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The '''''Star Trek''''' universe has made several references to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], and the two also share many similarities.
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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.  


:''For a discussion of the Star Trek franchise from an in-universe perspective, see [[Star Trek]].''
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.


== Overview ==
''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.
=== References to Doctor Who in ''Star Trek'' media ===


==== Television ====
==Crossovers==
[[File:Star_Trek_Doctor_Who.jpg|thumb|left|306px|[[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker]], "[[Peter Davison|Peter Davidson]]" and [[Colin Baker]]'s names all appear on the screen in this episode.]]
[[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]]''.  


* A computer console seen in the ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:The Neutral Zone (episode)|The Neutral Zone]]" shows the names of the first six actors to play [[the Doctor]]. Despite this being an obvious reference, a basic mistake was made where [[Peter Davison]]'s name was misspelled as "Peter Davidson".
[[Worf]] and a [[Ferengi]] cameo in the 1991 comic story ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]''.
* The Argolis Cluster, first mentioned in the ''Next Generation'' episode "I Borg", was named after the planet [[Argolis]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'').
* "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Future Tense (episode)|Future Tense]]", an episode of ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', features a [[TARDIS]]-like 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.
* San Francisco has appeared in both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Trek''. [[The Master|the Master's]] consciousness escapes from his container and enters the console of the TARDIS and causes it to materialize in San Francisco on the [[30 December|30th December]] [[1999]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''). In ''Star Trek'', [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Starfleet Headquarters|Starfleet Headquarters]] is located in San Francisco.


==== Other media ====
The [[Rihanssu language]] is mentioned in the 1993 novel ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]''.
* The ''Star Trek'' novel "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Ishmael (novel)|Ishmael]]" makes an indirect reference to the [[Time Lord]]s, a direct reference to [[Metebelis Crystal|Metebelis crystals]], and features cameos by the [[Second Doctor]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]]. (Per a directive from ''Trek'' creator [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Gene Roddenberry|Gene Roddenberry]] and the franchise owners, Paramount Pictures, novels are not considered part of ''Trek'' canon.)
* Several ''Star Trek'' stories have made mention of the use of "[[sonic screwdriver]]s" as Starfleet engineering tools.
* A direct reference to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise is made in the novel ''[[w:d:Memory-Beta:My Enemy, My Ally|My Enemy, My Ally]]'' which describes USS ''Enterprise'' crewmembers watching a [[Fourth Doctor]] episode.
* The novel ''[[w:c:memory-beta:a singular destiny|A Singular Destiny]]'' features an alien race called the Thals, although they have no connection to those seen in ''Doctor Who''.
* ''[[w:c:memorybeta:greater than the sum|Greater Than The Sum]]'' features the names [[Lyton]] and [[Telos]].
===== Watching the Clock =====
* As a story focusing on the consequences of time travel, author [[Christopher L. Bennett]] has included many allusions to the the ''Doctor Who'' franchise in his ''Star Trek'' novel ''[[w:c:Memory-Beta:DTI: Watching the Clock|Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock]]''. <ref>http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/DTI_Annot.html</ref>
** The book features an epigram of the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s line from "[[Blink]]" (credited to [[Stephen Moffat]]) describing time as "a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... [[Timey-wimey detector|timey-wimey]]... stuff."
** The character of [[w:c:memorybeta:Rani Mohindra|Rani Mohindra]] is named after [[Rani Chandra]] from ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and her actor, [[Anjli Mohindra]].
** A ship named the ''[[w:c:memorybeta:Verity|Verity]]'' is named after producer [[Verity Lambert]].
** The character of [[w:c:memorybeta:Ian Purvis|Ian Purvis]] is named after actors [[Ian Marter]] and [[Peter Purves]].
** [[Canary Wharf]] is also mentioned. While the novel makes no specific links to its status in ''Doctor Who'', the author specifically mentions it, and its importance, in his online annotations.<ref>http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/DTI_Annot.html</ref> Likewise with [[Ealing]]. <ref>http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/DTI_Annot2.html</ref>
** The Tigellian chronic hysteresis is a reference to [[Tigella]].
** The unit of measurement known as a "Maloc" is based on the "Malcolm", coined by [[Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)|Dr. Malcolm Taylor]].
** The [[w:c:memorybeta:Shirna|Shirna]], archenemies of the already established [[w:c:memorybeta:Vogons|Vogon]] were named after [[Shirna]], partner of [[Vorg]].
** A "large, blue, boxlike artefact" is seen in a Federation storehouse of alien time-travel devices.
** The character of [[w:c:memorybeta:Adrienne Markham|Adrienne Markham]] is named after [[Adrienne Hill]].
** A planet is also described as having [[Gallifrey|silver trees and an orange sky]], and its inhabitants as a society who have been monitoring history for thousands of years.
** A character Professor Vard, has a physical description reminiscent of the Second Doctor and displays the hubris and techno-babble associated with the Doctor in many incarnations.


=== Cast connections ===
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]].
To date, the only major ''Doctor Who'' star, to have appeared in the ''Star Trek'' franchise is [[Daphne Ashbrook]]. Prior to playing the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[companion]], [[Grace Holloway]], she played the character of [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Melora Pazlar|Melora Pazlar]] on the ''[[w:c:Memory-alpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode, ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Melora (episode)|Melora]]''.


In contrast to this however, there have been several major ''Star Trek'' stars who have appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. As regular cast members throughout the entire run of ''Deep Space Nine'', [[Alexander Siddig]] and [[Nana Visitor]] are the most experienced ''Star Trek'' actors to appear in any ''Doctor Who'' franchise productions. Siddig portrayed [[Rosto]] in the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio dramas, ''[[Sisters of the Flame]]'' and ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius]]'', whereas Visitor portrayed [[Olivia Colasanto]] in ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''. Added to this, [[John de Lancie]], who appeared as [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Q|Q]] in twelve episodes across three ''Star Trek'' series', also has a recurring role in ''Miracle Day'', [[Allen Shapiro]].
[[Felinoid]]s of [[Cait]] and the [[Kzinti]] are mention in the 1995 novel ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]''.


[[Simon Pegg]] is so far the only actor to have a lead role in a ''Star Trek'' feature film, [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Montgomery Scott (alternate reality)|Montgomery Scott]] in ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', and have significant involvement in ''Doctor Who''. Not only did he play [[The Editor]] in ''[[The Long Game]]'', but also narrated a series of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', and performed vocal work for Big Finish in ''[[Invaders from Mars]]''. Although [[David Warner]] appeared in the ''Star Trek'' films ''[[w:c:startrek:Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|The Final Frontier]]'', ''[[w:c:startrek:Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country|The Undiscovered Country]]'' and a two part TV story, he did so only in supporting roles. Also, his contributions to ''Doctor Who'' have only been audio work, including an [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|alternative Doctor]], and [[Isaac Newton]] among others for Big Finish, as well as [[Lord Azlok]] in the animated adventure, ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
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.''"


Others who have appeared in both ''Star Trek'' and ''Doctor Who'' productions include [[Ed Bishop]], [[John Franklyn-Robbins]], [[Barrie Ingham]], [[Christopher Neame]], [[Gregg Palmer]], [[Olaf Pooley]], [[Maurice Roëves]], [[Deep Roy]], [[Mark Sheppard]], [[William Morgan Sheppard]], and [[Guy Siner]]. [[Amy Benedict]], [[Alan Dale]], [[Van Epperson]] and [[Robin Sachs]] have also all appeared in ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''.
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]].


''Star Trek'' stars who were considered for the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 Doctor Who TV movie]] include [[Patrick Stewart]] who was considered for the role of the Eighth Doctor and [[The Master]]. Stewart has stated in a recent interview that he might have been considered for the roles but he was never formally approached. [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Kate Mulgrew|Kate Mulgrew]] was considered for the role of Grace Holloway (though her involvement in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' for rival network UPN would likely have precluded her involvement), while legendary voice actor [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]] was considered to voice several aliens had the TV movie pilot been extended into a series.
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.


[[Anthony Head]] also narrated a ''Star Trek'' audiobook, volume 1 of "[[w:c:memory-beta:The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Vol 1.|The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh]]".
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] mentions [[Sto'Vo'Kor]] in the 2015 novel ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]''.


=== Crew connections ===
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.
According to ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', in [[1994]] [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Leonard Nimoy|Leonard Nimoy]], the actor who played the original Mr. Spock and who also 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 ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:The Pegasus (episode)|The Pegasus]]" and the ''[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek:Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:The Nagus (episode)|The Nagus]]" and "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Progress (episode)|Progress]]". [[Tony Dow]], who worked as visual effects producer for the TV movie, later directed the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "[[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Field of Fire (episode)|Field of Fire]]".
==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>


=== Writer connections ===
===Other media===
Numerous writers who have contributed to the ''Trek'' franchise have also contributed to ''Doctor Who''. To date two writers of ''televised'' Star Trek stories have crossed over to ''Doctor Who''. One is [[David Wise]], who won an Emmy for co-writing the ''[[w:c:memoryalpha:Star Trek: The Animated Series|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "[[w:c:memoryalpha:How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth|How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth]]" in 1974; in 2011 his script for [[BFG]]: ''[[Forever|Gallifrey: Forever]]'' was produced by Big Finish Productions. [[Diane Duane]], co-writer of the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "Where No One Has Gone Before", as well as numerous novels and novelisations, contributed ''Doctor Who'' short fiction to the Big Finish ''[[Short Trips]]'' series of books, as well as for unofficial charity publications. Other Trek novelists with ties to ''Doctor Who'' include [[Peter David]], [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]], [[Diane Duane]], [[Una McCormack]] [[David A. McIntee]], and [[John Peel]].
{{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.


There are only two who have written televised episodes for both franchises however. ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] writers [[Jane Espenson]] and [[John Shiban]] have also written episodes for ''[[w:c:memoryalpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[w:c:memoryalpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' respectively.
==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]].


=== Potential official crossover ===
After appearing in [[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'' as [[the Editor]] and narrating a series of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', [[Simon Pegg]] also took over the role of {{ma|Montgomery Scott (alternate reality)|Scotty}} from the 2009 film ''{{ma|Star Trek (film)|Star Trek}}'' onwards. [[Noel Clarke]] also appeared alongside Pegg in the 2013 sequel ''{{ma|Star Trek Into Darkness}}''. In 2020, [[Orla Brady]] played {{ma|Laris}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek: Picard}}'' after having played [[Tasha Lem]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. That same year, [[David Ajala]] played {{ma|Cleveland Booker}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek: Discovery}}'' after having played [[Peter (The Beast Below)|Peter]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]''.
In April, 2009, [[Russell T Davies]] revealed in an interview that he had considered writing a ''[[Ninth Doctor|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.''"


Given the vast settings of both franchises and the number of companies involved in the international rights, it is highly unlikely such an episode would have been made. In addition, there have been several references made to ''Star Trek'' as an entertainment franchise in ''Doctor Who'' — most notably when [[Rose Tyler]] dubs the Doctor "Mr. Spock" in [[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' — which could have presented a continuity challenge. ''Star Trek'', for its part, has never made a direct reference to ''Doctor Who'' in any TV episode or film, beyond a few visual references and in-jokes not intended to link to the canon; the direct reference to the series that occurs in the novel ''My Enemy, My Ally'' has no bearing on canon as in the 1990s Paramount Pictures took the (for some) controversial step of announcing what aspects of the Trek franchise would be considered canon; the novels, Paramount decreed, are not.
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 (audio story)|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.


=== Other information ===
[[Anthony Head]] and [[Alec Newman]] also read audiobooks for the ''Star Trek'' franchise.
* 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]]. Many other amateur [[fan fiction]] crossovers between the two universes have been written over the years, though Airey's book remains (as of 2009) the only one to be published professionally, if unofficially.


* There have only been two periods in which the rights to publish comic books based upon ''Star Trek'' have been held by the same company holding the rights to publish same based upon ''Doctor Who''. The first was in the 1979-81 period when [[Marvel Comics]] published a monthly ''Star Trek'' comic at the same time it published (with comic strips) ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' in the UK (although Marvel's licence on ''Trek'' had ended by the time it began republishing the ''DWM'' strips in America). More recently, [[IDW Publishing]] began a line of ''Doctor Who'' originals and reprints in 2007, concurrent with its own ongoing line of ''Trek''-based comic books. In 2010-11 IDW published a story arc that connected the ''Trek, Transformers, Ghostbusters,'' and ''GI Joe'' franchises (also published by IDW), but not ''Doctor Who'', leading industry publication ''Wizard Magazine'' to suggest a crossover in its January 2011 issue.
===''The Original Series''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[David Soul]]
|[[Mission Control (Death Comes to Time)|Mission Control]]
|{{ma|Makora}}
|-
|[[Christopher Lloyd]]
|[[Doc Brown]]
|{{ma|Kruge}}
|-
|[[George Murdock]]
|[[Preacher (Dead of Night)|Preacher]]
|"{{ma|God (Sha Ka Ree)|God}}"
|-
|[[David Warner]]
|[[Grisenko|Professor Grisenko]]<br>[[Azlok]] (voice)<br>[[Unbound Doctor|The Doctor]]
|{{ma|St. John Talbot}}<br>{{ma|Gorkon}}
|-
|[[William Morgan Sheppard]]
|[[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
|{{ma|Rura Penthe inhabitants#Klingon commandant|Klingon commandant}}
|-
|[[Angelo Tiffe]]
|[[Sam Doyle]]
|{{ma|USS Excelsior personnel#Navigator 001|USS ''Excelsior'' navigator}}
|}


* In October 2008, ''Trek'' actor [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Zachary Quinto|Zachary Quinto]], who also appears in the latest "Trek" film as [[w:c:Memory-Alpha:Spock (alternate reality)|Mr. Spock]], announced [[David Tennant]] as the winner of that year's National Television Awards; it was during Tennant's acceptance speech broadcast live via remote that Tennant announced his departure from ''Doctor Who''. Like Tennant, and most other actors who have portrayed the Doctor, Quinto, Pegg and several others of the ''Star Trek'' cast are having to take over iconic roles from popular actors.
===''The Animated Series''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Ed Bishop]]
|[[Flint (Full Fathom Five)|General Flint]]
|{{ma|Asmodeus}}
|}


* David Tennant has been cast in the remake of cult film ''Fright Night'' opposite Anton Yelchin who played Chekov in the latest Star Trek film
===''The Next Generation''===
* In 2008 David Tennant appeared in both a stage and BBC television production of ''Hamlet'' opposite Patrick Stewart, with Tennant playing the title character and Stewart as Claudius. In 1980, Stewart played Claudius in another BBC TV production of ''Hamlet'', in which [[Lalla Ward]] played Ophelia.
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
|-
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
|-
|[[John Franklyn-Robbins]]
|[[Ferain]]
|{{ma|Macias}}
|-
|[[Jim Norton]]
|[[Thomas Kennet]]
|{{ma|Albert Einstein}}
|-
|[[Barrie Ingham]]
|[[Paris (The Myth Makers)|Paris]]<br>[[Alydon (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Alydon]]
|{{ma|Danilo Odell}}
|-
|[[George Murdock]]
|[[Preacher (Dead of Night)|Preacher]]
|{{ma|J.P. Hanson}}
|-
|[[Maurice Roëves]]
|[[Stotz]]
|{{ma|Unnamed Romulan military personnel (24th_century)#Captain at Vilmor II|Romulan captain}}
|-
|[[William Morgan Sheppard]]
|[[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
|{{ma|Ira Graves}}
|-
|[[David Warner]]
|[[Grisenko|Professor Grisenko]]<br>[[Azlok]] (voice)<br>[[Unbound Doctor|The Doctor]]
|{{ma|Madred}}
|-
|[[Carolyn Seymour]]
|[[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]]
|{{ma|Taris}}<br>{{ma|Mirasta Yale}}<br>{{ma|Toreth}}
|-
|[[Alexander Siddig]]
|[[Rosto]]<br>[[Nemo]]<br>[[Sultan (1001 Nights)|Sultan]]<br>[[Marcus Gifford]]
|{{ma|Julian Bashir}}
|-
|[[Eric Steinberg]]
|[[Zheng Yibao]]
|{{ma|Paul Porter}}
|-
|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
|{{ma|Borg Queen}}
|-
|[[Alan Dale]]
|[[Aaron Copley]]
|{{ma|Hiren}}
|}


== External links ==
===''Deep Space Nine''===
* [[memoryalpha:|Memory Alpha]], a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the television and films
{| {{Prettytable}}
* [[memoryalpha:Doctor Who|Memory Alpha's page on ''Doctor Who'']]
!Actor
* [[w:c:memory-beta|Memory Beta]], a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the expanded media, such as books and comics.
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
* [[w:c:memory-beta:Doctor Who|Memory Beta's page on ''Doctor Who'']]
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Nana Visitor]]
|[[Olivia Colasanto]]
|{{ma|Kira Nerys}}
|-
|[[Alexander Siddig]]
|[[Rosto]]<br>[[Nemo]]<br>[[Sultan (1001 Nights)|Sultan]]<br>[[Marcus Gifford]]
|{{ma|Julian Bashir}}
|-
|[[Chase Masterson]]
|[[Vienna Salvatori]]<br>[[Peggy Brooks]]
|{{ma|Leeta}}
|-
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
|-
|[[Daphne Ashbrook]]
|[[Grace Holloway]]<br>[[Perfection (The Next Life)|Perfection]]<br>[[Ruth Matheson]]
|{{ma|Melora Pazlar}}
|-
|[[Amy Benedict]]
|[[Bridget Howe]]
|{{ma|Unnamed Bajorans#Villager 001|Female Bajoran villager}}
|-
|[[Steven Berkoff]]
|[[Shakri (The Power of Three)|Shakri]]
|{{ma|Hagath}}
|-
|[[Van Epperson]]
|[[Archivist (The New World)|CIA Archivist]]
|{{ma|Unnamed Deep Space 9 residents#Bajoran clerk|Bajoran Clerk}}
|-
|[[Bari Hochwald]]
|[[ER nurse (Rendition)|ER nurse]]
|{{ma|Elizabeth Lense}}
|}


{{wikipediainfo}}
===''Voyager''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
|-
|[[Bari Hochwald]]
|[[ER nurse (Rendition)|ER nurse]]
|{{ma|Brin (female)|Brin}}
|-
|[[Christopher Neame]]
|[[Skagra]]
|{{ma|Unferth}}
|-
|[[Olaf Pooley]]
|[[Eric Stahlman]]<br>[[Eric Stahlmann]]
|{{ma|List of Kelemane%27s species#Cleric 001|Cleric}}
|-
|[[Robin Sachs]]
|[[British professor]]
|{{ma|Valen}}
|-
|[[Mark Sheppard]]
|[[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
|{{ma|Leucon}}
|-
|[[William Morgan Sheppard]]
|[[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
|{{ma|Qatai}}
|-
|[[Eric Steinberg]]
|[[Zheng Yibao]]
|{{ma|Unnamed Ankari#Captain|Ankari captain}}
|-
|[[Carolyn Seymour]]
|[[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]]
|{{ma|Templeton}}
|-
|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
|-
|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
|{{ma|Borg Queen}}
|}


[[Category:Real world television shows with DWU connections]]
===''Enterprise''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Van Epperson]]
|[[Archivist (The New World)|CIA Archivist]]
|{{ma|Rigel X visitors#Yellow 001|Alien man}}
|-
|[[Paul Hayes]]
|[[Costerdane]]
|{{ma|R. Ascher}}
|-
|[[Bari Hochwald]]
|[[ER nurse (Rendition)|ER nurse]]
|{{ma|E'Lis}}
|-
|[[Christopher Neame]]
|[[Skagra]]
|{{ma|Germany armed forces personnel#Generalmajor 001|German ''Generalmajor''}}
|-
|[[Guy Siner]]
|[[Ravon]]
|{{ma|Stuart Reed}}
|-
|[[Richard Wharton]]
|[[Paul Bell]]
|{{ma|Jossen}}
|-
|[[David Youse]]
|[[Rosenbloom]]
|{{ma|Nalbis}}
|-
|[[Alec Newman]]
|[[Ed Driscoll]]<br>[[Julius (The Silent Scream)|Julius]]
|{{ma|Malik}}
|-
|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
|}
 
===Reboot films===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Jason Brooks]]
|[[Press Secretary]]
|{{ma|Narada personnel#Helmsman 001|Romulan Helmsman}}
|-
|[[Noel Clarke]]
|[[Mickey Smith]]<br>[[Ricky Smith]]<br>[[Salus Kade]]
|{{ma|Thomas Harewood}}
|-
|[[Sonita Henry]]
|[[Meme (The Time of the Doctor)|Meme]]
|{{ma|USS Kelvin personnel#Doctor 001|USS ''Kelvin'' doctor}}
|-
|[[Simon Pegg]]
|[[The Editor]]<br>[[Don Chaney]]
|{{ma|Montgomery Scott (alternate reality)|Scotty}}
|-
|[[Deep Roy]]
|[[Mr Sin]]<br>[[Posicarian]]
|{{ma|Keenser}}
|-
|[[William Morgan Sheppard]]
|[[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
|{{ma|Unnamed Vulcans (alternate reality)#Head minister 001|Vulcan science minister}}
|-
|[[Kelvin Yu]]
|[[Nicolas Frumkin]]
|{{ma|USS Kelvin personnel#Medical technicians 001|Medical technician}}
|-
|[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]
|[[Howard Carter]]
|{{ma|Khan Noonien Singh (alternate reality)|Khan Noonien Singh}}
|}
 
===''Discovery''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Chris Obi]]
|[[George (Closing Time)|George]]
|{{ma|T'Kuvma}}
|-
|[[David Ajala]]
|[[Peter (The Beast Below)|Peter]]
|{{ma|Cleveland Booker}}
|}
 
===''Picard''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Orla Brady]]
|[[Tasha Lem]]
|{{ma|Laris}}<br>{{ma|Tallinn}}
|-
|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
|-
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
|-
|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
|{{ma|Borg Queen}}
|}
 
===''Lower Decks''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[John de Lancie]]
|[[Allen Shapiro]]
|{{ma|Q}}
|-
|[[Troy Baker]]
|[[Batman]]
|{{ma|Sherwyns}}
|-
|[[Kari Wahlgren]]
|[[Supergirl]]
|{{ma|Angie}}<br>{{ma|Key'lor}}<br>{{ma|Sylvia Ront}}<br>{{ma|Kearns}}
|-
|[[Marina Sirtis]]
|Karen
|{{ma|Deanna Troi}}
|-
|[[Nana Visitor]]
|[[Olivia Colasanto]]
|{{ma|Kira Nerys}}
|-
|[[Alice Krige]]
|[[Patricia Sawyer]]<br>[[Queen Mum]]<br>[[Felicity Lyme]]
|{{ma|Borg Queen}}
|}
 
===''Prodigy''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Angus Imrie]]
|Emil
|{{ma|Zero}}
|}
 
===''Strange New Worlds''===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Actor
!''Doctor Who'' role(s)
!''Star Trek'' role(s)
|-
|[[Christina Chong]]
|[[Lorna Bucket]]
|{{ma|La'an Noonien-Singh}}
|-
|[[Martin Quinn]]
|[[Cameron Lawther]]
|{{ma|Montgomery Scott}}
|}
 
==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.
 
[[Doctor Who (TV story)|TV movie]] composer [[John Debney]] also composed scores for the ''{{ma|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' episode "{{ma|The Pegasus (episode)|The Pegasus}}" and the ''{{ma|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' episodes "{{ma|The Nagus (episode)|The Nagus}}" and "{{ma|Progress (episode)|Progress}}". [[Tony Dow]], who worked as visual effects producer for the TV movie, later directed the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "{{ma|Field of Fire (episode)|Field of Fire}}".
 
''[[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.
 
==Other information==
*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]].
*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]]''.
*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.
**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==
*{{ma||Memory Alpha}}, a ''Star Trek'' wiki focusing on the television and films
*{{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|Doctor Who|Memory Beta's page on ''Doctor Who''}}
 
==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}
{{Star Trek}}
[[Category:Real world series with DWU connections]]
[[Category:Television overviews]]
[[Category:Prose fiction overviews]]
[[Category:Comic overviews]]

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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.

Crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]

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.

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.

Cast connections[[edit] | [edit source]]

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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  1. ↑ Star Trek Monthly issue 108
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