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Post by Ricky on Feb 25, 2019 21:59:24 GMT
Don't quote me on this, but I think I remember someone in Machines saying that the year is 2006. In either the first or the last story, obviously. I think I saw someone say that it was mentioned to be set in 2006 in the behind the scenes interviews, although that may well have been you on Gallifrey Base, I can’t remember. Also I think the first Volume is actually referenced in one of the stories. Gah, I need to go back and listen to the audios again. I'd love to sit down and binge the show and audios in context of each other.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Feb 25, 2019 22:01:32 GMT
I think I saw someone say that it was mentioned to be set in 2006 in the behind the scenes interviews, although that may well have been you on Gallifrey Base, I can’t remember. Also I think the first Volume is actually referenced in one of the stories. Gah, I need to go back and listen to the audios again. I'd love to sit down and binge the show and audios in context of each other. I think the idea that Machines is set before, Before the Fall comes purely from everyone’s assumption that it would be when it was announced we were getting Ianto’s origin story. And then no one really talked about it much when it came out.
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Post by sherlock on Apr 26, 2019 18:32:48 GMT
The Green Life is sometime after Jack reunited with the Doctor in Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords as he shows some understanding of why the Doctor left him behind. Jack also references a team at one point so it could either be before Children of Earth or after Torchwood’s re-establishment in the 2010s.
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Post by sherlock on May 27, 2019 16:03:51 GMT
Sync is between Tosh’s appearance in Aliens in London and Moving Target.
You have a slight error on the timeline atm, Moving Target is dated to November 2006 so is therefore long after Aliens in London which is in March 2006 (as it’s a year after Rose, which is in March 2005).
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Jun 18, 2019 13:43:25 GMT
Sargasso is after Herald of The Dawn as Gwen has left Torchwood and is trying to live a normal life with Rhys. There’s references to Donald Trump and Millennials so it’s more likely to be recent years than between Miracle Day and Forgotten Lives. Plus there’s an indication that Torchwood is still running without Gwen.
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Post by sherlock on Jul 9, 2019 21:54:25 GMT
Some mild spoilers required for placement of Serenity {Spoiler} It’s sometime after Sleeper, as it’s essentially a sequel to that story though some time has passed since it.
Ianto also references a team at one point, so it’s probably prior to the deaths of Tosh and Owen in Exit Wounds.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 21, 2019 11:04:50 GMT
The Hope
Owen is dead and he seems to have something of a partnership with Andy so probably after they worked together in Corpse Day.
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Post by Digi on Sept 24, 2019 11:47:45 GMT
Re: The Vigil This'll be pre-Gwen, then, so definitely before the series, and the interview quotes in the news piece say this is early in Tosh's tenure at Torchwood. Given that the earliest point that we've seen Tosh with Torchwood is Aliens of London, I'd suggest that The Vigil is sometime before then, though I didn't catch anything that would nail it down to a specific year.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Sept 24, 2019 13:10:49 GMT
Re: The Vigil This'll be pre-Gwen, then, so definitely before the series, and the interview quotes in the news piece say this is early in Tosh's tenure at Torchwood. Given that the earliest point that we've seen Tosh with Torchwood is Aliens of London, I'd suggest that The Vigil is sometime before then, though I didn't catch anything that would nail it down to a specific year. {Spoiler} I think the earliest point before now would have been in One Rule when Tosh is frozen in the hub along with Jack and Suzie. Which is of course in March 2005.
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Post by Ricky on Sept 24, 2019 18:35:24 GMT
Ianto is mentioned in the story, so it must be just before Everything Changes.
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Post by sherlock on Sept 24, 2019 22:46:15 GMT
Yeah Ianto is definitely referenced so The Vigil must be between Ianto’s segment of Fragments and Everything Changes. Tosh also doesn’t come across as particularly new to Torchwood.
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Post by Digi on Sept 27, 2019 10:36:30 GMT
The three Latter Days stories are independent of one another so I'm not sure whether or not they should be placed together, but the third episode (The Rockery) is definitely largely set sometime shortly before Army of Ghosts (except for the 'epilogue,' which is a year later).
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Post by Whovitt on Sept 28, 2019 15:46:52 GMT
Re: The Vigil This'll be pre-Gwen, then, so definitely before the series, and the interview quotes in the news piece say this is early in Tosh's tenure at Torchwood. Given that the earliest point that we've seen Tosh with Torchwood is Aliens of London, I'd suggest that The Vigil is sometime before then, though I didn't catch anything that would nail it down to a specific year. {Spoiler} I think the earliest point before now would have been in One Rule when Tosh is frozen in the hub along with Jack and Suzie. Which is of course in March 2005. Is it? I thought it was post- Boom Town, making it 2006? As for The Vigil, it's almost definitely after Aliens of London as Owen is mentioned as being part of the team (with AoL happening in his second week on the job). The Ianto reference was a bit weird, and the author admits in the interviews that she specifically watched Tosh-centric episodes as research, as she didn't know the show all that well. I think she may have skipped Fragments, which is why this story was early in Tosh's time line in her head, while the references to both Owen and Ianto mean it has to be quite a way into her time at Torchwood.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Sept 28, 2019 16:04:47 GMT
{Spoiler} I think the earliest point before now would have been in One Rule when Tosh is frozen in the hub along with Jack and Suzie. Which is of course in March 2005. Is it? I thought it was post- Boom Town, making it 2006? As for The Vigil, it's almost definitely after Aliens of London as Owen is mentioned as being part of the team (with AoL happening in his second week on the job). The Ianto reference was a bit weird, and the author admits in the interviews that she specifically watched Tosh-centric episodes as research, as she didn't know the show all that well. I think she may have skipped Fragments, which is why this story was early in Tosh's time line in her head, while the references to both Owen and Ianto mean it has to be quite a way into her time at Torchwood. No it’s explicitly two or three weeks after Rose, with the election in Cardiff happening because the Mayor was killed in the Auton attack, and it’s implied that Barry is the Mayor that Margaret Slitheen kills prior to Boom Town. In fact, I think it’s explicitly set on 26th March 2005.
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Post by Whovitt on Sept 28, 2019 16:07:38 GMT
Is it? I thought it was post- Boom Town, making it 2006? As for The Vigil, it's almost definitely after Aliens of London as Owen is mentioned as being part of the team (with AoL happening in his second week on the job). The Ianto reference was a bit weird, and the author admits in the interviews that she specifically watched Tosh-centric episodes as research, as she didn't know the show all that well. I think she may have skipped Fragments, which is why this story was early in Tosh's time line in her head, while the references to both Owen and Ianto mean it has to be quite a way into her time at Torchwood. No it’s explicitly two or three weeks after Rose, with the election in Cardiff happening because the Mayor was killed in the Auton attack, and it’s implied that Barry is the Mayor that Margaret Slitheen kills prior to Boom Town. In fact, I think it’s explicitly set on 26th March 2005. Ah, that's right. I knew it had something to do with a mayor dying or disappearing. I somehow got confused and thought it was Margaret.
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Post by sherlock on Oct 23, 2019 14:02:07 GMT
Smashed is in the usual slot for Gwen audios, sometime between Forgotten Lives and Aliens Among Us. Gwen’s trying to restart Torchwood but is struggling for funds.
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Post by sherlock on Dec 18, 2019 13:23:54 GMT
Expectant is set very shortly after Exit Wounds. The deaths of Owen and Tosh are mentioned and Jack references John and Gray as well as surviving being buried alive.
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Post by sherlock on Jan 15, 2020 12:57:14 GMT
Fortitude{Spoiler} The ending sees Duleep Singh assigned to stay on the fort whilst his death is announced. In the real world, Singh died in October 1893 so I’d guess this story is intended to be set then.
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Post by Digi on Jan 15, 2020 22:30:29 GMT
Fortitude{Spoiler} The ending sees Duleep Singh assigned to stay on the fort whilst his death is announced. In the real world, Singh died in October 1893 so I’d guess this story is intended to be set then. Which would place it between Tooth and Claw (1879) and The Victorian Age (17 May 1899).
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Feb 8, 2020 15:24:23 GMT
Out of interest, does anyone know if a specific year is given in Believe?
TARDIS wiki claims that it takes place in 2009, but they’ve got an issue with completely making things up.
If it does indeed take place in 2009, then is this the first story set prior to Exit Wounds to be given an explicit 2009 placement without us having to do mental gymnastics to work out the year?
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