Secret files reveal London police feared that Trekkies could turn on society
London Telegraph
Secret files reveal police feared that Trekkies could turn on society
Scotland Yard kept a secret dossier on Star Trek and the X-Files in the run up to the millennium amid security concerns
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.
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When the show Kung Fu was on in the 70's, were they worried we'd all become pacifist Buddist Monks who could defeat someone with a gun using only Eastern martial arts?
Don't tell them!
