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Season 1
Four serials were commissioned with four parts each, for a total of sixteen episodes initially. Each episode was around 20 minutes in length. The programme was filmed in Empheri, but subtitled in the upcoming Exteras language. It would air every Saturday night. It followed the early anecdotes of a mysterious professor, James Wijs, and his young friends Elizabeth and John.

Season 2
Following the relative success of the first season, the HKBC commissioned a new season with twenty-four episodes. They also gave more creative freedom to the number of serials, but the team stuck with six, with four episodes for each serial. The same cast returned for the second season as before. After the season was near it's end, the HKBC commissioned two episodes to be created for the National Day celebrations in December 2453.

Season 3
After several meetings, the HKBC greenlight three new seasons of the show in February 2454. each season would have twenty episodes and would release at various points in the year, still on Saturdays. John leaves the main cast in the second serial, and was replaced by Stephen in the third serial. Two extra national day celebration episodes were commissioned once again.

Season 4
This is the second season of the three new seasons the HKBC commissioned in February 2454. Stephen left the cast in the final serial, the national day special.

Season 5
This is the third season of the three new seasons the HKBC commissioned in February 2454. This season introduced two new friends: Emmelie and Peter. This was the final season for the First Professor, and for Elizabeth who leaves in the third serial.

Season 6
Following the departure of the first professor, a new actor was chosen for the role. Emmelie and Peter continue in the cast. A further twenty episodes were commissioned initially after the three season production ended. It was decided to leave a gap for the majority of 2457, with the show returning in December for two bonus episodes. Another two bonus episodes were commissioned to air in December 2458.

Season 7
The second professor continued in the role for his second season, with Emmelie and Peter staying on. Twenty ordinary episodes were commissioned along with two episodes for the special.

Season 8
Thirty-two episodes were commissioned for the eighth season, the most ever. However, no extra episodes were commissioned for the national day, and thus two pre-existing episodes were converted into a special episode. Peter left the cast in the 6th serial.

Season 9
Thirty-two episodes were commissioned for the ninth season. It would be the Second Professor's final season, with him regenerating in the final serial. Emmelie would also leave in the final serial. Isabella, a new companion, would be introduced in the third serial. No national day special was commissioned.

Season 10
Thirty-two episodes were commissioned for the tenth season, which would introduce the Third Professor. Isabella continued in the cast with a new companion named Kingsley who was introduced in the second serial. Head-writer Emmelie-Louise Waters left the previous season and was replaced by Edmund Murray. The tenth anniversary occurred on 14 September 2462, and was celebrated by a one-minute outro ending on Part Four of "The Dictator" airing on 16 September 2462.

Season 11
Thirty-six episodes were commissioned for the eleventh season, as the second for the Third Professor. Isabella left the cast in the final serial, and William joined briefly between the second and final serial.

Season 12
This season was one of the shortest in the season's history, only being longer than the first season. Thirty-two episodes were commissioned, but only eighteen were released due to industrial action, pay disputes, etc, that resulted in all three remaining cast members: the Third Professor, Kingsley, and newcomer Amy (in the first serial), leaving the show in the final serial. Due to the previous season overlapping into 2464, the production took a long break and aired later than usual.

Season 13
After bad reviews, negative backlash, the shortened season, and fatigue from executive producers, no new season was commissioned for 2465 or 2466 to give the series 'a break'. Tom B. Atkinson, who played the Professor as his fourth regeneration in the second part of the final serial of season 12 petitioned for the series to return. The HKBC finally commissioned four new episodes, one serial, to air over June 2467. New companion Lucy was introduced. Following it's great success, HKBC commissioned a further eight episodes to air in 2467, and another eight to air in early 2468.

Season 14 - 20th Anniversary Specials
Following the previous season, the series was put on hold for a hold once again. It was officially cancelled in house in December 2469 but this was not revealed to the public. In 2472, for the 20th anniversary, two serials were commissioned of four parts each. They were released as the official final episodes of the series. Tom B. Atkinson and Lucy Hopkins returned. Emmelie-Louise Waters, a series founder, returned to write the final serial.