The Doctor's Timeline
The First Doctor
William Hartnell
I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.
-- the first Doctor in The Five Doctors
This page is a basic timeline of the adventures of the first Doctor. It includes anything we actually "see" in a story. For full write-ups, explanations of story placements, and details of unrecorded adventures (i.e things we know the Doctor did, but which we don't actually "see" happening), click on the links to the individual seasons.
The Doctor's Childhood
Story | Companions | Notes |
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Lungbarrow
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The Doctor is five and three quarters. |
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Listen
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Academy Years
Story | Companions | Notes |
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Lungbarrow
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Lungbarrow p.171-172. One year before Divided Loyalties p.104. |
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Timewyrm: Revelation
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During the Doctor's Academy years. Possibly during Divided Loyalties flashback. |
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Divided Loyalties
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Divided Loyalties p.95-155. 1 year after the argument with Quences. |
Post-Academy Gallifrey
Full Biography: Post-Academy Gallifrey
This section contains multiple, possibly contradictory, accounts of the Doctor's departure from Gallifrey.
Story | Companions | Notes |
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Flashback
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From Eternity
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The End
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Lungbarrow
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Including Nightshade p.1-2 |
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The Name of the Doctor
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Susan Foreman | |
Lungbarrow
|
Susan Foreman |
Follows on from Lungbarrow p.194-202 |
Time & Time Again
|
Susan Foreman |
Early Travels
Story | Companions | Notes |
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The Exiles
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Susan Foreman |
Immediately after leaving Gallifrey |
The Beginning |
Susan Foreman |
First stop after Gallirey |
Frayed |
Susan Foreman |
First meet humans |
The Price of Conviction
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Susan Foreman | |
Bide-a-Wee
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Susan Foreman | |
All-Consuming Fire
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Susan Foreman | |
Five O'Clock Shadow
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Susan Foreman | |
Categorical Imperative
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Susan Foreman | |
Childhood Living
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Susan Foreman | |
The Gift
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Susan Foreman | |
Indian Summer
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Susan Foreman | |
The Longest Story in the World
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Susan Foreman | |
Losing the Audience
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Susan Foreman | |
Life from Lifenessness
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Susan Foreman | |
Quinnis |
Susan Foreman | |
The Little Things
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Susan Foreman |
Final trip before Totter's Lane |
Totters Lane
Story | Companions | Notes |
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The Rag and Bone Man's Story
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Susan Foreman |
Doctor arrives on Totters Lane |
Ash
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Susan Foreman | |
The Juror's Story
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Susan Foreman | |
The Rag and Bone Man's Story
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Susan Foreman | |
Time and Relative |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Prequel to An Unearthly Child |
Time & Time Again
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
Season One
Story | Companions | Notes |
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An Unearthly Child |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Playtime
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Sarah Jane Smith |
During An Unearthly Child ep. 1 |
The Eight Doctors
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Ian Chesterton |
During An Unearthly Child ep. 3 |
The Daleks |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from An Unearthly Child |
The Edge of Destruction |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from The Daleks |
Marco Polo |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from The Edge of Destruction |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from Marco Polo |
The Keys of Marinus |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Forgotten
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Tragedy Day
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Ruins of Time
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Aztecs |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Sensorites |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Reign of Terror |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from The Sensorites |
The Last Days
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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City at World's End |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Thief of Sherwood
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Witch Hunters |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Leads into Planet of Giants. |
Season Two
Story | Companions | Notes |
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Planet of GIants |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Time Travellers |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from Planet of Giants |
Tell Me You Love Me
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Campaign |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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A Long Night
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Reign Makers
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Room for Improvement
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Ian Chesterton | |
The Mother Road
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Mire and Clay
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Sloth: The Duke's Folly
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Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Dalek Invasion of Earth |
Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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Venusian Lullaby |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from The Dalek Invasion of Earth |
The Book of Shadows
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from Venusian Lullaby |
Set in Stone
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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ARIES: The True and Indisputable Facts in the Case of the Ram’s Skull
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Nine Day Queen
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
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The Rescue |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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Byzantium! |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
Follows on from The Rescue |
Romans Cutaway
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
Follows on from The Rescue |
The Romans |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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The Eleventh Tiger |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
Follows on from The Romans |
The Web Planet |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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White Man's Burden
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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The Crusade |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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The Space Museum |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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The Plotters |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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Every Day
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Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister |
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The Chase |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Time Meddler |
Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Are You Listening?
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Three Doctors
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
Immediately before The Empire of Glass |
The Empire of Glass |
Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
Season Three
Story | Companions | Notes |
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Corridors of Power
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Long Step Backward
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Galaxy 4 |
Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Planet of the Bunnoids
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Snowman in Manhattan
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Power Supply
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Schoolboy's Story
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Mars
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Myth Makers |
Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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Scribbles in Chalk
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Steven Taylor, Katarina |
Follows on from The Myth Makers |
The Daleks' Master Plan
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Steven Taylor, Katarina, Bret Vyon, Sara Kingdom |
Follows on from The Myth Makers / Scribbles in Chalk |
Calliope: Katarina in the Underworld
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Katarina |
Concurrent with The Daleks' Masterplan ep. 4 |
The Daleks' Master Plan
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Steven Taylor, Bret Vyon, Sara Kingdom |
Follows on from the earlier part of the story |
The Little Drummer Boy
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Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom |
Follows on from The Daleks' Master Plan ep. 7. |
The Daleks' Master Plan
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Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom |
Follows on from The Little Drummer Boy |
Roses
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
Leads into The Five Doctors |
The Five Doctors
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Folllows on from Roses (Brief Encounters) |
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The Witch Hunters
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Follows on fron The Five Doctors |
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The Nine Day Queen
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Making History
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Steven Taylor | |
Ash
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Steven Taylor | |
Do You Smell Carrots
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Steven Taylor | |
White on White
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Steven Taylor | |
Waiting for Jeremy
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Steven Taylor | |
The Massacre |
Steven Taylor | |
Salvation |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
Follows on from The Massacre |
The Ark |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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The Celestial Toymaker |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
Follows on from The Ark |
The Gunfighters |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
Follows on from The Celestial Toymaker |
64 Carlysle Street
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Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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The Golden Door
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Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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Bunker Soldiers |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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Death to the Doctor!
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Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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The Savages |
Steven Taylor, Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
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Tarnished Image
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Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) | |
There are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
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Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) | |
The Man in the Velvet Mask |
Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) | |
The Rag and Bone Man's Story
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Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet) |
Immediately before The War Machines. |
The War Machines |
Dodo (Dorothea Chaplet), Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
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The Rag and Bone Man's Story
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Between The War Machines and its final scene |
Season Four (Part One)
Story | Companions | Notes |
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The Smugglers |
Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
Follows on from The War Machines |
Ten Little Aliens |
Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
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The Three Paths
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Food for Thought |
Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
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Sagittarius: Five Card Draw
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Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor |
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The Tenth Planet |
Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
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Twice Upon a Time
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Ben Jackson, Polly Wright |
During The Tenth Planet ep.4 |
First Doctor TV Comic Stories
Full Biography: TV Comic Season 1
It is not clear whether these stories are in continuity. If they are, then they most likely happen between the main part of The War Machines and its final scene (effectively between Seasons 3 and 4). Some of these stories go by multiple titles. We have used the titles from The Comic Strip Companion by Paul Scoones - which is the most definitive guide to these comic strips.
Story | Companions | Notes |
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The Klepton Parasites |
John, Gillian |
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The Therovian Quest |
John, Gillian |
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The Hijackers of Thrax |
John, Gillian |
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On The Web Planet |
John, Gillian |
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The Gyros |
John, Gillian |
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Home to Hamelin |
John, Gillian |
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Prisoners of Gritog |
John, Gillian |
1965 Holiday Special |
Moon Landing |
John, Gillian |
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In Reverse |
John, Gillian |
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Lizardworld |
John, Gillian |
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Prisoners of the Kleptons |
John, Gillian |
1966 Annual |
The Caterpillar Men |
John, Gillian |
1966 Annual |
The Ordeals of Demeter |
John, Gillian |
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Enter: The Go-Ray |
John, Gillian |
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Dr Who Meets the Frog People |
John, Gillian |
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A Christmas Story |
John, Gillian |
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In Search of the Didus |
John, Gillian |
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Space-Station Z-7 |
John, Gillian |
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Plague of the Black Scorpi |
John, Gillian |
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The Pets |
John, Gillian |
1967 Annual |
The Trodos Tyranny |
John, Gillian |
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The Secret of Gemino |
John, Gillian |
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Guests of King Neptune |
John, Gillian |
1966 Holiday Special |
The Gaze of the Gorgon |
John, Gillian |
1966 Holiday Special |
On the Haunted Planet |
John, Gillian |
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The Hunters of Zerox |
John, Gillian |
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The Underwater Robot |
John, Gillian |
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Return of the Trods |
John, Gillian |
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The Galaxy Games |
John, Gillian |
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The Experimenters |
John, Gillian |
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Deadly Cargo |
John, Gillian |
1967 Annual |
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