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* [[7 January]] - ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
== January ==
* [[14 January]] - ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] - ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* [[19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil]]'' was first published.
* 7 January - The eighth and final part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]]'' was released.
* [[21 January]] - ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] - ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* 21 - Writer [[Geoffrey Orme]] died.
* 14 January - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils (comic story)|The Snow Devils]]'' was released.
* [[25 January]] - Actor [[Fred Ferris]] died.
* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Face of Evil]]'' was first published.
* [[28 January]] - ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* The punk rock group The Art Attacks released the single "I Am a Dalek" on Albatross Records.
* 21 January - The second part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils (comic story)|The Snow Devils]]'' was released.
* [[4 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 January (releases)|28 January]] - ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* [[11 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 28 January - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils (comic story)|The Snow Devils]]'' was released.
* [[16 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: The Conquerors]]'' was first published.
 
* [[17 February]] - Actor [[Rory Kinnear]] was born.
== February ==
* [[18 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 February (releases)|4 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* [[25 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 4 February - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils (comic story)|The Snow Devils]]'' was released.
* [[4 March]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 5 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* [[11 March]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 6 debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding Season 15. [[Louise Jameson]] left the series with this episode. This was also the final appearance of [[K9 Mark I]] until the ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' spinoff TV series of 2009.
* 11 February - The fifth and final part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils (comic story)|The Snow Devils]]'' was released.
* [[30 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was first published.
* [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who Discovers The Conquerors (novel)|Doctor Who Discovers: The Conquerors]]'' was first published by Target Books.
* [[31 March]] - Actor [[Daniel Mays]] was born.
* [[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[1 April]] - Actor [[JJ Feild]] was born.
* 18 February - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Space Garden (comic story)|The Space Garden]]'' was released.
* [[14 April]] - Actor [[Michelle Duncan]] was born.
* [[25 February (releases)|25 February]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures]]'' was first published. The ''Doctor Who Discovers'' series had been planned to run as many as twenty-four volumes and at least three more books were in various stages of production. However, [[Target Books]] cancelled the series after this release, citing poor sales.
* 25 February - The second part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Space Garden (comic story)|The Space Garden]]'' was released.
* [[11 May]] - Actor [[Warren Brown]] was born.
 
* [[18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
== March ==
* [[17 June]] - Actor [[James Corden]] was born.
* [[4 March (releases)|4 March]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time Warrior]]'' was first published.
* 4 March - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Space Garden (comic story)|The Space Garden]]'' was released.
* [[1 July]] - Actor [[Kenneth Benda]] died.
* [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] - ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' Part Six debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 July]] - Actor [[Eve Myles]] was born.
* 11 March - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Space Garden (comic story)|The Space Garden]]'' was released.
* [[10 July]] - Actor [[Bryan Dick]] was born.
* [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - The fifth and final part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Space Garden (comic story)|The Space Garden]]'' was released.
* [[14 July]] - Actor [[Jack Woolgar]] died.
* [[25 March (releases)|25 March]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eerie Manor (comic story)|The Eerie Manor]]'' was released.
* [[20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was first published.
* [[9 August]] - Actor [[Daniela Denby-Ashe]] was born.
 
* [[29 August]] - [[Tom Baker]] and [[Mary Tamm]] were interviewed on BBC Radio 2's ''Pete Murray's Open House''.
== April ==
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1979]]'' was published.
* [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] - The second and last part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eerie Manor (comic story)|The Eerie Manor]]'' was released.
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979]]'' was published. This was the final release of the series.
* [[8 April (releases)|8 April]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[2 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Mary Tamm]] joined as new companion [[Romana I|Romana]]. This was also the first appearance of [[K9 Mark II]]. This episode launched [[Season 16]] (although it was promoted as the show's fifteenth anniversary) and the series' first season-long story arc, ''[[The Key to Time]]''.
* [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] - The second part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[9 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who Discovers Strange and Mysterious Creatures (novel)|Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures]]'' was first published.
* [[16 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 April (releases)|22 April]] - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[23 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 April (releases)|29 April]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[30 September]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' episode to be written by [[Douglas Adams]].
 
* [[5 October]] - Actor [[May Warden]] died.
== May ==
* [[7 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 May (releases)|6 May]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[14 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 May (releases)|13 May]] - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[21 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[28 October]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], marking the start of the hundredth TV story.
* [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] - The seventh and last part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Guardian of the Tomb (comic story)|Guardian of the Tomb]]'' was released.
* [[30 October]] - Writer [[Brian Hayles]] died.
* [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released.
* [[4 November]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
* [[11 November]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
== June ==
* 11 - Actor [[Vivienne Bennett]] died.
* [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] - The second part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released.
* [[16 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]'' was first published.
* [[10 June (releases)|10 June]] - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released.
* [[18 November]] - '' [[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released.
* [[22 November]] - [[Tom Baker]], [[Mary Tamm]] and [[Carole Ann Ford]] appeared on the BBC's ''Nationwide'' to celebrate ''Doctor Who's'' fifteenth Anniversary.
* [[24 June (releases)|24 June]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released.
* [[25 November]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 June (releases)|29 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time Warrior (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Time Warrior]]'' was first published.
* [[28 November]] - Actor [[André Morell]] died.
 
* During a break in production of ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'', [[Mary Tamm]], [[Tom Baker]] and [[John Leeson]] performed a brief skit for the BBC staff Christmas video in which the Doctor and Romana flirt with each other over a bottle of [[whiskey]] and K9 tried to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Titled "Doug Who?", the skit circulated unofficially for years before being released in the ''[[Season 16|Key to Time]]'' DVD set.
== July ==
* [[2 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] - The sixth and final part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Image Makers (comic story)|The Image Makers]]'' was released. Marking the final original [[TV Comic|TVC]]'s story.
* [[7 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment]]'' was first published.
* [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] - The first part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was released, featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[9 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] - The second part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was released.
* [[16 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[20 December]] - Writer [[Eddie Robson]] was born.
* [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] - The third part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was released.
* [[23 December]] - ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] - The fourth and final part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was released.
* [[30 December]] - ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
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== August ==
* American publisher [[Aeonian Press]] obtained the US publication rights to some of the [[Target Books]] releases, issuing them in limited distribution hardcovers. Among the books reissued in this format were [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''.
* [[4 August (releases)|4 August]] - The first part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released, featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[Tom Baker]] moonlighted from ''Doctor Who'' to appear in another BBC series, ''Late Night Story'', which featured Baker performing dramatic readings of horror stories. At least five episodes, all between thirteen and fifteen minutes each, were recorded, but the series was never broadcast. Decades later, the five extant episodes were included as a bonus feature in the DVD box set of ''[[Season 16|The Key to Time]]''.
* [[11 August (releases)|11 August]] - The second part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
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* [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - The Third part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
* [[25 August (releases)|25 August]] - The fourth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
* [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] - [[Tom Baker]] and [[Mary Tamm]] were interviewed on BBC Radio 2's ''Pete Murray's Open House''.
 
== September ==
* [[September (releases)|September]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1979]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979]]'' was published.
* [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] - The fifth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
* [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] - The sixth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
* [[9 September (releases)|9 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - The seventh and last part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'' was released.
* [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 September (releases)|22 September]] - The first part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released, featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] - ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] - The second part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== October ==
* [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] - The third part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] - The fourth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[14 October (releases)|14 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - The fifth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] - ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] - The sixth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== November ==
* [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] - The seventh and final part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Magician (comic story)|The Magician]]'' was released.
* [[4 November (releases)|4 November]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] - The first part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wanderers (comic story)|The Wanderers]]'' was released, featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[11 November (releases)|11 November]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]'' was first published.
* [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] - The second part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wanderers (comic story)|The Wanderers]]'' was released.
* [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] - ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] - The third part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wanderers (comic story)|The Wanderers]]'' was released.
* [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== December ==
* [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] - The fourth part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wanderers (comic story)|The Wanderers]]'' was released.
* [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment]]'' was first published.
* [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] - The fifth and final part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wanderers (comic story)|The Wanderers]]'' was released.
* [[9 December (releases)|9 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 December (releases)|15 December]] - The first part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal-Eaters (comic story)|The Metal-Eaters]]'' was released, featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[16 December (releases)|16 December]] - ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] - The second part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal-Eaters (comic story)|The Metal-Eaters]]'' was released.
* [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] - ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 December (releases)|29 December]] - The third part of the reprinted [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Metal-Eaters (comic story)|The Metal-Eaters]]'' was released.
* [[30 December (releases)|30 December]] - ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
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* The [[TV Comic Annual 1978|1978 TV Comic Annual]], featuring the stories ''[[Master of the Blackhole (short story)|Master of the Blackhole]]'' and ''[[Jackals of Space (comic story)|Jackals of Space]]'', was released.<!--
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1978 in

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