The Doctor Who Chronology
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The Doctor Who Chronology was a Doctor Who reference book written by Lance Parkin and published by Seventh Door Fanzines in March 1995.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Subject matter[[edit] | [edit source]]
The history of the Doctor Who TV series up until 1995, spanning 59 of the pages.
Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A foreword by Andrew Pixley.
- A history of the Cybermen.
- A history of the Daleks.
- A history of the Time Lords.
- A somewhat complete list of the Doctor's non-televised adventures.
- A cosmology which attempts to map out the locations within the Universe of all the planets mentioned in the series.
- Essays on time travel, space travel and evolution on Earth.
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- The book is known to add to the UNIT dating controversy:
- In trying to make sense of the dilemma brought about by the 1980 date from Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TV story)"] versus the 1977 and 1983 dates given in Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"], Parkin ignores the latter dates in favour of the Doctor Who Magazine UNIT special's ill-conceived notion that Mawdryn Undead is actually set in 1983 and 1989 despite all the on screen references to 1977 and 1983.
- Parkin has also chosen to ignore such things as on-screen calendars when they don't fit in with unsupported dates he has already selected for other stories.
- Parkin notes that the calendar seen in The Android Invasion [+]Loading...["The Android Invasion (TV story)"] suggests the year could be 1973, 1979, 1984 or 1990. Despite this Parkin places the story in 1981.
- Parkin acknowledged Jon Preddle for providing this reference, although Preddle himself claims he did not do this.[1]
- Parkin notes that the calendar seen in The Android Invasion [+]Loading...["The Android Invasion (TV story)"] suggests the year could be 1973, 1979, 1984 or 1990. Despite this Parkin places the story in 1981.
- Parkin criticises Jean-Marc Lofficier's works The Terrestrial Index and The Doctor Who Programme Guide for ignoring on-screen dates despite being guilty of this himself in this book.
- This book also contains a bibliography that lists other books and fanzines that have chronologies, in which Parkin compares continuity theories.
