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== History of the Doctor Who Universe ==
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'''1979''' was a [[year]].


=== [[February]] ===
== Events ==
* [[17th February|17]] - China invades Vietnam. This one of the events that inspires [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] to describe 1979 as "a hell of a year" ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'').
=== 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)}})


=== [[May]] ===
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)}})
* [[Margaret Thatcher]] leads the UK Conservative Party to power in the general election. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')


=== [[July]] ===
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)}})
* The US space station ''[[Skylab]]'' returns to [[Earth]], with a little help from [[the Doctor]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')


=== [[October]] ===
[[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)}})]]
*[[Skagra]] goes to [[Earth]] in search of [[Salyavin]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Shada (TV story) |Shada]]'')
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)}})
*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]]'')
*A Kaftakkrofakian called Cecil transforms everyone at a Halloween party to Zombies, leaving only one survivor. ([[ISBN]]: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Storybook_2008 Doctor who storybook 2008])


=== [[November]] ===
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)}})
* [[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" ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]''), it appears to have aged well as the Doctor now calls 1979 "a hell of a year". ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'')


=== Unknown Date ===
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)}})
* [[Rose Tyler]] may have attended a concert by ABBA at [[Wembley Stadium]] in London (unconfirmed). ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske]]''; ''the canonicity of this interactive mini-episode is unclear'')
* The [[Mona Lisa]] is stolen from the Louvre museum in [[Paris]] by [[Scaroth|Count Scarlioni]]. Around this time, the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Romana]] arrive in Paris for a visit.
* Dr. [[Lavinia Smith]] moves from [[South Croydon]] to [[Moreton Harwood]] ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'').
* [[John Benton]] leaves the army and [[UNIT]], and takes a job selling second-hand cars ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'').


== Real World ==
==== September - December ====
[[Skagra]] went to [[Earth]] in search of [[Salyavin]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Shada (TV story)}})


=== [[January]] ===
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)}})


* [[1st January | 1]] - [[Freema Agyeman]] ([[Martha Jones]]) is born.
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)}})
* [[6th January | 6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[13th January | 13]] -[[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Episode 4 is 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]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]'' is first published.
* [[20th January | 20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. [[Lalla Ward]] makes her first appearance on ''Doctor Who'', playing [[Princess Astra]]. This episode is promoted as the 500th episode of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[27th January | 27]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.


=== [[February]] ===
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)}})


* [[3rd February | 3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
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)}})
* [[10th February | 10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[17th February | 17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 5 is first broadcast.
* [[24th February | 24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Episode 6 is first broadcast, concluding Season 16 and the [[Key to Time]] arc. [[Mary Tamm]] leaves the series after this episode as does, temporarily, [[John Leeson]] (another actor will take over the voiceovers for [[K-9]] for Season 17, although the character doesn't appear on screen again until [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]''. Leeson will return for [[Season 18]].)


=== [[March]] ===
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)}})


* [[29th March | 29]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]'' is first published.
=== Undated ===
[[John Benton]] left the army and [[UNIT]]. He took a job selling second-hand cars. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}})


=== [[April]] ===
[[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)}})


* American editions of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[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 (such as "[[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.
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)}})


=== [[May]] ===
[[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)}})


* [[24th May | 24]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]'' is first published.
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Bill Pollock|Commander Bill Pollock]] met for the first time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
** [[DWN]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' is first published. First of two attempts by [[Terrance Dicks]] at releasing versions of his novelisations for young readers.
* American editions of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' are published by [[Pinnacle Books]].


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


* American editions of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' are published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
[[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)}})


=== Summer ===
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)}})


*Filming for [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' takes place in [[Paris]], marking the first time ''Doctor Who'' has been filmed outside the United Kingdom.
[[Tegan Jovanka]] went on holiday to [[Hong Kong]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}})


=== [[July]] ===
''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' was released. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}})


* [[6th July | 6]] - [[Malcolm Hulke]] dies.
=== Parallel universes ===
* [[26th July | 26]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]'' is first published.
[[File:TomBakerBeep.jpg|thumb|Tom Baker irritates Beep the Meep. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}})]]
* [[31st July | 31]] - [[Beatrix Lehmann]] dies.
[[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)}})


=== [[September]] ===
== 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)}})


* [[Doctor Who Annual 1980]] published.
On [[25 April]], [[Sally Lamont]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}})
* [[1st September | 1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast, marking the debut of [[Season 17]]. [[Lalla Ward]] returns to the series as the newly regenerated [[Romana II|Romana]]. Although a new voice actor for [[K-9]] has been cast, the character does not appear in the serial.
* [[8th September | 8]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[9th September| 9]] - Publication of [[REF]]: ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]].
* [[15th September | 15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[22nd September | 22]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast. Last ''Doctor Who'' episode written by [[Terry Nation]].
* [[25th September | 25]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' is first published.
* [[29th September | 29]] - [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. Partially filmed in [[Paris]], it is the first ''Doctor Who'' episode to have been produced outside the UK.
* American edition of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* Prior to October, the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip in ''TV Comic'' is discontinued to make way for the strip to be featured in the new ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''.


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


* A story record version of [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', with original TV dialogue and sound effects and with newly recorded narration by [[Tom Baker]], is released.
=== Undated ===
* [[6th October | 6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
[[Paul Brown]], the father of [[Peri Brown]], died in a [[boat]]ing accident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Synthespians™ (novel)}})
* [[13th October | 13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[17th October |17]] - [[John Stuart]], who had an uncredited role as a [[Didonian]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Rescue]]'', dies in [[London]].
**  First issue of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' (later named ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'') released; the long-running DWM comic strip also makes its debut. Both would continue to be published 30 years later.
* [[20th October | 20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[27th October | 27]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. [[David Brierley]] debuts as the new voice of [[K-9]], the character having been absent since the end of [[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''.
* [[30th October |30]] - [[Graham Ashley]] ([[Overseer (The Underwater Menace) |the Overseer]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'') dies.


=== [[November]] ===
== Other ==
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)}})


* Early November - [[John Nathan-Turner]] officially begins his 10-year stint as producer of ''Doctor Who'' (he is not involved in the production of the season currently underway). Among the changes he implements for the coming season is the introduction of [[Doctor_Who_theme#The_1980s|a new arrangement]] of the theme song by [[Peter Howell]], an updated opening credits sequence, and the announcement that the [[Season 18|1980-81 season]] will be [[Tom Baker]]'s last as the Doctor.
[[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)}})
* [[3rd November | 3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[10th November | 10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[17th November | 17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[20th November | 20]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]'' is first published.
* [[24th November | 24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
* American edition of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].


=== [[December]] ===
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* [[11th December | 11]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]'' is first published.
* [[15th December | 15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[22nd December | 22]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
* [[29th December | 29]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
** [[Lalla Ward]] appears on ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop''.
 
=== Unknown dates ===
 
*Labour action forces production to be halted on the six-episode serial, [[DW]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. Ultimately, it is decided to abandon the serial, which signaled a premature end for the 1979-80 season with [[DW]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]''.
*[[REF]]: ''[[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 [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' it can be surmised it was probably published after that serial was broadcast.
 
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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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