A Doctor For the Enterprise Comic?

[ryan123450]

Apparently there was a one off TOS/Doctor Who comic titled A Doctor For the Enterprise published in 2015. https://winteriscoming.net/2015/03/07/new-doctor-who-star-trek-crossover-parody-comic/ Oddly, I stumbled upon a mention of this on my own website today, with no memory of ever having heard of it. I looks like I had originally planned on adding it to my count of every story ever published, but then never did. There's no info on it on Memory Beta or Memory Alpha. Was this a licensed story? Anyone know?

 

[Markonian]

First time I'm hearing of this.

 

[thribs]

You can buy it here:
https://store.amazingstories.com/product/a-doctor-for-the-enterprise-a-science-fiction-parody/

 

[Jinn]

Since the article contrasts A Doctor for the Enterprise as unofficial parody with the officially-licensed Assimilation², I'm assuming this is not a licensed story. The comic itself has a "Star Trek is a trademark of CBS" thing, but compared with a legal disclaimer in an IDW comic it really doesn't look official (IDW's disclaimer lists IDW Publishing as an "authorized user" and has a "All rights reserved" after mentions of Star Trek/CBS. The only "All rights reserved" in A Doctor for the Enterprise comes after a script and copyright credit from David Gerrold). More like a "all rights go to the publisher" under a YouTube video, using footage of a TV show. I'm frankly surprised they got to sell this unlicensed Star Trek story for money. It also has a reference to Big Bang Theory and includes a "Big Bang Theory is a trademark of Warner Brothers" line at the start.

Also, neither Star Trek nor Doctor Who are mentioned on the cover.

 

[thribs]

It's listed as a parody. You don't need to license it under that.

 

[Brendan Moody]

Labeling something a parody doesn’t automatically allow you to use copyrighted elements without a license, as the publishers of Oh the Places You’ll Boldly Go discovered.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

It's listed as a parody. You don't need to license it under that.

I've only seen a few preview pages, and I think calling it a "parody" was a "cover your butt" sort of move.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Apparently there was a one off TOS/Doctor Who comic titled A Doctor For the Enterprise published in 2015.

Licensed(?) via "Amazing Stories", I think, who had an agreement about doing Trek short stories in the regular magazine. I bought mine before April 2016, through the Tribbles online shop that has close association with David Gerrold.


Trek haul by Ian McLean, on Flickr

A crossover comic one-shot (mine is a 500-copies limited edition) featuring "Doctor Who" and... tribbles! I had the pic in the "Latest Acquisitions" thread.

 

[ryan123450]

Licensed via "Amazing Stories", I think, who had an agreement about doing Trek short stories in the regular magazine. I bought mine before April 2016, through the Tribbles online shop that has close association with David Gerrold.


Trek haul by Ian McLean, on Flickr

A crossover comic one-shot (mine is a 500-copies limited edition) featuring "Doctor Who" and... tribbles! I had the pic in the "Latest Acquisitions" thread.

But didn’t Amazing Stories’ license end like 15 years before this was published?

 

[Therin of Andor]

But didn’t Amazing Stories’ license end like 15 years before this was published?

Yes, but there is mention of "Steve Davidson from the rebooted 'Amazing Stories' [who] knew he had to publish it." The "Amazing Stories" logo even appears, so maybe it was thought that the old agreement gave them confidence to do the "parody". (Not that it would hold water if Paramount came after them.) EDIT: Originally I had a question mark, which I removed intending to reword.

Around the same time as this, the Dr Seuss Estate came after Gerrold for that other crossover.
https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html

 

[Allyn Gibson]

A crossover comic one-shot (mine is a 500-copies limited edition) featuring "Doctor Who" and... tribbles! I had the pic in the "Latest Acquisitions" thread.

Did you read it? I'm curious what you think; is it really a parody, or is it a straightforward crossover?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Read it when it first arrived. I can’t remember the details but I really don’t see anything that screams “parody”.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I re-read it this morning. No, it’s not a parody. It’s a mash-up. Who, Trek, and a soupçon of Big Bang Theory.

it’s also not anything I’d lose sleep over (that’s my polite way of saying “it’s terrible.”)

 

[Allyn Gibson]

That's kinda what I thought -- both that it's terrible and that it's not a parody.