Here is ‘The Paternoster Gang’s Timeline’.

I’ve referred to

• ‘The History of the Doctor’ website – http://www.doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org/Index.html

and

• The Eyespider ‘Doctor Who’ site index – http://eyespider.org.uk/drwho/compleat.html

to help me put this version of the timeline together.

I’ve included all the TV stories, audios; books; comics and short stories into this list for now.

The (Audio) stories are highlighted in GREEN.

The (Book) stories are to remain un-highlighted for now.

The short stories are highlighted in GREEN and/or ITALICS; and are CENTRED.

The stories with links to reviews by me on my blog are highlighted in BOLD and GREEN.

Regarding the (Book) stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows in the KEY below.

KEY
*NSA – New Series Adventures
*BB – BBC Books
*BCB – BBC Children’s Books

Regarding the (Audio) stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows in the KEY below.

KEY
**BAB – BBC Audio Book
**BFAD – Big Finish Audio Drama
**BFAB – Big Finish Audio Book
**BS – BBC Sounds
**PAB – Puffin Audio Book

Here is a list of abbreviations for some of the (Audio) stories and what they mean.

• (TCY) – ‘The Churchill Years’

Regarding the short stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows with abbreviations.

• (DWM) – ‘Doctor Who Magazine’
• (TAW) – ‘Twelve Angels Weeping’

Please feel free to ask questions about this timeline, as I intend to revisit this and add new stories to the list as time goes on.

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The Paternoster Gang’s Timeline

The Eleventh Doctor meets Madam Vastra and Jenny Flint on a case involving Gideon Mortlock, set before the events of ‘The Crimson Horror’ (TV), according to ‘The Crimson Horror’ Target novelization/audiobook.
Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint’s appearance in ‘The Lost Dimension’ (Comic) takes place here.
Strax’s appearance in ‘A Soldier’s Education’ (TAW/Audio) – BAB** takes place here.

• A Good Man Goes To War (TV)

‘The Battle of Demons’ Run: Two Days Later’ (TV) takes place after ‘A Good Man Goes To War’ (TV).
‘Vastra Investigates’ (TV)
Strax’s appearance in ‘Time Gentlemen, Please!’ (Comic) takes place here.
Strax’s appearance in ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ (Comic) takes place here.

• Devil in the Smoke (Book/Audio) – BB*+BAB**

‘The Great Detective’ (TV) takes place before ‘The Snowmen’ (TV).

• The Snowmen (TV)
• The Crimson Horror (TV)
• Rebellion on Treasure Island (Book/Audio) – BCB*/PAB**
• The Name of the Doctor (TV)

Jenny Flint’s appearance in ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’ takes place here.
Madame Vastra and Strax’s appearance in ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2013’ (Proms/TV) takes place here.
Strax’s cinema Introduction to ‘The Day of the Doctor’ (TV) takes place here.

• The Crystal Throne (Comic)

The prequel to ‘Deep Breath’ (TV) takes place here.

• Deep Breath (TV)
• Silhouette (Book/Audio) – NSA*+BAB**

Strax’s appearance in ‘The House of Sorrows’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1893.
‘The Tudor Engagement’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1893 and 1544.
‘The Case of the Curious Fugitive’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1893.
‘The Curious Case of the Miniature Menaces’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in February 1894.
‘The Singular Case of the Blue Men of the Minch’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1894.
‘The Phantom of the Music Hall’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1894.
‘The Singular Case of the Time Machine’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1894.
‘The Curious Case of the Misery Diary’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1894.
‘The Spectre of Paternoster Row’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place on the 15th of November 1894.
‘The Evolution Episode’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 12th of December 1894.
‘The Importance of Being Strax’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place on the 14th of February 1895.
‘The Inscrutable Illusionist’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in early 1896.
‘The Giant’s Heart’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1897.
‘The Case of the Dissolving Man’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Confounding Case of the Planetary Prankster’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 19th century.
‘The Pernicious Plots of the Big Game Hunter’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Dangerous Dilemma of the Dream Doorway’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Terror of the Thames’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in 1897.
‘The Pneuman League’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Fear Factory’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Insidious Ideas of the Danger Thinkers’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Howling on the Hills’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘Assassin on the Railroads’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
‘The Curious Case of the Weirdling Woods’ (TPGI) (DWA) takes place in the 1890s.
Strax’s appearance in ‘The Haunting’ (J&L) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
‘The Pest of Paternoster Row’ (Annual)
‘The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark’ (DWM)
‘The Red-Eyed League’ (TAW)
‘Inside Every Warrior’ from ‘The Eighth of March’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place on Thursday the 8th of March in the late 19th century.
The prelude to ‘Heritage’ (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place in the late 19th century

• Heritage (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD**

1. The Cars That Ate London
2. A Photograph to Remember
3. The Ghosts of Greenwich
4. Dining with Death
5. The Screaming Ceiling
6. Spring-Heeled Jack
7. Family Matters
8. Whatever Remain
9. Truth and Bone
10. Merry Christmas, Mr. Jago
11. The Ghost Writers
12. Rulers of Earth

Strax’s appearance in ‘Brimstone and Terror’ (M) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place on the 22 December in the late 19th century.
The ‘Strax Saves The Day’ (Webcast) introduction to ‘The Day of the Doctor’ (TV) takes place here.
Madame Vastra’s appearance in ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Rescue’ from ‘Redacted’ (Audio) – BS** takes place in the late 19th century.

• The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 (O&F) (Audio) – BFAD**
• Trespassers: Rogues Gallery (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD**

1. The Ghost and the Potato Man
2. Symmetry of Death
3. Till Death Us Do Part

• Trespassers: The Casebook of Paternoster Row (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Anne of a Thousand Light Years
2. Pater Noster
3. The Gentlemen Thieves

• Trespassers: No Place Like Home (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Doppelgängers
2. Jellyfish!
3. The Houseguest

• Trespassers: Last Stand (TPG) (Audio) – BFAD**

1. I Married a Zygon
2. A Passion for Fashion
3. The Final Poblom

Vastra’s appearance in ‘Young Winston’ (TCY) (Audio) – BFAB** takes place in 1899.

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