Of interest probably only to myself, I’ve been trying to work out a chronology of the Doctor Who<\/i> comics set between “Journey’s End” and “The End of Time.” From the Doctor’s perspective, in what order did they occur?<\/p>\n
Here’s what I’m currently thinking, with television adventures bolded<\/b>…<\/p>\n
“Journey’s End”<\/b>
\n“The Time of My Life” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #399)
\n“The Big, Blue Box” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> Annual 2010)
\n“Ground Control” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> Annual 2010)
\nThe Forgotten<\/i> (IDW Publishing mini-series)
\n“The Time Machination” (IDW Publishing one-shot)
\n“The Next Doctor”<\/b>
\n“Think Twice” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #400-402)
\n“The Stockbridge Child” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #403-405)
\n“Mortal Beloved” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #406-407)
\n“The Age of Ice” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #408-411)
\n“The Deep Hereafter” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #412)
\n“Onomatopoeia” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #413)
\n“Ghosts of the Northern Line” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #414-415)
\n“The Crimson Hand” (Doctor Who Magazine<\/i> #416-420)
\n“Planet of the Dead”<\/b>
\n“Silver Scream” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> #1-2)
\n“Fugitive” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> #3-6)
\n“Tesseract” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> #7-8)
\n“Don’t Step on the Grass” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> #9-12)
\n“Old Friend” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> Annual 2010)
\n“Final Sacrifice (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> #13-16)
\nThe Waters of Mars<\/b>
\n“Room With a Deja Vu” (IDW Publishing one-shot)
\n“To Sleep, Perchance to Scream” (IDW Publishing, Doctor Who<\/i> Annual 2010)
\nThe End of Time, Parts One and Two<\/b><\/p>\n
There’s very little on this list that’s certain.<\/p>\n
“Final Sacrifice” ends with the TARDIS on its way to Bowie Base One, so IDW’s run of Doctor Who<\/i> comics must go there. And “The Time Machination” has to go at some point before “Final Sacrifice” because of the Torchwood agents.<\/p>\n
Putting the Majenta stories between “The Next Doctor” and “Planet of the Dead” is based on nothing more than a gut feeling based on the Doctor’s willingness (or lack thereof) toward taking on a traveling companion in the TARDIS.<\/p>\n
“Room with a Deja Vu<\/i>” I placed near the end because the Doctor seems far more depressed and detached in this story. <\/p>\n
The stories from IDW’s Doctor Who<\/i> Annual 2010 can go anywhere, except for the profoundly moving “Old Friend” which leads directly into “Final Sacrifice.” The first story, “Ground Control,” just goes sometime after “Journey’s End” as there are flashbacks to both Martha and Donna. “The Big, Blue Box” finds the Doctor in an especially pensive mood, and I see that as matching the mood at the end of “The Time of My Life” very well to the point where I could see one leading into the next. “To Sleep, Perchance to Scream” makes sense in the gap between “The Waters of Mars” and “The End of Time” because it shows the Doctor approaching his death (he sees the eleventh Doctor in his mind).<\/p>\n
I would place Sarah Jane<\/i>‘s “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith” after “The Waters of Mars.” The solo Doctor novels in 2009 would most likely go between “The Next Doctor” and “Think Twice,” except for Lance Parkin’s The Endless<\/i> which I would place after “Journey’s End” and before The Forgotten<\/i>.<\/p>\n
It’s not a perfect arrangement, but it makes sense to me. :tardis:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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