Star Trek

Star Trek was a popular American television series of the 1960s that became a cultural icon of the late 20th century; it later spawned a long-running entertainment franchise that included movies and spin-off TV series into the 21st century. It featured, among other characters, Mr. Spock, Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy. Star Trek had many avid followers, who felt thrilled at the debut of movies based on the series. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)

References

• The first time Bernice Summerfield watched Star Trek, she thought it was a documentary. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

• The Doctor explained the chameleon circuit to Grace Holloway in terms of a "cloaking device", using a term closely associated with Star Trek (although in the context of Star Trek a cloaking device was used to turn space vehicles invisible, not change their appearance as was the theoretical function of the TARDIS' chameleon circuit). (DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie)

• The Doctor wore a space helmet that bore the ship registry NCC-1701D, the registry of Picard's Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation (WC: Shada)

• As a young science fiction fan, Izzy Sinclair, watched Star Trek to vicariously escape her unhappy home life. (DWM: Oblivion)

• Rose Tyler compared 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 the Gorgon's followers trapped Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith, Maria Jackson, and Clyde Langer and Sarah's sonic lipstick was taken from her Clyde commented that they didn't need a "Star Trek gadget" to get out. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)

• When Clyde and Luke Smith were on Kudlak's ship Luke asked Clyde if he could use his mobile phone. 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)

• 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. (BBC Audio: Pest Control)

Other information

• Destrii watched a spacecraft design closely resembling that of the fictional Enterprise (DWM: Oblivion)

Behind the scenes

See Star Trek (franchise) article for detailed information