A spokesperson for the BBC told BuzzFeed that the “brief edit” was made to comply with “broadcast regulations in Asia”. Update: The broadcasting code the BBC has to abide by says that homosexual subplots are only suitable for over-18s.
In the first episode of the new Doctor Who series, Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart) was forced to hold her breath to protect herself from being killed by robots.
Her wife, Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), a reptilian alien, had to hold her breath too, but offered to share her breath with Jenny to keep her alive.
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So naturally this was followed by a close-up kiss.
The kiss was visible to viewers for only a few seconds. Six complaints about the kiss were received by Ofcom, the British broadcast regulator, but it decided not to investigate, The Guardian reported.
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