Chapter Text
Quentin Nigel Depford born.
Quentin’s biological mother dies; Quentin is 4. (50R - Chapter 15).
Quentin climbs the oak tree; Quentin is 5. (Con - Chapter 72)
Sieger Holmes commits suicide in the pear orchard. Quentin is 6. (50R - Chapter 15)
Quentin officially adopted by Olivia Mansfield Holmes. Quentin is 8. (50R - Chapter 15)
Quintin starts university as Nigel Holmes. (QEF - Chapter 5)
Quentin switches identities becoming Quentin Depford after engineering the arrest and conviction of Dominic Greene. (50R - Chapter 15; QEF - Chapter 5)
Sherlock almost OD's for the first time.
Mycroft reflects on the state of his two brothers and the fate of the oak tree. (Con - Chapter 14)
Quentin Depford joins MI6.
Olivia Mansfield Holmes becomes M.
Quentin hears M order Moneypenny to "take the shot" (Con - Chapter 89)
Quentin becomes R. (B3 - Chapter 1)
John Watson meets Sherlock Holmes and moves into 221B Baker Street.
MI6 Explodes. Quentin becomes Q. (B3 - Chapter 1)
Events of Skyfall.
Late February. Olivia Mansfield Holmes killed. (B3 - Chapter 5)
Arthur Kirkland visits Skyfall and has an interesting conversation. (Con - Chapter 58)
Q reflects on mistakes he made during the events of Skyfall. (Con - Chapter 35)
Spider reflects on his hiring for Q-branch. (Con - Chapter 68)
Fred reflects on his transfer from the Ministry of Transportation to SIS. (Con - Chapter 73)
Early March. M’s will is read at the family estate. (50R - Chapter 15)
Q has a problem regarding sleeping in his childhood bed. (Con - Chapter 79)
Early April. Sherlock Holmes commits suicide by jumping off the roof of St. Bart’s Hospital in London. (B3 - Chapter 7)
John is too late getting back to St. Bart's. (Con - Chapter 82)
John sees the 4 horsemen (women) at St. Bart's. (4R)
007 delivers a thumb drive containing video and transcript of the events on the roof of St. Bart's Hospital to John Watson. (B3 - Chapter 8)
Events of Spectre.
Eve Moneypenny figures out that M and Q are conspiring to thwart Denbigh and the Nine Eyes initiative. (Con - Chapter 42)
Mycroft has a migraine. (Con - Chapter 13)
007 returns the Aston-Martin to Q's parking spot at MI6. (Con - Chapter 41)
August. John Watson meets Mary. (50R - Chapter 37)
Q finds 007 on the sofa in his office. (50R - Chapter 1)
The minions install an inversion machine in Q branch. (50R - Chapter 4)
007 parachutes onto a yacht off the coast of Greece. (50R - Chapter 7)
007 takes out a sniper at a football match and is injured in the process. (50R - Chapter 12)
Eve Moneypenny and Shirley have a conversation about what it would take to upset 007. (50R - Chapter 23)
Eve Moneypenny is dumped by her boyfriend. (50R - Chapter 3)
Eve Moneypenny’s date is broken up by Q. (50R - Chapter 6)
006 and 007 assist Moneypenny in teaching Q how to dance. (50R - Chapter 25)
Eve Moneypenny requests Q accompany her as a plus 1 to an event. (50R - Chapter 30)
007 infiltrates a Research & Development complex with a secret and discovers a trap. (Con - Chapter 23)
007 avoids pursuit by attaching a traceable ID card to a water taxi with salt water taffy. (Con - Chapter 24)
December 28. Mary passes away from cancer. (50R - Chapter 37)
Watson is summoned in the middle of the night by Anthea/Lisa. (WF - Chapter 7)
Sherlock, in hospital, hallucinates. (WF - Chapter 5)
April. Sherlock Holmes returns. (B3 – Chapter 8)
007 kills Sebastian Moran in a fight (B3 - Chapter 9)
Q increases D.I. Lestrade's security clearance (Con - Chapter 92)
Watson and Bond have a discussion about relationships (Con - Chapter 38)
A song causes John Watson to reflect (EW)
Tim McGee causes a problem on an MMORPG server. Q takes revenge but apologizes. (50R - Chapter 5)
Q hacks NCIS. (50R - Chapter 10)
007 is stuck in the Alps waiting for water to boil. (50R – Chapter 28)
007 covers up a mistake with a sheet. (Con - Chapter 98)
John explains a family's gratitude to Sherlock. (Con - Chapter 88)
Text intercept program goes awry; no one notices. (50R – Chapter 40)
Q-Branch programmers fix the text intercept program; Sherlock notices. (Con - Chapter 18 and Con - Chapter 46)
007 uses his default technique on a locked door. (Con - Chapter 4)
007 pushes a button labeled "do not push." (Con - Chapter 80)
Watson learns Sherlock writes poetry. (WF - Chapter 6)
Q and Tim McGee infiltrate an online weapons auction. (Con - Chapter 67)
007 refrains from using his default technique on a stuck hard drive. (Con - Chapter 47)
Late September. Mycroft, Sherlock and Q all visit M’s grave. (B3 – Chapter 10)
Anthea prepares to take some time off. (50R – Chapter 46)
Mycroft is stuck doing legwork in Paris. (50R – Chapter 9)
Q runs Mycroft all around Whitehall. (50R – Chapter 13)
Sally solves a case (WF - Chapter 8)
October 14. Mycroft kidnaps Q for his birthday dinner. (50R - Chapter 14)
Arthur Kirkland is spotted by 007 while Q is having dinner with his brothers. (50R - Chapter 24)
Q branch game night. (50R - Chapter 22)
007 seduces a mark. (50R - Chapter 38)
007 doesn’t seduce a mark. (50R - Chapter 21)
Q is Kidnapped almost 2 years after the events in Skyfall and Spectre. (QEF)
Q escapes medical to play video games. (50R - Chapter 26)
Arthur Kirkland gets revenge on Q’s kidnappers. (QEF – Chapter 12)
Q is stuck in Sussex to recover from the kidnapping. (50R – Chapter 39)
Q restores an antique. (WF - Chapter 16)
Q moves his flat. (50R - Chapter 42)
Watson makes 006, 007 and Q go to Medical quasi willingly. (Con - Chapter 51)
Bond sees something strange in Q's new flat; blames it on his concussion. (Con - Chapter 59)
006 and 007 give Q an Aperture Science thumb drive. (50R - Chapter 2)
004 returns from a mission and seeks Q’s help. (50R - Chapter 35)
007 breaks hinges off a steel door. (Con - Chapter 31)
006 gets shocked by an experimental piece of jewelry in Q branch (Con - Chapter 96)
Greg and Shirley are assaulted while on a date. (Con - Chapter 56)
MI6 collectively gets bored and analyzes TV program content. (50R - Chapter 8)
007 gets stuck on a Country Club roof in Los Angeles in the summer. (50R - Chapter 16)
Hetty Lang takes Bond to dinner in the Los Angeles area. (Con - Chapter 97)
007 and Q have a conversation about dreams. (Con - Chapter 7)
Sherlock forgets to tell a new DI about a clue. (Con - Chapter 17)
Sherlock solves both a cold case and a new one. (Con - Chapter 76)
007 trades a case of Scotch and a dinner date to get Q an experimental computer chip. (50R - Chapter 33)
The computer chip arrives but is stolen and the thief is assassinated. Holmes and Watson investigate. (50R - Chapter 37)
The computer chip is stolen from NSY evidence. 007 recovers it. (50R - Chapter 45)
History Lesson. (Hist)
Spider overhears Mycroft and Q "talking." (WF - Chapter 3)
Mycroft discovers John has nicked a book from his office. (Con - Chapter 74)
Five members of Parliament killed in a locked room. MI5 and MI6 suffer a cyber-attack. (50R - Chapter 47)
Sherlock solves a case with Q's help. (Con - Chapter 2)
Bond has an unusual meeting (CP)
Bond retrieves tech from a drop point in a Super-Target. (Con - Chapter 32)
January. Sherlock dives into the Thames to save Watson. (50R - Chapter 31)
January. Lestrade follows up on a report that Sherlock and John have gone into the Thames. (WF - Chapter 1)
January. Watson has a bad reaction after having been stabbed and tossed into the Thames. (T&T)
January. Sherlock manipulates events to keep Watson’s recovery on track. (50R – Chapter 32)
Arthur investigates the concept of fandom as it relates to the Holmes brothers. (Fan)
Late January. Tim McGee and Abby Sciuto arrive in London to attend a forensics conference and are invited to dinner by Q. (50R - Chapter 27)
Late January. Sherlock and John are invited to dinner by Q. (50R – Chapter 36)
Late January. Q slips out early from work for his dinner party but has to ditch a variety of trailing A-list agents. (50R - Chapter 29)
Late January. Sherlock and Abby have a discussion before dinner. (Con - Chapter 11)
Late January. After dinner crime scene. (Con - Chapter 36)
Q disarms a bomb under the Office for National Statistics building. (Con – Chapter 1)
Q, Sherlock and Watson compare and contrast Watson’s prose with that of others. (Con – Chapter 5)
Bond encounters Hippopotami on a mission. (Con - Chapter 61)
Bond uses the oxford comma to good effect. (Con - Chapter 39)
Lisa (Anthea) has been kidnapped and Mycroft confronts the mole in his office. (Con - Chapter 25)
Mycroft, as sniper, encounters a cat. (Con - Chapter 55)
Lisa (Anthea) reflects while being kidnapped and rescued. (Con - Chapter 15)
Lisa (Anthea) wakes up in MI6 medical with Mycroft playing guard. (Con - Chapter 16)
Lisa (Anthea) discovers an interesting tidbit about Mycroft's past experience. (Con - Chapter 22)
Mycroft uses his authority for the cat. (Con - Chapter 57)
Lisa (Anthea) bemoans the cat's penchant for leaving presents. (Con - Chapter 63)
Bond infiltrates a skyscraper. (Con - Chapter 45)
People other than Sherlock deduce at a crime scene. (Con - Chapter 34)
Mycroft and Sherlock are threatened with theatrics and solve a case. (WF - Chapter 14)
John rescues a drugged Sherlock from a building wired to explode. (WF - Chapter 15)
004 does not like a weaponized bra. (50R - Chapter 18)
The immediate aftermath of the incident resulting in Virginia, the cat's, banning from Q branch (WF - Chapter 17)
Virginia, the cat, is banned from Q-Branch but is still welcome in the executive offices. (Con - Chapter 64)
John tells Eric (the vet) how Virginia managed to get banned from Q-Branch (Con - Chapter 75)
001 is killed in action and a good portion of the upper echelon gets drunk. (50R -Chapter 34)
John gets slammed into a wall while on a case. (Con - Chapter 77)
John gets shipped off to hospital. (WF - Chapter 19)
John wakes up in Sherlock's bed. (Con - Chapter 78)
Mycroft loses a bet on the winter Olympics. (50R - Chapter 19)
007 kills someone with a platypus. (Con - Chapter 90)
007 kills someone with a fruitcake. (Con - Chapter 93)
Q shoots and intruder in Q branch. (WF - chapter 9)
John discovers a bulldog puppy at the back door to 221 Baker Street. (Con - Chapter 19)
Mycroft inadvertently provides the puppy a name. (Con - Chapter 20)
Sherlock washes John's jumper. (Con - Chapter 50)
Gladstone, the puppy, shows his talents at international diplomacy. (Con - Chapter 70)
Sherlock and Gladstone take a nap. (WF - Chapter 2)
Q foils an attempted kidnapping (Con - Chapter 91)
Virginia, the cat, rescues some puppies with Gladstone's help. (WF - Chapter 13)
Bond returns all of his equipment to Q for the first time. (50 Reasons – Chapter 11)
Q makes Bond an exploding pen. (50R - Chapter 48)
Bond indicates he won't make it to a breakfast date with Q. (Con - Chapter 53)
Q gets frustrated at antique computer equipment. (Con - Chapter 33)
Q is required to fly to New York. (50R - Chapter 20)
007 is required to take out a mark that looks like Q. (50R - Chapter 41)
Eve Moneypenny visits 007 in medical after the mission. (50R - Chapter 43)
Alec, James, Eve and Q have a pub night. (50R - Chapter 44)
Fred from accounting wins the 00Q pool. (50R - Chapter 49)
Fred is embedded in Q-Branch. (Con - Chapter 8)
The MI6 rumor mill goes wild. (Con - Chapter 99)
Mycroft is concerned about traffic enforcement in London. (50R - Chapter 17)
James deflects a question. (Con - Chapter 69)
Bond burgles the same house as Sherlock and John; at the same time. (Con - Chapter 52)
Bond discovers a trap courtesy of a bird. (Con - Chapter 28)
Fred finds out you can't buy batteries in Belarus. (Con - Chapter 29)
Q uses the battery information Fred uncovered. (Con - Chapter 30)
Fred is offered a permanent position in Q-Branch. (Con - Chapter 26)
James dismantles a whole-house vacuum. (Con - Chapter 66)
Sherlock and John run into a famous actor. (WF - Chapter 18)
Sherlock realizes a trap could have killed John. (WF - Chapter 10)
John deals with the aftermath. (WF - Chapter 11)
Q steals an employee, Robert, from the mail room. (Con - chapter 44)
Robert gets stuck listening to Bond's latest seduction. (Con - Chapter 54)
Robert insults 007. (Con - Chapter 81)
James reflects. (50R - Chapter 50)
Newbie agent Ann discovers Q has James' brand of Scotch in his office. (Con - Chapter 37)
James is seriously injured during a mission. (SnS)
Mallory has an idea. (Con - Chapter 83)
James, on the verge of retirement as a 00, takes Q on a trip to Scotland. (Con – Chapter 6)
On the way back to London James and Q stop at Skyfall. (Con – Chapter 3)
James runs a joint training exercise with MI5 called "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapters 9 & 10)
Mycroft and Anthea/Lisa leave the office in a hurry. (WF - Chapter 12)
Moneypenny escapes an argument between M and Mycroft. (Con - Chapter 21)
Q and Ann dodge assassins during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 27)
Q and Ann requisition resources during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 86)
Sherlock and John avoid being kidnapped. (Con - Chapter 49)
Sarah, a civilian, gets caught up in "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 12)
Ann realizes Q is a Holmes during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 43)
Ann uses Watson as an information conduit during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 62)
Robert gets a message from Ann during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 65)
Q and Ann arrive at a safe location during "Find/Protect the asset." (Con - Chapter 94)
MI6 Executive Staff discuss the end of an era. (Con - Chapter 100)
Q tells Bond that his 00 number is being reassigned. (Con - Chapter 40)
Ann gets an e-mail after advanced training (Con - Chapter 48)
Ann thinks about her response to the e-mail (Con - Chapter 95)
One of Ann's 00 "qualifying" missions (Con - Chapter 85)
On of Ann's 00 "qualifying" missions (Con - Chapter 87)
Ann's first 00 mission. (Con - Chapter 84)
Q invites Sherlock, John, Mycroft and Lisa (Anthea) to an event. (Con - Chapter 60)