The Zygon Inversion Airline Crash Sparks Complaints

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The Zygon Inversion has sparked complaints after parallels were drawn between an aircraft explosion and the recent Egyptian air crash.

The episode, which saw Clara’s evil clone Bonnie shoot down an airplane with a missile, received 30 complaints from Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom over the weekend.

Many viewers branded the episode insensitive due to the timing of its broadcast in the UK, which occurred a week after a Russian charter jet was brought down over the north of the rugged Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on 31st October – All 224 passengers were killed in the tragedy, thought to be caused by a bomb.

A BBC spokesman told Contact Music: “The episode was signposted as science fiction and no one died in the scene.”

Last year, Robots of Sherwood was cut to remove a potentially sensitive sequence in light of the death of two journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, who were murdered by IS (Islamic State) militants.

A scene in the climatic fight involving a decapitation was removed out of respect to the US Journalists.

This isn’t the first time that Ofcom have received complaints directed at Doctor Who. Last year, six people complained to the watchdog about a lesbian kiss involving lizard-woman Madame Vastra and her human wife Jenny Flint.

Ofcom did not investigate, saying at the time: “Our rules do not discriminate between scenes involving opposite sex and same sex couples.”

Officials will assess the complaints levelled at The Zygon Inversion before deciding whether to investigate.

 

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