The Doctor's Biography
The Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann
BBC Books Season 1 (Sam)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
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| The TV Movie | TV Story | The Doctor regenerates. | Grace Holloway | |
| The Eight Doctors | BBC Novel | This follows Enemy Within, though not necessarily immediately. Sam joins. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Bounty | BBC Audio | This is Sam's first trip in the TARDIS. | Sam Jones | |
| Sam dropped off | Reference | The Doctor drops Sam off at a Greenpeace rally, as mentioned in Vampire Science, Placebo Effect and several other novels. | Sam Jones | |
| The Dying Days | Virgin Novel | Placebo Effect places this adventure in the "Vampire Science gap". Wolsey leaves the TARDIS. | Bernice Summerfield | Discontinuity Guide |
| Model Train Set | Short Story (Short Trips) | Features the Eighth Doctor - who looks like he's travelling alone, and is implied to besoon after the regeneration. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Totem | Short Story (More Short Trips) | Features a solo eighth Doctor | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Radio Times Strips | Comic Strips | In these, the Doctor travels with Stacey and Ssard. He later drops them off. This is mentioned in Placebo Effect | Stacey Ssard |
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| Rip Tide | Telos Novella | The Doctor is alone and remembers Gallifrey. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Eye of the Tyger | Telos Novella | The Doctor is alone. | None | Discontinuity Guide |
| Sam picked up | Reference | The Doctor drops Sam off at a Greenpeace rally, as mentioned in Vampire Science, Placebo Effect and several other novels. | Sam Jones | |
| Vampire Science | BBC Novel | This is three years since the Doctor's regeneration. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| The People's Temple | Short Story (Short Trips) | Features the eighth Doctor and (younger) Sam. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Dead Time | Short Story (More Short Trips) | Features the eighth Doctor and (younger) Sam. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Queen of Eros | Short Trips and Side Steps | Features the eighth Doctor and (younger?) Sam. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Bodysnatchers | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Genocide | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Sam is 17. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| War of the Daleks | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Sam is 17. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Alien Bodies | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Kursaal | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide Newbies Guide |
| Option Lock | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Longest Day | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Sam leaves. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Legacy of the Daleks | BBC Novel | Follows on from Longest Day | Susan Foreman | Discontinuity Guide |
| Dreamstone Moon | BBC Novel | Follows on from Legacy of the Daleks | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Seeing I | BBC Novel | Follows on from Dreamstone Moon. Sam rejoins | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
BBC Books Season 2 (Fitz)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo Effect | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Vanderken's Children | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Scarlet Empress | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Janus Conjunction | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Beltempest | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| Femme Fatale | Short Story (More Short Trips) | Features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. Takes place four months after The Scarlet Empress. | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Face Eater | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Taint | BBC Novel | Fitz joins. | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Demontage | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Revolution Man | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Fitz spends a few years away from the TARDIS | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Dominion | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Sam is 22. | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Unnatural History | BBC Novel | Placed in release order | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Autumn Mist | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. The Doctor is 1,018 | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner |
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| Interference: Book 1 | BBC Novel | Old Fitz leaves | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner Sarah Jane Smith K9 Mark III |
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| Interference: Book 2 | BBC Novel | Sam leaves, New Fitz and Compassion join. | Sam Jones Fitz Kreiner Compassion Sarah Jane Smith K9 Mark III |
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Big Finish Season 1
I currently place the Big Finish audios featuring the eighth Doctor after Interference because we know the Doctor takes a side trip soon afterwards, and I like the idea of the Big Finish eighth Doctor being infected by the Faction Paradox virus.
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Warning | Big Finish Audio | Charley joins. | Charley Pollard | |
| Sword of Orion | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| The Stones of Venice | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Minuet in Hell | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Invaders from Mars | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| The Chimes of Midnight | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Seasons of Fear | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Embrace the Darkness | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| The Time of the Daleks | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Apocrypha Bipedium | Short Story (Short Trips: Companions) | Directly after The Time of the Daleks | Charley Pollard | Discontinuity Guide |
| Neverland | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| Zagreus | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard |
Big Finish Season 2
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scherzo | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard | |
| The Creed of the Kromon | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. C'rizz joins. | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
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| The Natural History of Fear | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
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| The Twilight Kingdom | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
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| Faith Stealer | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
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| The Last | Big Finish Audio | Placed in release order. | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
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| Charley and C'rizz leave | Conjecture | They've got to go at some point, either together or seperately | Charley Pollard C'rizz |
BBC Books Season 3 (Faction Paradox)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Angel | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Taking of Planet 5 | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| Frontier Worlds | BBC Novel | Compassion begins to transform into a TARDIS. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| Parallel 59 | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Shadows of Avalon | BBC Novel | The TARDIS is destroyed. Compassion becomes a TARDIS. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Fall of Yquatine | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| Coldheart | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Space Age | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Banquo Legacy | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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| The Ancestor Cell | BBC Novel | Gallifrey is destroyed and the Doctor loses his memory and is stuck on Earth. Fitz and Compassion leave. | Fitz Kreiner Compassion |
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BBC Books Season 4 (The Earth Arc)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Burning | BBC Novel | It's 1894. The TARDIS begins regenerating. | None. | Discontinuity Guide |
| Casualties of War | BBC Novel | It's 1918. | None. | Discontinuity Guide |
| Wolfsbane | BBC Novel | It's 1936. | None. | Discontinuity Guide |
| The Turing Test | BBC Novel | Happens over 1943 and 1945. | None. | Discontinuity Guide |
| Endgame | BBC Novel | Happens in 1951. | None. | Discontinuity Guide |
| Father Time | BBC Novel | Happens over the 1980s. | Miranda | Discontinuity Guide |
| Escape Velocity | BBC Novel | It's February 2001. The TARDIS finishes regenerating. Fitz rejoins and Anji joins. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| EarthWorld | BBC Novel | Follows on from Escape Velocity. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Fear Itself | BBC Novel | Features the eighth Doctor, Fitz, and Anji, and is implied to be soon after Earthworld. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Vanishing Point | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Eater of Wasps | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The Year of Intelligent Tigers | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The Slow Empire | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Dark Progeny | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The City of the Dead | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Grimm Reality | BBC Novel | Placed in publication order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Notre Dame Du Temps | Short Story (Short Trips: Companions) | Anji has been in the TARDIS for a while, and this part of the story fits very well with the framing sequence in Grimm Reality. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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BBC Books Season 5 (Sabbath)
| Story | Type | Placement | Companions | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventuress of Henrietta Street | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Mad Dogs and Englishmen | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Hope | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Anachrophobia | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Trading Futures | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The Book of the Still | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The Crooked World | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| History 101 | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Notre Dame Du Temps | Short Story (Short Trips: Companions) | The Doctor has a single heart, so between The Adventuress of Henrietta Street and Camera Obscura, and it's a long time since the Anji segment of the story. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| Camera Obscura | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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BBC Books Season 6 (Alternative Universes)
| Time Zero | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Trix stows away on the TARDIS | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Infinity Race | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Follows on from Time Zero | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor |
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| The Domino Effect | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Beatrix MacMillan |
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| Reckless Engineering | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Last Resort | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Beatrix MacMillan |
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| Timeless | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. Anji leaves. Trix properly joins. | Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Beatrix MacMillan |
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| Emotional Chemistry | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| Sometime Never... | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| Halflife | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Tomorrow Windows | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Sleep of Reason | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Deadstone Memorial | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| To the Slaughter | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan |
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| The Gallifrey Chronicles | BBC Novel | Placed in release order. | Fitz Kreiner Beatrix MacMillan Anji Kapoor |
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