United States--1979
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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
- 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
- By the end of the year, the Tom Baker episodes had been sold to 65 stations.
