Third Doctor

This page chronicles the adventures of the **Third Doctor** as played by Jon Pertwee in the order in which he experienced them. Therefore the following timeline should not be seen as an accurate reading/listening order as some stories may have framing devices which take place later in another character's life.

Most BBC licensed Doctor Who content is counted on this timeline, including but not limited to the TV series itself, Big Finish Productions, BBC Books and Virgin Books material. However intentionally parodic content such as the Dr Men books, various Titan Comics backups and Doctor Whoah! should not be added to this particular chronology. Likewise fanfiction and charity publications will also be avoided.

## Limiting factors

### Working with UNIT: Liz

* **TV: *Spearhead from Space***

* **TV: *The Silurians***

* AUDIO: *Old Soldiers*

Set between *The Silurians* and *Ambassadors of Death*, according to the back cover. A few weeks have passed since *The Silurians* and the Doctor is still mad at the Brigadier for bombing the Silurians.

* AUDIO: *Shadow of the Past*

Set between *The Silurians* and *Ambassadors of Death*, according to the back cover. A few weeks have passed since *The Silurians*. Mike Yates is mentioned, setting this after *Vengeance of the Stones*. Following the death of Sergeant Robin Marshall, Corporal Benton is promoted to Sergeant, setting this before *Ambassadors of Death*.

* AUDIO: *The Annihilators*

Set in the middle of Season 7 according to a Big Finish press release. The Doctor successfully reinstalls the TARDIS console into the control room, however this is undone when the timeline is reset.

* **TV: *Ambassadors of Death***

* AUDIO: *The Last Post*

The Doctor claims he has only just gotten back from space, setting this shortly after *Ambassadors of Death*. Weeks have passed since *The Silurians*. The TARDIS console is still located in the Doctor's laboratory, setting this before *The Unzal Incursion*.

* AUDIO: *The Unzal Incursion*

Benton has been promoted to Sergeant and Nicola Attah is seconded to UNIT to replace his former role, setting this after *Shadow of the Past*. The TARDIS console room is transported from the Doctor's lab to the UNIT garage, setting this between *Ambassadors of Death* and *Inferno*.

* **TV: *Inferno***

* SHORT: *Still Lives*

Set directly after *Inferno*.

* NOVEL: *The Devil Goblins of Neptune*

Set between *Inferno* and *Terror of the Autons*, according to the back cover. Liz claims she is always on the verge of leaving UNIT.

* AUDIO: *Rivers of Light*

Set between *Inferno* and *Terror of the Autons*, according to the Big Finish website. The Doctor has been away on a wild goose chase looking for Sensorites by River Song for the past few months. The TARDIS console is reinstalled into the control room.

* AUDIO: *The Blue Tooth*

Set between *Inferno* and *Terror of the Autons* according to the back cover. Liz encounters the Cybermen for the first time. According to an older narrating Liz, this was the main factor which led to her leaving UNIT.

* AUDIO: *Binary*

Set between *Inferno* and *Terror of the Autons* according to the back cover. Liz has decided to leave UNIT at the first chance she can get, although she reconsiders by the end.

### Working with UNIT: Jo

* **TV: *Terror of the Autons***
* **TV: *The Mind of Evil***
* **TV: *The Claws of Axos***
* **TV: *Colony in Space***
* **TV: *The Daemons***
* **TV: *Day of the Daleks***
* **TV: *The Curse of Peladon***
* **TV: *The Sea Devils***
* **TV: *The Mutants***
* **TV: *The Time Monster***

### Travels with Jo

* **TV: *The Three Doctors***

* COMIC: *Heralds of Destruction*

* PROSE: *The Wages of Sin*

* GAME: *The Orphans of the Polyoptra*

* **TV: *Carnival of Monsters***

* AUDIO: *Peepshow*

* PROSE: *The Suns of Caresh*

* **TV: *Frontier in Space***

* **TV: *Planet of the Daleks***

* AUDIO: *The Conquest of Far*

* NOVEL: *Catastrophea*

Set directly after *Planet of the Daleks*, with the Doctor and Jo having just left Spiridon.

* NOVELLA: *Nightdreamers*

The Doctor and Jo have recently left Spiridon, setting this shortly after *Planet of the Daleks*. Jo has started thinking about leaving the Doctor.

* NOVEL: *Dancing the Code*

Set the week adter *Planet of the Daleks*. The Doctor and Jo have been trying to get to Metebelis III for the past few weeks.

* SHORT: *…And Eternity in an Hour*

* NOVEL: *Speed of Flight*

Set shortly after the events of *Dancing the Code*. Mike Yates takes his first trip in the TARDIS.

* NOVEL: *Last of the Gadarene*

Set between *Planet of the Daleks* and *The Green Death*. The Doctor still intends to take Jo to Metebelis III.

* COMIC: *Death to the Doctor!*

The Doctor and Jo are travelling in the TARDIS together.

* SHORT: *Hidden Talent*

Jo thinks about Latep, setting this after *Planet of the Daleks*.

* SHORT: *Losing Track of Time*

The Doctor has free control of the TARDIS, setting this after *The Three Doctors*. Jo is still new to time travel and gets her first glimpse into her near future.

* SHORT: *Deep Stretch*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: *The Seismologist's Story*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: *Categorical Imperative*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: */Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: *UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce*

The Doctor mentions the Drashigs, setting this after *Carnival of Monsters*.

* SHORT: *The Bad Guy*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: *Hide and Seek*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*. The Doctor notices that Jo is beginning to grow up.

* SHORT: *Lost and Founded*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *The Ghost in the Machine*

* SHORT: *Salt of the Earth*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *The Havoc of Empires*

* SHORT: *The Christmas Inversion*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *The Transcendence of Ephros*

* AUDIO: *Rise of the New Humans*

* SHORT: *The Clean Air Act*

The Doctor is travelling with Jo and is no longer exiled by the Time Lords, setting this between *The Three Doctors* and *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *Conspiracy in Space*

* **TV: *The Green Death***

### Solo travels

* SHORT: *She Knew*

Set directly after *The Green Death*.

* SHORT: *Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna*

* AUDIO: *The Three Companions*

The Doctor is still upset about Jo's recent departure, setting this shortly after *The Green Death*. The Brigadier accompanies the Doctor in the TARDIS for the first time since *The Three Doctors*.

* AUDIO: *The Prisoner of Peladon*

Jo has recently left the Doctor, setting this shortly after *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *Council of War*

The Doctor is still struggling with Jo's departure and Mike Yates is on leave recovering from his brainwashing in *The Green Death*.

* AUDIO: *Landbound*

* AUDIO: *Terror of the Master*

The Doctor is still upset sbout Jo's departure, setting this shortly after *The Green Death*.

### Reunited with Jo

* AUDIO: *Supernature*

* AUDIO: *The Conservitors*

* AUDIO: *The Iron Shore*

### Travels with Sarah Jane

* **TV: *The Time Warrior***

The Doctor meets journalist Sarah Jane Smith and starts travelling with her.

* AUDIO: *The Paradise of Death*

Set immediately after The Time Warrior, at least in this account, with the Doctor returning Sarah home to London. She meets the Brigadier for the first time and decides to officially join the Doctor's company.

* **TV: *Invasion of the Dinosaurs***

The Doctor and Sarah appear to return home for the first time since *The Time Warrior*. The Doctor decides to take Sarah Jane to Florana, leading directly into *Death of the Daleks*.

* **TV: *Death to the Daleks***

The Doctor and Sarah fail to arrive on Florana and Sarah encounters the Daleks for the first time.

* AUDIO: *The Ghosts of N-Space*

In the novelisation, the TARDIS has returned immediately back to UNIT HQ following Death to the Daleks and is still recovering from the energy drainage sustained on Exxilon.

* AUDIO: *The Light at the End*

* AUDIO: *The Crime at the Cinema*

Sarah has only been travelling with the Doctor for a few weeks*.*

* AUDIO: *The Gulf*

* AUDIO: *Scourge of the Cybermen*

Set between *Death to the Daleks* and *The Monster of Peladon*.

* AUDIO: *The Devil's Hoofprints*

* **TV: *The Monster of Peladon***

* PROSE: *Alien Bodies*

* PROSE: *Interference*

* PROSE: *The Ancestor Cell*

* PROSE: *Amorality Tale*

* PROSE: *Island of Death*

* **TV: *The Name of the Doctor***

* **TV: *The Five Doctors***

* **TV: *Planet of the Spiders***

The Doctor regenerates into his next incarnation.

Next: Fourth Doctor

## Upcoming

* AUDIO: *The House That Hoxx Built* (August)
* AUDIO: The Third Doctor Adventures 10 (October)