godwin@uci-icse (06/25/85)
From: Dave Godwin <godwin@uci-icse> I don't believe that the ban is still in effect. I do not recall all of the banned episodes specifically, but do recall exactly that the episode 'Bread and Circuses', the episode where the Enterprise crew runs into (sic) a very Earth type planet with a version of the Roman Empire. Except that this is prox 20th century Earth, and Rome never fell. The episode was banned because the culture on this planet had parallels to both the Romans, and to an underground christian culture based upon it's own Christ figure. The powers that be stepped on the episode, apparently because Earth is the only planet in the cosmos God is looking out for. Dave
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (06/25/85)
> From: Dave Godwin <godwin@uci-icse> > > > I don't believe that the ban is still in effect. I do not recall > all of the banned episodes specifically, but do recall exactly that the > episode 'Bread and Circuses', ... > was banned because the culture on this planet had parallels to > both the Romans, and to an underground christian culture based upon it's > own Christ figure. > The powers that be stepped on the episode, apparently because > Earth is the only planet in the cosmos God is looking out for. > No, the ban isn't still in effect. (or at least enforcement is very lax. :-) I saw "Bread and Circuses" on Austin's ABC affiliate just last week. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett