40 (number)

40 was a number.

The Trojan Horse was about forty feet tall. (TV: The Myth Makers)

Forty minutes was equivalent to one rev. (AUDIO: The Game)

Arcturus was 40 light-years from Earth. (PROSE: Only a Matter of Time)

Jim Hardwicke's anti-aging drug placed its subjects in a death-like state of unconsciousness for forty years, after which they would wake up fully re-energised. (PROSE: The Living Death)

From his appearance, Jackie Tyler suggested that the Ninth Doctor was 40 or 45 years old. (TV: Aliens of London)

Forty years prior to 2005, the Ninth Doctor was the best man at the wedding of Dave Tonbridge's parents. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Chronon, (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log, 14683 UNIT Field Log, 14684 UNIT Field Log) or cronon (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log) and artron energy readings during the recording of UNIT field logs included 17%, (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log) 18%, 19%, (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log, 14682 UNIT Field Log) 20%, 21%, 22%, 23%, 24%, 25%, 26%, 27%, 28%, 29%, 30%, 31%, 32%, 33%, 34%, 35%, 36%, 37%, 38%, 39%, 40%, 41%, 42%, 43%, 44%, 45%, 46%, 47%, 48%, 49%, 50%, 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%, 55%, 56%, 57%, 58%, 59%, 60%, 61%, 62%, 63%, 64%, 65%, 66%, 67%, 68%, 69%, 70%, 71%, 72%, 73%, 74%, 75%, 76%, 77%, 78%, (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log) 79%, 80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log, 14684 UNIT Field Log) 90%, (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log, 14683 UNIT Field Log) 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 100%, 101%, 102%, 103%, 104%, 105%, 106%, and, in the case of Chronon energy, 107%. (WC: 14683 UNIT Field Log)

Behind the scenes
According to The Last Dalek, a video game based on the events of the television story Dalek, Henry van Statten was 40 years old in 2012.