Mark Donaldson is a writer, podcaster, and film programmer specializing in Star Trek and Doctor Who.
Summary With a mobile game crossover and a joint panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Star Trek fans intrigued by Doctor Who may need a handy episode guide to get them started. Although Star Trek and Doctor Who's links have become more pronounced in recent months, the connections between two of the most beloved TV sci-fi franchises actually go back decades.
Despite their differing approaches and cultural influences, Star Trek and Doctor Who share an optimism and hope for the future. For six decades, both shows have promoted peaceful resolution to the intergalactic crises faced by their protagonists. The Doctor never carries a gun, while Star Trek's brave Starfleet officers always have their phasers set to stun.
12 The Aztecs - First Doctor, 1964 Doctor Who establishes its own Prime Directive Close While Doctor Who doesn't have Starfleet's Prime Directive, it does have its own policy of non-intervention, the rules of which are routinely bent. "The Aztecs" is the first Doctor Who story to set these rules, with the First Doctor memorably telling his companions that they "cannot rewrite history, not one line".
8 The Tomb of the Cybermen - Second Doctor, 1967 "Resistance is useless" Close The Silurians aren't the only Doctor Who monster that Star Trek has borrowed from over the years. The Borg Collective's "resistance is futile" catchphrase is eerily similar to that of the Cybermen in Doctor Who, who tell the Second Doctor that "resistance is useless".
5 The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - Ninth Doctor, 2005 "...give me some Spock" Close It's not only Star Trek: Lower Decks' Lieutenant Beckett Mariner who thinks Spock is hot. In the classic Doctor Who two-parter "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances", Rose Tyler complains that the Ninth Doctor isn't "more Spock.
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