![]() ![]() ![]() I am afraid every big organisation comes in for a little ridicule from time to time, but we are a public service broadcasting organisation with great responsibilities, and if after very careful consideration we decide not to show a particular programme, you may rest assured that it is in the best interest of viewers in this country.”Ĭredit to both fans’ and the BBC’s patience, the latter again issued a statement in 1984 saying that: “We have no plans to show the banned episodes as we have stated several times before. Not to give up the ghost there, the fan petitioning continued and in August 1979, the BBC again expounded its position: “After very careful consideration a top level decision was made not to screen the episodes entitled Empath, Whom Gods Destroy, Plato’s Stepchildren and Miri, because they all dealt most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease.” The Star Trek Action Group, a fan newsletter, reprinted the BBC’s response in which they explained that: In June 1976, Star Trek fans launched a letter campaign petitioning the BBC to show the banned episodes. Due to word of mouth and comments from the producers and the stars themselves, knowledge of the omissions was widely shared amongst the fan community. Some episodes were shown at early conventions in Britain, but only after copies had been brought over from the U.S. ![]()
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