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Volume of Who Produced Per Season
I thought it would be interesting to see how the amount of Doctor Who declined down the years, and how the new series reversed the trend, so as usual I did a visual thing with lots of colours to help my brain comprehend these facts.

Visual Representation of Season Lengths of Dr Who

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This page shows how Doctor Who started off with a huge volume of output per year which was cut back heavily for the 'reinvention' at the start of the Jon Pertwee era. The 26-episode format remained for fifteen years until the second, somewhat disasterous 'reinvention' that saw the series cut to just 14 episodes a season. When the series came back for its triumphant 'reinvention' in 2005, the volume was again back up to its 1970s heyday, albeit in 45 minute episodes.

Key to colours showing number of episodes in each story.
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9+

Season Stories Story blocks making season bar graph
     
1 8
2 9
3 10
     
4 9
5 7
6 7
     
7 4
8 5
9 5
10 5
11 5
     
12 5
13 6
14 6
15 6
16 6
17 6
18 7
     
19 7
20 6
21 7+1
     
22 6
23 1
     
24 4
25 4
26 4
     
1996 1
     
2005 13+1
     
2006 13+1
     
2007 13+1
     
2008 13+1
     
2009 4