Here’s Why the BBC Banned ‘Star Trek’ … and Yvonne Craig

I was too young to watch Star Trek when it originally aired on NBC during the sixties. However, because the show experienced such a revival through the syndicated market, I got to know every single episode by heart through repeated viewings and by reading James Blish’s fantastic adaptations in those old Bantam paperbacks. The original version of Trek, with its groundbreaking stories and diverse cast, pushed boundaries in the 1960s. But across the pond, the BBC had different ideas about what was appropriate for audiences, primarily children, and banned several episode of the show.