Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1783865-20170216225656/@comment-82.3.146.201-20170217180644

They were produced as seasons, older programmes often were.

To answer why series 1 is not series 27 is for a couple of reasons.

A) Who watches Season 27 of a show that has been off air for years? People wouldn't watch it on the ground that they'd missed too much.

B) DVD sales, again no-one would by season 27 of a show, especially when the first 26 haven't been released properly.

C) Additionally I recall Russell T Davies saying that it couldn't be called season 27 for may legal reasons, though this hasn't stopped many reference guides putting Season 27 (Series 1) or just Season 27.

But I guess it's up to the viewer, it's probably a lot easier when compiling lists to just put Season 27... to avoid confusion.