Summary
- Russell T Davies wants a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover, with a preference for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Hailing frequencies open!
- Strange New Worlds is the prime setting for a crossover, as the Doctor may flirt with characters like Spock aboard the USS Enterprise.
- Fans can expect a discussion on shared values at the upcoming SDCC panel, highlighting peaceful resolutions and inspiring hope for the future.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds would be the perfect place for any Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover to take place. Recently, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies reiterated his desire to crossover with Star Trek, something he initially considered for one of David Tennant's final specials in 2009. In Doctor Who season 14, episode 1, "Space Babies", RTD even went as far as suggesting that the show takes place in the Star Trek universe by suggesting the TARDIS could "visit them someday". However, it's just as likely that the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) was just winding up his new companion.
Regardless of how fans square this bit of dialog, Russell T Davies is on-record that he wants a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover, and he's shown a preference for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In an interview with Collider, Davies professed his love for Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike, so it seems likely that any crossover will happen on Strange New Worlds. Luckily for Davies, hailing frequencies are now open between Star Trek and Doctor Who, as RTD will be joining Alex Kurtzman for an "Intergalactic Friendship" panel at San Diego Comic Con, as revealed on Instagram:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Perfect For A Doctor Who Crossover Episode
Strange New Worlds is no stranger to a high-concept crossover episode.
If a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover is worth doing, it's worth doing well, and that means Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor flirting with Spock on the starship Enterprise.
Strange New Worlds is the only choice for a Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover for several reasons. Firstly, if the two biggest TV sci-fi franchises in the world are to finally crossover, the Doctor's TARDIS has to materialize aboard the USS Enterprise. Strange New Worlds is the only Star Trek show that can facilitate the meeting of the Doctor with classic characters like Spock (Ethan Peck) and Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding). If a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover is worth doing, it's worth doing well, and that means Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor flirting with Spock on the starship Enterprise.
The Strange New Worlds cast are no strangers to a high-concept crossover episode, either, following season 2's "Those Old Scientists", which crossed over with the animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks. In a Star Trek show that's done a fairytale, an animated crossover, and a musical, a Doctor Who crossover might not even be the weirdest of Strange New Worlds' high-concept episodes. While it's easy to select which Star Trek show should crossover with Doctor Who, the behind-the-scenes negotiations that would need to take place are another matter.
Between 2012 and 2013, IDW published an eight-issue limited-run comic book called Assimilation² , which paired up Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor with the characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation .
What To Expect From Star Trek & Doctor Who's Comic Con Panel
The one thing that fans shouldn't expect from Russell T Davies and Alex Kurtzman's Comic Con panel is an official announcement about a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover.Doctor Who season 15, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 have recently wrapped filming, making it unlikely for anything to happen soon. Disney+ are yet to commission a third series of Doctor Who from Russell T Davies and the BBC, so it would be highly unlikely that they would sign off on a crossover with a huge Paramount property like Star Trek.
Peaceful resolution is the default setting of both shows, the Doctor doesn't carry a gun, and Starfleet's finest have their phasers set to stun.
Attendees heading to the SDCC Intergalactic Friendship Panel should expect a discussion about each franchise's shared values. The Doctor and their companions in the TARDIS and the crew of the USS Enterprise all travel the universe to expand their horizons and right wrongs. Peaceful resolution is the default setting of both shows; the Doctor doesn't carry a gun, and Starfleet's finest have their phasers set to stun. So, while Doctor Who and Star Trek's characters aren't crossing over any time soon, Davies and Kurtzman's panel will highlight a crossover of ideals that continues to inspire hope and optimism for the future after six decades.
