Robot of Sherwood censored

[Lonemagpie]

Between the murders of two journalists by IS, and the murder in London of an 82 year old woman by a psycho, the BBC have taken a chopper to this week's episode.

http://scifibulletin.com/2014/09/04/bbc-edit-beheading-scene-from-doctor-who/

So, the leaked download version it is for me, then.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

is this just the broadcast on saturday or any future release on itunes, bluray etc, too?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

I'm sure a restored version will be on the DVD set, and probably on future broadcast versions too. Heck, who knows if the various international versions will be edited or not?

Mark

 

[Lonemagpie]

I'm sure a restored version will be on the DVD set, and probably on future broadcast versions too. Heck, who knows if the various international versions will be edited or not?

Mark

It'll be the censored version in Canada - dunno about BBCA or Australia yet.

Or what they'll do on the DVD/BR

 

[diankra]

It probably is sensible of the BBC to do this; there is a horrible possibility that ISIS is planning to murder the British hostage during the British-hosted NATO summit that just began in Cardiff, so there's a nasty possibility that news of that will break just before or after this episode goes out. Usually I'm against kneejerk censorship, but in this case...

 

[Starkers]

It probably is sensible of the BBC to do this; there is a horrible possibility that ISIS is planning to murder the British hostage during the British-hosted NATO summit that just began in Cardiff, so there's a nasty possibility that news of that will break just before or after this episode goes out. Usually I'm against kneejerk censorship, but in this case...

Yeah I would tend to agree. I've seen some bad knee jerk censorship though. I still remember after Hungerford ITV I think pulled a revenge western and then showed Firefox instead...Firefox which shows various scientists being gunned down by Kalashnikovs...

 

[Lonemagpie]

For the transmission it's doubtless unavoidable - but I want some reassurance that the DVD/BR set in November will be uncut...

 

[JRoss]

^LOL, I want my beheadings!

 

[Lonemagpie]

^LOL, I want my beheadings!

Somehow I doubt it'll work out that way in Dr Who... Especially with robots.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I would hope anyone who has been personally affected by the situation in the Middle East would understand that what airs in Doctor Who isn't making light of their situation (or, frankly, referencing it in any way). In addition, I'd venture to guess that any beheadings would be committed by the bad guys (and they likely wouldn't succeed). Given that, this strikes me as absurdly reactionary. I hope it doesn't impact the clarity or flow of the episode.

 

[Lonemagpie]

There's no way anybody would be bothered by what happens in the episode, going by the script (which I've looked up just because of the censorship).

Depending on how much of the scene they've cut, it'll totally fuck up a major plot revelation of the episode too.

 

[diankra]

It probably is sensible of the BBC to do this; there is a horrible possibility that ISIS is planning to murder the British hostage during the British-hosted NATO summit that just began in Cardiff, so there's a nasty possibility that news of that will break just before or after this episode goes out. Usually I'm against kneejerk censorship, but in this case...

Yeah I would tend to agree. I've seen some bad knee jerk censorship though. I still remember after Hungerford ITV I think pulled a revenge western and then showed Firefox instead...Firefox which shows various scientists being gunned down by Kalashnikovs...

Even worse than that: I was working in TV listings at the time and ended up doing overtime to put through the schedule changes on the day of the Dunblane massacre, one of which was...
The BBC pulled a film because of its title (I always remember it as being the Bond film Licence to Kill, but it must have been something in the style as Bond would have been on ITV) and replaced it in part with an episode of the sitcom Waiting for God... in which Graham Crowden's character said to Stephanie Cole's "Haven't you got something better to do, Diana? What about machine-gunning children? You always enjoy that."
The perils of rushed schedule changes.

 

[Candlelight]

Has this episode has it's name changed? The original leaked script was Robots of Sherwood.

 

[Samurai8472]

I understand the reason behind the cutting of the scene but first the hair pulling controversy and now this?

BTW for those that don't know about the hair pulling thing




http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/90730449.html

 

[Mr Awe]

Seems like a knee jerk reaction. I'm sure the light hearted story is nothing like the real world.

Mr Awe

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I'll have to come back after it airs and ask what changed. Unless America gets really lucky and we get the uncensored version, but that seems unlikely.

 

[Relayer1]

It probably is sensible of the BBC to do this; there is a horrible possibility that ISIS is planning to murder the British hostage during the British-hosted NATO summit that just began in Cardiff, so there's a nasty possibility that news of that will break just before or after this episode goes out. Usually I'm against kneejerk censorship, but in this case...

I'm still against kneejerk censorship.

 

[JRoss]

Yeah, but can we fans just be happy that we're getting an episode of Doctor Who? Does every act of "censorship" have to be a travesty? What are we, a bunch of Harlan Ellison clones?

 

[Alidar Jarok]

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."

 

[Nightowl1701]

I'd say we're already several links into that chain.