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'''Resistance is Useless''' (aka '''A Doctor Who Retrospective''') was a 30 minute documentary made by the BBC's '''Late Show'''.
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[[File:1991-12-21 Radio Times.jpg|thumb|right|250px|<center>Radio Times</center>]]'''Resistance is Useless''' (aka '''A Doctor Who Retrospective''') was a 30 minute documentary made by the BBC's '''Late Show'''.
  
 
It aired on BBC2 on Friday, '''3 January 1992''' at 6:50pm, as an introduction to a series of [[Airdates in the UK (BBC repeats)|repeats]] (one story for each of the seven Doctors) playing on the channel from '''3 January 1992''' to '''14 May 1993'''.  (It was followed by the repeat of [[The Time Meddler]] part 1.)
 
It aired on BBC2 on Friday, '''3 January 1992''' at 6:50pm, as an introduction to a series of [[Airdates in the UK (BBC repeats)|repeats]] (one story for each of the seven Doctors) playing on the channel from '''3 January 1992''' to '''14 May 1993'''.  (It was followed by the repeat of [[The Time Meddler]] part 1.)
[[File:Resistance.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Listing for the documentary in Florida Today, August 1992; note the incorrect synopsis]]
 
It was hosted by the Brummie-accented faceless "Anorak" (voiced by Steve Steen), and featured lots of clips, including rare silent footage from [[The Daleks' Master Plan]] that was discovered during the research phase of the production. 
 
  
The short  aired on several PBS stations in the [[United States]] (such as on [[KUED]], on '''22 August 1992'''; [[KTEH]], '''26 August 1992'''; [[WKPC]], '''1 September 1992'''; [[Maryland Public Television]] on '''5 December 1992'''; [[Iowa Public Television]], '''7 May 1993'''; [[WQEX]], on '''29 October 2000''', plus ''many many'' others in the 1990s and 2000s).  
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It was hosted by the Brummie-accented faceless "Anorak" (voiced by Steve Steen), and featured lots of clips, including rare silent footage from [[The Daleks' Master Plan]] part 1 that was discovered by the Late Show team during the research phase of the production.
  
Some of the US newspapers incorrectly described it as being an interview with Dalek creator Terry Nation, who did not even appear!
 
  
It also aired in [[New Zealand]], on '''26 December 1993'''.
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==Foreign transmissions==
  
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*The short aired on several PBS stations in the [[United States]] (such as on [[KUED]] and [[KSPS]], on '''22 August 1992'''; [[KTEH]], '''26 August 1992'''; [[WKPC]], '''1 September 1992'''; [[Maryland Public Television]] on '''5 December 1992'''; [[Iowa Public Television]], '''7 May 1993'''; [[WQEX]], on '''29 October 2000''', plus ''many many'' others in the 1990s and 2000s).
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*Lionheart also sold it in a "two story" package with the recently-returned [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]].
  
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*Some of the US newspapers incorrectly described it as being an interview with Dalek creator Terry Nation, who did not even appear! (This error comes from a misreading of Lionheart's promotional material for the half-hour special which does refer to Nation in passing in the blurb text.)
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*It also aired in [[New Zealand]], on TV2, Sunday, '''26 December 1993''', at 11.35am.
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*The Scandinavian [[Cable and Satellite]] station [[TV4 Science Fiction]] aired it several times between '''2009''' and '''2012'''.
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|[[File:Resistance.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Listing for the documentary in Florida Today, August 1992; note the incorrect synopsis]]
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==External links==
 
*[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8aba7d08d018440481277938564d8327 BBC Genome entry]
 
*[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8aba7d08d018440481277938564d8327 BBC Genome entry]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328791/ IMDB entry]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328791/ IMDb entry]
 
 
 
[[Category:Documentaries and specials]]
 
[[Category:Documentaries and specials]]

Revision as of 02:16, 11 July 2020

Radio Times

Resistance is Useless (aka A Doctor Who Retrospective) was a 30 minute documentary made by the BBC's Late Show.

It aired on BBC2 on Friday, 3 January 1992 at 6:50pm, as an introduction to a series of repeats (one story for each of the seven Doctors) playing on the channel from 3 January 1992 to 14 May 1993. (It was followed by the repeat of The Time Meddler part 1.)

It was hosted by the Brummie-accented faceless "Anorak" (voiced by Steve Steen), and featured lots of clips, including rare silent footage from The Daleks' Master Plan part 1 that was discovered by the Late Show team during the research phase of the production.


Foreign transmissions

United States from 1992
New Zealand Dec 93
TV4 SF Mar 09
  • Some of the US newspapers incorrectly described it as being an interview with Dalek creator Terry Nation, who did not even appear! (This error comes from a misreading of Lionheart's promotional material for the half-hour special which does refer to Nation in passing in the blurb text.)
Listing for the documentary in Florida Today, August 1992; note the incorrect synopsis



BBC2 Trailer


External links