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The Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton
Season Four - part two
Full Biography: Season Four (part two)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
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| The Power of the Daleks | TV Story | Follows on directly from The Tenth Planet. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright |
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| Timewyrm: Apocalypse | Virgin Novel (Flashback: p13-16, 55-56) | Appears to be immediately after The Power of the Daleks. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright |
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| Invasion of the Cat-People | Virgin Novel | Three weeks after the regeneration, not much has happened since. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright |
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| The Murder Game | BBC Novel | This is "some time" after The Power of the Daleks. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright |
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| Dying in the Sun | BBC Novel | Features the second Doctor, Ben and Polly | Ben Jackson Polly Wright |
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| The Highlanders | TV Story | Jamie joins. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Underwater Menace | TV Story | Follows on from The Highlanders. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Moonbase | TV Story | Follows on from The Underwater Menace. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Macra Terror | TV Story | Follows on from The Moonbase. | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Roundheads | BBC Novel | Place by back cover blurb | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Faceless Ones | TV Story | Ben and Polly leave | Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon |
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| The Evil of the Daleks | TV Story | Follows on from The Faceless Ones. Victoria joins. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
Season Five
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
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| The Tomb of the Cybermen | TV Story | Soon after The Evil of the Daleks. The Doctor is 450 years old. | ||
| Heart of TARDIS | BBC Novel | Placed by back cover blurb. Novel co-stars the fourth Doctor | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Abominable Snowmen | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Ice Warriors | TV Story | Probably straight after The Abominable Snowmen. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| Dreams of Empire | BBC Novel | Placed by back cover blurb. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| Combat Rock | BBC Novel | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Enemy of the World | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| Timewyrm: Apocalypse | Virgin Novel (Flashback: pages 106-107) | This scene happens at the very beginning of The Enemy of the World | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Web of Fear | TV Story | Follows on from The Enemy of the World. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart |
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| Downtime | Virgin Novel (Flashback: pages 2-5) | Immediately after The Web of Fear. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| Twilight of the Gods | Virgin Novel | Placed by back cover blurb. Victoria is thinking of leaving. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Dark Path | Virgin Novel | Follows on from Twilight of the Gods. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| Fury from the Deep | TV Story | Follows on from The Dark Path. Victoria leaves. | Jamie McCrimmon Victoria Waterfield |
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| The Wheel in Space | TV Story | Follows on from Fury from the Deep. Zoe joins. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Evil of the Daleks | TV Story (Repeat) | The Doctor projects images of this story on the TARDIS scanner to show Zoe what she can expect on the TARDIS. |
Season Six
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
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| The Dominators | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Mind Robber | TV Story | Follows on from The Dominators. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Invasion | TV Story | Follows on from The Mind Robber. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart UNIT |
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| Aliens and Predators | Short Story (Decalog 3: Consequences) | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. There's a reference to The Invasion. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Krotons | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Seeds of Death | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Final Sanction | BBC Novel | Placed by back cover blurb | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| Vortex of Fear | Short Story (Decalog 2: Lost Property) | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. There's a reference to The Seeds of Death. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| uPVC I | Short Story (More Short Trips) | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. Conversaion about the vortex suggests that it is after Vortex of Fear. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| Please Shut the Gate | Short Story (Short Trips and Side Steps) | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. There's a reference to Ice Warriors. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Space Pirates | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Menagerie | Virgin Novel | This follows on from The Space Pirates. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Colony of Lies | BBC Novel | Jamie hopes he hasn't landed on another spaceship, placing this after The Space Pirates. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| Fallen Angel | Short Story (Decalog) | Features the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Final Sanction | BBC Novel (Epilogue) | This is a number of adventures (including some with monsters) after The Final Sanction. But it's before The War Games. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Indestructible Man | BBC Novel | Features the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The War Games | TV Story | Jamie and Zoe leave. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| The Eight Doctors | BBC Novel (Chapters 4-5) | This takes place during The War Games. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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| War Crimes | Short Story (Short Trips) | This takes place during The War Games episode 10. | Jamie McCrimmon Zoe Herriot |
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Season Six-b (Agent of the Time Lords)
These stories happen between the Doctor's trial and his exile to Earth. He is given a temporary reprieve and sent on missions by the CIA. Jamie and Zoe have their memories wiped and are returned to their native times. Several fans have proposed this interlude to explain certain aspects of The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors. In the first, the second Doctor remembers events from The War Games. In the second, he is sent on a mission by the Time Lords, and is able to control his TARDIS. None of these facts fit the Second Doctor's era. It was finally made official in Players and World Game.
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
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| World Game | BBC Novel | Set immediately after the trial. Leads into The Two Doctors | Lady Serena | Discontinuity Guide |
| Players | BBC Novel (Flashback) | Happens within Players. | Discontinuity Guide | |
| The Two Doctors | TV Story | Follows on from World Game. | Jamie McCrimmon | |
| The Three Doctors | TV Story | The Doctor remembers The Invasion. | None | |
| The Five Doctors | TV Story | The Doctor remembers Jamie and Zoe's memories being wiped in The War Games. | None | |
| Mother's Little Helper | Short Story (Short Trips) | The Doctor appears to be travelling alone. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Scientific Advisor | More Short Trips | This is after The Invasion. | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | Discontinuity Guide |
| Who Killed Kennedy | Virgin Novel (Cameo) | A short, dishevelled, man is described as attending Dodo's funeral. This seems likely to be the Second Doctor. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Reunion | Short Story (Short Trips and Side Steps) | The Doctor appears to be travelling alone. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Timewyrm: Apocalypse | Virgin Novel (Flashback: pages 147-148) | This scene shows the Doctor recalling his life as he starts to regenerate. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
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