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A Biography of the Doctor

The First Doctor - William Hartnell

Pre-Season One

Story	Type	Placement	Companions	See also
Lungbarrow	Virgin Novel (flashbacks: modern Gallifrey)	Some of these feature the Doctor's earliest years.	none	Discontinuity Guide
Timewyrm: Revelation	Virgin Novel (flashback: pages 1-2)	Features a young Gallifreyan and a hermit - implied to be the first Doctor and K'Anpo.	none	Discontinuity Guide
Divided Loyalties	BBC Novel (flashback chapters)	Features the Doctor at the Academy.	Rallon Millennia	Discontinuity Guide
Lungbarrow	Virgin Novel (flashbacks: modern Gallifrey)	Features the first Doctor shortly before leaving Gallifrey	none	Discontinuity Guide
Nightshade	Virgin Novel: Prologue	Features the Doctor in the act of leaving Gallifrey	none	Discontinuity Guide
Lungbarrow	Virgin Novel (flashbacks: ancient Gallifrey)	This is the Doctor's first trip in the TARDIS	Susan Foreman	Discontinuity Guide
Frayed	Telos Novella	This is the Doctor and Susan's first experience of humanity.	Susan Foreman	Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide
All Consuming Fire	Virgin Novel (prologue & epilogue)	Features the first Doctor and Susan	Susan Foreman	Discontinuity Guide

Season One

Full Biography: Season One

Story	Type	Placement	Companions	See also
Time and Relative	Telos Novella	It's March 1963, and sets up 100,000 BC	Susan Foreman	Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide
An Unearthly Child	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order. Ian and Barbara join.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Newbies Guide
The Eight Doctors	BBC Novel (Chapter 3)	Between the scenes of An Unearthly Child episode 3 (The Forest of Fear).	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide
The Daleks	TV Story	Follows on from An Unearthly Child.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Newbies Guide
The Edge of Destruction	TV Story	Follows on from The Daleks.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Newbies Guide
Marco Polo	TV Story	Follows on immediately from The Edge of Destruction.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Virgin Novel	Two minutes after Marco Polo - Ian is still wearing his costume.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Keys of Marinus	TV Story	Ian is still wearing his Marco Polo costume.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
Tragedy Day	Virgin Novel (Flashback)	This scene features Susan and Barbara, so it must take place between 100,000 BC and The Dalek Invasion of Earth. They seem like they are still getting to know each other, and this is the earliest possible gap.	Susan Foreman Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Masters of Luxor	Unused script (published)	Features the first Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara. This was originally intended to follow 100,000 BC. Placement is arbitrary.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Aztecs	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Newbies Guide
The Sensorites	TV Story	Follows on from The Aztecs.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
The Reign of Terror	TV Story	Follows on from The Sensorites.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
The Last Days	Short Story (Short Trips)	Features Susan, Ian and Barbara. There's a reference to The Aztecs. It's probably before The Witch Hunters, as Ian is still inclined to interfere with history.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
City at World's End	BBC Novel	Between The Reign of Terror and Planet of Giants. Sets up the TARDIS shrinking in Planet of Giants.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Witch Hunters	BBC Novel	Leads into Planet of Giants.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide

Season Two

Full Biography: Season Two

Story	Type	Placement	Companions	See also
Planet of Giants	TV Story	Follows on from The Witch Hunters.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
A Long Night	Short Story (Short Trips: Companions)	A year after 100,000 BC.	Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Time Travellers	BBC Novel	Sets up events for The Dalek Invasion of Earth.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Dalek Invasion of Earth	TV Story	Directly follows Planet of Giants. Susan leaves.	Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Newbies Guide
Venusian Lullaby	Virgin Novel	Follows on from The Dalek Invasion of Earth.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Book of Shadows	Short Story (Decalog)	Follows on from Venusian Lullaby.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Nine Day Queen	Short Story (Decalog 2: Consequences)	Features the First Doctor, Ian and Barbara.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Rescue	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order. Vicki joins.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister
Romans Cutaway	Short Story (More Short Trips)	Follows directly from the final scene of The Rescue.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister	Discontinuity Guide
Byzantium!	BBC Novel	Follows directly from final scene of The Rescue.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister	Discontinuity Guide
The Romans	TV Story	Follows on from either Romans Cutaway or Byzantium!	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister
The Eleventh Tiger	BBC Novel	Features the first Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki. It seems likely that it goes straight after The Romans	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister	Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide
The Web Planet	TV Story	Soon after The Romans.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister
The Crusade	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister
The Space Museum	TV Story	Follows on directly from The Crusade.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister
The Plotters	Virgin Novel	Placed by the back cover blurb.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister	Discontinuity Guide
The Chase	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order. Ian and Barbara leave. Steven joins.	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor
The Time Meddler	TV Story	Follows on directly from The Chase.	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor
The Three Doctors	TV Story (guest appearance)	This happens immediately before The Empire of Glass, with the Doctor being returned to his own timeline at the start of that story.	None
The Empire of Glass	Virgin Novel	Placed by back cover blurb	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor	Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide

Season Three

Full Biography: Season Three

Story	Type	Placement	Companions	See also
Galaxy Four	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor
Planet of the Bunnoids	Short Story (Short Trips & Side Steps)	Features the first Doctor, Steven and Vicki. There is a reference to Galaxy Four.	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor	Discontinuity Guide
The Myth Makers	TV Story	Placed in broadcast order. Vicki leaves, Katarina joins.	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor Katarina
The Daleks' Master Plan	TV Story	Follows on directly from The Myth Makers. Katarina dies.	Steven Taylor Katarina Sara Kingdom
The Little Drummer Boy	Short Story (Short Trips: Companions)	Follows on directly from episode seven of The Daleks' Master Plan (The Feast of Steven).	Steven Taylor Sara Kingdom	Discontinuity Guide
The Massacre	TV Story	Steven and the Doctor are still affected by events in The Daleks' Masterplan. Dodo joins.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet
Salvation	BBC Novel	Incorporates the final scenes of The Massacre, specifically Dodo's arrival onboard the TARDIS.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
The Ark	TV Story	Dodo is still unfamiliar with the TARDIS.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet
The Celestial Toymaker	TV Story	Follows on from The Ark.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet
The Gunfighters	TV Story	Follows on from The Celestial Toymaker.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet
The Golden Door	Short Story (Decalog)	Features the first Doctor, Steven and Dodo, who seems to be a seasoned traveller. May immediately follow The Gunfighters.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
64 Carlyse Street	Short Story (More Short Trips)	Features the first Doctor, Steven and Dodo, who seem to be a good team. There is a reference to The Gunfighters.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
Bunker Soldiers	BBC Novel	Features the first Doctor, Steven and Dodo. It appears to be some time after The Massacre.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
The Savages	TV Story	Follows on from the final scene of The Gunfighters. Events set between these two stories happen between the final two scenes of The Gunfighters. Steven leaves.	Steven Taylor Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet
The Man in the Velvet Mask	Virgin Novel	Features the first Doctor and Dodo.	Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
Tarnished Image	Short Story (Decalog 3: Consequences)	Features the first Doctor and Dodo.	Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
There Are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden	Short Story (Short Trips)	Features the first Doctor and Dodo.	Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet	Discontinuity Guide
The War Machines	TV Story	Dodo leaves. Ben and Polly join.	Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet Ben Jackson Polly Wright
The Five Doctors	TV Story (Guest Appearance)	An unknown time after The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Slightly before The Witch Hunters.	None
The Witch Hunters	BBC Novel (Guest Appearance)	This happens after The Five Doctors, and before the Doctor has returned to his own timeline. The Doctor seems to think that his first life is almost over. He uses the alias Ben Jackson, but also muses that all of his various travelling companions have left him. Thus placing the two stories between scenes of The War Machines seems the best choice.	None	Discontinuity Guide
The Nine-Day Queen	Short Story (Decalog 2: Lost Property - Cameo)	The final scene depicts Jane Grey's execution a year after her imprisonment. During this, an elderly onlooker comforts her. It is possible that this is the first Doctor. If so, then it is quite likely that it happens in this period immediately after The Five Doctors.	None	Discontinuity Guide

Season Four - part one

Full Biography: Season Four (part one)

Story	Type	Placement	Companions	See also
The Smugglers	TV Story	Follows on directly from The War Machines.	Ben Jackson Polly Wright
Ten Little Aliens	BBC Novel	Features the first Doctor, Ben, and Polly. Presumably this is before the final scene of The Smugglers.	Ben Jackson Polly Wright	Discontinuity Guide
The Tenth Planet	TV Story	Appears to follow on directly from The Smugglers. The Doctor regenerates.	Ben Jackson Polly Wright

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