Flesh 28 June, 23 August- 18 October 2001 Comic
Byzantium! 2 July 2001 Novel
Bloodtide July 2001 6th Audio
The Eye of the Scorpion September 2001 5th Audio
Dying in the Sun 1 October 2001 Novel
Colditz October 2001 7th 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 8th Audio
The Chimes of Midnight February 2002 8th 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 8th Audio
Amorality Tale 8 April 2002 Novel
Me and My Shadow 30 May 2002 Comic
The Time of the Daleks May 2002 8th 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 5th 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 6th 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 8th 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 5th 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 6th Audio
Screamager 7 October 2004 Short story
Prologue to Warring States 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 9th TV story
Catch-1782 April 2005 Audio
The Clockwise Man 19 May 2005 Novel
The Empty Child 21 May 2005 9th TV story
The Doctor Dances 28 May 2005 9th 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
Pier Pressure January 2006 6th Audio
The Stone Rose 13 April 2006 10th Novel
Tooth and Claw 22 April 2006 10th TV story
The Albino's Dancer April 2006 --- Novel
The Kingmaker April 2006 5th Audio
Under the Volcano 3 May 2006 10th Comic
The Girl in the Fireplace 6 May 2006 10th TV story
The Idiot's Lantern 27 May 2006 10th TV story
Warfreekz! 31 May 2006 10th Comic
The Settling May 2006 7th Audio
The Nowhere Place July 2006 6th Audio
Stamp of Approval 8 June 2006 10th Short story
Ancient Whispers 1 August 2006 3rd Short story
The Church of Football 1 August 2006 5th Short story
Dear John 1 August 2006 8th Short story
Direct Action 1 August 2006 4th Short story
Forgotten 1 August 2006 8th Short story
First Born 1 August 2006 5th Short story
Falling from Xi'an 1 August 2006 5th Short story
Echoes 1 August 2006 3rd Short story
Dream Devils 1 August 2006 3rd Short story
Log 384 1 August 2006 7th Short story
The Futurists 20 July - 14 September 2006 10th Comic
Bat Attack! 24 August 2006 10th Comic
Triskaidekaphobia 31 August 2006 10th Comic
The Sideways Door August 2006 --- Novel
The Oracle of Delphi November 2006 --- Audio
No Man's Land November 2006 7th Audio
Year of the Pig December 2006 6th Audio
Erasing Sherlock December 2006 --- Novel
Captain Jack Harkness 1 January 2007 --- Tv story
Summer January 2007 5th Audio
Frostfire January 2007 1st Audio
Renaissance of the Daleks March 2007 5th Audio
The Shakespeare Code 7 April 2007 10th TV story
Plague Panic 18 April 2007 10th Comic
Sting of the Zygons 19 April 2007 10th Novel
Daleks in Manhattan 21 April 2007 10th TV story
Evolution of the Daleks 28 April 2007 10th TV story
Wrath of the Warrior 16 May 2007 10th Comic
Human Nature 26 May 2007 10th TV story
The Screaming Prison 30 May 2007 10th Comic
The Family of Blood 2 June 2007 10th TV story
Warriors' Revenge 27 June 2007 10th Comic
In Case of Emergencies 30 June 2007 4th Short story
Gold and Black Ooze 30 June 2007 6th Short story
Life from Lifelessness 30 June 2007 4th Short story
Sunday Afternoon, AD 848,988 30 June 2007 7th Short story
Signs of Life 16 - 30 August 2007 10th Comic
The First 23 August - 15 November 2007 10th Comic
Child of Time August 2007 --- Novel
Second Wave 19 September 2007 10th Comic
My Own Private Wolfgang September 2007 6th Audio
Son of the Dragon September 2007 5th Audio
100 BC September 2007 6th Audio
Mother Russia October 2007 1st Audio
The Frozen 2 December 2007 10th Short story
Number 1, Gallows Gate Road 4 December - 11 December 2007 10th Short story
The Crackers 15 December 2007 6th Short story
24 Crawford Street 15 December 2007 7th Short story
The Cutty Wren 15 December 2007 2nd Short story
The Sommerton Fetch 15 December 2007 3rd Short story
Peacemaker 26 December 2007 10th Novel