Theory:Timeline - Doctor Who

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
Index → Timey-wimey detector → Timeline - Doctor Who
Spoilers are strongly policed here.
If this thread's title doesn't specify it's spoilery, don't bring any up.

This page lists the order of stories in that contain references and appearances of the Doctor Who series that exists within the the Doctor's universe. Stories that are explicitly set in meta-fiction universes should be entered on the respective timeline.

Timeline[[edit source]]

19th century[[edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor sends two letters more than a century prior to the first publication of Doctor Who Weekly to ensure his letters arrive in time.

20th century[[edit source]]

1960s[[edit source]]

Winston Churchill pitches the idea of a series about the Doctor to Sydney Newman.
Verity Lambert begins work on Doctor Who for the BBC, despite some of the males' sexist opinions.
The first broadcast of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks is published. (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion)

1970s[[edit source]]

A Doctor Who fan in 2020 gets in touch with U.N.I.T. and Terrance Dicks.
The serial Planet of the Spiders is broadcast, depicting the regeneration of the Third Doctor into the Fourth Doctor.
Paul Magrs gets a Doctor Who jigsaw for Christmas.
The "Jane Fonda" Iris is sent by the Ministry to investigate Geoff Love's reworkings of classic sci-fi themes, and she helps him create his remixed Doctor Who theme.
Paul Magrs gets a Dr Who Paint-by-Numbers kit.

1980s[[edit source]]

Two brothers, David and Chris, are major fans of Doctor Who
K9 and Company is broadcast around Christmas.
The Sixth Doctor attempts to murder Ron Rat for insulting Doctor Who.

1990s[[edit source]]

Production on The Dark Dimension is cancelled.
The Third Doctor meets with Noel Edmonds to introduce the broadcast of Dimensions in Time.
c. 1995 - The Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 is published. (NOTVALID: Doctor Whoah! 384)
Steven Moffat writes an afterword for Decalog 3: Consequences, as dictated to by Professor Candy.
c. 1996 - the book Doctor Who: The Eighties is published. (NOTVALID: Doctor Whoah! 375)
The Doctor Who TV movie is released.
Two Doctor Who fans kidnap Peter Davison.
A letter from the Ninth Doctor, in which he details his knowledge of a Comic Relief TV special which depicts a version of his adventures, is published.
A televised appeal from the Ninth Doctor, speaking on Tersurus, telling his audience to donate money via a telephone number, is broadcast.

21st century[[edit source]]

2000s[[edit source]]

The Dalek Survival Guide is published no more than 50 years after the launch of the first communications satellites and Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight.
Christopher Eccleston is cast as the Doctor.
Aware that they have been watching his adventures, the Tenth Doctor recruits an unidentified assistant to play Attack of the Graske.
The Tenth Doctor and Rose meet Victoria and David Beckham. David mistakes the Doctor for Christopher Eccleston and asks him to sign his Doctor Who books.
New Earth is being filmed. By this point, the Doctor is being played by David Tennant.
ITV tries to knock Doctor Who out of the ratings.
Smith and Jones has just aired.
Voyage of the Damned is being filmed.
Paul Magrs writes a prose piece about his inspirations, including Doctor Who.
The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler promote the broadcast of Series 1 on BBC One.
The Christmas Invasion is being filmed.
The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler promote the broadcast of Series 2 on BBC One.
Doctor Who annuals are seen.
The Doctor Who Exhibition is advertised in Cardiff.
The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones promote the broadcast of Series 3 on BBC One.
A Children in Need special is being filmed.
Andy Millman plays an alien on an episode of Doctor Who.
Danny, Withnail and I are all cast as the Doctor.
The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble promote the broadcast of Series 4 on BBC One.
The Doctor is wearing a wig that belonged to William Hartnell.
Paul Magrs writes scripts for Doctor Who CDs, which features Tom Baker.
John Barrowman acts out a skit with a fan on the TARDIS set.

2010s[[edit source]]

By the 2010s, Matt Smith is an actor in the series. (TV: The Doctor Drops In, The Doctor Appears)
The Eleventh Doctor promotes the broadcast of Death of the Doctor on CBBC.
A live news broadcast outside of the Doctor Who Exhibition is interrupted when many of the alien props on display turn out to be real, and they start attacking.
Matt Smith carries the Olympic Flame before passing it on to the Tenth Doctor.
The Eleventh Doctor visits Dermot O'Leary and Claudia Winkleman while they talk about Doctor Who live on air.
Later that year, The Day of the Doctor is broadcast.
In the run up to The Day of the Doctor, the Eleventh Doctor interrupts idents on BBC One.
The Eleventh and Tenth Doctors, and Strax, introduce a cinema screening of The Day of the Doctor.
Peter Capaldi is cast as the Twelfth Doctor, and he writes a letter to DWM.
In the run up to Series 8, the Twelfth Doctor interrupts idents on BBC One.
An advert for the series is seen on the side of a bus.
The ninth series is broadcast.
Peter Capaldi writes a letter to be printed in the 500th issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
Issue 500 of Doctor Who Magazine is released.
A child watches Heaven Sent.
A Mondasian Cyberman takes over the continuity announcement preceeding The Doctor Falls both on BBC One and BBC One Northern Ireland.

2020s[[edit source]]

Strax introduces viewers to a new screening of The Day of the Doctor.
Petronella Osgood and her Zygon duplicate watch Doctor Who.
A Doctor Who fan manages to contact U.N.I.T. in the 1970s for advice concerning COVID-19.
The Thirteenth Doctor and everybody at Doctor Who wishes their audience "love and luck for 2021".
Big Finish release the audio drama, The Doomsday Contract.

2060s[[edit source]]

William Hartnell plays the Doctor in the series, while films starring Peter Cushing are produced.

2070s[[edit source]]

Cosgrove Hall recreate lost episodes of the Doctor Who cartoon.

26th century[[edit source]]

Chris Cwej and Clarence watch re-runs of Doctor Who.

Currently unplaced[[edit source]]

Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Theory:Timeline_-_Doctor_Who&oldid=3897169"