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With a mobile game crossing over and a joint panel at San Diego Comic - Con , Star Trekfans intrigued byDoctor Whomay take a handy episode guide to get them take off . AlthoughStar TrekandDoctor Who ’s links have become more marked in late months , the connections between two of the most beloved TV sci - fi franchises in reality go back decade . Star Trek : The Original Seriesdebuted on UK screens on July , 12 , 1969 , in the precise same Saturday evening slot vacated by Patrick Troughton ’s final time of year ofDoctor Wholess than a calendar month in the first place .
The UK ’s broadcast of the firstStar TrekTV showcoincided with the lead - up to the Moon landing , schedule to take plaza a week later . month earlier , theDoctor Whoserial " The Seeds of Death " had depicted a future tense where space travelling had become unstylish in the decades after man land on the Moon . The UK listings magazineRadio Times(viaBBC Genome ) moderate an emotive listing forStar Trek ’s 2d archetype , " Where No Man Has Gone Before " , which utterly highlights this key difference betweenDoctor Who ’s British pragmatism and the high-mindedness ofTOS :
Today the synodic month - tomorrow the cosmos ? The first is fact , the second is so far fiction . Nevertheless this new adventure series looks frontward to a not - too - upstage future when man will be explore and colonising the humankind beyond us .
Doctor Who and Star Trek are TV ’s two biggest sci - fi franchises , but they ’re not arch - rivals , and on a regular basis make affectionate nod to each other .
Despite their differing approaching and cultural influences , Star TrekandDoctor Whoshare an optimism and hope for the future . For six decades , both shows have promoted peaceful resolve to the intergalactic crises faced by their protagonists . The Doctor never carries a gun , whileStar Trek ’s dauntless Starfleet officers always have their phasers set to stun . Some ofDoctor Who ’s near episodesalso share story idea and similar moral dilemmas to the very good ofStar Trek , making them a big primer for anyTrekfan who wishes to maltreat into the TARDIS .
14Frontier in Space - Third Doctor, 1973
Perfect for fans of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
" Frontier in Space " throws the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) and his fellow Jo Grant ( Katy Manning ) into the eye of a political cabal with wide - ranging ramifications for the rest of the universe . Framed for agitating latent hostility between a united Earth government and the Draconians , the Doctor is sent off to a penal colony , where he narrowly fend off an character assassination attempt . The similarities between " Frontier in Space " andStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , not to name the overall storyline about intergalactic politics , makes it perfect for ease fans into the world ofDoctor Who .
David Warner , who played Chancellor Gorkon inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , has also play an alternate realness Doctor in a series ofDoctor Whoaudio dramas .
13Enlightenment - Fifth Doctor, 1983
For fans of Q and Star Trek’s naval traditions.
There ’s a farseeing naval custom inStar Trek , but that ’s not why aDoctor Whostory about the Fifth Doctor ( Peter Davison ) enter in an out space boat race should be appealing toTrekfans . " Enlightenment " premise the Eternals , a wash of bored divinity that toy with humanity , staging detailed competitions . While the Eternals are stuffy , less splashy versions ofStar Trek ’s Q ( John de Lancie ) or Trelane ( William Campbell ) , they do palpate consanguineous to those omnipotent plot player . For add color , the sailing ships in infinite will think the Bajoran solar - navigation ship fromStar Trek : Deep Space Nine .
12The Aztecs - First Doctor, 1964
Doctor Who establishes its own Prime Directive
WhileDoctor Whodoesn’t haveStarfleet ’s Prime Directive , it does have its own policy of non - intervention , the rules of which are routinely dead set . " The Aztecs " is the firstDoctor Whostory to go under these rule , with the First Doctor ( William Hartnell ) unforgettably secernate his associate that they " can not rewrite story , not one line " . However , the Doctor ’s companion Barbara ( Jacqueline Hill ) attempts to redeem the Aztec people no matter of this . " The Aztecs " is a thought - provoking ethical motive play that sit down neatly alongside the best ofStar Trek ’s episodes about the moral complexities of stepping in to save doomed civilisation .
11Dot and Bubble - Fifteenth Doctor, 2024
Doctor Who’s cynical colony world shows we need Roddenberry’s utopia.
Doctor Whoseason 14 , sequence 5 , " Dot and Bubble " was a powerful subversion ofStar Trek ’s information processing system - manipulate planet trope . The Fifteenth Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) and Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) try on to save the colonist of Finetime from their social media apps , only to discover a much dingy truth . While the popularity of Charlie Brooker’sBlack Mirrorhas in all likelihood led tomodernStar Trekgiving societal media allegories a veering , Doctor Who ’s " Dot and Bubble " takes some familiarTrektropes and repackages them for a New interview .
10Turn Left - The Tenth Doctor, 2008
Doctor Who’s version of DS9’s The Visitor.
" Turn Left " is one of the best episodes ofRussell T Davies ' firstDoctor Whoera , and shares similar themes toStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , episode 3 , " The Visitor " . Both episodes are high concept substitute reality tales that have an emotional realism to their storytelling and performance . WhileStar Trekfans wo n’t agnize the result that the Tenth Doctor ( David Tennant ) fails to avert in " Turn Left " , the excited performance by Catherine Tate is more than enough to sell the impact of each calamity . Much likeDS9 ’s " The Visitor " , " Turn Left " is a powerful while about loss and the impact of one ’s choices .
9The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood - Eleventh Doctor, 2010
Voyager borrowed a classic Doctor Who storyline.
" The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood " is a retelling of the definitive Third Doctor serial , " Doctor Who and the Silurians " , but this time featuring the Eleventh Doctor ( Matt Smith ) . Both stories focus on the complex relationship between humanity and their predecessors , the Silurians , a species of evolved reptile . In " The Hungry Earth " , the Eleventh Doctor gets a second chance to lend peace to both political party , but it ’s made difficult by prejudice and distrust from world and Silurians alike . TheStar Trek : Voyagerepisode " Distant Origin " introduced the Voth , a variation on the same idea as the Silurians , who left Earth behind to travel the stars .
8The Tomb of the Cybermen - Second Doctor, 1967
“Resistance is useless”
The Silurians are n’t the onlyDoctor Whomonster thatStar Trekhas borrowed from over the years . The Borg Collective ’s " resistance is futile " catchphrase is spookily interchangeable to that of the Cybermen inDoctor Who , who recount the Second Doctor ( Patrick Troughton ) that " electric resistance is useless " . In " The Tomb of the Cybermen " , the Second Doctor joins an archeologic slam that results in the reawakening of his old enemies , the Cybermen . Combining both the greatest love and greatest fear of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart),“The Tomb of the Cybermen " is aStar Trekfan ’s undecomposed intro toDoctor Who ’s reply to the Borg .
The 2012Star Trek : The Next Generation / Doctor Whocrossover comicAssimilation²saw the Borg and the Cybermen squad up against the Eleventh Doctor and the crowd of the USS Enterprise - D.
7Vengeance on Varos - Sixth Doctor, 1985
The Gamesters of Triskelion for the age of video nasties.
TheDoctor Whoserial " Vengeance on Varos " is likeStar Trek : The Original Series ' " The Gamesters of Triskelion " for the eld of video nasties . The Sixth Doctor ( Colin Baker ) and Peri ( Nicola Bryant ) down the TARDIS on Varos , a planet with a savage overture to reality television receiver . Varos ' vicious amusement is design to keep the masses docile while incorporated interests uncase the major planet of their mineral . In a classicStar Trekset - up , the Sixth Doctor and Peri join a band of rebels to overrule the oppressive regimen . It ’s bleaker than the averageDoctor Whostory , but retainsStar Trek ’s sense of judge .
Both Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant have appeared in the fan - made webseriesStar Trek Continues .
Star Trek and Doctor Who stay two of the biggest skill fabrication dealership , and several actors have made appearances in both .
6City of Death - Fourth Doctor, 1980
A time travel comedy to rival Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
" City of Death " is one of the bestDoctor Whostories of all meter , mainly for its mirthful script , imaginative time locomotion storyline and Parisian locations . In " City of Death " , theFourth Doctor ( Tom Baker)and Romana ( Lalla Ward ) are embroil in a plot to slip the Mona Lisa to fund time change of location experiments that will wipe out life on Earth . Both " City of Death " andStar Trek IV : TheVoyage Homecomment on theme that are still unbelievably relevant today , from the ascent of AI art to the ecological crisis face humans , but do so with a great business deal of witticism and humor .
5The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - Ninth Doctor, 2005
“…give me some Spock”
It ’s not onlyStar Trek : Lower deck ' Lieutenant Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) who thinks Spock is hot . In the classicDoctor Whotwo - parter " The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances " , Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ) complains that the Ninth Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) is n’t " more Benjamin Spock . " However , Star Trekreferences away , the Steven Moffat two - parter is a chilling sci - fi horror about aesculapian technology pass wrong , rewriting all of humanity in the prototype of a frightened picayune male child in a gas mask . Strange New Worldsseason 2 of late told a interchangeable chronicle , albeit as a drollery , when exotic technology by chance removed his Vulcan DNA .
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