2003 was a busy year for Doctor Who, the long-running British sci-fi television landmark. With the show dormant for fifteen years and the show’s 40th anniversary approaching, various arms of the BBC started up several projects to capitalize on the latent interest. Among the projects planned were a full animated feature to continue the series and a new remix soundtrack called Resistance is Futile. The BBC opened up its vast Doctor Who sound library to a number of artists for the purposes of remixing and reinterpretation, and the full album was to appear in early 2004 to commemorate the show’s 40th anniversary.

But something odd happened in late 2003 that would invalidate the animated feature’s official status and wipe out the compilation album entirely: the announcement of a new Doctor Who series, which started in 2005 and continues to this day. Resistance is Futile was announced around the same time, but for reasons unknown the project was canned at the last minute, leaving naught but a three-track sampler handed out at Panopticon 2003, a major UK-based Doctor Who convention. Saint Etienne’s contribution was one of the only tracks to see the light of day.