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* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' has heavy continuity, and has updated nearly daily since 2002. Over 2700 pages.

* ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]'' is just about to hit its seventh year of publication, with updates at about six times a week. Over 2650 comics.

* ''[[Something Positive]]'' currently has over 2,650 strips.

* ''[[Something*Positive]]'' currently has over 2,650 strips.

* ''[[Phil Likes Tacos]]''—started in 2002, hasn't missed a day since 2005. Now over 3600 strips. [http://www.fulltimeink.com/plt Good Luck!]

* ''[[Achewood]]''. Debuting in October 2001 and featuring at least three new strips a week with relative frequency, as of June 2009 there are over 2,500 strips.

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** In 1999, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' introduced a feature called "The Time Team", in which a group of fans would watch the whole of ''Doctor Who'', in order, from the start. At a rate of one or two serials per month (or longer if there's no room for the feature in that issue), they wrapped up the classic series in December 2009 and then took a break before starting on the new series. Assuming one story per issue, it would take them around fifteen to twenty years to catch up.

** [http://doctorwhosurvival.blogspot.com This blog], "Survival", details one New Zealander's attempt to watch all 700-odd episodes in ''four months'' due to extenuating circumstances. It makes for quite a read while it lasts, although the commentary peters out early in the Fourth Doctor's career. {{spoiler|[http://doctorwhosurvival.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html He makes it].}}

** And then there's the [[Expanded Universe]]. To look upon the full extent of the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] is akin to [[Go Mad ~~From~~ the Revelation|looking into the Untempered Schism]].

** And then there's the [[Expanded Universe]]. To look upon the full extent of the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] is akin to [[Go Mad from the Revelation|looking into the Untempered Schism]].

** One of the shows done on [[Mark Does Stuff]] was ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and Mark was understandably a bit daunted by it all. He started with New-Who, with a Classic Serial at the end of each season. Starting in December 2010, it took him about four months to catch up, and then he reviewed new episodes as he aired. After that much concentrated fandom, he became somewhat obsessed.

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' went through ''nearly 200'' movies of varying quality. For the most part, if the feature presentation wasn't long enough to fill the show's two-hour slot (about one and a half hours when ads are cut), they'd pad it out with shorter clips as well. To wit: if one wished to experience all the (available) episodes of this show, not including special features, it would take about 300 mind-numbing hours. ''That is more than 12 whole, uninterrupted days.''

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== Tabletop Games ==

* [[Magic: The Gathering]] has over 10,000 cards spread over more than 50 sets, some of which cost [[Crack is Cheaper|several hundred dollars]]. It's been going since 1993.

* [[Warhammer ~~40000~~]] with its five editions, numerous sourcebooks, and many, many spinoffs... [[Need a Better Description]].

* [[Warhammer 40,000]] with its five editions, numerous sourcebooks, and many, many spinoffs... [[Need a Better Description]].

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* ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' has been updated continuously since 1991, and is currently over 20 megabytes long. And it's still going.

* ''[[Forward]]'' is a ''[[Firefly]]'' fic that is nearly seventy chapters long as of this edit. It gets even more daunting when one looks at the sheer wordcount; the story is edging toward half a million words now, and is still ongoing. And almost all of the story is relevant, as every "episode" is interconnected.

* ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~ Methods of Rationality]]'' is a fanfic that's now 84 chapters long and still going at the time of this edit.

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'' is a fanfic that's now 84 chapters long and still going at the time of this edit.

* [http://whydoyouneedtoknow.fanficauthors.net/Harry_Potter The Dangerverse], a ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' [[Alternate Universe]] fic, currently clocks in at nearly 1,300,000 words, one chapter into the final book. With AUs,<ref>250,000+ words</ref> crossovers,<ref>425,000+ words</ref> oneshots,<ref>35,000+ words</ref> songfics and more,<ref>250000+ words</ref> the total word count is over ''two million'' words.

* ''[[Fallout Equestria]]'' consists of 45 chapters plus an intro, prologue, epilogue, and afterword, totaling 603,395 words.

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** Thankfully, though, there are many parts you can gloss over if you just want to focus on one storyline. Heck, there are some storylines you can get into part way through without too much problems.

** However, while many parts can function independently of each other there are still hundreds of thousands of stories to look at. And with the world's nations becoming increasingly more dependent on each other, glossing over parts can remove some much needed clarifiers.

*** And while the [[Crisis Crossover]] [[World War ~~One~~]] and its sequel [[World War 2]] can be read on their own, to really get the full story you need to read all of the tie-ins. And then of course there's the next sequel, [[Cold War]], not to mention all the Spin-Offs... and how they all come back to play some sort of role in the epic [[Series Fauxnale]] [[The War on Terror]].

*** And while the [[Crisis Crossover]] [[World War I]] and its sequel [[World War 2]] can be read on their own, to really get the full story you need to read all of the tie-ins. And then of course there's the next sequel, [[Cold War]], not to mention all the Spin-Offs... and how they all come back to play some sort of role in the epic [[Series Fauxnale]] [[The War on Terror]].

* Of course, human history is nothing compared to the history of the ''universe''. 13,700,000,000 years, and still going strong.

** YMMV. [[Fanon Discontinuity|Some fans have decided]] that the universe started only a few thousand years ago.

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