Theory:Timeline - Doctor Who universe/The Programme Guide

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This page lists the linear order of classic series television stories in the Doctor Who universe timeline as given the original second volume of The Doctor Who Programme Guide. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

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c. 2050: The first contacts with other star systems and the first interstellar expeditions are made. From these come the Hydrax, (TV: State of Decay) a Starliner which crashed on Alzarius, (TV: Full Circle) the ship which crashed on Metebelis III, (TV: Planet of the Spiders) and the Mordee expedition. (TV: The Face of Evil)
c. 2200: The first colonisation attempts outside the solar system include Metebelis III, (TV: Planet of the Spiders) Mordee (TV: The Face of Evil) and Mechanus. (TV: The Chase)
On Earth, the depletion of natural resources, already drained to a considerable extent by the Daleks, forces mankind to accept the economic domination of the Company, the Usurians' tool of conquest. Mankind is forced to move to Mars, and then to Pluto. (TV: The Sun Makers)
c. 2300: Fall of the Company and return of the human race to Earth. (TV: Underworld) Outside the solar system, mankind's colonies expand. (TV: The Leisure Hive)
c. 2400: The Galactic Cyberwars are fought. Mankind utilises the enormous gold resources of Voga to destroy the Cybermen Empire. Beginning of the Earth Empire.
c. 2600: Earth's period of colonial expansion leads to conflicts with other races including the Macra, (TV: The Macra Terror) the Wirrn (TV: The Ark in Space) and the Sensorites. (TV: The Sensorites) It is also the age of the space pirates. (TV: The Space Pirates)
c. 3200: Beginnings of the Galactic Federation.
c. 3700: Both the Federation and Earth grow in influence. (TV: Carnival of Monsters, The Ribos Operation)