Chinese Chop for Dr. Who
- Publication: The Sunday Mirror
- Date: 1980-11-09
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- Page: 11
- Language: English
DR. WHO has been banned by a TV network because Chinese viewers claimed that the series portrayed them as "pig-tailed coolies".
Six episodes of the Doctor's adventures starring Tom Baker and called The Talons of Weng Chan have been rejected.
The network in Ontario, Canada, asked a panel of Chinese immigrants to preview the films and give their views.
They reported: "They are dangerous, offensive and show a racist stereotyping of people of Chinese origin."
Don Thomson, a senior TV Ontario official said: "It is censorship but in a good cause." He said the programme drew a large and impressionable juvenile audience.
Giles Neel, the BBC's representative in Canada, said in Toronto: "We are sorry it might be felt that it was offensive to a section of the community. This was not our intention."
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- APA 6th ed.: (1980-11-09). Chinese Chop for Dr. Who. The Sunday Mirror p. 11.
- MLA 7th ed.: "Chinese Chop for Dr. Who." The Sunday Mirror [add city] 1980-11-09, 11. Print.
- Chicago 15th ed.: "Chinese Chop for Dr. Who." The Sunday Mirror, edition, sec., 1980-11-09
- Turabian: "Chinese Chop for Dr. Who." The Sunday Mirror, 1980-11-09, section, 11 edition.
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