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The Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Season Twelve

Code Title Type Rating Notes

4A

Robot

4 episodes

5

Directly follows Planet of the Spiders (at least until Interference).
Harry joins.
Benton and the Brigadier appear.

(The Doctor visits Mordee as mentioned in The Face of Evil)

2

This could have happened at any point before The Face of Evil, but the novelisation places it in between scenes of Robot.

4C

The Ark in Space

4 episodes

5

This looks like Harry's first trip.

4B

The Sontaran Experiment

2 episodes

5

Follows on from The Ark in Space.

4E

Genesis of the Daleks

6 episodes

5

Follows on from The Sontaran Experiment.

MA31

A Device of Death

Virgin Novel

5

Follows on from Genesis of the Daleks.

4D

Revenge of the Cybermen

4 episodes

5

Follows on from A Device of Death.

PD62

Wolfsbane

BBC Novel

4

Follows on from Revenge of the Cybermen

Season Thirteen

Code Title Type Rating Notes

4F

Terror of the Zygons

4 episodes

5

Follows on from Wolfsbane.
Harry Leaves.
Benton and the Brigadier appear.

4H

Planet of Evil

4 episodes

5

Follows on from Terror of the Zygons.

MA14

Managra

Virgin Novel

5

4G

Pyramids of Mars

4 episodes

5

The Doctor tells Sarah that he's about 750 years old.

DEC1

Scarab of Death

Decalog

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah. This trip looks like a response to Pyramids of Mars.

DEC1

The Duke of Dominoes

Decalog

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah.

4J

The Android Invasion

4 episodes

5

Benton and Harry appear.

4K

The Brain of Morbius

4 episodes

5

The Doctor claims to be 749 years old.

MA2

Evolution

Virgin Novel

5

4L

The Seeds of Doom

6 episodes

5

The Doctor claims to be 749 years old.

MA11

System Shock

Virgin Novel

5

Harry appears.

Season Fourteen

Code Title Type Rating Notes

4M

The Masque of Mandragora

4 episodes

5

The Pescatons

Audio Drama

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah. Most biographies place it approximately here, because the release date was between seasons 13 and 14.

ST1

Old Flames

Short Trips

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah.

ST1

Rights

Short Trips

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah.

ST3

The Android Maker of Calderon IV

Short Trips and Side Steps

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Sarah. There's a reference to The Masque of Mandragora.

4N

The Hand of Fear

4 episodes

5

Sarah leaves.

4P

The Deadly Assassin

4 episodes

5

Follows on from The Hand of Fear.

DEC3

UNITed we Fall

Decalog 3

2

Features the fourth Doctor on his own. The Doctor has been dragged "halfway across the Galaxy", so he may have just come from Gallifrey.

TE04

Ghost Ship

Telos Novella

4

The Doctor is alone and brooding on the recent events of The Deadly Assassin.

PD22

Millennium Shock

BBC Novel

5

Harry appears.

PD42

Asylum

BBC Novel

2

The Doctor is travelling alone and hasn't yet met Nyssa.

4Q

The Face of Evil

4 episodes

5

Leela joins.

4R

The Robots of Death

4 episodes

5

The Doctor claims to be about 750 years old.

PD15

Last Man Running

BBC Novel

5

PD27

Corpse Maker

BBC Novel

5

Follows on from Last Man Running.

PD46

Psi-ence Fiction

BBC Novel

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Leela. There is no sign of K9. This is Leela's first visit to Earth.

PD69

Match of the Day

BBC Novel

3

Features the fourth Doctor and Leela. There is no sign of K9. Placed where everyone else places it with Chris Boucher's other novels.

ST2

One Bad Apple

More Short Trips

2

Features the fourth Doctor and Leela. There is no sign of K9.

4S

The Talons of Weng-Chiang

6 episodes

5

PD08

Eye of Heaven

BBC Novel

5

PD50

Drift

BBC Novel

3

Features the 4th Doctor and Leela without K9.

Season Fifteen

Code Title Type Rating Notes

4V

Horror of Fang Rock

4 episodes

5

Leela's eyes change colour.

4T

The Invisible Enemy

4 episodes

5

K9 Mk I joins.

4X

Image of the Fendahl

4 episodes

5

4W

The Sun Makers

4 episodes

5

DEC2

Crimson Dawn

Decalog 2

2

Features the fourth Doctor, Leela, and K9.

DEC2

People of the Trees

Decalog 2

2

Features the fourth Doctor, Leela, and K9.

4Y

Underworld

4 episodes

5

4Z

The Invasion of Time

6 episodes

5

Leela, K9 Mk I leave.
K9 Mk II joins.

NA01

Timewyrm: Genesys
pages 22 and 34-35

Flashback

4

This is clearly between scenes of The Invasion of Time.

DEC3

Timevault

Decalog 3

4

Features the fourth Doctor and K9.

Season Sixteen: The Key to Time

Code Title Type Rating Notes

5A

The Ribos Operation

4 episodes

5

The Doctor is either 756 (his estimate) or 759 Romana's estimate) years old.
Romana I joins.

PD29

The Tomb of Valdemar

BBC Novel

5

Follows on from The Ribos Operation.

5B

The Pirate Planet

4 episodes

5

Follows on from The Tomb of Valdemar.

5C

The Stones of Blood

4 episodes

5

Follows on from The Pirate Planet.

MA25

The Shadow of Weng Chiang

Virgin Novel

5

Follows on from The Stones of Blood.

PD32

Heart of TARDIS

BBC Novel

5

5D

The Androids of Tara

4 episodes

5

Follows on from The Shadow of Weng Chiang

5E

The Power of Kroll

4 episodes

5

Follows on from The Androids of Tara. The Doctor is 760 years old.

5F

The Armageddon Factor

6 episodes

5

Follows on from The Power of Kroll.

Season Seventeen

Code Title Type Rating Notes

ST05

The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe

Short Trips: Companions

4

Set during the regeneration scene at the beginning of Destiny of the Daleks and immediately after the end of the same story.

5J

Destiny of the Daleks

4 episodes

5

Romana regenerates.

5H

City of Death

4 episodes

5

ST3

Special Occasions: 1 The Not-So-Sinister Sponge

Short Trips and Side Steps

2

Features the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9

ST3

Special Occasions: 2 Do You Love Anyone Enough?

Short Trips and Side Steps

2

Features the Fourth Doctor and Romana II

ST3

Special Occasions: 3 Better Watch Out, Better Take Care

Short Trips and Side Steps

2

Features the Fourth Doctor and Romana II. There's a reference to "recent" events in City of Death.

ST3

Special Occasions: 4 Playing With Toys

Short Trips and Side Steps

2

Features the Fourth Doctor and Romana II. It's the same day as Special Occasions 2 & 3.

5G

The Creature from the Pit

4 episodes

5

The Doctor is [falsely] claiming to be only 750 years old.

MA06

The Romance of Crime

Virgin Novel

5

MA20

The English Way of Death

Virgin Novel

5

ST2

Return of the Spiders

More Short Trips

2

Features the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9

5K

Nightmare of Eden

4 episodes

5

5L

The Horns of Nimon

4 episodes

5

5M

Shada

Incomplete

5

6K

The Five Doctors

Cameo

5

This occurs between scenes of Shada.

ST1

Glass

Short Trips

4

This follows on from Shada.

NA61

The Dying Days
(Epilogue)

Cameo

3

The fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9 are at the Re-coronation of Elizabeth II.

BS16

Beige Planet Mars

Cameo

3

The Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9 make a cameo appearance.

MA32

The Well-Mannered War

Virgin Novel

5

PD35

Festival of Death

BBC Novel

5

Season Eighteen

Code Title Type Rating Notes

5N

The Leisure Hive

4 episodes

5

5Q

Meglos

4 episodes

5

K9 has been incapacitated since The Leisure Hive.

5R

Full Circle

4 episodes

5

Follows on from Meglos.
The TARDIS enters E-Space.
Adric joins.

5P

State of Decay

4 episodes

5

Adric has been a stowaway since Full Circle.

ED1

The Eight Doctors
(Chapters 10-12)

Guest Appearance.

4

This takes place almost immediately after State of Decay.

5S

Warriors' Gate

4 episodes

5

The TARDIS leaves E-Space.
Romana II and K9 Mk II leave.

NA28

Blood Harvest
(Prologue)

Flashback

4

This happens in between scenes of Warrior's Gate.

5T

The Keeper of Traken

4 episodes

5

Follows on from Warriors' Gate.
Nyssa appears.

ST05

A Boy's Tale

Short Trips: Companions

4

After The Keeper of Traken and before Logopolis.

5V

Logopolis

4 episodes

5

Nyssa and Tegan join.

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