Despite being on the lookout for two violent felons who were known to use firearms during their crimes, only two of the FBI vehicles contained shotguns ( in addition to Mireles, McNeill had a shotgun in his car, but was unable to reach it before the shootout began ), and none of the agents were armed with rifles.

Despite changes in the prop, the TARDIS has become the show's most consistently recognisable visual element.

Despite the show's recognition of Kelley as one of its stars he was frustrated by the greater attention that Shatner received as its lead actor, and Nimoy received because of " Spockamania " among fans.

Despite critical acclaim NBC changed the show's time slot 11 times.

Despite the show's minuscule budget, Countdowns original director Paul Drane was able to create several memorable music videos especially for the show, including the classic film-clips for the AC / DC hits " It's A Long Way To The Top " and " Jailbreak ".

Despite " ambushing " Rukeyser, the show's trend of losing viewers continued as the show floundered on without Rukeyser's trusted presence and was terminated in early 2005.

Despite the conflict, the show was picked up for the 1969-70 season on March 14, seemingly ending the debate over the show's status.

Despite this record though, Merton is one of only three people to have played all three roles of the show's format at various points: he is usually captain of his team, but along with being the first post-Deayton presenter ( series 24, episode 3 ), he has also been a guest on Hislop's team ( in series 11, episode 1 ).

Despite protests of many of the show's fans, CBS refused to budge on the new timeslot.

Despite the show's steady decline, ABC agreed to a fourth season of Mork & Mindy, but executives wanted changes.

Despite the show's success, Roberts departed the series following the 1964 – 65 season ( after 202 episodes ) and returned to theater.

Despite the conflict, the show was picked up for the 1969-70 season on March 14, seemingly ending the debate over the show's status.

Despite introducing a large number of new regular characters, the show's second season brought in only two new actors.

Despite the show's terrestrial cancellation, new online episodes are expected to be produced for the foreseeable future.

Despite the new tube station opening sequence, the occasionally seen exterior shots of the show's locales along with brief glimpses of Sadie's home and the frequently visited Charnham Common suggested that Charnham was a modern, green and spacious small town.

Despite claims by the show's creators that SpongeBob is " somewhat asexual ", several annuals state that SpongeBob holds romantic feelings for Sandy, which could be shown in examples where SpongeBob brings Sandy flowers on occasion.

Despite the show's considerable success ( Horne still holds the record for the longest-running solo performance in Broadway history ), she did not capitalize on the renewed interest in her career by undertaking many new musical projects.

Despite the show's relative failure, fans of the former UK Play spoof interviews show Rock Profile, often recall the creators and future stars of Little Britain, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's, appearance on the show as Danny and Noel from Hear ' Say, in which they constantly sang " Monday, Monday " after Theakston asked them a question.

Despite appearing in the show's opening sequence, Coconuts appears less often than Scratch and Grounder.

Despite the show's title, Brown expanded its scope beyond mysteries to include horror, science fiction, historical drama, westerns and comedy, along with seasonal dramas at Christmas: A Christmas Carol, starring host Marshall as Scrooge, aired every Christmas Eve except 1974 and 1982.

Despite only announcing for six episodes ( the least of the four ), on February 17, 1986 Roddy was announced as the show's regular announcer.

Despite this, most characters continued to call him Kramer for the remainder of the show's run ( although many minor characters did refer to him as " Cosmo ").

Despite this statement being a radical change from his previous claims that he was not willing to return to the series, it is unknown if Eccleston was hinting at the possibility of reprising his role for the show's 50th anniversary in 2013.

Despite high production values, the show's ratings faced an abrupt decline near the end of the season ( in part because of the success of Saban's acquisition of Digimon ), which led fans to believe that the studio wrapped up the series earlier than planned in order to cover their costs.

Despite its run during the Vietnam War, a time of " profound disillusionment with war and the military ," Gomer Pyle remained popular because it avoided war-related themes and instead focused on the show's rural roots and the relationship between Pyle and Sgt.

Despite an ambiguity due to its failure clearly to define `` relative costs '', the above exposition of fully distributed costing goes about as far as one can go toward expressing the basic philosophy of the practice.

Despite the Byzantines spending vast sums on the project, " a total replacement was far beyond available resources.

Despite this show of force, far more free-soilers than pro-slavery settlers migrated to Kansas.

Despite this reverse, under Ezana and Kaleb the kingdom was at its height, benefiting from a large trade, which extended as far as India and Ceylon, and were in constant communication with the Byzantine Empire.

Despite a number of invitations, the Court has so far refused to apply the protections of this article to same-sex marriage.

Despite efforts to restore ( or at least improve ) the popularity of the Conservative party, Labour remained far ahead in the opinion polls as the 1997 election loomed, despite the economic boom that had followed the exit from recession four years earlier, and the swift fall in unemployment.

Despite accusations that midwives were " incompetent and ignorant ", some argued that poorly trained surgeons were far more of a danger to pregnant women.

Despite Qatar's coming under British " protection ," Abdullah bin Jassim was far from secure: recalcitrant tribes refused to pay tribute ; disgruntled family members intrigued against him ; and he felt vulnerable to the designs of Bahrain, not to mention the Wahhabis.

Despite its short lifetime, some radon gas from natural sources can accumulate to far higher than normal concentrations in buildings, especially in confined areas such as attics and basements.

Despite early success, they pursued the Muslims far enough to become scattered and Saladin took advantage by rallying his troops and charged at the Crusaders.

Despite friction between the African National Congress and Biko throughout the 1970s the ANC has included Biko in the pantheon of struggle heroes, going as far as using his image for campaign posters in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.

Despite the issuing of new currency and administrative reforms, Stephen might potentially have lived for many more years, whilst Henry's position on the continent was far from secure.

Despite the ongoing merger, it was a commonly-held view that the NFL was a far superior league.

Despite the work of the 1400 strong Iraq Survey Group in post-war Iraq, no evidence of actual WMD capability has so far been uncovered ; according to its final report in September 2004.

Despite being called Centrum, the district is lying far southeast of the geographical center.

Despite being less planted, the Blanc de Blancs style of Champagne ( made from only Chardonnay grapes ) is far more commonly produced than Blanc de Noirs.

Despite it being much shorter than Behind Enemy Lines, it is a much more difficult game containing levels on a far greater scale to the extent of being comparable to those that were to be seen in Commandos 2.

Despite the divorce story, Ní Mháille and Bourke appear as mentioned as husband and wife in English documents of the period, so appeared to remain married, at least allied, as far as the English were concerned.

Despite all of these incentives to economic growth and prosperity, the population of Florence at the dawn of the 17th century was a mere 75, 000, far smaller than the other capitals of Italy: Rome, Milan, Venice, Palermo and Naples.

Despite its size, the equivalent of five city blocks long with a three story high conning tower, it has so far remained undetected.

Despite its name, Little Domesday was actually larger as it is far more detailed, down to numbers of livestock.

Despite the consensus among most specialists in Southeast archeology and anthropology, some scholars contend that ancestors of the Cherokee people lived in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee for a far longer period of time.

Despite intensive research and many promising leads, an explanation has so far eluded scientists.

Despite his authoritarian methods, Balaguer had far less power than Trujillo, and his rule was much milder.

Despite harsh conditions, the region has supported large populations as far back as 8, 000 BCE.