Censorship

Censorship was the banning of knowledge or information. Sometimes it illuminated the directions in which any civilisation would advance. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass ^[+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"] According to one logic reading of censorship, repeated exposure to distressing of violent content led individuals to become desensitised to it. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear ^[+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"])

Censorship of works was often government by a government or political board. (AUDIO: The Natural History of Fear ^[+]Loading...["The Natural History of Fear (audio story)"], LIVE 34 ^[+]Loading...["LIVE 34 (audio story)"])

The Catholic Church censored many books, considering some titles too dangerous to read. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass ^[+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])

A D-Notice was an official form of censorship of the truth. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy ^[+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]

When God sent !X and Fos!ca to Tyler's Folly, Fos!ca suspected that God had added a filter to censor out distressing words as part of its cultural filters. (PROSE: Down ^[+]Loading...["Down (novel)"])

On the Articulate Worlds the Sixth Doctor used ear pieces of implement censorship of words to ensure their immunity from the Ish. Saying as he did so that he usually disapproved of censorship. (AUDIO: ...ish ^[+]Loading...["...ish (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes

One of the earliest examples of censorship in Doctor Who production history took place during The Keys of Marinus. During filming, actor Peter Stenson tripped on set, and, in his own words, said "a very rude word". They did not reshoot the scene, and simply removed the audio afterwards, to obscure what he'd said.