# Scotland Yard kept a secret dossier on Star Trek and the X-Files in the run up to the millennium

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**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-kept-a-secret-dossier-on-star-trek-and-the-x-files-in-the-run-up-to-the-millennium/720357 "2015-05-19T11:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-kept-a-secret-dossier-on-star-trek-and-the-x-files-in-the-run-up-to-the-millennium/720357/21 "2015-05-21T14:05:45Z")

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> 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.

This is why everyone in the U.K. who watches TV is forced to buy a television licence. It’s nothing more than an arrest list of all those who allowed Star Trek to take control of their minds and their lives.

The Crystal Entity is no laughing matter, as you’ll discover when you try to reason with it and end up as its lunch or — if you’re lucky — in prison.

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