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I think that is a matter of expectation. In England (AFAIK), series aren't (necessarily) expected to be as continuous, nor even to run through the whole year. So, for instance, Doctor Who could "get away" with a specials-only year, between the 4th and 5th series.

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Yes, it's quite common here to have series where a season is 6-8 episodes, once a year or less frequent.

E.g. Red Dwarf have had seasons ranging from 3 (if you count "Back to Earth") to 8 episodes, with most seasons having 6, and occasional multi-year gaps between seasons.

I wouldn't just say 'quite common'. I'd say it's the norm.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BritishBrevity

...usual warning about a tvtropes link, and your subsequent drop in productivity

Doctor Who could "get away" with 15 years of hiatus.

He just skipped those 15 years, for now, but he'll get to them eventually.

They happened, just in "other media" then the last part was time locked, then the whole universe was rebooted, and time restarted, and a whole bunch of other things that I forgot in silence.

I was wondering why I had these tally marks on the back of my left hand.

You should take a look at your right arm.

Oh dear. Why am I holding this knife? What the hell is that dead thing in the corner?

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