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It's stupid that there's three different show listings on the BBC website. 1963-1996, 2005-2022, 2023-present, they're all the same show. They never actually cancelled it, it was always said to be on hiatus. It might have made sense to call the 2005 season "series 1" for the benefit of newcomers, but to renumber again is a daft decision right out of a comic book publisher's playbook. They should perhaps use a different comic book strategy instead. When they're not relaunching as a new #1 to boost sales, a lot of comics use what's called legacy numbering (or at least display it on the cover alongside current series numbering) - the numbering as if the book had never relaunched with a new #1 at any point. In Doctor Who's case, that would make it 26 classic + 13 modern = 39 total seasons up to 2022 (the 1996 TV movie and the 2009 and 2023 specials don't count as part of any season), so the new season... is Series 40. A notable figure itself.