The DWAD's were originally formed in 1982, though some dates list it as 1981, and they are still producing to this date. In 2011, The Doctor Who Audio Dramas began its 30th continuous year of programming. This makes the DWADs the world's longest running, continuous production of Doctor Who, beating out the BBC's 26 years which ended in 1989. (Some would argue that the continuous run by the BBC actually ended in 1985 when the show went on hiatus for 18 months during the Colin Baker run.) In October 2010, the DWADs claimed 70,000 episode downloads per month.