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| * The [[Eighth Doctor]] brought [[Anji Kapoor]] and [[Fritter (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|Fritter]] to a [[Hollywood]] bar, where they met special effects photographer [[Ron von Arnim]] and later [[Noël Coward]]. Coward arrived here from the [[1960s]] using pinking shears given to him by [[Iris Wildthyme]], which could cut through the fabric of [[space]] and [[time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'') | | * The [[Eighth Doctor]] brought [[Anji Kapoor]] and [[Fritter (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|Fritter]] to a [[Hollywood]] bar, where they met special effects photographer [[Ron von Arnim]] and later [[Noël Coward]]. Coward arrived here from the [[1960s]] using pinking shears given to him by [[Iris Wildthyme]], which could cut through the fabric of [[space]] and [[time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'') |
| * The [[The Doctor|Doctor]] met the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], who taught him how to spin a [[basketball]] on his finger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'') | | * The [[The Doctor|Doctor]] met the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], who taught him how to spin a [[basketball]] on his finger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'') |
| * [[2 January]] - ''[[Blake's 7]]'' debuted on the BBC. Created by [[Terry Nation]], the series had many connections to ''Doctor Who'' behind and in front of the camera.
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| * [[7 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[8 January]] - ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'' debuted on UK television. The series co-starred [[Peter Davison]] and launched him to stardom, leading to his being cast as the [[Fifth Doctor]] a few years later.
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| * [[14 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil]]'' was first published.
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| * [[21 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * 21 - Writer [[Geoffrey Orme]] died.
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| * [[25 January]] - Actor [[Fred Ferris]] died.
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| * [[28 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * The punk rock group The Art Attacks released the single "I Am a Dalek" on Albatross Records.
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| * [[4 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[11 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: The Conquerors]]'' was first published.
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| * [[17 February]] - Actor [[Rory Kinnear]] was born.
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| * [[18 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[25 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[4 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 5 was first broadcast.
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| * [[11 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' Part 6 was first broadcast, 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.
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| * [[30 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was first published.
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| * [[31 March]] - Actor [[Daniel Mays]] was born.
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| * [[1 April]] - Actor [[JJ Feild]] was born.
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| * [[14 April]] - Actor [[Michelle Duncan]] was born.
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| * [[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.
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| * [[11 May]] - Actor [[Warren Brown]] was born.
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| * [[18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
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| * [[17 June]] - Actor [[James Corden]] was born.
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| * [[29 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time Warrior]]'' was first published.
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| * [[1 July]] - Actor [[Kenneth Benda]] died.
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| * [[8 July]] - Actor [[Eve Myles]] was born.
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| * [[10 July]] - Actor [[Bryan Dick]] was born.
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| * [[14 July]] - Actor [[Jack Woolgar]] died.
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| * [[20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks]]'' was first published.
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| * [[9 August]] - Actor [[Daniela Denby-Ashe]] was born.
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| * [[29 August]] - [[Tom Baker]] and [[Mary Tamm]] were interviewed on BBC Radio 2's ''Pete Murray's Open House''.
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| * The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1979]]'' was published.
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| * ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979]]'' was published. This was the final release of the series.
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| * [[2 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[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]]''.
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| * [[9 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[23 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[30 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' episode to be written by [[Douglas Adams]].
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| * [[5 October]] - Actor [[May Warden]] died.
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| * [[7 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[14 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[21 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[28 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, marking the start of the hundredth TV story.
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| * [[30 October]] - Writer [[Brian Hayles]] died.
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| * [[4 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[11 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * 11 - Actor [[Vivienne Bennett]] died.
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| * [[16 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]'' was first published.
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| * [[18 November]] - [[TV]]: '' [[The Stones of Blood]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[22 November]] - [[Tom Baker]], [[Mary Tamm]] and [[Carole Ann Ford]] appeared on the BBC's ''Nationwide'' to celebrate ''Doctor Who's'' fifteenth Anniversary.
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| * [[25 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[28 November]] - Actor [[André Morell]] died.
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| * During a break in production of [[TV]]: ''[[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.
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| * [[2 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[7 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment]]'' was first published.
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| * [[9 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[20 December]] - Writer [[Eddie Robson]] was born.
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| * [[23 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[30 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * 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]]''.
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| * [[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]]''.
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