The Doctor's Biography
The Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
Season Twenty-One (part two)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Twin Dilemma | TV Story | Follows on from The Caves of Androzani. | Peri Brown |
Season Twenty-Two
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack of the Cybermen | TV Story | The Doctor's regeneration is still recent. | Peri Brown | |
| Vengeance on Varos | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Peri Brown | |
| Grave Matter | BBC Novel | Follows on from Vengeance on Varos. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Moon Graffiti | Short Story (More Short Trips) | This appears to take place shortly after Vengeance on Varos. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| SynthespiansTM | BBC Novel | Peri still has a scar from Grave Matter. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Shell Shock | Telos Novella | Features the sixth Doctor and Peri. There's a reference to Vengeance on Varos. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Burning Heart | Virgin Novel | A month after Vengeance on Varos. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Mark of the Rani | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Peri Brown | |
| Players | BBC Novel | Placed by back cover blurb | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Davros | Big Finish Audio | Placed by production code. | Peri Brown | |
| Palace of the Red Sun | BBC Novel | Features the Sixth Doctor and Peri. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Two Doctors | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Peri Brown Jamie McCrimmon |
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| Timelash | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Peri Brown | |
| Revelation of the Daleks | TV Story | The Doctor is 900 years old. | Peri Brown |
Season Twenty-Three-A
The original Season Twenty-Three was cancelled. Three of the scripts were later published, and form the basis of our Season Twenty-Three-A.
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nightmare Fair | Unused Script | Follows on from the unbroadcast end to Revelation of the Daleks. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Ultimate Evil | Unused Script | Placed in order within the missing season novels. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Mission to Magnus | Unused Script | Placed in order within the missing season novels. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Timeshare | Short Story (Decalog 2: Lost Property) | Features the sixth Doctor and Peri. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Vigil | BBC Audiobook | At some point after Attack of the Cybermen. | Peri Brown | |
| Turnabout is Fair Play | Short Story (Short Trips and Side Steps) | Features the sixth Doctor and Peri. The Doctor mentions Davros, so I've placed it after Revelation of the Daleks. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Slipback | BBC Radio Drama | Features the sixth Doctor and Peri. Broadcast during the gap between Seasons 22 and 23. | Peri Brown | |
| State of Change | Virgin Novel | Placed by back cover blurb. The Doctor and Peri seem to be getting along by this point. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Blue Box | BBC Novel | Features the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Probably after The Two Doctors. | Peri Brown | Discontinuity Guide |
| Whispers of Terror | Big Finish Audio | Placed by production code. | Peri Brown | |
| ...Ish | Big Finish Audio | Placed by production code. | Peri Brown |
Season Twenty-Three - The Trial of a Time Lord
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mysterious Planet | TV Story | Placed in broadcast order. | Peri Brown | |
| Mindwarp | TV Story | Peri leaves. | Peri Brown | |
| The Trial of a Time Lord | TV Story (trial scenes) | The trial scenes immediately follow Mindwarp. Mel appears from some point in the Doctor's future. | Melanie Bush | |
| The Eight Doctors | BBC Novel (chapters 17-21) | This happens between scenes of The Trial of a Time Lord part 13. This actually features a Sixth Doctor from an alternative timeline. | None. | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
Season Twenty-Three-B
There are a lot of stories set between the trial scenes of Trial of a Time Lord and the Doctor's regeneration in the next season. I have chosen to group these as a separate season, even though one of the later ones (Terror of the Vervoids) was shown as part of the trial season.
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of Your Life | Virgin Novel | This happens immediately after the trial. | Grant Markham | Discontinuity Guide |
| Killing Ground | Virgin Novel | This happens immediately after Time of Your Life. | Grant Markham | Discontinuity Guide |
| Grant Markham Leaves | Conjecture | Well he has to leave at some point. This is covered by a short story in charity anthology Missing Pieces. This seems likely to be some time after his novel appearances, as in Killing Ground Arc-Hivist Helegia is aware of him, Peri, and Mel, but not Evelyn or Frobisher as companions of the sixth Doctor. | Grant Markham | |
| Excelis Rising | Big Finish Audio | Features the Sixth Doctor | None | Newbies Guide |
| The Golden Door | Short Story (Decalog) | Features the Sixth Doctor. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Wish You Were Here | Short Story (Short Trips) | Features the Sixth Doctor. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Sirens of Time | Big Finish Audio | Features the Sixth Doctor | None | |
| Frobisher joins | Conjecture | To fit the comic strips into continuity, Frobisher has to leave and rejoin the Doctor several times in unrecorded adventures. | Frobisher | |
| The Holy Terror | Big Finish Audio | Features the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher. | Frobisher | |
| Mission: Impractical | BBC Novel | Features the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher. | Frobisher | Discontinuity Guide |
| Frobisher leaves | Conjecture | To fit the comic strips into continuity, Frobisher has to leave and rejoin the Doctor several times in unrecorded adventures. | Frobisher | |
| The Marian Conspiracy | Big Finish Audio | Evelyn Joins | Evelyn Smythe | |
| The Spectre of Lanyon Moor | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| The Apocalypse Element | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe Romana II |
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| Bloodtide | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Project: Twilight | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| The Sandman | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Doctor Who and the Pirates | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Real Time | BBC Webcast | Introduces the Doctor's blue costume. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Project: Lazarus | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Arrangements for War | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Medicinal Purposes | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Evelyn Smythe | |
| Evelyn leaves | Conjecture | Details are given in Instruments of Darkness | Evelyn Smythe | |
| The Shadow in the Glass | BBC Novel | Features the Sixth Doctor. | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | Discontinuity Guide |
| Gone Too Soon | Short Story (Short Trips and Side Steps) | Features the Sixth Doctor, who has recently been made aware that this incarnation will not last its natural length. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Business Unusual | BBC Novel | Mel joins. | Melanie Bush Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart |
Discontinuity Guide |
| Fegovy | Short Story (Decalog 3: Consequences) | Features the sixth Doctor and Mel. It is several months after Business Unusual. | Melanie Bush | Discontinuity Guide |
| Millennial Rites | BBC Novel | This appears to take place before Terror of the Vervoids. | Melanie Bush | Discontinuity Guide |
| Terror of the Vervoids | TV Story | This happens some time after the trial scenes, and features the sixth Doctor and Mel. | Melanie Bush | |
| Trial of a Time Lord | TV Story (Mel's scenes) | According to Time of Your Life, the Doctor returned Mel to her own timeline just after the trial, so she has to have left it at some point, presumably after Terror of the Vervoids. | Melanie Bush | |
| The Quantum Archangel | BBC Novel | After Millennial Rites and Terror of the Vervoids. | Melanie Bush | Discontinuity Guide |
| The One Doctor | Big Finish Audio | Placed by production code. | Melanie Bush | |
| Instruments of Darkness | BBC Novel | After The Quantum Archangel. Evelyn returns. | Melanie Bush Evelyn Smythe |
Discontinuity Guide |
| Spiral Scratch | BBC Novel | Leads into the regeneration. | Melanie Bush | Discontinuity Guide |
| Time and the Rani | Pre-Title Sequence | The Doctor's regeneration happens immediately before Time and the Rani. | Melanie Bush |
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