Star Trek
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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 felt thrilled at the debut of movies based on the series beginning in the late 1970s. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)
Overview
Minor mentions and references
- 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 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: The TV Movie)
- 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 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)
- In "Fear Her," The Doctor teaches Chloe the Vulcan Salute, famously used by Spock and various characters in Star Trek.
- 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)
- The Doctor also wore a space helmet that bore the ship registry NCC-1701D, the registry of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a spin-off from the original series. (WC: Shada)
Doctor Who mentions
- In the 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Neutral Zone," a character from the 20th century finds herself 400 years in her future on board the starship Enterprise-D. When researching what has become of her descendants, a graphical family tree shows amongst the names, include Kermit T. Frog and Miss Piggy (an obvious reference to the Muppets) and William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison (misspelled "Davidson") and Colin Baker.
Behind the Scenes
Metafictional references
- Destrii watched a spacecraft design closely resembling that of the fictional Enterprise (DWM: Oblivion)
- The Blue Angel by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad, Captain Robert B. Blandish of the Federation starship Nepotist clearly parodies Captain Kirk.
