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fiat_knoxThis came from The Atlanta Journal, Wed. July 18, 1984:
BBC drops Star Trek episodes as "unsuitable" for children
The Associated Press
LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. will not televise four Star Trek episodes because they are unsuitable for children, a BBC spokeswoman said Monday.
The episodes are not suitable to be shown on early evening television when children are watching, said Ann Rosenberg, the network's publicity officer.
She said the BBC received complaints after one of the four shows, "Miri," was broadcast. In the program, the crew of the starship Enterprise saves the surviving inhabitants of a planet - all children - where everyone dies upon reaching puberty.
The other three episodes are: "The Empath," in which Capt. James T. Kirk and his top officers are tortured by aliens to test the psychic healing powers of a young mute woman; "Whom Gods Destroy," in which inmates escape from an intergalactic asylum and try to destroy the universe; and "Plato's Stepchildren," in which the Enterprise crew is captured by aliens who have special psychic powers.
The remaining 73 Star Trek episodes are being shown weekly by the BBC.
The American-made series was first broadcast in the 1960s in the United States and gained a cult following. It is widely seen in syndication in the United States, and three feature films based on the series have been made.
This, too, was part of Star Trek's history - an infamous part.
Fortunately, the BBC eventually saw the wisdom of showing those four episodes and relented after scrutinising the episodes and discovering that the original complainers hadn't a bloody clue and ought to have got a life.
In point of fact, the BBC showed "Miri" only this last Saturday afternoon, at around 13:00, and didn't bat an eyelid. They probably didn't even know the episode they'd shown had even been banned at all.
BBC drops Star Trek episodes as "unsuitable" for children
The Associated Press
LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. will not televise four Star Trek episodes because they are unsuitable for children, a BBC spokeswoman said Monday.
The episodes are not suitable to be shown on early evening television when children are watching, said Ann Rosenberg, the network's publicity officer.
She said the BBC received complaints after one of the four shows, "Miri," was broadcast. In the program, the crew of the starship Enterprise saves the surviving inhabitants of a planet - all children - where everyone dies upon reaching puberty.
The other three episodes are: "The Empath," in which Capt. James T. Kirk and his top officers are tortured by aliens to test the psychic healing powers of a young mute woman; "Whom Gods Destroy," in which inmates escape from an intergalactic asylum and try to destroy the universe; and "Plato's Stepchildren," in which the Enterprise crew is captured by aliens who have special psychic powers.
The remaining 73 Star Trek episodes are being shown weekly by the BBC.
The American-made series was first broadcast in the 1960s in the United States and gained a cult following. It is widely seen in syndication in the United States, and three feature films based on the series have been made.
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This, too, was part of Star Trek's history - an infamous part.
Fortunately, the BBC eventually saw the wisdom of showing those four episodes and relented after scrutinising the episodes and discovering that the original complainers hadn't a bloody clue and ought to have got a life.
In point of fact, the BBC showed "Miri" only this last Saturday afternoon, at around 13:00, and didn't bat an eyelid. They probably didn't even know the episode they'd shown had even been banned at all.
