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| The ''Star Trek'' and ''Doctor Who'' franchises are the "grand old men" of science fiction fandom, each with many thousands of devout followers, and an extensive and long running media spinoff empire involving spinoff series, movies, novels, comics, audios, and other merchandise.
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| ===Other references to ''Star Trek'' in the Doctor Who Universe===
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| * ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' parodies ''Star Trek'', with Captain [[Robert B. Blandish]] of the ''[[Nepotist]]'' standing in for Captain Kirk of the ''Enterprise''.
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| *A line cut from the script of ''[[The Empty Child]]'' would have had the Doctor reply to Rose saddling him with the "Mr. Spock" nickname, "I'd rather be Doctor Who than Star Trek".
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| *The Doctor has some similarities to the Vulcans from ''Star Trek''. The [[Third Doctor]], for example, has been seen knocking people out by pinching the back of their necks, and the [[Tenth Doctor]] has been seen communicating telepathically by putting his hand on people's faces in much the same way as the Vulcan mind-meld. (Indeed, his psychic linking with [[Madame de Pompadour]] in ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' is done in much the same manner as a mind-meld.)
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| ===References to ''Doctor Who'' in ''Star Trek''===
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| *In the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[Wikipedia:The Neutral Zone (TNG_episode)|The Neutral Zone]]" contains, a computer console, in the background, has the names of the first six actors to play the Doctor displayed.
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| *"[[Wikipedia:Future Tense (Enterprise episode)|Future Tense]]", an episode of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' features a [[TARDIS]]-like spacecraft, that could travel through time, that's bigger on the inside than on the outside; the interior design of the craft included TARDIS-like roundels.
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| *The ''Star Trek'' novel ''Ishmael'' includes a reference to a race of powerful beings from the constellation of [[Kasterborous]]. It should be noted that, per a directive from ''Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry and the franchise owners, Paramount Pictures, novels are not considered part of mainstream Trek continuity.
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| ===Casting and crew connections===
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| *A few actors have crossed over between the ''Star Trek'' and ''Doctor Who'' franchises. In terms of major co-stars, [[Daphne Ashbrook]] (the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Grace Holloway]]), played the character of [[Wikipedia:Melora|Melora]] on the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode of the same name. In 2009, [[Simon Pegg]], who played [[The Editor]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', narrated ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', and did vocal work for [[Big Finish Productions]], takes on the role of Scotty in the rebooted ''Star Trek'' film franchise.
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| *Others that have appeared in both ''Star Trek'' and ''Doctor Who'' include:
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| *[[Guy Siner]]
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| *[[Barrie Ingham]]
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| *[[Christopher Neame]]
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| *[[John Franklyn-Robbins]]
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| *[[Maurice Roëves]]
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| *[[Olaf Pooley]]
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| *[[Gregg Palmer]]
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| *[[Deep Roy]] - Roy shares several scenes with Pegg in the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film, playing Scotty's alien sidekick.
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| *[[David Soul]] - He voiced a character in the webcast [[Death Comes to Time]].
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| *[[Alexander Siddig]] - He voiced a character in the [[Big Finish]] audios [[Sisters of the Flame]] and [[Vengeance of Morbius]]
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| *[[Alan Dale]] has not appeared in Doctor Who but it's spin off Torchwood
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| *''Star Trek'' stars who were considered to contribute to the [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|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), Kate Mulgrew (who was considered for the role of [[Grace Holloway]]) and Frank Welker (who was considered to voice several aliens had the TV Movie pilot been extended to a series).
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| ===Other information===
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| *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 ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: Enterprise|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."
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| *The fan novella ''[[The Doctor and the Enterprise]]'' by [[Jean Airey]], initially 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 that have been written over the years, though Airey's book remains (as of 2009) the only one to be published professionally, if unofficially.
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| :''See more on this, see separate article.''
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| *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.
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| *In 1994 [[Wikipedia: Leonard Nimoy|Leonard Nimoy]] 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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| *In October 2008, ''Trek'' actor [[Wikipedia: Zachary Quinto|Zachary Quinto]], the new 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''. Quinto shares a distinction with [[Matt Smith]], the actor chosen to replace Tennant, in having to take over a popular role from a popular actor.
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| ==External links==
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| *[[memoryalpha:|Memory Alpha]], a ''Star Trek'' wiki
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| *[[memoryalpha:Doctor Who|Memory Alpha's page on ''Doctor Who'']]
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