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There is no answer to your original question Mewiet.

We've never defined a length of time before premiere that a series page can be created — though common sense would dictate that we have to wait for at least the commissioning announcement. It would have been premature to create Series 9 (Doctor Who) in 2008, for instance.

I wouldn't use Torchwood or SJA as precedents. We had to work out a nomenclature for distinguishing the narrative Torchwood from the series Torchwood. And the name of The Sarah Jane Adventures was in flux almost up to time of broadcast. (You may remember that there was early press it was to be called Sarah Jane Investigates.)

Also, we weren't really sure back then how to handle naming the pages for another reason. We'd never had two "series 1"s to deal with. Series 1 meant, indivisibly, the Eccleston season until SJA/Torchwood rocked up. So it took us a little bit of time to figure out a rational naming system.

But the truth is, none of it was or is that big a deal. Back in those early days of the wiki, no one paid all that much attention to the series pages, anyway. Even today, they're not really the draw in terms of number of visitors.

So I wouldn't worry too much about the fact that some of the series pages were started after premiere and some not.

So it's nothing to sweat about. The answer's pretty simple: there's no reason why a Class (Series 1) page couldn't be started right now, so long as the appropriate spoiler tags are added.

Please consult T:SPOIL for details about how to create a page abut a future series.