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== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[4 January|4]] - [[Phil Tyson]] was born at 3:50pm. The [[Vandosian]]s believed that [[Shogalath]] had [[Reincarnation|reincarnated]] in his body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Mr Nobody (comic story)|Mr Nobody]]'')
* [[4 January]] - [[Phil Tyson]] was born at 3:50pm. The [[Vandosian]]s believed that [[Shogalath]] had [[Reincarnation|reincarnated]] in his body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Mr Nobody (comic story)|Mr Nobody]]'')


* [[16 August|16]] - [[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]]: ''[[Childhood Living (short story)|Childhood Living]]'')
* [[16 August|16]] - [[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]]: ''[[Childhood Living (short story)|Childhood Living]]'')
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* [[31 July|31]] - Actress [[Beatrix Lehmann]] died.
* [[31 July|31]] - Actress [[Beatrix Lehmann]] died.


* [[3 August|3]] - Actor [[Jason May]] was born.
* [[3 August]] - Actor [[Jason May]] was born.
* [[8 August|8]] - Actress [[Rosanna Lavelle]] was born.
* [[8 August]] - Actress [[Rosanna Lavelle]] was born.
* [[22 August|22]] - Actress [[Megan Duffy]] was born.
* [[22 August|22]] - Actress [[Megan Duffy]] was born.


* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]'' was published.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]'' was published.
* [[1 September|01]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, marking the debut of [[Season 17]]. [[Lalla Ward]] returned to the series as the newly regenerated [[Romana]]. Although a new voice actor for [[K9]] had been cast, the character did not appear in the serial.
* [[1 September|01]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, marking the debut of [[Season 17]]. [[Lalla Ward]] returned to the series as the newly regenerated [[Romana]]. Although a new voice actor for [[K9]] had been cast, the character did not appear in the serial.
* [[2 September|2]] - Actor [[Derek Seaton]] died.
* [[2 September]] - Actor [[Derek Seaton]] died.
* [[8 September|08]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[8 September|08]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[9 September|09]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] was published.
* [[9 September|09]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] was published.

Revision as of 22:52, 5 July 2013

Timeline for 1979
20th century | 1970s

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While the Fourth Doctor described 1979 as a "table wine year", at least in regards to Paris, (TV: City of Death) his tenth incarnation later referred to it as "a hell of a year". The Tenth Doctor elaborated that China invaded Vietnam, and the Muppet Movie came out. During this year, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor helped Skylab fall to Earth — he claimed that it "nearly took off [his] thumb." (TV: Tooth and Claw)

At some point in this year, the Fourth Doctor and Romana visited Paris, and Count Scarlioni stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. (TV: City of Death)

Events

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Parallel universe

  • 03 - TV: The Armageddon Factor Part 3 was first broadcast.
  • 10 - TV: The Armageddon Factor Part 4 was first broadcast.
  • 17 - TV: The Armageddon Factor Part 5 was first broadcast. Twenty-three minutes into transmission, the episode went off the air for approximately twenty seconds due to a technical fault on the playback equipment. BBC continuity apologised to the viewers for the breakdown in transmission, displaying a TEMPORARY FAULT caption slide and playing music, "Gotcha" by Tom Scott, until the fault was rectified. When the episode restarted, the videotape had been slightly rewound so there was a repeat of the action immediately prior to the break.
  • 24 - TV: The Armageddon Factor Part 6 was first broadcast, concluding Season 16 and the Key to Time arc. Mary Tamm left the series after this episode as did, temporarily, John Leeson. (Another actor took over the voiceovers for K9 for Season 17, although the character didn't appear on screen again until TV: The Creature from the Pit. Leeson returned for Season 18.)

April/May

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