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 : Like, if you feel strongly about it, go ahead and cite stripped for action on the timeline. But I don’t personally feel like anyone is going to be unsure of whether those stories take place in release order. And honestly I’d argue that release order can be taken at face value most of the time, and when it can’t that’s when we need to mention it. Like there’s no in-universe reason for them to be moved, and as I say, release order in the DWM comics is the correct order. 14:16, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
+== Suggested Choose Your Own Adventure book Placements  ==
+While naturally not a major priority for a good few reasons (they're considered non-valid sources on the wiki, they're hard to get a hold of, very few care) I think the Make Your Own Adventure books (and the FASA one) could be better placed; as is, they seem to be just scattered across the Timeline randomly.
+As this is a fairly big edit (even if one I doubt most care about) I feel it's best to get feedback from you all before I go ahead and actually change anything.
+To verify that I have actually read these things (other than the fact I can't see anyone bothering to lie about it) is that [https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/#6DOC I'm the person who's doing the Cloister Library write-ups for them.]
+Going in release order:
+[[Search for the Doctor (novel)]]
+The Doctor is travelling alone and behaves kindly. The POV character is a random young boy the future. Omega and Drax feature, but I don't believe their appearance here contradicts any other stories. Current placement is fine.
+[[Crisis in Space (novel)]]
+The current placement says that Peri has her Mysterious Planet haircut on the cover, but I don't really see it. The reader's POV character is a young boy implied to be from present day Earth deliberately named Chris (atypically for a CYOA book, as they're typically meant to feature a completely generic blank slate); Chris recognises the TARDIS, knows the Doctor and is deliberately picked up to take part in the adventure, as opposed to randomly coming across the TARDIS.
+[[The Garden of Evil (novel)]]
+The Doctor is travelling alone and behaves kindly. The POV is a random boy from a future Earth. Current placement is fine, but the fact it was only released months after Search for the Doctor makes me want to put them closer together.
+[[Race Against Time (novel)]]
+This is written by Pip and Jane, so the Doctor and Peri spend a lot of the wordcount irratingly bickering. The POV character is an unnamed young boy implied to be from present day Earth, already knows the Doctor and Peri, and is again deliberately picked up to take part in the adventure. The Rani's in this one, but I don't believe it contradicts any other stories.
+[[Mission to Venus (novel)]]
+The POV character is an unnamed young boy (again, implied to be from present day Earth) who is actively travelling in the TARDIS with the Doctor and Peri. The trio knows each other well enough for multiple endings to rely on them pre-emptively guessing the others actions and responses.
+[[Invasion of the Ormazoids (novel)]]
+The POV character is an unnamed young boy from present day England. 'You' and the Doctor have never met before this adventure. In the good ending, the Doctor leaves and hints that he'll take 'you' on more adventures.
+[[Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble]]
+Peri is depicted with her Mysterious Planet haircut, and (because this was originally written for the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry before the publisher's changed it last moment) a retired Harry is travelling with them. This one isn't on the Timeline yet.
+This is admittedly conjecture, but I feel like it only makes sense to assume the 'young boy from present day Earth' POV character is the same across the line.
+My only real arguments in favour of this are Occam's Razor/tidyness (those books get placed closer to each other on the Timeline), the fact that the boy is illustrated as looking the same across the books, and the fact that the books featuring that character follow a progression of the boy's knowledge about the Doctor/Peri. I have absolutely no proof to claim that this was intentional on the part of the publishers.
+So, my proposed re-ordering would be:
+* [[Search for the Doctor (novel)]]
+* [[The Garden of Evil (novel)]]
+(Except for putting them closer together, no big changes so far)
+* [[Invasion of the Ormazoids (novel)]]
+(Under this hypothetical reordering, this could be placed in 'Travelling Alone', before 'First travels with Frobisher' as Peri isn't mentioned.)
+* [[Crisis in Space (novel)]]
+* [[Race Against Time (novel)]]
+* [[Mission to Venus (novel)]]
+(Peri is there, so I'd simply bunch these three together under 'Final Travels with Peri.')
+* [[Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble]]
+(Simply just near The Mysterious Planet.)
+My apologies if this was too big of a wall of text, but I've been pondering this for a good while now. Will naturally clarify anything if I have to!