Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)

Farewell, Great Macedon
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Susan Foreman Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton
Main enemy:	Antipater Seleucus Iollas Glaucias
Main setting:	Babylon, Mesopotamia, May to June 323 BC
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Moris Farhi adapted by Nigel Robinson
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Release details
Release number:	2.01
Release date:	November 2010
Format:	6 Episodes on 3 CDs
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-452-8
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Publisher's summary

The TARDIS materialises amidst the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, where the Doctor and his companions meet Alexander the Great. Four members of Alexander's retinue, however, are plotting to murder the king and his successors so that one of their number, Seleucus, can ascend to the throne and allow them to return to their homeland. The conspirators try to frame the time travellers, but the Doctor and Ian succeed in a series of trials and Alexander's bodyguard, Ptolemy, proves their innocence. However, history cannot be changed, and despite the Doctor's efforts to save the king's life by having Ian build an iron lung, Alexander dies while Ptolemy helps the companions escape to the TARDIS.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Ian Chesterton - William Russell
• Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
• Alexander the Great - John Dorney

References

• Calanus tells Barbara that it is the Year of the 114th Olympiad in the Greek calendar, which equates to 323 BC in the Gregorian calendar.

Notes

• Unusually for a Doctor Who story, Seleucus' status as one of the story's principal villains is never revealed to either the Doctor and his companions or Alexander.
• This is the first Lost Story not to feature the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown.
• This audio drama was recorded on 25, 26, 27 and 28 January 2010.

Continuity

• Immediately after his third regeneration, the Fourth Doctor recalled his encounter with Alexander the Great. Temporary memory loss caused him to refer to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart as "Alexander." (DW: Robot)
• The Fifth Doctor would later describe Alexander as "a dreadful bore" to his companions Tegan Jovanka and Turlough. (MA: The Crystal Bucephalus)

Timeline

• Farewell, Great Macedon occurs after CC: The Wanderer
• Farewell, Great Macedon occurs before BFA: The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance

External links

• Official Farewell, Great Macedon page at bigfinish.com
• Farewell, Great Macedon at the Doctor Who Reference Guide