The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley

Welcome to ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page!

Here I am sharing my series of ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories that feature the Fifth Doctor, as played by Peter Davison in the TV series. I originally wrote my ‘Fifth Doctor’ series from 2010 to 2015. My favourite ‘Doctor Who’ TARDIS duo is the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa, played by Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. They feature in my ‘Fifth Doctor’ series, and are joined by original companion Billy Walker (played by me 😀 ). The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa first meet Billy in ‘The Railway of Time’, where Billy is a freelance photographer from 1963, and he meets the Doctor and Nyssa on a railway adventure.

I’ve divided this fan-fiction series into four sections. There’s the ‘Before the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ section, featuring a couple of short stories published by the Divergent Wordsmiths that have the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa together before they meet Billy. There’s ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series itself with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy. There’s the ‘Beyond the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ section, featuring the short story ‘The Crimson Lion’ with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan, published by the Divergent Wordsmiths. And there’s ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley (Unbound)’ section, featuring the short story ‘Into the Death-Space’, which takes place in an alternative timeline for Nyssa and Billy, published by the Divergent Wordsmiths.

Please feel free to check out the list below that contains links to my ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring the Fifth Doctor.

Enjoy!

Tim. 🙂


Notes of Continuity

  • The two stories ‘The Regeneration Dilemma’ and ‘Girl Out of Nowhere’ in ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections, Volume 2’ anthology, published by the Divergent Wordsmiths, in the ‘Before the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ section take place between the TV stories ‘Time-Flight’ and ‘Arc of Infinity’. They also take place after the Big Finish audio story ‘Downward Spiral’.
  • ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy takes place between the TV stories ‘Time-Flight’ and ‘Arc of Infinity’. It also takes place after the Big Finish audio story ‘Downward Spiral’. The series also takes place after the short stories ‘The Regeneration Dilemma’ and ‘Girl Out of Nowhere’ in ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections, Volume 2’ anthology, published by the Divergent Wordsmiths.
  • ‘The Crimson Lion’ in the ‘Beyond the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ section takes places between the TV stories ‘Arc of Infinity’ and ‘Snakedance’ and is set after the Big Finish audio story ‘The Peterloo Massacre’.
  • ‘Into the Death-Space’ in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley (Unbound)’ section takes place after my ‘Fifth Doctor’ story ‘The Prime Factor’ and it occurs in an alternative timeline.

Before the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley

‘The Regeneration Dilemma’ (DVW) (from ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections, Volume 2’)

There is a terror stalking the streets of Trusis. A Code: Gamma priority threat. However, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa of Traken have met monsters before. This time, it’s not quite so simple. Are the people of Trusis ready for the truth…?

‘Girl Out of Nowhere’ (DVW) (from ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections, Volume 2’)

On a cold Christmas, 2017, Kevin receives a visit in the sleepy Cardiff night. That doesn’t seem quite right. Her name is Nyssa of Traken. She appears, as if from nowhere. Nyssa needs to find the Fifth Doctor… But, well, her friend is who knows where?


The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley

Season 1
‘The Railway of Time’

The Doctor and Nyssa visit the English countryside in 1963. They meet photographer Billy Walker and have an adventure on the steam locomotive.

‘The Space Hotel’

The TARDIS takes the Doctor; Nyssa and Billy to Rotenhend Hotel 360 in the 37th century. They meet a rude hotel manager and a murder mystery takes place.

‘Doom of the Daleks’

The Doctor; Nyssa and Billy visit the 26th century in the TARDIS. The Earth Empire is at risk, as the Daleks are threatened by the deadly powerful Dwaxi.

1.4. The Tree of Riverloth - Copy‘The Tree of Riverloth’

The Doctor takes Nyssa and Billy to Riverloth, a society modelled on the Traken union. They find the gardens full of Melkurs. Will this be a new reign of terror?

Season 1 Extras


Christmas Special (2016)
‘Merry Christmas From the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy: The Ghost of Leckwick’

It’s Christmas at Leckwick Hall in 1930. Will the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy find a ghost there?


Season 2 (‘The Salvador Trilogy’)
‘The Austen Code’

The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy visit Bath in 2011. They soon meet Jane Austen. Can they save her from the menace of Salvador and water zombies in Bath 1797 and 79 AD?

‘The Victorian Vampires’

The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy discover a temporal energy spike at a Victorian London school. With schoolboys drained of blood, the TARDIS trio face bloodsucking enemies.

‘Junglos 4198’

On the alien jungle planet of Junglos, the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy meet a band of space sailors on a quest to search for a treasure left by a space pirate captain.

‘Chieftain’s Caves’

War rages between two Scottish clans! The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy visit Scotland to see who will win to fight for a special set of caves. Will they defeat Salvador?

Season 2 Extras


Christmas Specials (2017)
‘The Five Doctors At Christmas’

Christmas time has come! But what do five incarnations of the Doctor with their companions have in common when they have certain adventures on the planet Christmas?

1.
The Second Doctor’s Story

2.
The Fourth Doctor’s Story

3.
The Fifth Doctor’s Story

4.
The Seventh Doctor’s Story

5.
The Tenth Doctor’s Story

6.
The Five Doctors’ Story

‘Merry Christmas From the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy: The Pantomime of Death’

The Doctor; Nyssa and Billy take part in a deadly pantomime of ‘Cinderella’ on the space station Nodnol.

‘The Robots of Lonmar’

Victoria Waterfield, Jo Grant, Nyssa, Billy Walker and Ace confront terrifying robots on the planet Lonmar.


Season 3
‘Dawn of the Dwaxi’

The dreaded Dwaxi are back as Billy Walker returns home with the Doctor and Nyssa to Churchwood Street in Cardiff during the 1960s.

‘The Stockbridge Terror’

The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy return to Stockbridge. Nyssa reunites with Andrew Whittaker; the Doctor reunites with Maxwell Edison and the potato-headed Sontarans come to attack.

‘Psychic Image’ (DVW) (from ‘Genesis of Terror’)

The Doctor came to Skaro for a reason. What was it? Did the Time Lords bring him here? Why does he keep seeing a gun?

‘Time Burp’

The TARDIS gets infiltrated by a cosmic newsreader who makes a mockery of the universe. Can the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy tackle him and his Knitted Character?


Christmas Special (2018)
‘Merry Christmas From the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy: Cuddles’

Nyssa and Billy stay in a house in Swansea, Wales, December 2012 whilst the Doctor is away. They have trouble when their toy dog Cuddles comes to life.


Season 4
‘Light-Ground’

The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy visit the planet Noota to see the ‘Light-Ground’ monument. But is something interfering with the monument?

‘Cold State of Being’

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy share an ordeal in the cold snow.

‘City of Monsters’

The TARDIS lands in the city of London. As they explore the city, the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy not only reunite with Jo Jones, but they also encounter a multitude of monsters. What’s happening here?

‘The Prime Factor’

Whilst enjoying their holiday in Swansea 1930, Billy has a bad dream about his school days. Will the mystery be solved about Billy’s nightmare week at school?

‘The Curse of Dr. Filthy’

Trapped on a planet where a virus runs rampant, the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy must do everything they can to stay positive in order to save the people and provide a vaccine for them.

‘The Coins of Deno’

The Doctor, Nyssa and Billy are summoned by Lord Ganl to search for the eight coins of Deno in order to end the long war in the Deno system. Will they be able to find the eight coins and thwart the dark lord Vorshon and his deadly Sgrans?

‘The Mirror of Memory’ (Z)

Billy Walker wakes up to find himself at Cranleigh Hall in 1926. He meets Lord Cranleigh and his wife Lady Ann, who looks like his girlfriend Nyssa. Billy attempts to find the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa and learn what’s become of them. Can Lord Cranleigh and Lady Ann help Billy?

‘Interdimensional Rescue’ (DVW) (from ‘A Sparkle of Doctors, Volumes 1 & 2’)

With the time vortex in ruins, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa of Traken and Billy Walker are sent on a desperate mission to save what remains of their parallel lives…


Christmas Special (2022)
‘Return to Christmas’

Billy returns home to his parents in 1965 with the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. But it turns out the Daleks are waiting for them and are about to begin their Christmas invasion of Earth.


60th Anniversary Special (2023)
‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’

The Doctor has been captured in thirteen incarnations. The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends Yaz and Dan soon team up with the Fifth and Tenth Doctors and their friends Nyssa, Billy and Donna. They must find a way to rescue the Doctor’s other incarnations and their friends trapped in zones of an interdimensional network within a maelstrom in space and time. Will the Doctors and their companions stop the menace endangering everyone in every universe?


Christmas Special (2023)

‘And There Were Seven’

The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa receive help from the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors to rescue Adric, Tegan and…Nyssa?!


Season 5

‘The Sunfire Chronicles: Romance and the Cow Creamer

A 1920s seaside resort. An ideal holiday resort for Nyssa, Billy and the Fifth Doctor. Unfortunately, they’re swept into a mystery where the woman called Becceri happens to be at their hotel and has stolen a cow creamer from a wealthy couple of aristocrats. Will the Doctor uncover more of this mystery?


Beyond the Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley

‘The Crimson Lion’ (DVW) (from ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections’)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan visit Longleat Safari Park. On a safari jeep tour, they see wild animals attacking the tourists. Can Nyssa befriend an alien crimson-coloured lion and help him return home to his pride?

‘The Sunfire Chronicles: The Race of Endurance

Michael Anderson is an experienced motor racing driver. But can he do well in a space pod race? He hopes so with Tegan as his co-driver. Thing go awry, as Becceri has stowed away aboard their space pod. Will the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa save Tegan, Michael and Becceri from Wulfe the Sontaran?


The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley (Unbound)

‘Into the Death-Space’ (DVW) (from ‘Unbound Imaginings, Volume 2’)

There are some corners of the universe that are best left alone, if given the choice. Unfortunately, Nyssa and Billy find themselves drawn into the Death-Space. A family, a universe and the greater web of creation all hang in the balance. Who are Nyssa and Billy in the dark?


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13 thoughts on “The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley

  1. timelord007

    I really hope Peter Davison & Sarah Sutton read your blog & leave a comment because your love, enthusiasm & passion for this era deserves high praise & rewarding.

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  2. Tim Bradley Post author

    Thanks Simon. It would be nice to know that Peter and Sarah are reading my blog. I’m looking forward to seeing them both at the ‘Science of the Time Lords’ event at the end of January. Can’t wait!

    Thanks. Tim. 🙂

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  3. Tim Bradley Post author

    Hi Simon. Glad you’re looking forward to ‘The Tree of Riverloth’. I’ve started ‘Part Four’ of the story already. Hopefully I’ll get the story on my blog by October this year.

    Have you seen ‘Part 1’ of my ‘Making ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley” series yet? The link for it is here – https://bradleybasement.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/making-the-fifth-doctor-by-tim-bradley-part-one/

    Many thanks for your comments on my recent ‘Doctor Who’ reviews. Tim. 🙂

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  4. Media Lover

    Hello Tim

    Remember when I have you an idea on a story you could write on your website. Well, I decided in the meantime to write my own stories on a website called Whofic. Since I am a regular commenter on here and considering what I mentioned at the start of this comment, I have decided to share them with you. Both stories are incomplete at the moment but will be finished soon.

    The first story features The First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara visiting an unusual planet. Here is the link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=63785
    The stories summary and notes give all the explanation you need.
    The second story I bet you will like the most because it features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan arriving at a town on an Earth like planet who have had their water supply cut off. The story even features the Master. Here is the link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=63791
    I hope you enjoy and please check each story regularly to see if I have added anything else to them.
    Thank you.

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    1. Tim Bradley Post author

      Hi ML.

      Thanks for sharing the links of these two stories you’ve done. They look very interesting, especially the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan one. I hope to check them out once and while to see any new chapters you’ve added to them.

      Many thanks,

      Tim. 🙂

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      1. Tim Bradley Post author

        Hi ML.

        Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. I’ve read what you’ve written so far for your Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan story ‘The Pebbles of Hockburg’. I’ve enjoyed it very much. I look forward to what happens next with the Master making his appearance at the end of Chapter 4.

        Tim. 🙂

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    1. Tim Bradley Post author

      Hi WF92,

      Thanks for letting me know. I thought I already provided the link to ‘Return to Christmas’ on ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. Silly me. I’ll add the link later on today. Glad you enjoyed the first chapter.

      Tim 🙂

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