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* [[13 January (releases)|13 January]] -''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 January (releases)|13 January]] -''[[The Power of Kroll]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]'' was first published.
* [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]'' was first published.
* [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Lalla Ward]] made her first appearance on ''Doctor Who'', playing [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]]. This instalment was promoted as the five hundredth episode of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 February (releases)|3 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 February (releases)|3 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 February (releases)|10 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 February (releases)|10 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]]. 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 {{w|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.
* [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Six debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding Season 16 and the [[Key to Time]] arc. [[Mary Tamm]] left the series after this episode as did, temporarily, [[John Leeson]]. (Another actor, [[David Brierley]], took over the voiceovers for [[K9]] for Season 17, although the character didn't appear on-screen again until ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]''. Leeson returned for [[Season 18]].)
* [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] - ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' Part Six debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 March (releases)|29 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]'' was first published.
* [[29 March (releases)|29 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]'' was first published.
* American editions of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]]. Over the next year, Pinnacle published US editions of ten [[Target Books]] novelisations, most slightly re-edited for American readers, with some of the more British terms (such as "[[jelly baby]]") replaced with American terms ("jelly bean"). Each book included an introduction by SF author [[Harlan Ellison]], as well as a brief primer on the Doctor and his companions.
* American editions of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* [[24 May (releases)|24 May]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]'' was first published.
* [[24 May (releases)|24 May]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]'' was first published.
* 24 May - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' was first published. It was the first of two attempts by [[Terrance Dicks]] at releasing versions of his novelisations for young readers.
* 24 May - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' was first published.  
* American editions of ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* American editions of ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* American editions of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* American editions of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* [[26 July (releases)|26 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]'' was first published.
* [[26 July (releases)|26 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]'' was first published.
* [[September (releases)|September]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]'' was published.
* [[September (releases)|September]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]'' was published.
* [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode One debuted on [[BBC1]], 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. For this story, and for the only time in the Fourth Doctor's era, the individual instalments were referred to as 'Episodes' during the opening titles rather than 'Parts'.
* [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 September (releases)|9 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] was published.
* [[9 September (releases)|9 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] was published.
* [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 September (releases)|22 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. This was the last ''Doctor Who'' episode written by [[Terry Nation]].
* [[22 September (releases)|22 September]] - ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' Episode Four debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' was first published.
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' was first published.
* [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* The American edition of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* The American edition of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* Prior to October, the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip in ''TV Comic'' was discontinued to make way for the strip to be featured in the new ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''.
* A (vinyl) story record version of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', with original TV dialogue, sound effects and newly recorded narration by [[Tom Baker]], was released.
* A (vinyl) story record version of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', with original TV dialogue, sound effects and newly recorded narration by [[Tom Baker]], was released.
* [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] - In the midst of his TV script for ''[[City of Death]]'' being broadcast, [[Douglas Adams]]' first novel, ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', was first published.
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - The [[DWM 1|first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' (later ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'') was released; the long-running DWM comic strip also made its debut.
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - The [[DWM 1|very first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' (later ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'') was released; the long-running DWM comic strip also made its debut. Both were still published more than thirty years later.
* [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - [[DWM 2]] was published, along with part two of ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'' and part two of ''[[The Return of the Daleks (comic story)|The Return of the Daleks]]''. ''[[Dr Who and the Turgids]]'' was also published in the same issue.
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - [[DWM 2]] was published, along with part two of ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'' and part two of ''[[The Return of the Daleks (comic story)|The Return of the Daleks]]''. ''[[Dr Who and the Turgids]]'' was also published in the same issue.
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. This episode received the highest viewing figures ever for a ''Doctor Who'' episode, with 16.1 million viewers. The increase in ratings was due to the ITV networks being blacked out by industrial action at the time.
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[City of Death]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - [[DWM 3]] was published.
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - [[DWM 3]] was published.
* 25 October - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]'' was first published. This [[Target Books]] trade paperback release, edited by [[Terrance Dicks]], included the novella ''[[Daleks: The Secret Invasion]]'', written by [[Terry Nation]], which was 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. The book also included a synopsis of [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''.
* 25 October - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]'' was first published.  
* [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] - ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[David Brierley]] debuted as the new voice of [[K9]], the character having been absent since the end of ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''.
* [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] - ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[November (releases)|November]] - ''[[Animal Magic special (TV story)|Animal Magic special]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[November (releases)|November]] - ''[[Animal Magic special (TV story)|Animal Magic special]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - [[DWM 4]] was published.
* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - [[DWM 4]] was published.

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1979 in

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In 1979, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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