so anyways, long story short, i want to resume my viewing when the show starts all over again - when all 1300 or so episodes have been played and they start again from the very beginning. any idea when this might be?
Well, there hasn't been any official word that DS will start up again after the current run is finished. However, if they do, it should be sometime next January. We can't be any more specific than that because we still don't know how often DS might be pre-empted in November and December.
If you check back in December I'm sure we'll have a much better idea.