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: ''For discussion of the Star Trek franchise from a real world perspective, see [[Star Trek (franchise)]].''
: ''For discussion of the Star Trek franchise from a real world perspective, see [[Star Trek (franchise)]].''  


'''''Star Trek''''' was a popular [[American]] [[science fiction]] [[television]] series of the 1960s, which spawned a long-standing entertainment franchise that included motion pictures and additional TV series lasting into the 21st century. It featured, among other characters, '''Mr. Spock''', '''Captain Kirk''' and '''Doctor McCoy'''. ''Star Trek'' had many avid followers, who were thrilled by the debuts of movies based on the series beginning in the late 1970s. ([[NA]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'')
'''''Star Trek''''' was a popular [[American]] [[science fiction]] [[television]] series of the 1960s, featuring among other characters, '''Mr. Spock''', '''Captain Kirk''' and '''Doctor McCoy'''. A [[Time Lord]], [[Marnal]], going by the [[Human]] alias Marnal Gate, also sold a script to ''Star Trek'', but unhappy with the changes made, he saw to it that he did not get credited for it. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
 
It later spawned a long-standing entertainment franchise that included motion pictures and additional TV series lasting into the 21st century. There were many avid fans who were thrilled by the debuts of movies based on the series beginning in the late 1970s. ([[NA]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'')
 
[[Izzy Sinclair]], watched ''Star Trek'' to vicariously escape her unhappy home life. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Oblivion (comic strip)|Oblivion]]'')  


The ''Star Trek'' franchise faded out of public consciousness within a few centuries. [[26th century]] native [[Bernice Summerfield]] thought it was a documentary when she first saw it, and [[51st century]] native [[Jack Harkness]] was unfamiliar with the name "Spock" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'').
The ''Star Trek'' franchise faded out of public consciousness within a few centuries. [[26th century]] native [[Bernice Summerfield]] thought it was a documentary when she first saw it, and [[51st century]] native [[Jack Harkness]] was unfamiliar with the name "Spock" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'').


==Overview==
===Specific Mentions===
===Minor mentions and references===
*The right shoulder patch on [[Ace]]'s jacket was a [[NASA]] mission patch for the [[wikipedia:Approach and Landing Tests|Approach and Landing Tests]] of the [[wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise,'']] which was named after ''Star Trek's'' famous starship.
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] explained the [[chameleon circuit]] to [[Grace Holloway]] in terms of a "[[Wikipedia:Cloaking device|cloaking device]]", using a term closely associated with ''Star Trek'' (although in the context of ''Star Trek'' cloaking devices were used to make things invisible as opposed to merely changing their appearance, as was the theoretical function of the TARDIS' chameleon circuit). ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
**Sometime later the [[Eleventh Doctor]] activated a TARDIS feature that he also referred to as a Cloaking Device, which did make the TARDIS invisible. ([[DW]]:''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
*As a young [[science fiction]] fan, [[Izzy Sinclair]], watched ''Star Trek'' to vicariously escape her unhappy home life. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Oblivion (comic strip)|Oblivion]]'')
*[[Rose Tyler]] compared [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] to the ''Star Trek'' character Spock, a name Rose later gave as the Doctor's own when she introduced him to [[Jack Harkness]]; Harkness subsequently began calling him Mr. Spock until he was corrected. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
*[[Rose Tyler]] compared [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] to the ''Star Trek'' character Spock, a name Rose later gave as the Doctor's own when she introduced him to [[Jack Harkness]]; Harkness subsequently began calling him Mr. Spock until he was corrected. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
*A [[Time Lord]], [[Marnal]], going by the [[Human]] alias Marnal Gate, sold a script to ''Star Trek''. Unhappy with the changes made to the script, however, he saw to it that he did not get credited for it. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
*When [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Luke|Luke Smith]] were on [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]'s ship Luke asked Clyde if he could use his [[mobile phone]]. [[Jen|One of the other captives]] told him that it would be useless in space unless he knew Captain Kirk's phone number. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'')
*When [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Luke|Luke Smith]] were on [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]'s ship Luke asked Clyde if he could use his [[mobile phone]]. [[Jen|One of the other captives]] told him that it would be useless in space unless he knew Captain Kirk's phone number. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'')
*At one point, Clyde describes Luke as being "all science and logic and Spocky stuff like that". ([[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'')
*At one point, Clyde describes Luke as being "all science and logic and Spocky stuff like that". ([[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'')
*In "''[[Fear Her]]''," The Doctor teaches Chloe the Vulcan Salute, famously used by Spock and various characters in ''Star Trek''. Donna would later use the Vulcan Salute to operate the door opening mechanism on the [[Sontaran]] battleship (due to the configuration of Sontaran hands being similar). ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem|The Sontaran Stratagem ]]/ [[The Poison Sky]]'').
*In "''[[Fear Her]]''," The Doctor teaches Chloe the Vulcan Salute, famously used by Spock and various characters in ''Star Trek''. Donna would later use the Vulcan Salute to operate the door opening mechanism on the [[Sontaran]] battleship (due to the configuration of Sontaran hands being similar). ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem|The Sontaran Stratagem ]]/ [[The Poison Sky]]'').
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] once compared the [[sonic screwdriver]] to ''Star Trek's'' tricorder. Shortly afterwards, the Doctor and Donna, briefly adopted the aliases Doctor McCoy and Captain Kirk, respectively. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Pest Control]]'')
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] once compared the [[sonic screwdriver]] to ''Star Trek's'' tricorder. Shortly afterwards, the Doctor and Donna, briefly adopted the aliases Doctor McCoy and Captain Kirk, respectively. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Pest Control]]'')
*In [[1969]], when [[Joy (The Impossible Astronaut)|Joy]] encountered [[The Silence|a Silent]] in the [[White House]], she thought it was someone wearing a ''Star Trek'' mask. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
===Metafictional references===
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] explained the [[chameleon circuit]] to [[Grace Holloway]] in terms of a "[[Wikipedia:Cloaking device|cloaking device]]", using a term closely associated with ''Star Trek'' (although in the context of ''Star Trek'' cloaking devices were used to make things invisible as opposed to merely changing their appearance). ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
**Sometime later the [[Eleventh Doctor]] activated a TARDIS feature that he also referred to as a Cloaking Device, which did make the TARDIS invisible. ([[DW]]:''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
**The right shoulder patch on [[Ace]]'s jacket was a [[NASA]] mission patch for the [[wikipedia:Approach and Landing Tests|Approach and Landing Tests]] of the [[wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise,'']] which was named after ''Star Trek's'' famous starship.
*[[Destrii]] watched a [[spacecraft]] design closely resembling that of the fictional ''[[Wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' ([[DWM]]: ''[[Oblivion (comic strip)|Oblivion]]'')
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] once wore a space helmet that bore the ship registry NCC-1701-D, the registry of the U.S.S. Enterprise in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', a spin-off from the original series. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'')
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] once wore a space helmet that bore the ship registry NCC-1701-D, the registry of the U.S.S. Enterprise in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', a spin-off from the original series. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'')
*In'' [[The Blue Angel]]'' by [[Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy Hoad]], [[Robert B. Blandish|Captain Robert B. Blandish]] of the [[Federation starship]] ''[[Nepotist]]'' clearly parodies Captain Kirk.
*[[BFA]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'' is a pastiche of ''Star Trek'' and its associated tropes and storytelling styles.
*The space liner in [[A Christmas Carol]] was designed to parody several aspects of ''Star Trek''. The bridge design mimicked the clean white surfaces of the 2009 revival film, along with the use of lens flares. The ship itself is referred to as a ''Galaxy'' class vessel, the same class of ship as the ''Enterprise D'' in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and one of the crewmen is a black male who wears an odd piece of eyewear, similar to the Next Generation character, Geordi LaForge.
*The [[Teselecta]] bridge is also of a similar ''Star Trek'' style design. ([[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
*In [[2050]] a [[spacecraft]] known as the [[NX-2000]] which shared its name with the Starship Registry of the [[w:c:memory aplpha:U.S.S. Excelsior|U.S.S. Excelsior]] began flight tests.([[K9TV]]: ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'')
*In [[2050]] a [[spacecraft]] known as the [[NX-2000]] which shared its name with the Starship Registry of the [[w:c:memory aplpha:U.S.S. Excelsior|U.S.S. Excelsior]] began flight tests.([[K9TV]]: ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'')
*In the [[K9 (TV series)|K9]] episode ''[[Jaws of Orthrus]]'', a [[CCPC]] states "Resistance is Futile" to [[Darius Pike]], a catchphrase used by the Borg.
*In the [[K9 (TV series)|K9]] episode ''[[Jaws of Orthrus]]'', a [[CCPC]] states "Resistance is Futile" to [[Darius Pike]], a catchphrase used by the Borg.
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*In ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', the [[The Doctor|Doctor's]] greeting to the autopilot hologram includes the line "please state the nature of the emergency", very similar to the line spoken by the Emergency Medical Hologram ("Please state the nature of the medical emergency") in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' when he is activated.
*In ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', the [[The Doctor|Doctor's]] greeting to the autopilot hologram includes the line "please state the nature of the emergency", very similar to the line spoken by the Emergency Medical Hologram ("Please state the nature of the medical emergency") in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' when he is activated.
*In ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', a [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] states "You will be assimilated" to [[Amy Pond]], which is another catchphrase used by the Borg, who in turn resemble the [[Cyberman|original Cybermen]].
*In ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', a [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] states "You will be assimilated" to [[Amy Pond]], which is another catchphrase used by the Borg, who in turn resemble the [[Cyberman|original Cybermen]].
*In [[1969]], when [[Joy (The Impossible Astronaut)|Joy]] encountered [[The Silence|a Silent]] in the [[White House]], she thought it was someone wearing a ''Star Trek'' mask. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
==Behind the scenes==
===Metafictional references===
*[[Destrii]] watched a [[spacecraft]] design closely resembling that of the fictional ''[[Wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' ([[DWM]]: ''[[Oblivion (comic strip)|Oblivion]]'')
*In'' [[The Blue Angel]]'' by [[Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy Hoad]], [[Robert B. Blandish|Captain Robert B. Blandish]] of the [[Federation starship]] ''[[Nepotist]]'' clearly parodies Captain Kirk.
*[[BFA]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'' is a pastiche of ''Star Trek'' and its associated tropes and storytelling styles.
*The space liner in [[A Christmas Carol]] was designed to parody several aspects of ''Star Trek''. The bridge design mimicked the clean white surfaces of the 2009 revival film, along with the use of lens flares. The ship itself is referred to as a ''Galaxy'' class vessel, the same class of ship as the ''Enterprise D'' in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and one of the crewmen is a male of African descent who wears an odd piece of eyewear, similar to the Next Generation character, Geordi LaForge.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 14:38, 2 September 2011

Star Trek
For discussion of the Star Trek franchise from a real world perspective, see Star Trek (franchise).

Star Trek was a popular American science fiction television series of the 1960s, featuring among other characters, Mr. Spock, Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy. A Time Lord, Marnal, going by the Human alias Marnal Gate, also sold a script to Star Trek, but unhappy with the changes made, he saw to it that he did not get credited for it. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

It later spawned a long-standing entertainment franchise that included motion pictures and additional TV series lasting into the 21st century. There were many avid fans who were thrilled by the debuts of movies based on the series beginning in the late 1970s. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)

Izzy Sinclair, watched Star Trek to vicariously escape her unhappy home life. (DWM: Oblivion)

The Star Trek franchise faded out of public consciousness within a few centuries. 26th century native Bernice Summerfield thought it was a documentary when she first saw it, and 51st century native Jack Harkness was unfamiliar with the name "Spock" (DW: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances).

Specific Mentions

Metafictional references

See also