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'''Resistance is Useless''' (aka '''A Doctor Who Retrospective''') was a 30 minute documentary made by the BBC. 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 a repeat of [[The Time Meddler]].)
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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'''.
[[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", 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 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.)
  
Some of the US newspapers incorrectly described it as being an interview with Dalek creator Terry Nation, who did not even appear!
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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. 
  
It also aired in [[New Zealand]], on '''26 December 1993''', also followed by the special repeat of [[The Time Meddler]].
 
  
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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]]. [[NJN]] aired both back-to-back on '''2 January 1993'''.
  
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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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==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]]

Latest revision as of 19:49, 13 October 2023

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