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This page lists appearances of the Fifteenth Doctor in the order in which they experienced them. 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 that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.
The layout of this timeline is in part based on the observations on Doctor Who - The Complete Adventures, as well as Lance Parkin's AHistory and other sources that allow us to make observations, such as Doctor Who Reviews, and Clive Banks databanks. None of these sources should be used solely as a source or considered a "true" timeline for stories.
Limiting factors
The short story First Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["First Day of the Doctor (short story)"] features a piece of the first page from the Fifteenth Doctor's diary, in which it can be seen that he wrote about the events of The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"] and The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"] as the first adventures he experienced, leaving little to place in the gap between the two television episodes.
Timeline
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A fresh start
- TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]
- The Fifteenth Doctor is spawned from the Fourteenth Doctor when the Toymaker triggers a bi-generation, co-existing with his previous self as a result. As his prize for helping defeating the Toymaker in a game of catch the ball, the Fifteenth Doctor uses the Toymaker's lingering influence on the universe to seemingly duplicate the TARDIS as well, so he can resume his travels whilst the Fourteenth Doctor enters "rehab" on Earth with the Noble family to allow himself to heal from the various traumas he had endured in his travels.
- The Doctor decides on his new attire. Although never explicitly stated to be the fifteenth incarnation, the Doctor is given a physical description that coincidentally matches that of Ncuti Gatwa, and has a chest containing items owned by each known incarnation par the War Doctor, including a handbag presumably owned by the female incarnation from The Death List, thus implicating setting the poem's incarnation to be the one that follows her, with authorial intent being that The Death List featured the then upcoming Thirteenth Doctor.[1] Furthermore, Contents ends with the Doctor choosing to wear sturdy boots and a new hat, items of clothing featured in the Fifteenth Doctor in promotional material for Series 14.
- PROSE: "Heroes of Time" [+]Part of Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse, Loading...{"namedpart":"Heroes of Time","1":"Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse (reference book)"}
- The Doctor thinks ahead to the new adventures and friends he will have with his "new face", as well as the "pantheon" of enemies he will face, setting this shortly after The Giggle.
Adventures with Ruby
- TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]
- The Doctor is joined on his travels by Ruby Sunday after they stop the Goblin King eating Ruby's foster sister in December 2023.
- TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"]
- Follows on directly from The Church on Ruby Road. The Doctor begins travelling with Ruby Sunday. The Doctor mentions that the TARDIS controls are still new, setting this shortly after The Giggle.
- (DIARY ENTRY)
- The Doctor writes in his diary about the events of The Giggle and The Church on Ruby Road, implying that the two adventures happen in close proximity to each other. (PROSE: First Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["First Day of the Doctor (short story)"])
- COMIC: Mancopolis [+]Loading...["Mancopolis (comic story)"]
- The Doctor takes Ruby on a trip to 2424 Manchester. She encounters teleportation for the first time, suggesting a setting early in her travels.
- GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...["Wonder Chase (video game)"]
- The Doctor and Ruby travel to Wonder Central and the Deep Space Zone. The Doctor and Ruby are wearing their outfits from The Church on Ruby Road, suggesting a setting shortly after.
- COMIC: "Free Comic Book Day 2024" [+]Loading...["Untitled (FCBD2024 comic story)","\"Free Comic Book Day 2024\""]
- Ruby is confused at the psychic paper, suggesting a very early placement. The Doctor is wearing his outfit from The Church on Ruby Road and mentions to Ruby that he is not able to rewrite history, possibly suggesting a pre-The Devil's Chord setting in which his stance on returning to the events of Ruby Road are made much firmer. Leads directly into Everyone Must Go!
- COMIC: Everyone Must Go! [+]Loading...["Everyone Must Go! (comic story)"]
- Ruby encounters the Cybermen for the first time, and is still becoming accustomed to the TARDIS translation circuit.
- TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"]
- Ruby estimates her time is now June or July 2024, setting this approximately six months after she began travelling with the Doctor at Christmas.
- GAME: Fragmented Cosmos [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)/Fragmented Cosmos (episode)","Fragmented Cosmos"]
- The Doctor and Ruby visit what appears to be a space station or platform.
- The Doctor and Ruby visit the planet Kastarion 3, where they encounter the Anglican Marines. This is Ruby's first visit to an alien planet.
- COMIC: The Hans of Fear [+]Loading...["The Hans of Fear (comic story)",""]
- The Doctor and Ruby visit 19th century Copenhagen and meet Hans Christian Andersen. Ruby is taken to what seems to be an alternate Faroe Islands by the Snedronningen.
- COMIC: The Monster Makers [+]Loading...["The Monster Makers (comic story)"]
- Ruby wonders if "smashing up that sloop" put the TARDIS settings out of wack, setting this directly after The Hans of Fear.
- Ruby claims that she hasn't known the Doctor for long, setting this early in their travels together. The Doctor and Ruby visit Wales on 9 November 2024 (according to the novelisation), only for the Doctor to stand on a fairy circle and disappear from existence. Ruby then lives out her entire existence in an alternate timeline, being followed by a mysterious old woman at precisely 73 yards. On her death bed, the old woman visits her, dragging her back through time, reverting the timeline by stopping the fairy circle from being broken. Ruby recognises a character played by Susan Twist for the first time, though only in the alternate timeline.
- The Doctor and Ruby are concerned about falling snow and a memory of the past chasing them into the future. The Doctor notes that the TARDIS has been upset lately, once again recognising the mysterious groan, setting this before The Legend of Ruby Sunday. Ruby sees wolves up close for the first time.
- Ruby visits an alien planet, which she has done numerous times by this point, setting this after Boom. Ruby indicates that she joined the Doctor's company recently but has had her eyes opened to the wonders of the universe. She is also aware of the TARDIS translation circuits. She recalls having sung to kings, held space Babies, shouted at ambulances, and outrun a Shreek.
- PROSE: The Dalmatian Terrain [+]Loading...["The Dalmatian Terrain (short story)"]
- Ruby has been travelling with the Doctor "for a while". She learns about the Shadow Proclamation for the first time.
- GAME: In Loving Memory [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)/In Loving Memory (episode)","In Loving Memory"]
- The Doctor and Ruby have met a Navatrix before, setting this after Fragmented Cosmos. The story ends with them heading to visit a star.
- TV: Dot and Bubble [+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"]
- The Doctor and Ruby visit Finetime where they attempt to lead Lindy Pepper-Bean to safety when the colony comes under attack. Both the Doctor and Ruby recognise Penny Pepper-Bean as being the face of the ambulance on Kastarion 3 in Boom. Ruby claims to have learned to trust the Doctor "a while back" and that he has saved her life "so many times", suggesting a setting later in their travels together.
- TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]
- While investigating the many appearances of Susan Triad throughout their travels, the Doctor and Ruby spring a trap by Sutekh. Ruby meets Melanie Bush, Kate Stewart and Rose Noble for the first time and she also learns about regeneration for the first time.
- TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)",""]
- Follows directly from The Legend of Ruby Sunday. After defeating Sutekh, the Doctor and Ruby meet her birth mother and agree to part company so Ruby can focus on her family.
- TV: Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)","Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars"]
- Set during Empire of Death. While travelling in the Remembered TARDIS, the Doctor tells Ruby about his first encounter with Sutekh, setting this after The Legend of Ruby Sunday.
Solo adventures
- AUDIO: The World Tree [+]Loading...["The World Tree (audio story)"]
- The Fifteenth Doctor[2] attempts to help the Eleventh Doctor save Nora Wicker from a time bubble with his sonic screwdriver, but she stops them.
- AUDIO: Pantheon of Discord [+]Loading...["Pantheon of Discord (audio story)"]
- The Doctor is alone and appears familiar with Maestro, setting this after The Devil’s Chord.
- Next known page: Merlin
Currently unplaced
- These entries are placed here either due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Doctor's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come, or due to being released early in this Doctor's tenure, and not having sufficient enough evidence to be placed in any chapter of this Doctor's run.
- EXHIBIT: Come on TARDIS, let's go party [+]Loading...["Come on TARDIS, let's go party (exhibit)"]
- The Doctor's TARDIS, now painted pink, is seen on the bank of the River Thames in the 2020s.
- COMIC: Find the 600! [+]Loading...["Find the 600! (comic story)"]
- The Doctor materialises his TARDIS in Wolf Studios and confronts Jason Quinn, Richard Atkinson and Mike Jones. Given the meta-fictional nature of the story, such as the inclusion of the then-current total number of issues of Doctor Who Magazine, this story is likely set near the events of Mancopolis.
Awaiting placement
- These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.
- NOTVALID: The Fifteenth Doctor Audition Piece [+]Loading...["The Fifteenth Doctor Audition Piece (script)"]
- The Doctor arrives in 2023 with an unnamed companion, presumably Ruby. After he gets separated from his companion, he defeats the Spikemaster, and proposes taking his companion to Cardiff when they reunite.
- TV: Match of the Who [+]Loading...["Match of the Who (TV story)"]
- The Doctor goes on Match of the Day in the future. Potentially follows Wonder Chase, as the Doctor would have met Gary Lineker at Wonder Central.
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