Summary
Russell T Humphrey Davy return to this theme when storylining David Tennant ’s finalDoctor Whospecials in 2009 , but quick abandoned the idea . Russell T Davy ' unmadeStar Trekcrossoveris clearly an ambition that he ’s still keen to realizein 2024.The sly caper in " Space Babies " thatDoctor WhoandStar Trektake place in the same universewas RTD ’s first step to attain this pipe dream a realism . However , Davies ' assertion that it " must " take place suggests that aStar TrekandDoctor Whocrossover is a non - assignable inevitability , rather than only something it would be fun to see .
Star Trek and Doctor Who ’s upcoming crossing was unveil at San Diego Comic - Con , but it probably was n’t the crossing that fan were expecting .
RTD Says A Star Trek Doctor Who Crossover “Must” Happen But I Disagree
Saying Doctor Who and Star Trek “must” get together doesn’t answer “why”.
During theStar Trek X Doctorpanel at Comic - Con , RTD responded to an audience interrogation about a potentialStar TrekandDoctor Whocrossover episode by saying :
“ We would love to bring you a crossover episode and the elbow room we can make that fall out is the fans . The fans continue to make crosswalk art , and stories and remain to ask and push to contribute these two universes together . Because we must get together . It must pass . ”
Doctor Whofans are used to Russell T Davies ' tendency to make hyperbolic and exacting statements like that , but it border aStar Trekcrossover as an recitation in buff serve . Fan art , like the gorgeous Comic - Con exclusive poster by Dusty Abell below , is great , but it also does n’t have to keep 60 proceedings of TV drama .
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For all Russell T Davies ' talk about howDoctor WhoandStar Trek"must " get together , he ’s notably vague onwhythey should . It ’s clear that RTD is a fan ofStar Trek , andTrekwriters likeStar Trek : Prodigy’sHageman Brothers are clearlyDoctor Whofans . However , it ’s not enough to put TV ’s two giving sci - fi franchises together because the fanswant it , even if those fans are film writer themselves . Whilea show of backing for the idea on social media will be vital in selling the crosswalk to the BBC , Disney , and Paramount , there also postulate to be a very good history ground whyDoctorWhoandStar Trekare queer over .
A Star Trek Doctor Who Crossover Needs A Great Story
AStar TrekandDoctor Whocrossover should not be take light , and needs a outstanding story to anchor it . Russell T Humphrey Davy ' fondness for the Borg ( viaGizmodo ) feels demonstrative of his lack of imagination when it comes to bringing the TARDIS aboard the spaceship enterprisingness . first of all , the Borg are incredibly over - bring out inStar Trek . They ’re also so exchangeable toDoctor Who ’s Cybermenthatthe Collective ’s " resistance is futile " catch phrase is the same as the Cybermen ’s own " resistance is useless " affirmation from Patrick Troughton ’s 1967 serial publication " The Tomb of the Cybermen " .
A much better story would be to pair up the Doctor and Starfleet to face a threat that demonstrates their very dissimilar approaching .
second , the Doctor and the crowd of the starship Enterprise already faced the Cybermen and the Borg in aMatt SmitheraStar Trekcrossover comic , Assimilation² . A much better story would be to pair up the Doctor and Starfleet to face a scourge that show their very unlike approaching . Whether this is a scourge to the fabric of time or reality , or a terrific unexampled foreign scoundrel would be up to the writer to determine . The Doctor ’s lonely god persona and wild-eyed nature makes him more like John de Lancie ’s Q than one of Starfleet ’s officers , which would make a fantastical moral force in any potentialStar TrekandDoctor Whocrossover .
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