Secret files reveal police feared that Trekkies could turn on society

The Telegraph ^ | 5/17/15 | Elizabeth Roberts

[markomalley]

For years Star Trek fans – known as Trekkies – have been the butt of jokes about their penchant for wearing pointy ears and attending science fiction conventions.

But the police feared British fans of the cult American show might boldly go a little too far one day.

It has emerged that Scotland Yard kept a secret dossier on Star Trek, The X-Files, and other US sci fi shows amid fears that British fans would go mad and kill themselves, turn against society or start a weird cult.

The American TV shows Roswell and Dark Skies and the film The Lawnmower Man were also monitored to protect the country from rioting and cyber attacks.

Special Branch was concerned that people hooked on such material could go into a frenzy triggered by the millennium leading to anarchy.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— people hooked on such material could go into a frenzy triggered by the millennium leading to anarchy. -—

Trekkies ——> Millennium ——> Anarchy

When you see it diagrammed, the logic is geometric.

[glorgau]

Set phasers on stun!

[tumblindice]

Don’t Vulcans turn in to sex maniacs every few years? I remember an episode where Spock’s people were just walking around, going about their business, then a bell rang or something and then they all went ape-s*** on each other.

I think it was the one where Kirk had to fight Spock to the death because he didn’t have a hose to turn on him. Yeah, it was weird seeing cool, logical Spock acting like Joe Biden.