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Q: Why are early series called seasons? In British English we have TV series.

A: Most sites, such as BBC's Classic Episode Guide and A Brief History, as well as most Doctor Who reference books, use the term "season" for the classic "series". There's a longer discussion here. This has links to the previous discussions.

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List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) is a featured list, which means it has been identified as one of the best lists produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured list on August 29, 2011.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 8, 2007	Featured list candidate	Promoted
December 12, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted

Current status: Featured list

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) and List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present), Split, 20 January 2017, Talk:Doctor Who/Archive 29#List of Doctor Who serials

Older discussions:

List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes, Not moved, 3 November 2014, Talk:List of Doctor Who serials/Archive 12#Formal move request to List of Doctor Who episodes
List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes, Not moved, 3 August 2012, Talk:List of Doctor Who serials/Archive 11#Rename?
List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes, Not moved, 9 December 2008, Talk:List of Doctor Who serials/Archive 8#split
List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes, Not moved, 14 April 2008, Talk:List of Doctor Who serials/Archive 7#Requested move
List of Doctor Who serials → List of Doctor Who episodes, Not moved, 7 March 2007, Talk:List of Doctor Who serials/Archive 4#Requested move

On 11 May 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1996). The result of the discussion was not moved.

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