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As there is a difference between the published script and the [[Big Finish]] adaptation, this is a story, like every novelised ''Doctor Who'' or ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane]]'' story, in which the individual fan must decide whether to accept the print or the performed version of the story. | As there is a difference between the published script and the [[Big Finish]] adaptation, this is a story, like every novelised ''Doctor Who'' or ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane]]'' story, in which the individual fan must decide whether to accept the print or the performed version of the story. | ||
There is also the question of ''when'' it might be said to have occurred within Susan's personal timeline. Some fan chronologists have tried to assert that ''The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance'' should be placed after ''Macedon''.<ref>[http://drwhoguide.com/who.htm#1ST The ''Doctor Who'' Reference Guide's list of First Doctor stories], which puts ''Macedon'' ahead of ''Fragrance'' without explanation.</ref> However, as ''Fragrance'' was written before ''Macedon'' — and flatly rejected by Whitaker — neither script references the other in any way, leaving one completely free to choose ''any'' order. Moreover, neither script references any other ''Doctor Who'' script, so chronological placement can only logically occur between ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', because these are the only two stories featuring [[Susan]] which have no narrative connection. Indeed, that gap is the traditional place for non-televised stories involving the original TARDIS crew. Just as the gap between ''[[Time-Flight]]'' and ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'' is the only place for [[Fifth Doctor]]/[[Nyssa]] stories, and the space between ''[[Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'' is the only spot for [[Fifth Doctor]]/[[Peri]] tales, one can only really set [[First Doctor]]/[[Susan]]/[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]]/[[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] stories between [[season 1]] and [[season 2]]. | There is also the question of ''when'' it might be said to have occurred within Susan's personal timeline. Some fan chronologists have tried to assert that ''The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance'' should be placed after ''Macedon''.<ref>[http://drwhoguide.com/who.htm#1ST The ''Doctor Who'' Reference Guide's list of First Doctor stories], which puts ''Macedon'' ahead of ''Fragrance'' without explanation.</ref> However, as ''Fragrance'' was written before ''Macedon'' — and flatly rejected by Whitaker — neither script references the other in any way, leaving one completely free to choose ''any'' order. Moreover, neither script references any other ''Doctor Who'' script, so chronological placement can only logically occur between ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', because these are the only two stories featuring [[Susan]] which have no narrative connection. Indeed, that gap is the traditional place for non-televised stories involving the original TARDIS crew. Just as the gap between ''[[Time-Flight]]'' and ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' is the only place for [[Fifth Doctor]]/[[Nyssa]] stories, and the space between ''[[Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'' is the only spot for [[Fifth Doctor]]/[[Peri]] tales, one can only really set [[First Doctor]]/[[Susan]]/[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]]/[[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] stories between [[season 1]] and [[season 2]]. | ||
In ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' the recently regenerated [[Fourth Doctor]] does reference once meeting Alexander the Great, though he gives no details which could be said to really confirm the plot details of ''Macedon''. | In ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' the recently regenerated [[Fourth Doctor]] does reference once meeting Alexander the Great, though he gives no details which could be said to really confirm the plot details of ''Macedon''. | ||
