http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Chinese_Chop_for_Dr._Who 2026-05-05T09:39:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.33.0 http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Chinese_Chop_for_Dr._Who&diff=30959&oldid=prev 2022-04-14T13:04:47Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{article | publication = The Sunday Mirror | file = 1980-11-09 Sunday Mirror.jpg | px = 550 | height = | width = | date = 1980-11-09 | author = | pages = 11 | language = E...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{article<br /> | publication = The Sunday Mirror<br /> | file = 1980-11-09 Sunday Mirror.jpg<br /> | px = 550<br /> | height = <br /> | width = <br /> | date = 1980-11-09<br /> | author = <br /> | pages = 11<br /> | language = English <br /> | type = <br /> | description = <br /> | categories = <br /> | moreTitles = <br /> | morePublications = <br /> | moreDates = <br /> | text = <br /> DR. WHO has been banned by a TV network because Chinese viewers claimed that the series portrayed them as &quot;pig-tailed coolies&quot;.<br /> <br /> Six episodes of the Doctor's adventures starring Tom Baker and called [[broadwcast:The Talons of Weng-Chiang|The Talons of Weng Chan]] have been rejected.<br /> <br /> The network in Ontario, Canada, asked a panel of Chinese immigrants to preview the films and give their views.<br /> <br /> They reported: &quot;They are dangerous, offensive and show a racist stereotyping of people of Chinese origin.&quot;<br /> <br /> Don Thomson, a senior [[broadwcast:TVOntario|TV Ontario]] official said: &quot;It is censorship but in a good cause.&quot; He said the programme drew a large and impressionable juvenile audience.<br /> <br /> Giles Neel, the BBC's representative in Canada, said in Toronto: &quot;We are sorry it might be felt that it was offensive to a section of the community. This was not our intention.&quot; <br /> <br /> }}</div>

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