Hello again, Don here. I was watching Jim's Australian version
of "Flight to Nowhere" and noticed that there are some small edits in
it. (These are not Jim's fault.) At the end of Act 1, where
the 'Goldilocks Twins and the Big Bad Bear' beat up Lockwood in his
hotel room, they cut the bad guy's line, "Take him up to the roof, I
want him to fall a long way." (This line exists in the Armed Forces
version.)

They cut this line, then they proceed to show them attempting to
throw him off the roof. What's worse? Talking about it or showing
it? Censors can get strange sometimes.

Also, during the desert fight scene between Lockwood and Anderson,
there are a number of edits that make the fight a good bit shorter
than it is on the Armed Forces copy. You can also tell that there's
some music missing during the scene. I need to go through the
episode again to see if there isn't anything else missing. Same
thing goes for the final fight scene in "Numbered for Death." It
looks edited to me and there are simultaneous cuts in the music.

These don't appear to be video edits by Australian TV--they look like
someone at Warner Bros. put cuts in the actual film itself. Wonder
why? Are the violence codes different in different countries? Are
certain kinds of punches and kicks not allowed? Could be. I've
heard that there are some four Classic Star Trek episodes that are
not run in England because of a certain type of violence.

Don
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