Doctor Who Lesbian Kiss Scene Cut In Case It Offends Asian Audiences.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738813/Homophobia-row-BBC-cuts-Doctor-Who-lesbian-kiss-scene-lizard-woman-avoid-offending-Asian-audience.html

Why after 51 years of screening 'Doctor Who' was there any need to include a Lesbian scene in the first place?

/// The decision to remove the first lesbian encounter in the show’s 51-year history has angered gay rights campaigners, who accused executives of giving into homophobia. ///

[sp1814]

AOG

Let's forget what others have told you. In your opinion,was it a lesbian kiss?

I would like to hear your opinion...especially after your following comment:

"Oh so one is not allowed to air a personal opinion on this site unless of course it fits in with some others agenda?"

So here's a perfect opportunity to share your personal opinion.

If you wish, of course...

[Answerprancer]

I am not "hijacking" *your* thread, I'm answering with a scenario that (as others agree) is comparable.
You really are getting your knickers in a twist over this and repeating your continual habit of throwing a question out here then not liking the answers you're getting.
If you ask for an opinion (which you effectively are) you have to accept the answers and not get all bitchy if they're ones you don't like.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT I meant what is it exactly that you are getting at? Is it that you are

a) offended by a scene you believe depicted a lesbian kiss (even though you've not seen it) b) upset that the BBC deleted it even though it prevented folk in Asia being similarly offended c) saying there is a BBC bias toward Asians
d) all of the above

[ummmm]

This thread is so funny.

[mikey4444]

We have a coven of Lesbians ( sorry, Women in Sensible Shoes ) in my Village but they all have moustaches. Being kissed by them would be like being kissed but my old Granddad...yuck !

[EcclesCake]

I am seriously wondering if I have ventured into a parallel universe where aliens and lizards walk amongst us and I may one day meet one in a bar and we live happily ever after.........

[mikey4444]

I think you have just described every Dr Who script since 1963 !

[Mamyalynne]

I'll make the thread even funnier - I confess I find Madame Vastra strangely alluring.

[mikey4444]

I had to google MV, as I haven't watched this childrens program since I was bout 15 or 16. Yes, strangely attractive, for a reptile !

[gness]

I like this thread....

If aliens are watching us with plans to take over our planet...one read of this will send them looking elsewhere......☺

[mikey4444]

But they won't have far to come as some people on AB think there is a strong possibility that they are already living on the Moon !

[sp1814]

I have to assume (based on the OP) that AOG thinks that it was indeed a lesbian kiss.

We may never know for sure.

[EcclesCake]

Madame V is indeed hot....for a cold blooded lizard/alien type entity......

[EcclesCake]

I was resisting the temptation to comment on what joy a forked tongue could bring to the party.......

[mikey4444]

C+J...behave yourself...its a Sunday evening !

[bednobs]

in in the night garden the other day, we were subjected to a kiss between iggle piggle and one of the tombliboos. Both interracial and homosexual, all in a program meant for toddlers. Who would have thought it?

[agchristie]

Ive never fully recovered from watching Sutek in The Pyramids of Mars in '76. Frightened the life out of me...

The green eyes!

[Kromovaracun]

I've long been a Dr. Who fan, but I think it's pretty facetious to say it wasn't a lesbian kiss. The characters, even though one is an alien, are identifiably female and use female pronouns, express their love for each other. Yes, in context, it was an air exchange. But it was very lesbian and very kissy.

As to why it needed to be there - the two characters were in a relationship, and one less able to breath under water than the other. Because one character loves the other, she does not want her to die, and could easily prevent her doing so, so did.

I suspect, however, that AOG's real question was "Why do lesbians exist at all in this TV programme?" The answer is that it's set in a universe where most aliens/lifeforms are, mentally if not physically, very similar to humans (this often leads to cringey writing and bad characterisation). Lesbians exist, so they exist in this universe too.