ETA: REVISION 3.0
Okay, the rough draft of Sarah's timeline is done. Now I'm looking for input on what I've got so far. Comments about both the format and the content are welcome. I'm thinking I want another column to separate out titles of anthologies from the other notes.
v 2.0 Added Millennium Shock and Sarah's
official biography.
v. 3.0 Added Smith and Jones, tweaked some dates as per
the History of the Whoniverse, added the dates of her "Doctor" series of short stories and novels (from the short story Moving On), fixed her school dates, removed TV comic adventures she didn't appear in.
The new file has replaced the old file at the link below
A Word document of this table can be downloaded
here.
cosmic_llin, you have first dibs on this for
The Sarah Jane Wardrobe Appreciation Society and if you don't want to use it there, I'll post it on my own unused website.
Feel free to link this elsewhere, but if you're interested in posting it verbatim someplace else, please contact me first.
Please note that there are spoilers under the cut. Chronicling Sarah's multiple timelines couldn't be done without revealing the ends of some of the stories.
Notes:
Most of the years listed are rough guesses. I made some assumptions (Sarah joined the TARDIS crew contemporary with broadcast, but was still travelling with the Doctor in 1980 for Pyramids of Mars; and that most of her post show adventures were contemporaneous with broadcast/publication, unless a date was given) and much of this is cribbed from the excellent
Doctor Who Reference Guide, as I haven't seen many of the short stories or comics. There was very little information for the TV Comics, so I just left those where they were listed in the Doctor's chronologies.
Parentheses indicate something that is clearly AU either by current canon or was overwritten in the books themselves.
Sarah's
official biography presents it's own problems, as it is not internally consistant. Still I have added those dates, noting that she must have gone to university at 16 or so for that timeline to work. Dates during the series which contradict current canon are in parentheses. The timelines make a rough match around Terror of the Zygons, so starting there, I have included events as part of her proper timeline.
I've not included companions in her regular travels (UNIT, Harry for her original Doctor Who appearances; Josh and Nat in the audios; Luke, Maria and her parents, Clyde and his parents, Rani and her parents in Sarah Jane Adventures), except to indicate when she meets them or when they leave. I have noted Brendan and K9 because there's some obscure stuff in there.
YearStoryNotes
1951SJS Born as per Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
The Temptation of Sarah Jane SmithSarah's parents die (Barbara and Eddie)
1956(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: SJS born as per official biography
1961(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah's parents die (Nigel and Alice)
1963(Brief Encounter: Playtime)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Aunt Lavinia, Susan, Sarah is 7
1964Whatever Happened to Sarah JaneSarah is 14
(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah attends Caterham School for Girls
1971(Managra)Sarah visits the Sistine Chapel on a bus tour
1973(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah studies at the University of Nottingham.
1974(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah becomes engaged to Andrew Lofts
1975(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah becomes editor of the university magazine and breaks off her engagement
1976(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah starts her career - first at a small Liverpool weekly, then in Scarborough, Sarah must be 20, given three years of work before meeting the Doctor
1977(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah spends two years working in Manchester
1979(Official Biography)Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Sarah moves to London
1973The Time Warrior
DoomcloudHoliday Special 1974
Perils of ParisHoliday Special 1974
Who's WhoHoliday Special 1974
The Paradise of DeathBBC Radio Play
(1979)Invasion of the DinosaursSarah is 23
Death to the Daleks
NeptuneBig Finish Short Trips: The Solar System
The Dead Man's StoryBig Finish Short Trips: Repercussions
The Ghosts of N-SpaceBBC Radio Play
The Hungry BombDoctor Who Yearbook 1995, The Doctor and Sarah finally make it to Florana.
The Monster of Peladon
(Introduction to Alien Bodies)Eighth Doctor Adventures 6
(Interference 1 & 2 - Third Doctor sections)Eighth Doctor Adventures 25 & 26
Separation DayBig Finish Short Trips: Farewells
PrimitivesBig Finish Short Trips: Life Science
The Discourse of FliesBig Finish Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors
Amorality TaleBBC Past Adventures 52
The Island of DeathBBC Past Adventures 71
The Lampblack WarsBig Finish Short Trips: The History of Christmas (This is the corset!pr0n story)
An Overture Too EarlyBig Finish Short Trips: The Muses
1975Planet of the SpidersThe Doctor regenerates
RobotHarry is introduced; Miss Winters will return in the Sarah Jane Smith Audios
Death FlowerTV Comic
The Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
Genesis of the Daleks
A Device of DeathMissing Adventures 31
Revenge of the Cybermen
Black DestinyDoctor Who Magazine Comic: 235-237
Ground ZeroDoctor Who Magazine Comic: 238-242; 7th Doctor
Doctor Who and the Fangs of TimeDoctor Who Magazine Comic: 243
(The Android Invasion)Sarah reports on the disappearance of Guy Crayford from the XK5 Space Freighter
(Wolfsbane)BBC Past Adventures 62; Harry meets the Eighth Doctor during his "Earth arc" but Sarah does not. Harry becomes a werewolf at the end, overwritten by Sometime Never
To Kill a Nandi BearBig Finish Short Trips: Past Tense
The Last BroadcastBig Finish Short Trips: A Day in the Life
1976Terror of the ZygonsHarry leaves the crew.
Exploration EarthBBC Audio Play
Planet of Evil
The Republican's StoryBig Finish Short Trips: Repercussions
RightsBBC Short Trips
Managra
All Done With MirrorsBig Finish Short Trips: Past Tense
1979Lavinia moves to Moreton Harwood
1980Pyramids of Mars
Scarab of DeathDecalog
Ships that PassBig Finish Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury
The Duke of DominoesDecalog; vs Master
Categorical ImperativeBig Finish Short Trips: Monsters
Observer EffectBig Finish Short Trips: 2040
The Android Invasion
The Brain of Morbius
EvolutionMissing Adventures 2
Return of the DaleksTV Comics
The WreckersTV Comic
The Emperor's SkyTV Comic
The Sinister SeaTV Comic
Woden's WarriorTV Comic
The Space GhostTV Comic
The Dalek RevengeTV Comic
VirusTV Comic
Treasure TrailsTV Comic
Hubert's FollyTV Comic
Counter-RotationTV Comic
Mind SnatchTV Comic
The HoaxersTV Comic
The Tansbury ExperimentTV Comic
The Seeds of DoomSarah's first trip to Antarctica
System ShockMissing Adventures 11: Fourth Doctor and Sarah travelling together run into older Harry, older Sarah appears in epilogue.
The Masque of MandragoraSet up for the Orbus Postremo plot in the SJS Audios
The PescatonsBBC Audio Play
EternityBig Finish Short Trips: Steel Skies
The Android Maker of Calderon IVBBC: Short Trips and Side Steps;Sarah & Three visited this planet before and Sarah is recognised
DredgerTV Comic
Jackals of SpaceTV Comic
The Naked FlameDoctor Who Yearbook 1995
Old FlamesBBC Short Trips
The Hand of FearSarah is left in Aberdeen
Brief Encounter: ShipsDoctor Who Magazine 185: Meets Dodo
Brief Encounter: Fond MemoriesDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992; Brigadier, Benton
1981K9 & Co.K9 and Brendan
HousewarmingDecalog 2; K9 and Mike Yates vs the Master
1982Official BiographyDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Publishes Unit: Fighting for Humankind
1983The Five DoctorsFirst, Second, Third, Fifth Doctors, Susan, Tegan, Turlough, the Brigadier; visits the Death Zone on Gallifrey
Official BiographyDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Publishes expose on COfficial BiographyRA
The Sow in RutBBC: More Short Trips; K9 & Brendan
Balloon DebateBig Finish Short Trips: Companions; Writing exercise
Brief Encounter: Girls' Night InDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992; Jo, Liz, Tegan, Ace
Brief Encounter: FarewellsDoctor Who Yearbook 1993; Fourth Doctor, K9
1986Official BiographyDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Starts writing science fiction based on the Doctor - first one is called World War Skaro
Harry Sullivan's WarCompanions of Doctor Who; Harry
1988Official BiographyDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Andrew Lofts is killed while covering a story in Beirut
1992Official BiographyDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992: Most recent book published: The Monster at the End of Space; lives in South Croydon and has been seen in the company of Victor Nevis, an American Computer engineer though she says they're just friends.
1993Dimensions in TimeChildren in Need Special
1995DowntimeDirect to Video; Victoria, the Brigadier
(Moving On)Irongron's Star published in Metropolitan Magazine
1996(Moving On)Operation Golden Age, Exxilon, and Return to Peladon published in Metropolitan Magazine
Moving OnDecalog 3
1997(Interference 1 & 2)Eighth Doctor Adventures 25 & 26; at the end the Third Doctor is forced to regenerate early; this is overwritten by events in Sometime Never
1997(Bullet Time)BBC Past Adventures; Sarah dies, this is overwritten by events in Sometime Never
City of DevilsDoctor Who Magazine Holiday Special 1992
The Aurelius GambitPerfect Timing; Sarah teams up with PI Steven Kennely and K9 vs the Master (one site claims she married Steven, but I have not seen the story, and cannot verify)
(Moving On)More than Human, Noah's Ark and The Destructors published in Metropolitan Magazine
1998System ShockMissing Adventures 11; Older Sarah's timeline, Harry
(Christmas on a Rational Planet)Passing mention that by 1998 she had married Paul Morley and taken his name
(Lily)Big Finish Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury: Fifth Doctor; according to this, Sarah has a daughter, Lauren, and an autistic Granddaughter, Lily
(Moving On)Dalek Dawn, Return to the Ark and Terror of the Loch published (books)
1999Millennium ShockPast Adventures 22: Sequel to System Shock, Fourth Doctor, Harry
(Moving On)Forbidden Matter, A Gift of Death and the Kraal Invasion published (books)
2001ComebackBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith; meets Josh, Nat is a friend
(Moving On)A Hand Through Time published (book)
2002(Moving On)A Girl's Best Friend published in Metropolitan Magazine
The TAO ConnectionBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith
Test of Nerve Big Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith
Mirror, Signal, ManouevreBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith
2004Buried SecretsBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith; it's been
Snow BlindBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith; Sarah returns to Antarctica
Fatal ConsequencesBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith
DreamlandBig Finish Audio: Sarah Jane Smith; Ends on a cliffhanger
A Mutual FriendBig Finish Short Trips: Benny Summerfield: A Life of Surprises; Benny
2006(Moving On)Final novel in the 'Doctor' series published
2007School ReunionTenth Doctor, Rose, Mickey
2008Invasion of the BaneSarah Jane Adventures; adopts Luke, meets Maria
Revenge of the SlitheenSarah Jane Adventures; meets Clyde
Eye of the GorgonSarah Jane Adventures
(Smith and Jones)Alternate timeline as per Turn Left
Warriors of KudlakSarah Jane Adventures
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?Sarah Jane Adventures; if she was 14 in 1964, she must be 58 in this story.
The Lost BoySarah Jane Adventures
The Glittering StormBBC Audio
The Thirteenth StoneBBC Audio
2009The Last SontaranSarah Jane Adventures
The Stolen EarthProbably occurs during The Last Sontaran before Alan and Maria leave for Washington, DC; Tenth Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Jackie, Martha, Donna
Journey's EndProbably occurs during The Last Sontaran before Alan and Maria leave for Washington, DC; Tenth Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Jackie, Martha, Donna
The Day of the ClownSarah Jane Adventures; Rani's introduction
Secrets of the StarsSarah Jane Adventures
Mark of the BeserkerSarah Jane Adventures
The Time CapsuleBBC Audio
The Ghost HouseBBC Audio
The Temptation of Sarah Jane SmithSarah Jane Adventures
Enemy of the BaneSarah Jane Adventures; The Brigadier