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=== [[April]] ===
=== [[April]] ===
* American editions of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'' were published by [[Pinnacle Books]]. Over the next year, Pinnacle published 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 included an introduction by SF author [[Harlan Ellison]], as well as a brief primer on the Doctor and his companions.
* American editions of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[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 reedited for American readers, with some of the more British terms (such as "[[jelly baby]]") replaced with American terms. Each book included an introduction by SF author [[Harlan Ellison]], as well as a brief primer on the Doctor and his companions.


=== April/May ===
=== April/May ===

Revision as of 22:07, 8 November 2011

Timeline for 1979
20th century | 1970s

1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985
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The Fourth Doctor described 1979 as a "table wine year" (DW: City of Death), while his later tenth incarnation referred to it as "a hell of a year". (DW: 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. (DW: City of Death)

Events

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