The Daleks’ Timeline

Here is ‘The Daleks’ Timeline’.

I’ve referred to

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to help me put this version of the timeline together.

I’ve included all the TV stories, audios; books; graphic novel/comics and video games into this list for now.

The (TV), (Audio) and (Video Game) stories are highlighted in AMBER.

The (Book), (Comic) and (Annual) stories are to remain un-highlighted for now.

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

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

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

KEY
*VNA – Virgin New Adventures
*EDA – Eighth Doctor Adventures
*NSA – New Series Adventures
*QR – Quick Reads

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

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

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

  • (TCY) – ‘The Churchill Years’
  • (CL) – ‘Class’

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

  • (ST) – Short Trip (either Big Finish or BBC)
  • (TAW) – ‘Twelve Angels Weeping’
  • (DW-W) – Doctor Who Website
  • (YB) – Yearbook
  • (DVW) – Divergent Wordsmiths

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.

I’ve divided the timeline into 15 phases
1. The Beginning on Skaro
2. 22nd Century Dalek Invasion
3. The Dalek Chronicles
4. Operation: Human Factor
5. Dalek War
6. The Dalek-Movellan War
7. Daleks on Gallifrey in the Death Zone
8. War between the Imperial and Regenades
9. Dalek Empire
10. Dark Eyes
11. The Dalek Time Squad
12. The Time War
13. Surviving The Time War
14. New Dalek Paradigm
15. Return To Skaro

1. The Beginning on Skaro

‘Destination: Skaro’ (TV) takes place in an alternative timeline.

‘Daleks! Genesis of Terror’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place in an alternative timeline.

The Dalek’s appearance in ‘Psychic Image’ (DVW) take place in an alternative timeline adjacent to ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ (TV).

The Neutron War between the Daleks and the Thals takes place here.

2. 22nd Century Dalek Invasion

The 22nd century scenes of ‘The Mutant Phase’ (Audio) – BFAD** take place here.

Dalek transmission of Bedfordshire Mining Operation according to ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** takes place here.

  • After the Daleks (Audio) – BFAB**
  • The Curse of the Daleks (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Legacy of the Daleks (Book) – EDA*

3. The Dalek Chronicles

The Dalek’s cameo in ‘The Space Museum’ (TV) leads directly into ‘The Chase’ (TV).

  • The Chase (TV)
  • Across the Darkened City (Audio) – BFAB**
  • The Dalek Occupation of Winter (Audio) – BFAB**
  • Mission to the Unknown (TV)
  • Cycle of Destruction (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Destroyers (TD) (Audio) – BFAB**
  • Genesis of Evil (TDC) (Comic)
  • Power Play (TDC) (Comic)
  • Duel of the Daleks (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Amaryll Challenge (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Penta Ray Factor (TDC) (Comic)
  • Plague of Death (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Menace of the Monstrons (TDC) (Comic)
  • Eve of War (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Archives of Phryne (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Rogue Planet (TDC) (Comic)
  • Impasse (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Terrokon Harvest (TDC) (Comic)
  • Legacy of Yesteryear (TDC) (Comic)
  • Shadow of Humanity (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Emissaries of Jevo (TDC) (Comic)
  • The Road to Conflict (TDC) (Comic)
  • Return of the Elders (DWM Comic)

‘Invasion of the Daleks’ (Annual)
‘Red for Danger’ (Annual)
‘The Oil Well’ (Annual)
‘The Message of Mystery’ (Annual)
‘The Secret of the Mountain’ (Annual)
‘City of the Daleks’ (Annual)
‘The Humanoids’ (Annual)
‘The Small Defender’ (Annual)
‘Monsters of Gurnian’ (Annual)
‘Break-through!’ (Annual)
‘Battle for the Moon’ (Annual)
‘The Mechanical Planet’ (Annual)
‘The Secret Struggle’ (Annual)
‘Treasure of the Daleks’ (Annual)
‘The Five-Leaf Clover’ (Annual)
‘The Invisible Invaders’ (Annual)
‘The Log of the “Gypsy Joe”‘ (Annual)
‘The Orbitus’ (Annual)
‘The World That Waits’ (Annual)
‘Manhunt’ (Annual)
‘Masters of the World’ (Annual)
‘The Dalek Trap’ (Annual)
‘The Outlaw Planet’ (Annual)
‘Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent’ (Annual)
‘Top Secret’ (Annual)
‘The Living Death’ (Annual)
‘The Super Sub’ (Annual)
‘The Secret of the Emperor’ (Annual)
‘The Sea Monsters’ (Annual)
‘The Unwilling Traveller’ (Annual)
‘Chris Welkin-Planeteer’ (Annual)
‘Diamond Dust’ (Annual)
‘The Brain Tappers’ (Annual)
‘Terror Task Force’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Planet of Serpents’ (Annual)
‘Nightmare’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Flood!!!’ (Annual)
‘Timechase’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘The Doomsday Machine’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Report from an Unknown Planet’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘The Fugitive’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘The Castaway’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘The Seeds of Destruction’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Assassination Squad’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Blockade’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Special Report’ (Annual)
‘The Solution’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘The Human Bombs’ (Annual)
‘Hostage!’ (Annual)
‘Island of Horror’ (Annual)
‘The Planet That Cried “Wolf!”‘ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
‘Daleks: The Secret Invasion’ (Annual/Audio) – BAB**
The Daleks led by the Golden Emperor’s appearance in ‘Liberation of the Daleks’ (Comic) takes place here.

‘Daughter of the Gods’ (Audio) – BFAB** mostly takes place in an alternative timeline.

The Dalek’s appearance in ‘The Wrong Woman’ from ‘Buying Time’/’The Wrong Woman’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

4. Operation: Human Factor

The Daleks’ crash-land to Vulcan scene according to ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** takes place here.

The Daleks’ space-time track of the Doctor to Earth 1966 in ‘The Evil of the Daleks’ (TV) according to ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** takes place here.

The Daleks led by the Type I Dalek Emperor’s appearance in ‘Liberation of the Daleks’ (Comic) takes place here.

  • Bringer of Darkness (Comic)
  • Fear of the Daleks (Audio) – BFAB**
  • The Trodos Ambush (TV Comic)
  • The Doctor Strikes Back (TV Comic)
  • The Exterminator (TV Comic)
  • Jungle Adventure (TV Comic)
  • Attack of the Daleks (TV Comic)
  • The Disintegrator (TV Comic)

5. Dalek War

‘Day of the Daleks’ (TV) takes place in an alternative timeline.

‘The Monster in the Woods’ (Penguin/Audio) – PAB**

  • *Sub Zero (TV Action)
  • The Planet of the Daleks (TV Action)

The Daleks’ meeting with the Emperor Dalek to work with the Master on the Draconian-Earth wars according to ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** takes place here.

‘The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity’ (M&L)
The Dalek War according to ‘Love and War’ (Book/Audio) – VNA*+BFAD** takes place here.

  • The Threat from Beneath (TV Action)

The flashback from ‘Kane’s Story’ (Comic) takes place here.

6. The Dalek-Movellan War

The Daleks’ war with the Movellans during ‘The Pilot’ (TV) takes place here.

7. Daleks on Gallifrey in the Death Zone

8. War between the Imperial and Regenades

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘Destination: Daleks’ Season 21 Blu-ray trailer takes place here.

Davros’ trial from the ‘I, Davros’ (Audio) – BFAD** take place here.

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Trials of a Time Lord’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

‘The Ripple Effect’ (Puffin/Audio) – PAB**

  • Nemesis of the Daleks (Comic)

‘Metamorphosis’ (YB/Comic)

  • GodEngine (Book) – VNA*
  • Destiny of the Doctors (Video Game)
  • Scream of the Daleks (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Stuff of Legend (Audio) – BFAD**

9. Dalek Empire

  • War of the Daleks (Book) – EDA*

Davros and the Daleks’ appearance at the end of ‘The Next Life’ (Audio) – BFAD** leads directly into ‘Terror Firma’ (Audio) – BFAD**

‘Kalendorf’ (ST) takes place before and during ‘Invasion of the Daleks’ (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**.
‘Natalie’s Diary’ (ST)
‘Alby’ (ST)
‘Private Investigations’ (ST)
‘Suz’ (ST)
‘The Best Joke I Ever Told’ (ST)
‘Hide and Seek’ (ST)
‘The Eighth Wonder of the World’ (ST)
‘Mutually Assured Survival’ (ST)
‘Museum Piece’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4

1. Chapter One
2. Chapter Two
3. Chapter Three
4. Chapter Four

  • The Exterminators (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Healers (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Survivors (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Demons (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Warriors (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Future (DE) (Audio) – BFAD**

‘Mission to Galacton’ (DW File)
‘Birth of a Legend’ (DW File)

The Daleks’ cameo in ‘The TV Movie’ (TV) takes place here.

10. Dark Eyes

1. The Great War
2. Fugitives
3. Tangled Web
4. X and the Daleks

1. The Traitor

The Dalek Time Controller’s scenes in ‘Time’s Horizon’ and ‘Eyes of the Master’ take place after ‘The Traitor’ in ‘Dark Eyes 2’ (Audio) – BFAD**.

2. The Monster of Montmartre
3. Master of the Daleks
4. Eye of Darkness

11. The Dalek Time Squad

1. The Archie of Islos
2. The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy
3. Planet of the Mechanoids
4. The Deadly Ally
5. Day of Reckoning

The Daleks’ cameo at the end of ‘He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not’ (TLV) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place before ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ (TLV) (Audio) – BFAD**

The Daleks’ appearance at the end of ‘The Knight, the Fool and the Dead’ (TLV) (Book) – NSA* takes place before ‘All Flesh is Grass’ (TLV) (Book) – NSA*.

12. The Time War

  • Arbitration (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Extermination (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Ascension (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Soldier Obscura (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Desperate Measures (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Unity (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Dissolution (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Homecoming (G) (Audio) – BFAD**

‘The FIrst Days of Phaidon’ from ‘War Room: Allegiance’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
‘Remnants’ and ‘Ambition’s Debt’ from ‘War Room: Manoeuvres’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

  • The Starship of Theseus (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Echoes of War (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Conscript (Audio) – BFAD**
  • One Life (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Lords of Terror (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Planet of the Ogrons (Audio) – BFAD**
  • In The Garden of Death (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Jonah (Audio) – BFAD**
  • State of Bliss (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Famished Lands (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Fugitive in Time (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The War Valeyard (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Palindrome (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Dreadshade (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Restoration of the Daleks (Audio) – BFAD**

‘The Dalek Factor’ (Novella)
‘The Third Wise Man’ (TAW/Audio) – BAB**

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘Susan’s War’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

  • Shadow of the Daleks (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Aimed at the Body
2. Lightspeed
3. The Bookshop at the End of the World
4. Interlude
5. The Echo Chamber
6. Towards Zero
7. Castle Hydra
8. Effect and Cause

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘Doctor Who and the Time War’ (AIL) takes place here – possibly in another timeline.

  • Forged In Fire (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Light the Flame
2. Lion Hearts
3. The Shadow Squad

  • Warbringer (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Consequences
2. Destroyer
3. Saviour

  • Battlegrounds (Audio) – BFAD**

1. The Keeper of Light
2. Temmosus
3. Rewind

  • He Who Fights With Monsters (Audio) – BFAD**

1. The Mission
2. The Abyss
3. The Horror

  • Comrades-in-Arms (Audio) – BFAD**

1. A Mother’s Love
2. Berserker
3. Memnos

  • Enemy Mine (Audio) – BFAD**

1. The Hybrid’s Choice
2. Fear Nothing
3. Exit Strategy

1. The Innocent
2. The Thousand Worlds
3. The Heart of the Battle

1. Legion of the Lost
2. A Thing of Guile
3. The Neverwhen

1. The Shadow Vortex
2. The Eternity Cage
3. Eye of Harmony

  • Casualties of War (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Pretty Lies
2. The Lady of Obsidian
3. The Enigma Dimension

‘The Whole Thing’s Bananas’ from ‘The Many Lives of Doctor Who’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘The Final Battle’ Season 15 Blu-ray trailer featuring Leela, the Daleks and the Fourth Doctor takes place here.
‘The Wrath of Medusa’ from ‘Escape From Reality’ (WM) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
‘Runtime’ from ‘Rogue Encounters’ (WM) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

1. Beneath the Viscoid
2. The Good Master
3. The Sky Man
4. The Heavenly Paradigm

Dalek transmissions during the Time War according to ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** take place here.
‘The Last Day’ (TV) takes place here.

13. Surviving The Time War

Reporter’s story of ‘The Dalek Conquests’ (Audio) – BAB** at Van Stattan’s underground base in Utah, 2012 takes place here.

‘Tardisode 13’ (Webcast) takes place during ‘Doomsday’ (TV).

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Second Doctor’s Story’ takes place here.
The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Fifth Doctor’s Story’ takes place here.
The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Tenth Doctor’s Story’ takes place here.
The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Five Doctors’ Story’ takes place here.

The Dalek’s appearance in ‘The Waters of Mars’ (TV) takes place during ‘The Stolen Earth’/’Journey’s End’ (TV).
The Daleks led by the Red Supreme Dalek’s appearance in ‘Liberation of the Daleks’ (Comic) takes place here.

14. New Dalek Paradigm

The Dalek’s cameo in ‘The Beast Below’ (TV) leads into ‘Victory of the Daleks’ (TV).

The Dalek’s appearance in ‘The Wedding of River Song’ (TV) takes place here.

  • The Dalek Project (Comic)
  • Take a Bow Tie (Comic)
  • Asylum of the Daleks (TV)
  • The Dalek Generation (Book/Audio) – NSA*+BAB**
  • Victory of the Doctor (Audio) – BFAD**

1. Didn’t You Kill My Mother?
2. Daleks Victorious
3. The Last Stand of Miss Valarie Lockwood
4. Victory of the Doctor

‘The Dalek Transaction’ from ‘Encounters’ (U) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

15. Return To Skaro

‘Harvest of the Daleks’ from ‘The Many Lives of Doctor Who’ (Comic) takes place here.

‘Once, Upon Time and ‘The Vanquishers’ from ‘Flux’ (TV) take place here.

The Daleks’ appearance in ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’ takes place here.

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