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'''1979''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
==== January - August ====
On [[17 February]], the [[Sino-Vietnamese War]] began as [[China]] [[invade]]d [[Vietnam]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}})


=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===
On [[4 May]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] led the [[Conservative Party]] to [[victory]] in the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[1979 United Kingdom general election|General Election]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}})
 
* The [[Mona Lisa]] is stolen from the Louvre museum in [[Paris]] by [[Scaroth|Count Scarlioni]]. Around this time, the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana]] arrive in Paris for a visit; the Doctor describes 1979 as "A table wine year". ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
 
* Dr. [[Lavinia Smith]] moves from [[South Croydon]] to [[Moreton Harwood]] ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'').
 
* [[John Benton]] leaves the army and [[UNIT]] and takes a job selling second-hand cars ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'').
 
 
==== [[October]] ====
*[[Skagra]] goes to [[Earth]] in search of [[Salyavin]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Shada (TV story) |Shada]]'')
 
*The first ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' book is published, launching the franchise into the mainstream media on Earth. The Doctor was a fan. ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'' and ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
 
==== [[November]] ====
 
* [[21st November|21]] - [[Ian Dury]] and the Blockheads perform in concert at [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] attempts to take [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] to this concert when they instead end up in [[1879]] [[Scotland]]. Although [[Fourth Doctor|a previous incarnation]] described 1979 as a "table wine year", it appears to have aged well as the Doctor now calls 1979 "a hell of a year". ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'')
 
==== Unknown Date ====
 
* The Doctor Dropped Rose Tyler off at Wembley to watch ABBA while he chased the [[Graske]].
 
== History of ''Doctor Who'' ==
 
=== [[January]] ===
 
 
* [[6th January | 06]] - [[The Power of Kroll]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[13th January | 13]] - [[The Power of Kroll]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[16th January |16]] - [[Peter Butterworth]], who played [[the Meddling Monk]], dies from an apparent heart attack in [[Wikipedia:Coventry |Coventry]].
 
* [[18th January | 18]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]'' First Published.
 
* [[20th January | 20]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[27th January | 27]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
=== [[February]] ===
 
 
* [[3rd February | 03]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[10th February | 10]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[17th February | 17]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 5 First Broadcast
 
* [[24th February | 24]] - [[The Armageddon Factor]] Episode 6 First Broadcast
 
 
=== [[March]] ===
 
* [[29th March | 29]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]'' First Published.
 
=== [[April]] ===
 
* American editions of ''Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]]. Over the next year Pinnacle would publish US editions of 10 [[Target Books]] novelisations, most slightly reedited for American readers, with some of the more British terms like [[jelly baby]] replaced with American terms. Each book includes an introduction by SF author [[Harlan Ellison]], as well as a brief primer on the Doctor and his companions.
 
=== [[May]] ===
 
* [[24th May | 24]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]'' First Published.
 
* American editions of ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
 
=== [[June]] ===
* American editions of ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
 
=== Summer ===
 
*Filming for ''[[City of Death]]'' takes place in [[Paris]], marking the first time ''Doctor Who'' has been filmed outside the United Kingdom.
 
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
* [[26th July | 26]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]'' First Published.
 
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
 
* [[1st September | 01]] - [[Destiny of the Daleks]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[8th September | 08]] - [[Destiny of the Daleks]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[15th September | 15]] - [[Destiny of the Daleks]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[22nd September | 22]] - [[Destiny of the Daleks]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[25th September | 25]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' First Published.
 
* [[29th September | 29]] - [[City of Death]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* American edition of ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
 
=== [[October]] ===
 


* First issue of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' (later named ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'') released (cover date 17 October); the long-running DWM comic strip also makes its debut.
On [[11 July]], the [[United States]] [[space station]] ''[[Skylab]]'' began its return to [[Earth]], several [[year]]s ahead of [[schedule]], with the assistance of [[the Doctor]], who nearly lost his [[thumb]] in the process. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] parked [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in Earth's [[orbit]] to watch the descent. In the early hours of [[12 July]], ''Skylab'' would collide with a [[Zalphon]] [[scout ship]] before crash-landing near the [[town]] of [[Esperance]] in [[Western Australia]]. On [[15 July]], the Doctor would finally thwart the attempted Zalphon invasion of Earth by re-directing [[Sydney Opera House|their mothership]] to [[Antarctica]], where the [[gas]]eous-[[ectoplasm]]ic [[species]] [[Freezing|froze]] into [[ice crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bennelong Point (short story)}})


* [[6th October | 06]] - [[City of Death]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
[[File:The Persistence of Memory.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clive Finch]] at [[Loch Ness]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Persistence of Memory (short story)}})]]
In [[August]], [[The Monk (The Persistence of Memory)|the Monk]] came to [[Loch Ness]] with an abandoned spaceship full of [[Time Scoop]] technology. Although he eventually planned on using the scoop to depopulate Earth, the Monk instead meddled with history by bringing a [[Plesiosaurus]] to the Loch which led to a large number of [[Loch Ness Monster]] sightings. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clive Finch]] came to the Loch to investigate the sightings and discovered the Monk's presence. The Doctor made the Monk forget about his scheme with a [[memory worm]] and returned the Plesiosaurus to the past. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Persistence of Memory (short story)}})


* [[13th October | 13]] - [[City of Death]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
On [[16 August]], [[Edward Grainger]] and his granddaughter [[Linda Grainger|Linda]] helped the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] stop several [[Slarvian]] eggs from gestating near the [[English Channel]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Childhood Living (short story)}})


* [[17th October |17]] - [[John Stuart]], who had an uncredited role as a [[Didonian]] in "[[The Rescue]]," dies in [[London]].
On [[18 August]], [[AC/DC]] opened for [[the Who]] at [[Wembley Stadium]]. Peri attended the concert with [[Janine Foster|her mother]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church of Football (short story)}})


* [[20th October | 20]] - [[City of Death]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
==== September - December ====
[[Skagra]] went to [[Earth]] in search of [[Salyavin]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Shada (TV story)}})


* [[27th October | 27]] - [[The Creature from the Pit]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
In late [[October]], a [[Kaftakkrofakian]] called [[Cecil (Zombie Motel)|Cecil]] transformed everyone at a [[Halloween]] party into [[zombie]]s, leaving only one survivor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Zombie Motel (short story)}})


* [[30th October |30]] - [[Graham Ashley]], who played the [[Overseer (The Underwater Menace) |Overseer]] in "[[The Underwater Menace]]," dies.
From [[5 November|5]] to [[10 November]], [[ABBA]] [[perform]]ed at [[Wembley Arena]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) [[Rose Tyler]] was among those who saw ABBA, having been dropped off by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Attack of the Graske (video game)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Opera of Doom! (comic story)}})


=== [[November]] ===
On [[21 November]], [[Ian Dury]] and [[the Blockheads]] performed in [[concert]] at [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. The Tenth Doctor attempted to take Rose Tyler to this concert. They instead ended up in [[Scotland]] in [[1879]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})


In [[December]], [[Erimem]], [[Helena (The Last Pharaoh)|Helena]], and [[Ibrahim Hadmani]] visited [[Sydney Seaside Lodgings]] and saved [[Charlotte Sydney]] from [[Parasite (Serpent's Child)|an alien parasite]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Serpent's Child (short story)}})


* [[3rd November | 03]] - [[The Creature from the Pit]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
On [[24 December]], [[Clive Finch]] encountered the Twelfth Doctor in a London newsagents and followed him back to his TARDIS. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor gave Clive the gift of a journey in the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Persistence of Memory (short story)}})


* [[10th November | 10]] - [[The Creature from the Pit]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
=== Undated ===
[[John Benton]] left the army and [[UNIT]]. He took a job selling second-hand cars. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}})


* [[17th November | 17]] - [[The Creature from the Pit]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and a team from the British division of UNIT travelled to [[Canada]], where they investigated sentient electricity pylons which were stalking the Canadian countryside. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)}})


* [[20th November | 20]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]'' First Published.
The last surviving members of the [[Luron]] attempted to invade [[Earth]], but their plan was thwarted by the Fourth Doctor and [[Leela]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Valley of Death (audio story)}})


* [[24th November | 24]] - [[Nightmare of Eden]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
[[File:Cityofdeathmonalisamuseum.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and Romana observe the Mona Lisa. ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}})]]
At some point in this year, the Fourth Doctor and [[Romana II]] visited Paris, and [[Scaroth]] stole the [[Mona Lisa]] from the [[Louvre]]. After the Doctor defeated Scaroth and left Paris, ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}}) one of Scaroth's copies of the ''Mona Lisa'' was recovered and taken to the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Security Bot (video game)}})


* American edition of ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Bill Pollock|Commander Bill Pollock]] met for the first time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})


=== [[December]] ===
Dr [[Lavinia Smith]] moved from [[South Croydon]] to [[Moreton Harwood]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})


[[Patricia Ryder]] met her future husband [[Trevor (The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)|Trevor]], in actuality the [[Zygon]] [[Warlord]] [[Haygoth]], at a [[Folk Festival]] in [[Kendal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (audio story)}})


* [[1st December | 01]] - [[Nightmare of Eden]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
The nine-year-old [[Ace]] was given an [[ABBA]] record as a reward for being a brave girl when she went to the dentist. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tragedy Day (novel)}})


* [[8th December | 08]] - [[Nightmare of Eden]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
[[Tegan Jovanka]] went on holiday to [[Hong Kong]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}})


* [[11th December | 11]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]'' First Published.
''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' was released. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})


* [[15th December | 15]] - [[Nightmare of Eden]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
=== Parallel universes ===
[[File:TomBakerBeep.jpg|thumb|Tom Baker irritates Beep the Meep. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}})]]
[[Beep|Beep the Meep]] travelled to a [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|parallel universe]] on [[12 October]] 1979, in which the Doctor's universe existed only as part of a [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] science fiction television series called ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and took control of the [[BBC Television Centre (TV Action!)|BBC Television Centre]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] and his companion [[Izzy Sinclair]] defeated Beep with the help of the actor [[Tom Baker (TV Action!)|Tom Baker]], who infuriated him with his endless rambling. Strangely, Baker both physically resembled the [[Fourth Doctor]] and played him on the television series. The Doctor learned the truth when he discovered the [[DWM 1|first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly (TV Action!)|Doctor Who Weekly]]''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}})


* [[22nd December | 22]] - [[The Horns of Nimon]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
At 3:50pm on [[7 January]], [[Phil Tyson]] was born. The [[Vandosian]]s believed that [[Shogalath]] had [[Reincarnation|reincarnated]] in his body. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Mr Nobody (comic story)}})


* [[29th December | 29]] - [[The Horns of Nimon]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
On [[25 April]], [[Sally Lamont]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}})


On [[12 October]], [[Izzy Sinclair]] was born. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}})


=== Unknown dates ===
=== Undated ===
[[Paul Brown]], the father of [[Peri Brown]], died in a [[boat]]ing accident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Synthespians™ (novel)}})


*Labour action forces production to be halted on the six-episode serial, ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. Ultimately, it is decided to abandon the serial, which signalled a premature end for the 1979-80 season with ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]''.
== Other ==
*''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]'' First Published. This [[Target Books]] trade paperback release, edited by [[Terrance Dicks]], includes the novella ''[[Daleks: The Secret Invasion]]'', written by [[Terry Nation]], which is the first piece of original ''Doctor Who''-related fiction to be published by Target, as well as Nation's only  fiction writing for the company. As the book includes a synopsis of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' it can be surmised it was probably published after that serial was broadcast.
While the [[Fourth Doctor]] described 1979 as a "[[Wine|table wine]] year" at least in regards to [[Paris]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}}) his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] later referred to it positively as a "hell of a year". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})


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[[James Callaghan]] was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] at the beginning of this year, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)}}) before being succeeded by [[Margaret Thatcher]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})
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1979 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - August

On 17 February, the Sino-Vietnamese War began as China invaded Vietnam. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

On 4 May, Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative Party to victory in the United Kingdom's General Election. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

On 11 July, the United States space station Skylab began its return to Earth, several years ahead of schedule, with the assistance of the Doctor, who nearly lost his thumb in the process. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"], TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"]) The Tenth Doctor parked his TARDIS in Earth's orbit to watch the descent. In the early hours of 12 July, Skylab would collide with a Zalphon scout ship before crash-landing near the town of Esperance in Western Australia. On 15 July, the Doctor would finally thwart the attempted Zalphon invasion of Earth by re-directing their mothership to Antarctica, where the gaseous-ectoplasmic species froze into ice crystals. (PROSE: Bennelong Point [+]Loading...["Bennelong Point (short story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor and Clive Finch at Loch Ness. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory [+]Loading...["The Persistence of Memory (short story)"])

In August, the Monk came to Loch Ness with an abandoned spaceship full of Time Scoop technology. Although he eventually planned on using the scoop to depopulate Earth, the Monk instead meddled with history by bringing a Plesiosaurus to the Loch which led to a large number of Loch Ness Monster sightings. The Twelfth Doctor and Clive Finch came to the Loch to investigate the sightings and discovered the Monk's presence. The Doctor made the Monk forget about his scheme with a memory worm and returned the Plesiosaurus to the past. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory [+]Loading...["The Persistence of Memory (short story)"])

On 16 August, Edward Grainger and his granddaughter Linda helped the First Doctor and Susan Foreman stop several Slarvian eggs from gestating near the English Channel. (PROSE: Childhood Living [+]Loading...["Childhood Living (short story)"])

On 18 August, AC/DC opened for the Who at Wembley Stadium. Peri attended the concert with her mother. (PROSE: The Church of Football [+]Loading...["The Church of Football (short story)"])

September - December

Skagra went to Earth in search of Salyavin. (TV: Shada [+]Loading...["Shada (TV story)"])

In late October, a Kaftakkrofakian called Cecil transformed everyone at a Halloween party into zombies, leaving only one survivor. (PROSE: Zombie Motel [+]Loading...["Zombie Motel (short story)"])

From 5 to 10 November, ABBA performed at Wembley Arena in London. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]) Rose Tyler was among those who saw ABBA, having been dropped off by the Tenth Doctor. (GAME: Attack of the Graske [+]Loading...["Attack of the Graske (video game)"], COMIC: Opera of Doom! [+]Loading...["Opera of Doom! (comic story)"])

On 21 November, Ian Dury and the Blockheads performed in concert at Sheffield, England. The Tenth Doctor attempted to take Rose Tyler to this concert. They instead ended up in Scotland in 1879. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])

In December, Erimem, Helena, and Ibrahim Hadmani visited Sydney Seaside Lodgings and saved Charlotte Sydney from an alien parasite. (PROSE: Serpent's Child [+]Loading...["Serpent's Child (short story)"])

On 24 December, Clive Finch encountered the Twelfth Doctor in a London newsagents and followed him back to his TARDIS. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor gave Clive the gift of a journey in the TARDIS. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory [+]Loading...["The Persistence of Memory (short story)"])

Undated

John Benton left the army and UNIT. He took a job selling second-hand cars. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"])

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and a team from the British division of UNIT travelled to Canada, where they investigated sentient electricity pylons which were stalking the Canadian countryside. (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure [+]Loading...["The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)"])

The last surviving members of the Luron attempted to invade Earth, but their plan was thwarted by the Fourth Doctor and Leela. (AUDIO: The Valley of Death [+]Loading...["The Valley of Death (audio story)"])

The Doctor and Romana observe the Mona Lisa. (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])

At some point in this year, the Fourth Doctor and Romana II visited Paris, and Scaroth stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. After the Doctor defeated Scaroth and left Paris, (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"]) one of Scaroth's copies of the Mona Lisa was recovered and taken to the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME: Security Bot [+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"])

Sarah Jane Smith and Commander Bill Pollock met for the first time. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

Dr Lavinia Smith moved from South Croydon to Moreton Harwood. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

Patricia Ryder met her future husband Trevor, in actuality the Zygon Warlord Haygoth, at a Folk Festival in Kendal. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (audio story)"])

The nine-year-old Ace was given an ABBA record as a reward for being a brave girl when she went to the dentist. (PROSE: Tragedy Day [+]Loading...["Tragedy Day (novel)"])

Tegan Jovanka went on holiday to Hong Kong. (PROSE: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"])

The Muppet Movie was released. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])

Parallel universes

Tom Baker irritates Beep the Meep. (COMIC: TV Action! [+]Loading...["TV Action! (comic story)"])

Beep the Meep travelled to a parallel universe on 12 October 1979, in which the Doctor's universe existed only as part of a BBC science fiction television series called Doctor Who, and took control of the BBC Television Centre. The Eighth Doctor and his companion Izzy Sinclair defeated Beep with the help of the actor Tom Baker, who infuriated him with his endless rambling. Strangely, Baker both physically resembled the Fourth Doctor and played him on the television series. The Doctor learned the truth when he discovered the first issue of Doctor Who Weekly. (COMIC: TV Action! [+]Loading...["TV Action! (comic story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

At 3:50pm on 7 January, Phil Tyson was born. The Vandosians believed that Shogalath had reincarnated in his body. (COMIC: Mr Nobody [+]Loading...["Mr Nobody (comic story)"])

On 25 April, Sally Lamont was born. (TV: Adrift [+]Loading...["Adrift (TV story)"])

On 12 October, Izzy Sinclair was born. (COMIC: TV Action! [+]Loading...["TV Action! (comic story)"])

Undated

Paul Brown, the father of Peri Brown, died in a boating accident. (PROSE: Synthespians™ [+]Loading...["Synthespians™ (novel)"])

Other

While the Fourth Doctor described 1979 as a "table wine year" at least in regards to Paris, (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"]) his tenth incarnation later referred to it positively as a "hell of a year". (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])

James Callaghan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the beginning of this year, (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure [+]Loading...["The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)"]) before being succeeded by Margaret Thatcher. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])

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