Phase 3 · Film

Doctor Strange

Name: Doctor Strange
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2016-10-25

In-universe: 2016–2017
Released: Oct 2016
Thread: Mystic & Multiverse

A neurosurgeon loses the use of his hands, finds Kamar-Taj, and beats Kaecilius and Dormammu using the Time Stone. Wong and Mordo enter the picture and Strange takes the New York Sanctum.

Chronology

February 2016The crash that ends Stephen Strange’s surgical careerSource: Popverse MCU timeline
2017Dormammu is bargained away and Strange takes the New York SanctumSource: Popverse MCU timeline

Flashbacks and time travel are listed here rather than moved on the map, so the entry keeps a single honest position on the timeline.

Leads to

Shared characterAvengers: Infinity WarStrange is the keeper of the Time Stone
Direct continuationDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessDirect continuation of Stephen Strange
Shared characterShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsWong appears in the post-credits with Banner and Carol

Placement and dates follow the sources listed in the method page.