Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Medic!

I know you shouldn't mock the afflicted, but Mediawatch really have a knack of making complete pillocks of themselves. From their site:

More outrage as Dr Who 'crucified'

An episode of Dr Who is set to cause outrage by showing a sado-masochistic style torture scene with characters using inappropriate sexual language.  Media watchdogs last night condemned the sixth part of the BBC series, which will go out before the watershed at 7pm later this month.  It will depict the central evil character ordering one of his cronies to "canoodle and spoon" the Doctor’s assistant, Rose.  In one scene, viewers will watch Van Stratten torturing Dr Who to try to work out his identity by binding the topless time traveller to a crucifix with metal shackles.  John Beyer, director of mediawatch-uk, branded the BBC "irresponsible" for including such inappropriate imagery and language in a pre-watershed show.  "This is not a programme designed for children", he said. "I’m surprised the BBC have gone with this, they should have been more attentive to youngsters.  It seems that the broadcasters are taking the view that if youngsters are offended or disturbed by the show, then hard cheese."  He called on the BBC to review the scheduling so that it is shown after 9.00pm.

For crying out loud - they're complaining about the words "canoodle" and "spoon" as being inappropriate sexual language? It seems to me that John Beyer needs to get in touch with reality.

Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:50:47 AM UTC
I agree, John Beyer is way over critical just like his predecessor, I have actually met him in person, he does try to intimidate and force his views, he is actually a very large bodybuilder and uses his bulk also to intimidate the convesation to getting his own way. Not the nicest ofpeople.
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