Stories set in the Stone Age

100,000 BC – The Cave of Skulls, The Forest of Fear & The Firemaker:

Often considered a separate ‘adventure’ to the first ever episode of Doctor Who, these three under-appreciated episodes see Ian and Barbara thrown into the stone age with their uncommon companions, Susan and the Doctor. It’s brutal, grimy and thrilling.

100,000 BC – The Eight Doctors: 

In the first BBC Eighth Doctor novel – written by Terrance Dicks – the Doctor finds himself travelling through past adventures and here manages to convince his earlier self not to brain Za with a rock.

100,000 BC – The Men Who Sold the World:

Rex Matheson, CIA agent and Torchwood associate, is thrown back in time to the Stone Age where he meets a caveman named Bent Low, in this Torchwood novel.

c29,185 BC – Only Human:

The Ninth Doctor and Rose travel to the Stone Age, in this BBC book, on the trail of other time travellers with plans to wipe out homo sapiens. They encounter a neanderthal tribe and Rose accidentally marries its leader.

c2600 BC – The People’s Temple:

The Eighth Doctor takes Sam Jones to visit Stonehenge but they arrive a little early and become involved in the machinations of the Bear Men. A Short Trip from the BBC, also available as an audiobook reading – read by Paul McGann.

? – Dr. Twelfth: 

The Twelfth Doctor finally catches up with an errant Missy in the Stone Age in this entry into the Mr Men series.