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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The brief appearance of Captain Picard in ''Syntax'' treats him as a fictional character (as do, implicitly, other references to ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' in ''Doctor Who'' stories). ''Assimilation²'', of course, treats him as a "real" individual; however the storyline clearly establishes that Picard exists in a parallel universe to the "Whoniverse", | * The brief appearance of Captain Picard in ''Syntax'' treats him as a fictional character (as do, implicitly, other references to ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' in ''Doctor Who'' stories). ''Assimilation²'', of course, treats him as a "real" individual; however the storyline clearly establishes that Picard exists in a parallel universe to the "Whoniverse", allowing for the interpretation that Picard is a fictional in the Doctor's universe but real within a different reality. | ||
* Actor {{w|Patrick Stewart}} was one of numerous actors considered for the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 TV movie, though he has stated in interviews that he was never formally approached. During her time on ''Doctor Who'',{{Fact}} [[Lalla Ward]] co-starred with Stewart in a BBC TV production of ''Hamlet'' (a play Stewart later appeared in opposite [[David Tennant]]); in interviews, Ward recalls being chided by Stewart for starring in a science fiction TV series. | * Actor {{w|Patrick Stewart}} was one of numerous actors considered for the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 TV movie, though he has stated in interviews that he was never formally approached. During her time on ''Doctor Who'',{{Fact}} [[Lalla Ward]] co-starred with Stewart in a BBC TV production of ''Hamlet'' (a play Stewart later appeared in opposite [[David Tennant]]); in interviews, Ward recalls being chided by Stewart for starring in a science fiction TV series. | ||
* In Issue 4 of ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'', the Borg ask to speak with Picard and refer to him as Locutus — the name he was given when he was captured and temporarily assimilated in the two-part ''Next Generation'' episode "The Best Of Both Worlds". | * In Issue 4 of ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'', the Borg ask to speak with Picard and refer to him as Locutus — the name he was given when he was captured and temporarily assimilated in the two-part ''Next Generation'' episode "The Best Of Both Worlds". |