Big Finish Doctor Who chronology
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The Big Finish Doctor Who chronology lists the intended placement of the Big Finish Productions line of audio adventures based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
In the original television series run from 1963–1989, each serial was assigned a production code. For their plays, Big Finish assigns each one a similar production code which aids its placement in the programme's sequence of stories.
The vast majority of audio plays serve to fill unexplained gaps in the series, such as the (apparently long) period between Season 23 and Season 24, the period between the final television season in 1989 and the Fox Network Doctor Who television movie in 1996, and the period between that movie and the revivial of Doctor Who on television in 2005.
Other plays are produced as "side steps" or take place in alternative realities, referencing material from other spin-off material like the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip and the Virgin New Adventures novels. It should be noted that, as with all spin-off media, the precise canonicity of the audio plays is unclear.
In the listing of production codes and stories below, the audio plays are listed in bold.
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[edit] First Doctor
[edit] Season 3 (1965–66)
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- CC-1 - Frostfire
- T - Galaxy 4
- T/A or DC - Mission to the Unknown
- U - The Myth Makers
- V - The Daleks' Master Plan
- W - The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
- X - The Ark
- Y - The Celestial Toymaker
- Z - The Gunfighters
- AA - The Savages
- BB - The War Machines
[edit] Second Doctor
[edit] Season 6 (1968–69)
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- CC-2 - Fear of the Daleks
- TT - The Dominators
- UU - The Mind Robber
- VV - The Invasion
- WW - The Krotons
- XX - The Seeds of Death
- YY - The Space Pirates
- ZZ - The War Games
[edit] Third Doctor
[edit] Season 7 (1970)
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- AAA - Spearhead from Space
- BBB - Doctor Who and the Silurians
- CCC - The Ambassadors of Death
- DDD - Inferno
- CC-3 - The Blue Tooth
[edit] Fourth Doctor
[edit] Season 17 (1979–80)
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- 5J - Destiny of the Daleks
- 5H - City of Death
- 5G - The Creature from the Pit
- 5K - Nightmare of Eden
- CC-4 - The Beautiful People
- 5L - The Horns of Nimon
- 5M - Shada
[edit] Fifth Doctor
[edit] Season 19 (1982)
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- 5Z - Castrovalva
- 5W - Four to Doomsday
- 5Y - Kinda
- 5X - The Visitation
- 6A - Black Orchid
- 6B - Earthshock
- 6C - Time-Flight
[edit] Big Finish Season 19a
Stories set in a period where Tegan Jovanka left the TARDIS crew.
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- 6CA - The Land of the Dead
- 6CB - Winter for the Adept
- 6CC - The Mutant Phase
- 6CD - Primeval
- 6CE - Spare Parts
- 6CF - Creatures of Beauty
- 6CG - The Game
- 6CH - Circular Time
- 6CI - Renaissance of the Daleks
[edit] Season 20 (1983)
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- 6E - Arc of Infinity
- 6EA - Omega
- 6D - Snakedance
- 6F - Mawdryn Undead
- 6G - Terminus
- 6H - Enlightenment
- 6J - The King's Demons
- 6K - The Five Doctors
- 7Z - The Sirens of Time (Fifth Doctor portion)
[edit] Season 21 (1984)
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- 6L - Warriors of the Deep
- 6M - The Awakening
- 6N - Frontios
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- EX01 - Excelis Dawns[1]
- 6P - Resurrection of the Daleks
- 6PA - Phantasmagoria
- 6PB - Loups-Garoux
- 6PC - Singularity
- 6Q - Planet of Fire
- 6QA - Red Dawn
- 6QAA - Exotron & Urban Myths
Stories involving new companion Erimem
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- 6QB - The Eye of the Scorpion
- 6QC - The Church and the Crown
- DWM03 - No Place Like Home[2]
- 6QD - Nekromanteia
- 6QE - The Axis of Insanity
- 6QF - The Roof of the World
- 6QG - Three's a Crowd
- 6QH - The Council of Nicaea
- 6QI - The Kingmaker
- 6QJ - The Gathering (Companionless, but revisits an older Tegan)
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- DWM07 - The Veiled Leopard (Peri and Erimem without the Doctor)[3]
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- 6QK - Son of the Dragon
- 6QL - The Mind's Eye
Some time before "Androzani" Erimem leaves the Doctor's company
[edit] Sixth Doctor
[edit] Season 21 (1984) — continued
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- 6S - The Twin Dilemma
[edit] Season 22 (1985)
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- 6T - Attack of the Cybermen
- 6V - Vengeance on Varos
- 6X - The Mark of the Rani
- 6W - The Two Doctors
- 6WA - Davros
- 6WB - Cryptobiosis
- 6Y - Timelash
- 6YA - Year of the Pig
- 6Z - Revelation of the Daleks
- 6ZA - Whispers of Terror
- 6ZB - ...ish
- 6ZC - The Reaping
[edit] Season 23 (1986)
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- 7A - The Mysterious Planet
- 7B - Mindwarp
- 7A-C - The Trial of a Time Lord (Court scenes)
- 7C - The Ultimate Foe
- 7CPRE-A - Her Final Flight
- 7CPRE-A/A - I.D. & Urgent Calls
[edit] Side-step adventures
Stories involving comic strip and novel elements.
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- SS5 - The Wormery
- SS3 - The Maltese Penguin
- SS2 - The Holy Terror
[edit] Big Finish Season 23a
Stories with new companion Evelyn Smythe.
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- 7CA - The Marian Conspiracy
- 7CB - The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
- 7CC - The Apocalypse Element
- 7CD - Bloodtide
- 7CE - Project: Twilight
- BBCi01 - Real Time
- 7CF - The Sandman
- 7CG - Jubilee
- 7CH - Doctor Who and the Pirates
- 7CJ - Project: Lazarus (Sixth Doctor portion)
- 7CK - Arrangements for War
- 7CL - Medicinal Purposes
- 7CMA - Pier Pressure
- 7CMB - The Nowhere Place
- 7CMC - Earthstorm
- 7CU - Thicker than Water (Flashback scene when Evelyn leaves)
[edit] Big Finish Season 23b
Stories set prior to the Sixth Doctor's regeneration. Mel officially joins the Doctor's company.
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- 7C - Terror of the Vervoids
- 7CR - The One Doctor
- 7CS - The Juggernauts
- 7CT - Catch-1782
- 7CU - Thicker than Water
- 7CV - The Wishing Beast & The Vanity Box
[edit] Seventh Doctor
[edit] Season 24 (1987)
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- 7D - Time and the Rani
- 7DA - Unregenerate!
- 7DB - Red
- 7E - Paradise Towers
- 7EA - Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
- 7EB - Flip-Flop
- 7F - Delta and the Bannermen
- 7FA - The Fires of Vulcan
- 7G - Dragonfire
[edit] Season 25 (1988)
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- 7H - Remembrance of the Daleks
- 7L - The Happiness Patrol
- 7K - Silver Nemesis
- 7J - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
[edit] Season 26 (1989)
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- 7N - Battlefield
- 7Q - Ghost Light
- 7M - The Curse of Fenric
- 7P - Survival
[edit] Big Finish Season 26a
First narrative thread, continuing from the end of the television series.
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- 7R - The Fearmonger
- 7S - The Genocide Machine
- 7T - Dust Breeding
- 7U - Colditz
- 7V - The Rapture
[edit] Big Finish Season 26b
Second narrative thread, involving new companion Hex.
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- 7W - The Harvest
- 7WA - Dreamtime
- 7WB - LIVE 34
- 7WC - Night Thoughts
- 7WD - The Settling
- 7WE - No Man's Land
- 7WF - Nocturne
[edit] Side-step adventures
Stories set among the Virgin New Adventures novels
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- SS1 - The Shadow of the Scourge
- SS4 - The Dark Flame
[edit] Big Finish Season 26c
Stories set toward the end of the Seventh Doctor's life.
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- 7Z - The Sirens of Time (Seventh Doctor portion) [4]
- 7ZA - Valhalla
- 7ZB - Frozen Time
- 7X - Project: Lazarus (Seventh Doctor portion)
- 7Y - Master
[edit] Eighth Doctor
[edit] Doctor Who (1996)
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- 8A - Doctor Who
- BBCi02 - Shada
[edit] Big Finish Season 27
Charley Pollard joins the Doctor.
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- 8B - Storm Warning
- 8C - Sword of Orion
- 8D - The Stones of Venice
- 8E - Minuet in Hell
[edit] Big Finish Season 28
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- 8F - Invaders from Mars
- 8G - The Chimes of Midnight
- DWM05 - Living Legend [5]
- 8H - Seasons of Fear
- 8J - Embrace the Darkness
- 8K - The Time of the Daleks
- 8L - Neverland
[edit] Big Finish Season 29
C'rizz joins the TARDIS crew.
[edit] Big Finish Season 30
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- 8S - Faith Stealer
- 8T - The Last
- 8U - Caerdroia
- 8V - The Next Life
[edit] Big Finish Season 30a
Stories set after the fourth McGann audio season.
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- 8W - Terror Firma
- 8X - Scaredy Cat
- 8Y - Other Lives
- 8YA - Time Works
- 8YB - Something Inside
- 8YC - Memory Lane
- 8YD - Absolution
- 8YE - The Girl Who Never Was
Charley and C'rizz are still with the Doctor. No information is given as to when and how they leave his companionship.
[edit] BBC7 Eighth Doctor original dramas
Stories set later in the Eighth Doctor's life. Lucie Miller joins the Doctor's company.
[edit] Uncertain placement
The following stories are of unconfirmed placement.
- Sixth Doctor
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- 7Z - The Sirens of Time (Sixth Doctor portion)
- DWM02 - The Ratings War
- EX02 - Excelis Rising
- Seventh Doctor
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- DWM01 - Last of the Titans[6]
- EX03 - Excelis Decays
- BFPDECD02A - Return of the Daleks [7]
- Companions
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- DWM07 - The Veiled Leopard (Ace and Hex without the Seventh Doctor, Peri and Erimem without the Fifth Doctor)[8]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Excelis Dawns is set within the final episode of Frontios
- ^ As Erimem has joined the TARDIS crew and her pet cat Antranak is present, this has to take place between The Eye of the Scorpion and Nekromanteia. No Place Like Home was released after The Church and the Crown.
- ^ In The Gathering, the Doctor says that he has left Peri and Erimem in Monte Carlo, making this story contemporaneous with The Gathering. The Veiled Leopard was released after The Council of Nicaea.
- ^ The original TARDIS sound effects are used here, so this story is placed before Project: Lazarus and Master
- ^ According to producer Gary Russell this is where Legend occurs.
- ^ The Doctor Who Reference Guide website suggests, as the Seventh Doctor is travelling alone, that it takes place near the end of his incarnation, possibly after The Sirens of Time.
- ^ Return of the Daleks was released after No Man's Land. Although its placement within the Seventh Doctor's timeline is uncertain, the story takes place during the events of the first Dalek Empire audio series.
- ^ Ace and Hex's easy banter indicates this is some time after Hex has joined the TARDIS crew; The Veiled Leopard was released after Night Thoughts. As indicated above, for Peri and Erimem this takes place during The Gathering.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Doctor Who Reference Guide - an attempt to place every Doctor Who story, television, audio play, book or comic strip into chronological order, with detailed synopses.
