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| + | *'''September 1979''': Terry Nation relocates to Los Angeles. | ||
* '''1 December 1979''': The first American '''Doctor Who''' convention is held in LA, with guests Terrance Dicks, Tom Baker and Graham Williams. | * '''1 December 1979''': The first American '''Doctor Who''' convention is held in LA, with guests Terrance Dicks, Tom Baker and Graham Williams. | ||
** '''PHOTOS''': [http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/americantours.html TOM BAKER In the USA] | ** '''PHOTOS''': [http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/americantours.html TOM BAKER In the USA] | ||
| − | * In an interview with ''Starlog'' magazine (issue 34, cover dated May 1980) conducted at the LA convention, Tom Baker says his episodes had been sold to '''65''' stations, although it was certainly far more than that. | + | * In an interview with ''Starlog'' magazine (issue 34, cover dated May 1980) conducted at the December 1979 LA convention, Tom Baker says his episodes had been sold to '''65''' stations, although it was certainly far more than that. |
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- April 1979: Pinnacle Books Inc publishes the first of the American editions of the Target novelisations. They retail for $1.95. Ten titles are published, with the last in March 1980 (although the titles are still reprinted until at least 1982):
- Day of the Daleks
- The Doomsday Weapon
- The Dinosaur Invasion
- Genesis of the Daleks
- Revenge of the Cybermen
- The Loch Ness Monster
- The Talons of Weng-Chiang
- The Masque of Mandragora
- The Android Invasion
- The Seeds of Doom
- 1979 MAGAZINE PUBLICITY: During 1979, many genre magazines promote and support the series:
- Starlog (issue #23, cover dated June) – article and Episode Guide
- Famous Monsters of Filmland (issue #155, cover dated July) - cover and article
- Fangoria (issue #2, cover dated September) – article and POSTER
- Super Star Heroes (issue #10, cover dated October) – cover, article and Episode Guide
- Fantastic Films (issue #11, cover dated October) - article
- September 1979: Terry Nation relocates to Los Angeles.
- 1 December 1979: The first American Doctor Who convention is held in LA, with guests Terrance Dicks, Tom Baker and Graham Williams.
- PHOTOS: TOM BAKER In the USA
- In an interview with Starlog magazine (issue 34, cover dated May 1980) conducted at the December 1979 LA convention, Tom Baker says his episodes had been sold to 65 stations, although it was certainly far more than that.
