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The '''''Star Trek''''' franchise has made several references to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], and the two also share some behind-the-scenes commonalities.
|debut              = [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
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|relevant characters = [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[William Riker]], [[Data (Assimilation²)|Data]], [[Geordi La Forge]], [[Beverly Crusher]], [[Worf]], [[Deanna Troi]], [[Guinan]], [[Selar]], [[Alyssa Ogawa]],  [[James T. Kirk]], [[Spock]], [[Leonard McCoy]], [[Montgomery Scott]], [[Ochoa]], [[Amato]], [[Seelos]]
|relevant locations  = [[Delta IV]], [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]], [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]]
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'''''Star Trek''''' is an American science-fiction franchise created by {{w|Gene Roddenberry}}. Beginning with ''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}'', the franchise has since spawned many series in the form of television, films, comics, novels, and various other mediums. The franchise has an overarching theme following the adventures of Starfleet in the service of the United Federation of Planets.  


== Overview ==
Like ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''Star Trek'' is among the oldest science-fiction franchises, having first aired in [[1966 (releases)|1966]]. Unlike ''Doctor Who'', however, ''Star Trek'' does not follow one continuous series, but rather several iterations following the many different characters that serve in Starfleet.
=== References to ''Doctor Who'' in ''Star Trek'' narratives ===
==== Television ====
* A computer console seen in the ''{{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' episode "{{ma|The Neutral Zone (episode)|The Neutral Zone}}" shows the names of the first six actors to play [[the Doctor]]. [[Peter Davison]]'s name was misspelled as "Peter Davidson". The remastered version of the episode, released to Blu-ray, removes this reference.
* The Argolis Cluster, first mentioned in the ''Next Generation'' episode "I Borg", was named after the planet [[Argolis]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]''.
* "{{ma|Future Tense (episode)|Future Tense}}", an episode of ''{{ma|Star Trek: Enterprise}}'', features a [[TARDIS]]-like {{ma|Earth vessel (31st century)|31st century spacecraft that can travel through time}}, is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and has an interior design featuring TARDIS-like roundels. The show's production team has acknowledged this as an homage. That episode's writer, {{ma|Mike Sussman}}, noted that his "idea of the ship morphing into a [[Police box|police call box]] was immediately nixed by the producers!" <ref>{{ma|Star Trek Monthly issue 108|''Star Trek Monthly'' issue 108}}</ref>


==== Other media ====
''Star Trek'' has made several references to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], and the two also share some behind-the-scenes commonalities. Both franchises have also had officially licensed crossovers.
{{w|Paramount Pictures}}, owner of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, does not currently consider anything other than the live action ''Star Trek'' television series and films canonical. Nevertheless, there are ''licensed'' comic and prose stories, and these have very occasionally referenced the [[DWU]].
* The ''Star Trek'' novel ''{{mb|Ishmael}}'' makes an indirect reference to the [[Time Lord]]s, a direct reference to [[Metebelis crystal]]s and features cameos by the [[Second Doctor]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* Several ''Star Trek'' stories have mentioned "{{mb|sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdrivers}}" as Starfleet engineering tools. For instance, the ''{{mb|Star Trek: Vanguard}}'' novel ''{{mb|Harbinger (novel)|Harbinger}}'', the ''{{mb|Star Trek: Corps of Engineers}}'' eBook ''{{mb|Wildfire}}'' and ''{{mb|Star Trek: Titan}}'' novel ''{{mb|Sword of Damocles}}''.
* A direct reference to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise is made in the novel ''{{mb|My Enemy, My Ally}}'', which describes USS ''Enterprise'' crewmembers watching a [[Fourth Doctor]] episode.
* {{mb|Christopher L. Bennett}}'s time travel novel ''{{mb|Watching the Clock}}'' features a number of minor, but intentional, references to the [[DWU]]. [http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/DTI_Annot.html].
** Time is described as "a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, time-wimey . . . stuff", as in [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''.
** The character of {{mb|Rani Mohindra}} is a conflation of the names [[Rani Chandra]] and [[Anjli Mohindra]].
** A ship named the ''{{mb|Verity|Verity}}'' appears, which Bennett claims to have named after producer [[Verity Lambert]].
** The {{mb|Shirna}}, archenemies of the already established {{mb|Vorgon}}, were named after [[Shirna]], the partner of [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]], who both appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
** A "large, blue, boxlike artefact" is seen in a Federation storehouse of alien time travel devices.
** A planet is described as having "silver trees and an orange sky", with inhabitants who have been monitoring history for thousands of years — thus making it an apparent analogue of [[Gallifrey]].
** The Tigellian chronic hysteresis is a reference to [[Tigella]].
** Other extremely incidental references are also in the book, but they are obscured by bad spelling on the author's part (such as the fact that a character is supposedly named after [[Peter Purves]], but spelled ''Purvis'') or deliberate obfuscation (such as a unit of measurement named the "maloc", which is supposedly a tip of the hat to the "malcolm" from [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* The ''{{ma|Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager}}'' novel {{mb|The Eternal Tide}} describes the death of Kathryn Janeway as a "[[fixed point in time]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
* In issue #5 of the crossover comic ''{{mb|Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes|Star Trek-Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', the [[TARDIS]]es of both [[the Doctor]] and [[the Master]], in its greek column form, are among the many impounded [[space-time vessel]]s.


=== Cast connections ===
==Crossovers==
[[File:Assimilation 1 A.jpg|thumb|''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²]]'']]
[[Spock]] makes a cameo in the 1990 short story ''[[Between the Wars: A Slow Night in Paradise (short story)|Between the Wars: A Slow Night in Paradise]]''.
 
[[Worf]] and a [[Ferengi]] cameo in the 1991 comic story ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]''.
 
The [[Rihanssu language]] is mentioned in the 1993 novel ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]''.
 
The 1994 novel ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'' make multiple references to ''Star Trek'' elements existing in the DWU, including: [[Latinum]], [[Qo'noS]], [[Risa]], and the [[Vulcan Academia Scholastica]].
 
[[Felinoid]]s of [[Cait]] and the [[Kzinti]] are mention in the 1995 novel ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]''.
 
In April 2009, [[Russell T Davies]] revealed in an interview that he had considered writing a ''Doctor Who'' episode that crossed over with ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.
:"''I would have loved to have done a ''Star Trek'' crossover," said Davies. "The very first year, we talked about it. Then ''Star Trek'' finally went off air. Landing the TARDIS on board the Enterprise would have been magnificent. Can you imagine what their script department would have wanted, and what I would have wanted? It would have been the biggest battle.''"
 
In 2012 [[IDW Publishing]] published an official 8-issue crossover series titled ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²]]'' that featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] encountering the characters from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with one issue also featuring a flashback of the [[Fourth Doctor]] encountering characters from ''Star Trek: The Original Series''. The first issue was released on [[30 May]] [[2012]].
 
A sequel to ''Assimilation²'' titled ''[[Domination (unproduced comic story)|Domination]]'' was pitched but was cancelled when IDW lost the rights to publish ''Doctor Who'' comics. It would have been a crossover with ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and feature Sontarans teaming up with the Jem'Hadar.
 
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] mentions [[Sto'Vo'Kor]] in the 2015 novel ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]''.
 
In 2024, the poster ''[[Friendship is Universal (illustration)|Friendship is Universal]]'' was featured at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] to promote the Intergalactic Friendship Panel: Star Trek x Doctor Who.
 
==References to ''Doctor Who'' in ''Star Trek''==
===Television===
*[[File:Star Trek Doctor Who.jpg|thumb|An oft-noted ''Star Trek'' reference to  ''Doctor Who'' is this computer screen in the {{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG}} episode, ''{{ma|The Neutral Zone (episode)|The Neutral Zone}}'', which listed several prominent ''Doctor Who'' actors.]]A computer console seen in the ''{{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' episode "{{ma|The Neutral Zone (episode)|The Neutral Zone}}" shows the names of the first six actors to play [[the Doctor]]. [[Peter Davison]]'s name was misspelled as "Peter Davidson". The remastered version of the episode, released to Blu-ray, removes this reference.
*The Argolis Cluster, first mentioned in the ''Next Generation'' episode "I Borg", was named after the planet [[Argolis]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]''.
*"{{ma|Future Tense (episode)|Future Tense}}", an episode of ''{{ma|Star Trek: Enterprise}}'', features a [[TARDIS]]-like {{ma|Earth vessel (31st century)|31st century spacecraft that can travel through time}}, is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and has an interior design featuring TARDIS-like roundels. The show's production team has acknowledged this as an homage. That episode's writer, {{ma|Mike Sussman}}, noted that his "idea of the ship morphing into a [[Police box|police call box]] was immediately nixed by the producers!" <ref>{{ma|Star Trek Monthly issue 108|''Star Trek Monthly'' issue 108}}</ref>
 
===Other media===
{{w|Paramount Pictures}}, owner of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, does not currently consider anything other than the ''Star Trek'' television series and films canonical. Nevertheless, there are ''licensed'' comic and prose stories, and these have very occasionally referenced the [[DWU]].
*The ''Star Trek'' novel ''{{mb|Ishmael}}'' makes an indirect reference to the [[Time Lord]]s, a direct reference to [[Metebelis crystal]]s and features cameos by the [[Second Doctor]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]].
*Several ''Star Trek'' stories have mentioned "{{mb|sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdrivers}}" as Starfleet engineering tools. For instance, the ''{{mb|Star Trek: Vanguard}}'' novel ''{{mb|Harbinger (novel)|Harbinger}}'', the ''{{mb|Star Trek: Corps of Engineers}}'' eBook ''{{mb|Wildfire}}'' and ''{{mb|Star Trek: Titan}}'' novel ''{{mb|Sword of Damocles}}''.
*A direct reference to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise is made in the novel ''{{mb|My Enemy, My Ally}}'', which describes USS ''Enterprise'' crewmembers watching a [[Fourth Doctor]] episode.
*{{mb|Christopher L. Bennett}}'s time travel novel ''{{mb|Watching the Clock}}'' features a number of minor, but intentional, references to the [[DWU]]. [http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/DTI_Annot.html].
**Time is described as "a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, time-wimey . . . stuff", as in [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''.
**The character of {{mb|Rani Mohindra}} is a conflation of the names [[Rani Chandra]] and [[Anjli Mohindra]].
**A ship named the ''{{mb|Verity|Verity}}'' appears, which Bennett claims to have named after producer [[Verity Lambert]].
**The {{mb|Shirna}}, archenemies of the already established {{mb|Vorgon}}, were named after [[Shirna]], the partner of [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]], who both appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
**A "large, blue, boxlike artefact" is seen in a Federation storehouse of alien time travel devices.
**A planet is described as having "silver trees and an orange sky", with inhabitants who have been monitoring history for thousands of years — thus making it an apparent analogue of [[Gallifrey]].
**The Tigellian chronic hysteresis is a reference to [[Tigella]].
**Other extremely incidental references are also in the book, but they are obscured by bad spelling on the author's part (such as the fact that a character is supposedly named after [[Peter Purves]], but spelled ''Purvis'') or deliberate obfuscation (such as a unit of measurement named the "maloc", which is supposedly a tip of the hat to the "malcolm" from [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
*The ''{{ma|Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager}}'' novel {{mb|The Eternal Tide}} describes the death of Kathryn Janeway as a "[[fixed point in time]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
*In issue #5 of the crossover comic ''{{mb|Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes|Star Trek-Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', the [[TARDIS]]es of both [[the Doctor]] and [[the Master]], in its greek column form, are among the many impounded [[space-time vessel]]s.
 
==Cast connections==
Due to the two franchises being produced in different countries, shared cast members are infrequent. Most of the connections between the two franchises have occurred as a result of the three productions with extensive [[North America]]n filming: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 movie]], [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', and ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''. Major ''Star Trek'' actors who appeared in these productions include [[Nana Visitor]] and [[John de Lancie]], and companion [[Grace Holloway|Dr. Grace Holloway]] was also played by ''Deep Space Nine'' guest star [[Daphne Ashbrook]].
Due to the two franchises being produced in different countries, shared cast members are infrequent. Most of the connections between the two franchises have occurred as a result of the three productions with extensive [[North America]]n filming: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 movie]], [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', and ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''. Major ''Star Trek'' actors who appeared in these productions include [[Nana Visitor]] and [[John de Lancie]], and companion [[Grace Holloway|Dr. Grace Holloway]] was also played by ''Deep Space Nine'' guest star [[Daphne Ashbrook]].


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[[Anthony Head]] and [[Alec Newman]] also read audiobooks for the ''Star Trek'' franchise.
[[Anthony Head]] and [[Alec Newman]] also read audiobooks for the ''Star Trek'' franchise.


==== ''The Original Series'' ====
===''The Original Series''===
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==== ''The Animated Series'' ====
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==== ''The Next Generation'' ====
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==== ''Deep Space Nine'' ====
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==== ''Voyager'' ====
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|[[Mordrega]]<br>[[Freda Mattingly]]<br>[[Multravers]]<br>[[Rejoice]]<br>[[Whitaker (The Chartwell Metamorphosis)|Whitaker]]<br>[[Suzanne Clare]]<br>[[Stubbs (Ghost Walk)|Stubbs]]<br>[[The Commodore]]<br>[[Kidd]]
|[[Mordrega]]<br>[[Freda Mattingly]]<br>[[Multravers]]<br>[[Rejoice]]<br>[[Whitaker (The Chartwell Metamorphosis)|Whitaker]]<br>[[Suzanne Clare]]<br>[[Stubbs (Ghost Walk)|Stubbs]]<br>[[The Commodore]]<br>[[Kidd]]
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==== ''Enterprise'' ====
===''Enterprise''===
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==== Reboot films ====
===Reboot films===
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==== ''Discovery'' ====
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==== ''Picard'' ====
===''Picard''===
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|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
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|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
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|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
|{{ma|Borg Queen}}
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==== ''Lower Decks'' ====
===''Lower Decks''===
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|[[Marina Sirtis]]
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|[[Nana Visitor]]
|[[Olivia Colasanto]]
|{{ma|Kira Nerys}}
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|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
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===''Prodigy''===
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==== ''Strange New Worlds'' ====
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|{{ma|La'an Noonien-Singh}}
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|[[Martin Quinn]]
|[[Cameron Lawther]]
|{{ma|Montgomery Scott}}
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=== Crew connections ===
==Crew connections==
According to ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', in [[1994]], {{ma|Leonard Nimoy}}, who played the original Mr. {{ma|Spock}} and directed two ''Star Trek'' feature films, was reportedly under consideration to direct one of the many aborted ''Doctor Who'' feature film projects under consideration during the 1989-96 interregnum.
According to ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', in [[1994]], {{ma|Leonard Nimoy}}, who played the original Mr. {{ma|Spock}} and directed two ''Star Trek'' feature films, was reportedly under consideration to direct one of the many aborted ''Doctor Who'' feature film projects under consideration during the 1989-96 interregnum.


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''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' writers [[Jane Espenson]] and [[John Shiban]] have also written episodes for ''Deep Space Nine'' and ''{{ma|Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise}}'' respectively. Other writers, such as [[Una McCormack]], [[John Peel]], [[Diane Duane]] and [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]], have written for both franchises in other media.
''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' writers [[Jane Espenson]] and [[John Shiban]] have also written episodes for ''Deep Space Nine'' and ''{{ma|Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise}}'' respectively. Other writers, such as [[Una McCormack]], [[John Peel]], [[Diane Duane]] and [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]], have written for both franchises in other media.


=== Crossovers, planned and actual ===
==Other information==
In April 2009, [[Russell T Davies]] revealed in an interview that he had considered writing a ''Doctor Who'' episode that crossed over with ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.
*The fan novella ''The Doctor and the Enterprise'' by [[Jean Airey]], initially was published privately as a stand-alone [[fanzine]] and then in a professional edition in [[1989]] by [[Pioneer Books]]. This book featured the fourth Doctor and the original ''Star Trek'' crew, in a setting that pastiched the <nowiki>''</nowiki>Darkover" novels of Marion Zimmer Bradley. The Pioneer edition removes the names of many Trek characters. Many other amateur [[fan fiction]] crossovers between the television series have been written over the years, including Airey's own sequel to her novel, a piece of erotica entitled 'The Lieutenant and the Doctor'; Airey's book remains the only such to be published professionally, if unofficially. There would be no official crossover between the two franchises published until ''Assimilation²'' in [[2012]].
:"''I would have loved to have done a ''Star Trek'' crossover," said Davies. "The very first year, we talked about it. Then ''Star Trek'' finally went off air. Landing the TARDIS on board the Enterprise would have been magnificent. Can you imagine what their script department would have wanted, and what I would have wanted? It would have been the biggest battle.''"
*Cast members of both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Trek'' have participated in special editions of the television game show, ''[[The Weakest Link]]'', hosted by [[Anne Robinson]].
 
*[[Albert Einstein]] has appeared in both franchises. In ''Doctor Who'', he appears in [[Sylvester McCoy]]'s debut story, ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', and the [[2011]] mini-episode ''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]''. In the ''{{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' episodes "{{ma|The Nth Degree (episode)|The Nth Degree}}" and "{{ma|Descent (episode)|Descent}}", he appears as a holographic projection. In the latter, he was played by [[Jim Norton]], who later played [[Thomas Kennet]] in [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''.
In 2012 [[IDW Publishing]] published an official 8-issue crossover series titled ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²]]'' that featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] encountering the characters from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with one issue also featuring a flashback of the [[Fourth Doctor]] encountering characters from ''Star Trek: The Original Series''. The first issue was released on [[30 May]] [[2012]].
*As long running science fiction franchises, there have been occasional story elements with marked similarities.
 
**The cybernetic {{ma|Borg}} assimilate species in similar fashion to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and also use a similar catchphrase ("You will be assimilated"). Likewise, the warrior race of {{ma|Klingon|Klingons}} share similarities with the [[Sontaran]]s and [[Draconian]]s.
=== Other information ===
**The {{ma|Trill}} also possess the ability to pass on a symbiont after a host body dies, allowing them to effectively live on after death, not entirely dissimilar from [[regeneration]]. When joined with a symbiont, the personality of the new host will change as it becomes an amalgamation of their own, plus those of their predecessors, as well as retaining all of their memories. Through specific rituals, it is also possible for the current hosts to interact with their predecessors, as seen in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episodes "{{ma|Facets (episode)|Facets}}" and "{{ma|Field of Fire (episode)|Field of Fire}}", which were DS9 equivalents of multi-Doctor episodes. The ability of Trill to take on the memories and experiences of others was also utilised when {{ma|Terry Farrell}} and her character of {{ma|Jadzia Dax}} was replaced by {{ma|Nicole de Boer}}'s {{ma|Ezri Dax}}, in much the same way Doctor actors are replaced when they choose to leave the series.
* The fan novella ''The Doctor and the Enterprise'' by [[Jean Airey]], initially was published privately as a stand-alone [[fanzine]] and then in a professional edition in [[1989]] by [[Pioneer Books]]. This book featured the fourth Doctor and the original ''Star Trek'' crew, in a setting that pastiched the <nowiki>''</nowiki>Darkover" novels of Marion Zimmer Bradley. The Pioneer edition removes the names of many Trek characters. Many other amateur [[fan fiction]] crossovers between the television series have been written over the years, including Airey's own sequel to her novel, a piece of erotica entitled 'The Lieutenant and the Doctor'; Airey's book remains the only such to be published professionally, if unofficially. There would be no official crossover between the two franchises published until ''Assimilation²'' in [[2012]].
**Like the [[Silurian]]s, the dinosaur-descended {{ma|Voth}} are a sentient, humanoid reptile species that evolved on Earth and developed a technologically advanced civilisation. Like those Silurians who built the ship in ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', the Voth left the planet, eventually settling in the Milky Way Galaxy's Delta Quadrant.
* Cast members of both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Trek'' have participated in special editions of the television game show, ''[[The Weakest Link]]'', hosted by [[Anne Robinson]].
*In a [[Top Gear]] "Master of the Universe" segment, a [[Klingon]] raced around the Top Gear track against a [[Dalek]], a [[Cyberman]] and [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] (as well as Darth Vader from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and Ming the Merciless from ''Flash Gordon'').
* [[Albert Einstein]] has appeared in both franchises. In ''Doctor Who'', he appears in [[Sylvester McCoy]]'s debut story, ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', and the [[2011]] mini-episode ''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]''. In the ''{{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' episodes "{{ma|The Nth Degree (episode)|The Nth Degree}}" and "{{ma|Descent (episode)|Descent}}", he appears as a holographic projection. In the latter, he was played by [[Jim Norton]], who later played [[Thomas Kennet]] in [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''.
*Both franchises have featured characters from the ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories in some manner. ''Doctor Who'' features Holmes and Watson in some of its print media; Holmes’s arch-nemesis is the central antagonist of one episode in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
* As long running science fiction franchises, there have been occasional story elements with marked similarities.
**With this in mind, it is worth noting that [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] is the only cast member to have played a character in all three franchises.
** The cybernetic {{ma|Borg}} assimilate species in similar fashion to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and also use a similar catchphrase ("You will be assimilated"). Likewise, the warrior race of {{ma|Klingon|Klingons}} share similarities with the [[Sontaran]]s and [[Draconian]]s.
*The novel ''{{mb|The Collectors}}'' by Christopher L. Bennett is dedicated "To [[William Hartnell|William]], [[Patrick Troughton|Patrick]], [[Jon Pertwee|Jon]], [[Tom Baker|Tom]], [[Peter Davison|Peter]], [[Colin Baker|Colin]], [[Sylvester McCoy|Sylvester]], [[Paul McGann|Paul]], [[John Hurt|John]], [[Christopher Eccleston|Christopher]], [[David Tennant|David]], [[Matt Smith|Matt]] and [[Peter Capaldi|the other Peter]]."
** The {{ma|Trill}} also possess the ability to pass on a symbiont after a host body dies, allowing them to effectively live on after death, not entirely dissimilar from [[regeneration]]. When joined with a symbiont, the personality of the new host will change as it becomes an amalgamation of their own, plus those of their predecessors, as well as retaining all of their memories. Through specific rituals, it is also possible for the current hosts to interact with their predecessors, as seen in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episodes "{{ma|Facets (episode)|Facets}}" and "{{ma|Field of Fire (episode)|Field of Fire}}", which were DS9 equivalents of multi-Doctor episodes. The ability of Trill to take on the memories and experiences of others was also utilised when {{ma|Terry Farrell}} and her character of {{ma|Jadzia Dax}} was replaced by {{ma|Nicole de Boer}}'s {{ma|Ezri Dax}}, in much the same way Doctor actors are replaced when they choose to leave the series.
** Like the [[Silurian]]s, the dinosaur-descended {{ma|Voth}} are a sentient, humanoid reptile species that evolved on Earth and developed a technologically advanced civilisation. Like those Silurians who built the ship in ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', the Voth left the planet, eventually settling in the Milky Way Galaxy's Delta Quadrant.
* In a [[Top Gear]] "Master of the Universe" segment, a [[Klingon]] raced around the Top Gear track against a [[Dalek]], a [[Cyberman]] and [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] (as well as Darth Vader from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and Ming the Merciless from ''Flash Gordon'').
* Both franchises have featured characters from the ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories in some manner. ''Doctor Who'' features Holmes and Watson in some of its print media; Holmes’s arch-nemesis is the central antagonist of one episode in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
** With this in mind, it is worth noting that [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] is the only cast member to have played a character in all three franchises.
* The novel ''{{mb|The Collectors}}'' by Christopher L. Bennett is dedicated "To [[William Hartnell|William]], [[Patrick Troughton|Patrick]], [[Jon Pertwee|Jon]], [[Tom Baker|Tom]], [[Peter Davison|Peter]], [[Colin Baker|Colin]], [[Sylvester McCoy|Sylvester]], [[Paul McGann|Paul]], [[John Hurt|John]], [[Christopher Eccleston|Christopher]], [[David Tennant|David]], [[Matt Smith|Matt]] and [[Peter Capaldi|the other Peter]]."


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{ma||Memory Alpha}}, a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the television and films
*{{ma||Memory Alpha}}, a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the television and films
* {{ma|Doctor Who|Memory Alpha's page on ''Doctor Who''}}
*{{ma|Doctor Who|Memory Alpha's page on ''Doctor Who''}}
* {{mb||Memory Beta}}, a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the expanded media, such as books and comics.
*{{mb||Memory Beta}}, a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the expanded media, such as books and comics.
* {{mb|Doctor Who|Memory Beta's page on ''Doctor Who''}}
*{{mb|Doctor Who|Memory Beta's page on ''Doctor Who''}}


== Footnotes ==
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Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Beginning with Star Trek: The Original Series, the franchise has since spawned many series in the form of television, films, comics, novels, and various other mediums. The franchise has an overarching theme following the adventures of Starfleet in the service of the United Federation of Planets.

Like Doctor Who, Star Trek is among the oldest science-fiction franchises, having first aired in 1966. Unlike Doctor Who, however, Star Trek does not follow one continuous series, but rather several iterations following the many different characters that serve in Starfleet.

Star Trek has made several references to the Doctor Who universe, and the two also share some behind-the-scenes commonalities. Both franchises have also had officially licensed crossovers.

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Spock makes a cameo in the 1990 short story Between the Wars: A Slow Night in Paradise.

Worf and a Ferengi cameo in the 1991 comic story Party Animals.

The Rihanssu language is mentioned in the 1993 novel White Darkness.

The 1994 novel The Crystal Bucephalus make multiple references to Star Trek elements existing in the DWU, including: Latinum, Qo'noS, Risa, and the Vulcan Academia Scholastica.

Felinoids of Cait and the Kzinti are mention in the 1995 novel Invasion of the Cat-People.

In April 2009, Russell T Davies revealed in an interview that he had considered writing a Doctor Who episode that crossed over with Star Trek: Enterprise.

"I would have loved to have done a Star Trek crossover," said Davies. "The very first year, we talked about it. Then Star Trek finally went off air. Landing the TARDIS on board the Enterprise would have been magnificent. Can you imagine what their script department would have wanted, and what I would have wanted? It would have been the biggest battle."

In 2012 IDW Publishing published an official 8-issue crossover series titled Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation² that featured the Eleventh Doctor and the Cybermen encountering the characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with one issue also featuring a flashback of the Fourth Doctor encountering characters from Star Trek: The Original Series. The first issue was released on 30 May 2012.

A sequel to Assimilation² titled Domination was pitched but was cancelled when IDW lost the rights to publish Doctor Who comics. It would have been a crossover with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and feature Sontarans teaming up with the Jem'Hadar.

The Twelfth Doctor mentions Sto'Vo'Kor in the 2015 novel Big Bang Generation.

In 2024, the poster Friendship is Universal was featured at San Diego Comic-Con to promote the Intergalactic Friendship Panel: Star Trek x Doctor Who.

References to Doctor Who in Star Trek[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other media[[edit] | [edit source]]

Paramount Pictures, owner of the Star Trek franchise, does not currently consider anything other than the Star Trek television series and films canonical. Nevertheless, there are licensed comic and prose stories, and these have very occasionally referenced the DWU.

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Due to the two franchises being produced in different countries, shared cast members are infrequent. Most of the connections between the two franchises have occurred as a result of the three productions with extensive North American filming: the 1996 movie, TV: The Impossible Astronaut, and Torchwood: Miracle Day. Major Star Trek actors who appeared in these productions include Nana Visitor and John de Lancie, and companion Dr. Grace Holloway was also played by Deep Space Nine guest star Daphne Ashbrook.

After appearing in TV: The Long Game as the Editor and narrating a series of Doctor Who Confidential, Simon Pegg also took over the role of Scotty from the 2009 film Star Trek onwards. Noel Clarke also appeared alongside Pegg in the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. In 2020, Orla Brady played Laris in Star Trek: Picard after having played Tasha Lem in TV: The Time of the Doctor. That same year, David Ajala played Cleveland Booker in Star Trek: Discovery after having played Peter in TV: The Beast Below.

Other recognisable actors who have guest starred in both franchises include David Warner, Mark Sheppard, and Alan Dale. Deep Space Nine stars Alexander Siddig and Chase Masterson crossed over into the DWU by virtue of voice acting work, typically for Big Finish Productions. In 2012, Chase Masterson debuted the character of Vienna Salvatori in AUDIO: The Shadow Heart, with a spin-off audio series which followed in 2013. This made Masterson the first actor to take a regular role in both a Star Trek and Doctor Who spin-off.

Anthony Head and Alec Newman also read audiobooks for the Star Trek franchise.

The Original Series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
David Soul Mission Control Makora
Christopher Lloyd Doc Brown Kruge
George Murdock Preacher "God"
David Warner Professor Grisenko
Azlok (voice)
The Doctor
St. John Talbot
Gorkon
William Morgan Sheppard Canton Everett Delaware III Klingon commandant
Angelo Tiffe Sam Doyle USS Excelsior navigator

The Animated Series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Ed Bishop General Flint Asmodeus

The Next Generation[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Marina Sirtis Karen Deanna Troi
John de Lancie Allen Shapiro Q
John Franklyn-Robbins Ferain Macias
Jim Norton Thomas Kennet Albert Einstein
Barrie Ingham Paris
Alydon
Danilo Odell
George Murdock Preacher J.P. Hanson
Maurice Roëves Stotz Romulan captain
William Morgan Sheppard Canton Everett Delaware III Ira Graves
David Warner Professor Grisenko
Azlok (voice)
The Doctor
Madred
Carolyn Seymour Mordrega
Freda Mattingly
Multravers
Rejoice
Whitaker
Suzanne Clare
Stubbs
The Commodore
Kidd
Taris
Mirasta Yale
Toreth
Alexander Siddig Rosto
Nemo
Sultan
Marcus Gifford
Julian Bashir
Eric Steinberg Zheng Yibao Paul Porter
Alice Krige Patricia Sawyer
Queen Mum
Felicity Lyme
Borg Queen
Alan Dale Aaron Copley Hiren

Deep Space Nine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Nana Visitor Olivia Colasanto Kira Nerys
Alexander Siddig Rosto
Nemo
Sultan
Marcus Gifford
Julian Bashir
Chase Masterson Vienna Salvatori
Peggy Brooks
Leeta
John de Lancie Allen Shapiro Q
Daphne Ashbrook Grace Holloway
Perfection
Ruth Matheson
Melora Pazlar
Amy Benedict Bridget Howe Female Bajoran villager
Steven Berkoff Shakri Hagath
Van Epperson CIA Archivist Bajoran Clerk
Bari Hochwald ER nurse Elizabeth Lense

Voyager[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
John de Lancie Allen Shapiro Q
Bari Hochwald ER nurse Brin
Christopher Neame Skagra Unferth
Olaf Pooley Eric Stahlman
Eric Stahlmann
Cleric
Robin Sachs British professor Valen
Mark Sheppard Canton Everett Delaware III Leucon
William Morgan Sheppard Canton Everett Delaware III Qatai
Eric Steinberg Zheng Yibao Ankari captain
Carolyn Seymour Mordrega
Freda Mattingly
Multravers
Rejoice
Whitaker
Suzanne Clare
Stubbs
The Commodore
Kidd
Templeton
Marina Sirtis Karen Deanna Troi
Alice Krige Patricia Sawyer
Queen Mum
Felicity Lyme
Borg Queen

Enterprise[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Van Epperson CIA Archivist Alien man
Paul Hayes Costerdane R. Ascher
Bari Hochwald ER nurse E'Lis
Christopher Neame Skagra German Generalmajor
Guy Siner Ravon Stuart Reed
Richard Wharton Paul Bell Jossen
David Youse Rosenbloom Nalbis
Alec Newman Ed Driscoll
Julius
Malik
Marina Sirtis Karen Deanna Troi

Reboot films[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Jason Brooks Press Secretary Romulan Helmsman
Noel Clarke Mickey Smith
Ricky Smith
Salus Kade
Thomas Harewood
Sonita Henry Meme USS Kelvin doctor
Simon Pegg The Editor
Don Chaney
Scotty
Deep Roy Mr Sin
Posicarian
Keenser
William Morgan Sheppard Canton Everett Delaware III Vulcan science minister
Kelvin Yu Nicolas Frumkin Medical technician
Benedict Cumberbatch Howard Carter Khan Noonien Singh

Discovery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Chris Obi George T'Kuvma
David Ajala Peter Cleveland Booker

Picard[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Orla Brady Tasha Lem Laris
Tallinn
Marina Sirtis Karen Deanna Troi
John de Lancie Allen Shapiro Q
Alice Krige Patricia Sawyer
Queen Mum
Felicity Lyme
Borg Queen

Lower Decks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
John de Lancie Allen Shapiro Q
Troy Baker Batman Sherwyns
Kari Wahlgren Supergirl Angie
Key'lor
Sylvia Ront
Kearns
Marina Sirtis Karen Deanna Troi
Nana Visitor Olivia Colasanto Kira Nerys
Alice Krige Patricia Sawyer
Queen Mum
Felicity Lyme
Borg Queen

Prodigy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Angus Imrie Emil Zero

Strange New Worlds[[edit] | [edit source]]

Actor Doctor Who role(s) Star Trek role(s)
Christina Chong Lorna Bucket La'an Noonien-Singh
Martin Quinn Cameron Lawther Montgomery Scott

Crew connections[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to The Nth Doctor, in 1994, Leonard Nimoy, who played the original Mr. Spock and directed two Star Trek feature films, was reportedly under consideration to direct one of the many aborted Doctor Who feature film projects under consideration during the 1989-96 interregnum.

TV movie composer John Debney also composed scores for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Pegasus" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "The Nagus" and "Progress". Tony Dow, who worked as visual effects producer for the TV movie, later directed the Deep Space Nine episode "Field of Fire".

Torchwood: Miracle Day writers Jane Espenson and John Shiban have also written episodes for Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise respectively. Other writers, such as Una McCormack, John Peel, Diane Duane and Keith R.A. DeCandido, have written for both franchises in other media.

Other information[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The fan novella The Doctor and the Enterprise by Jean Airey, initially was published privately as a stand-alone fanzine and then in a professional edition in 1989 by Pioneer Books. This book featured the fourth Doctor and the original Star Trek crew, in a setting that pastiched the ''Darkover" novels of Marion Zimmer Bradley. The Pioneer edition removes the names of many Trek characters. Many other amateur fan fiction crossovers between the television series have been written over the years, including Airey's own sequel to her novel, a piece of erotica entitled 'The Lieutenant and the Doctor'; Airey's book remains the only such to be published professionally, if unofficially. There would be no official crossover between the two franchises published until Assimilation² in 2012.
  • Cast members of both Doctor Who and Star Trek have participated in special editions of the television game show, The Weakest Link, hosted by Anne Robinson.
  • Albert Einstein has appeared in both franchises. In Doctor Who, he appears in Sylvester McCoy's debut story, Time and the Rani, and the 2011 mini-episode Death Is the Only Answer. In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Nth Degree" and "Descent", he appears as a holographic projection. In the latter, he was played by Jim Norton, who later played Thomas Kennet in WC: Scream of the Shalka.
  • As long running science fiction franchises, there have been occasional story elements with marked similarities.
    • The cybernetic Borg assimilate species in similar fashion to the Cybermen and also use a similar catchphrase ("You will be assimilated"). Likewise, the warrior race of Klingons share similarities with the Sontarans and Draconians.
    • The Trill also possess the ability to pass on a symbiont after a host body dies, allowing them to effectively live on after death, not entirely dissimilar from regeneration. When joined with a symbiont, the personality of the new host will change as it becomes an amalgamation of their own, plus those of their predecessors, as well as retaining all of their memories. Through specific rituals, it is also possible for the current hosts to interact with their predecessors, as seen in the Deep Space Nine episodes "Facets" and "Field of Fire", which were DS9 equivalents of multi-Doctor episodes. The ability of Trill to take on the memories and experiences of others was also utilised when Terry Farrell and her character of Jadzia Dax was replaced by Nicole de Boer's Ezri Dax, in much the same way Doctor actors are replaced when they choose to leave the series.
    • Like the Silurians, the dinosaur-descended Voth are a sentient, humanoid reptile species that evolved on Earth and developed a technologically advanced civilisation. Like those Silurians who built the ship in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, the Voth left the planet, eventually settling in the Milky Way Galaxy's Delta Quadrant.
  • In a Top Gear "Master of the Universe" segment, a Klingon raced around the Top Gear track against a Dalek, a Cyberman and Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor (as well as Darth Vader from Star Wars and Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon).
  • Both franchises have featured characters from the Sherlock Holmes stories in some manner. Doctor Who features Holmes and Watson in some of its print media; Holmes’s arch-nemesis is the central antagonist of one episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
    • With this in mind, it is worth noting that Benedict Cumberbatch is the only cast member to have played a character in all three franchises.
  • The novel The Collectors by Christopher L. Bennett is dedicated "To William, Patrick, Jon, Tom, Peter, Colin, Sylvester, Paul, John, Christopher, David, Matt and the other Peter."

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