Hide and Jooo Seek?

Mugato: Spock's Brain?

Catspaw, obviously.

/why would they ban Spock's Brain?

Spock's Brain was awesome! From "His brain is gone!" to remote control Spock(click-click-click) to "Brain and brain, what is brain!" to super-genius McCoy, very entertaining episode. Turnabout Intruder had Shatner acting like a woman but Catspaw? They could have done literally anything with that idiotic premise but what did we get?

A giant cat and an Enterprise keychain.

Huh, I did not Nazi that one.

Wow, I actually love Spock's Brain, Catspaw, and all manner of mediocre Trek.

If only there was a term that could adequately describe such restrictions of artistic expression.

I'm surprised it wasn't the Tribbles episode.

The not-too-subtle subtext of infestation within an ordered and stable society by another race that breeds at alarming levels and only stick to their own kind and never integrating, leeching off others that it sees as lower life-form and living a miserly existence of coveting wealth isn't lost to the rest of the world.

Germany's censorship policies are beyond offensive. Certainly more offensive than imagery of Nazis (like you know, history).

Wait til the Germans find out the show's been cancelled! Won't that be a shocker!

Mugato: What about the one with the chick who was on a vendetta because Starfleet wouldn't let he have her own ship because women couldn't be captains? Real progressive future there, Roddenberry.

Sorry, but you can't blame Roddenberry (or Coon) for that. Back then the Standards and Practices offices of the networks ruled all programming with a pretty tight fist. Remember that in the pilot the second in command was a woman. The only time they were able to get away with a female captain was in the Enterprise Incident. Because she was one of those Godless Commies Romulans.

Star Trek tried very hard to be progressive. And, despite interference from the network, they succeeded many times.

Barakku: Germany's censorship policies are beyond offensive. Certainly more offensive than imagery of Nazis (like you know, history).

Shame makes you do strange things.

Mugato
What about the alien Nazis in Voyager, did they ban that?

No, "they" didn't ban it.
Patterns of Force wasn't really banned either.

GungFu: I'm surprised it wasn't the Tribbles episode.

The not-too-subtle subtext of infestation within an ordered and stable society by another race that breeds at alarming levels and only stick to their own kind and never integrating, leeching off others that it sees as lower life-form and living a miserly existence of coveting wealth isn't lost to the rest of the world.

I'M surprised it wasn't Plato's Stepchildren.

First we get a nazi pope, then Doom, now nazi Star Treck

What's next? Castle Wolfenstein? Medal of Honour?

/no wait, I'm not supposed to know about those games

Ed Grubermann
Shame makes you do strange things.

Things you know about Germany:
[x] Nothing

They really got issues with this nsdap thingy.

Barakku: Germany's censorship policies are beyond offensive. Certainly more offensive than imagery of Nazis (like you know, history).

THIS

I'd say they're also futile. No-one who's smart enough to create a new fascist regime is going to do it under the banner of the swastika, because it's a tainted brand. Remember ~30% of Germans voted for the Nazis, so lots of quite mainstream people have got to think you're going to make the country better.

Don't forget the Nazis in Enterprise.

I hate myself for being able to read SS ranks. Fatherland broke me.

Bathia_Mapes: WTF? Why are they referring to Spock as "Dr Spock"?

Because the Daily Fail must publish at least one glaring error or logical fallacy per article to maintain its name under British law.

Bathia_Mapes: WTF? Why are they referring to Spock as "Dr Spock"?


Unavailable for comment.

farkeruk
Barakku: Germany's censorship policies are beyond offensive. Certainly more offensive than imagery of Nazis (like you know, history).

THIS

I'd say they're also futile. No-one who's smart enough to create a new fascist regime is going to do it under the banner of the swastika,

Here it pays to know the actual law, because someone might actually have thought of that.

Had a walk-on role:

lbryant: Don't forget the Nazis in Enterprise.

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Is that Archer on a freaking hayride?

So glad I never watched more than the pilot of Enterprise.

Mugato

Actually it did have a blue eyed blonde member of a master race so maybe they let that one slide.

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Jerri Ryan's last name used to be Zimmerman. Just sayin'

The Naked Now?

Seems weird to censor something that's so overtly anti-Nazi.

FTFA: Ironically Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, and Spock, who is Leonard Nimoy, are both Jewish.

Somehow I doubt Kirk and Spock are both Jewish. The author really needs to proof read his work.

/New impossible trivia question: Who led the Jewish exodus to Vulcan?

NullReferenceException: FTFA: Ironically Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, and Spock, who is Leonard Nimoy, are both Jewish.

Somehow I doubt Kirk and Spock are both Jewish. The author really needs to proof read his work.

/New impossible trivia question: Who led the Jewish exodus to Vulcan?

Charleton Heston of course.

Mugato: What about the one with the chick who was on a vendetta because Starfleet wouldn't let he have her own ship because women couldn't be captains? Real progressive future there, Roddenberry.

Then again they gave Jayneway her own ship in Voyager and she immediately got lost so maybe they had a point.

That was right after she dented the ship, right?

Banned Star Trek episodes you say?



/can't believe I'm the first with this
//WELSHIEEEEEEE!
///SLASHIEEEEEES!

There's a slight difference between "banned / censored" and "simply not broadcast".

When "Raumschiff Enterprise" ("Star Trek" in German) was first aired, 39 years ago (not 43), the station only acquired the rights for 39 episodes, labelling the other episodes "tasteless" and "violent". This might have been disputable then and still seems ridiculous now, of course.

Later airings also left the episode out, for whatever reason, possibly tradition. Still: It wasn't officially banned.

Oh, and it was aired before in pay TV. And has been available on VHS since 1995.