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Season 5 makes it sound like it was a this century show the way you've stated it. Dr. Who is older than I am, and we don't need to get into how old that is. "Who" has been restarted so many times that it seems strange to refer to season five without any more info. In fact, not being a Who follower, how do they differentiate just by the actor playing the doctor? Season 5 of actorName?

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I also got caught on how GP said Season 5 which would have been from the 60s, not the 2000s. But apparently it is correct (unless you want to be pedantic about the choice of word Series/Season).

The listing of seasons on Wikipedia goes:

Season 1-26 (1963-1989)

Series 1-15 (2005-2025)

Yes, I meant the 2005 series.

And they started renumbering at 1 for 2023-2025 when it went to Disney Plus (to onboard new people and because they don't have rights to older episodes.)

To add to the confusion, the series recently started at S01 again. Not a reboot, same doctor as the previous season.

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