The original series had an unforgettable episode banned in the United Kingdom for decades

In the “Star Trek” episode “Plato’s Children” (November 22, 1968), Captain Kerk (William Shatner), Spok (Leonard Nimoy), and Dr. McCoy (Deforest Kelley). They did not find any distress, but a kind of very strong fun doctrine wearing classic Greek clothes. They drink wine, a hall of sofas, and call themselves the heroes. They also have empty empty forces that allow them to manipulate others in their will. Over the years, the authority has gone to their heads, and they are now working without morals, and they do everything they like, believing that they are like the philosopher Plato’s kings wrote about him in the “Republic”.

Kirk, Spock and MCCOY will be immediately enslaved by Plantonians, especially their leader, an arrogant hole called Parmen (Liam Sullivan). For their entertainment, the Patonians will force the Foundation’s crew to act against its will. They force Kirk to act like a horse. They force Spook to experience feelings, and a serious violation of it. In the most famous scene in the episode, Platonians Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) is kidnapped from the institution and forced it and Kirk to kiss, something that neither of them wants.

For many years, a rumor has benefited from the ban on “Plato’s children” in the southern states of the United States due to the laws of this field and the history of racism in that region. It was definitely uncommon that a black woman and a white man were seen kissing on the prevailing American television. However, it turned out that the racist embargo was not like this. NBC is concerned that “Star Trek” will receive angry messages from the southern viewers on the qiblah, but they have never done so. In fact, the public public did not enact any real violent reaction.

Rumors about that He is It is true: “Plato’s children of Plato’s children” in the United Kingdom have been banned for many years, not because of anything racist enthusiastic, but, because all the torture and the sadism in the episode was terrible.

For repetition: The kiss between William Shatner and Nickel Nichols was not controversial as historical rumors may be secured. This is repeated because it was repeated between Trekkies for years, and we all believe that “Plato’s children” were banned in the depths of the south for racist reasons. Rumors of a racist ban were compatible with widespread rumors that the Catner/Nichols kiss was the first kiss between races between a black person and a white person on TV screens. This is not true either. There are many preceding cases of kisses between races, especially the production of “Onthello” in 1955 on British TV, which includes a kiss between Rosemary Harris and Gordon Heath. “Plato’s children” is – and this is a record he claims publicly – the first time that a black woman and a white man have accepted each other on American television.

In England, Plato’s children were targeted for censorship for completely different reasons. A large amount of this episode includes the use of Platonians with their psychological power to force people to humiliate themselves against their will. They cried in embarrassment while laughing at their kidnappers of spices in sadistic bliss. This, apparently, was more disturbing than anything that the racist scenes might care about.

In fact, the BBC refused to broadcast several episodes of “Star Trek” in the first -term because it was frightening or very harsh. “Star Trek” first began broadcasting in England in 1970, and the BBC controlled multiple episodes of the series to protect sensitive viewers. We must stop stopping to point out that the BBC classifies “Star Trek” as a children’s program, so they were more powerful about showing more than other programs that are more directed towards adults. /The film was previously written on The “sympathy” episode (December 6, 1968), which was banned in the United Kingdom for similar reasons. The British Broadcasting Corporation was also banned “Miri” episodes And “who destroys the gods.”

“Who destroys the gods”It was banned in the United Kingdom not to photograph torture, but because IPhone Craig performs a nudity -like dance that the British censorship found is very exciting. “Miri” has pictures of cruelty, but the BBC also hated her annoying pictures of a fatal -like murderous disease. according to An article in the deepened denThe ban on these episodes was still in effect in 1979, even after the BBC review. In 1984, the BBC is still not joking, saying:

“You will appreciate that the account should be taken from” a great and enthusiastic follower of Star Trek, many events, regardless of the time of the day when the series is placed in the program schedules. Another look at the recent correspondence has been given, but I am afraid that it was impossible to review the opinion not to show these episodes. ”

The “Star Trek” origin is naturally opposed to the constant ban, noting that it has deliberately written these rings, because the pain is part of adults. He also knew that adult fans had an interest in sex and violence, and he wanted to be able to see the show as he intended. The clash seemed to be created from the fact that the BBC has always seen “Star Trek” as a series of children when it was never intended this way.

The banned episodes of the recently released to the British public were broadcast when “Star Trek: The Next Generation” appeared and began to spread throughout Europe in the early 1990s. But then, the BBC felt that all “Star Trek” deserved to be in rotation, and finally allowed offensive rings to get out of a cellar.