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RTD: I wanted to do a Star Trek crossover

Mordock

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In the midst of a fun, rambling interview with the Sunday Times, Davies was asked about things he didn't manage to do during his tenure on Who and his answer was surprising:


I would have loved to have done a Star Trek crossover. The very first year, we talked about it. Then Star Trek finally went off air. Landing the Tardis on board the Enterprise would have been magnificent. Can you imagine what their script department would have wanted, and what I would have wanted? It would have been the biggest battle.
 
Hahaha, that would have been great. And RTD is spot on. :lol:

I always wanted to see what RTD would do with Trek.
 
That Crazy Welsh Bastard said:
No. Though, if the right thing . . . maybe . . . No, no. NO. I hate other people’s scripts. I’m only in it for me.

At least he has the courage to admit it.
 
The sheer fanwank would destroy the fabric of reality and cause Rose to return.
you say that like its a bad thing?

Star Trek would finally get a gay character. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)
for all we know there is a gay character in the new Star Trek movie, but yes im sure a RTDs helmed Star Trek, would feature a gay character, that or just John Barrowman doing his best Willam Shatner impression.
 
Well, figure that if this had happened, it would have been in the first season. So, Eccleston and Bakula. Probably in the "Boomtown" slot.

It might've been better from a budgetary standpoint if the Enterprise were one of her sister ships, like the Columbia. Use the same sets, and cast a new crew, and not need to find roles for everyone in the Enterprise cast.
 
I only watched the second one, it's very well done. Can't wait for Part 2! :D

Never thought I'd say that about a fan-made parody.
 
Never thought I'd say that about a fan-made parody.
hopefully the person who makes it can mix the two together well, because most of Part 1 is really just clips strong together, ok there is the beam in effect, but that isnt that tricky for experts, the shot of Tennant on the transporter pad gives me hope
 
I think it would have been fun, although the forums would have gone white hot with people trying to work out where Who fitted in Trek canon, and vice versa. The Outpost Gallifrey forums would have been down for weeks from the invasion of Trek fans coming over to argue about Time Lords and Vulcans, and those of us who live for spoilers of the end of the Doctor Who series would have had to go without!

Actually, I kind of want to see it even more now...
 
I still say Guinan was a Time Lord, and her hat was her TARDIS. She was hundreds of years old after all.
 
That Crazy Welsh Bastard said:
No. Though, if the right thing . . . maybe . . . No, no. NO. I hate other people’s scripts. I’m only in it for me.

God I love bashing RTD, especially when it's entirely unfounded!

This is fun!

You know, if you bothered to actually read anything I post, you might see that in the past I've been both highly critical and highly praising of RTD. Here's a great one.

My problem with Davies is that he's entirely too much in love with his own ideas, and he has no ability to recognize when he's jumping off the tracks. Rusty, when the plot you've written has absolutely no sensible way out other than to push a magic button and make everything go away, please consider the possibility that your plot wasn't that clever in the first place, and maybe another go-'round would be a good idea. Christopher H. Bidmead had a recent interview that really quite accurately summed up Davies' writing style:

Christopher H. Bidmead in Doctor Who Magazine said:
"Russell, who I shouldn't call Russell, as I don't know him and have never met him, is what I call a first draft writer. He sits down in the heat of the moment and churns out something that's delightful and inventive and wonderful. But writing's not about that. It's about going back into the script and cutting it, and shaping it. The problem is, Russell will put a first draft in the studio, because he can. He's in charge."

So, please, dear Messiani, I humbly ask your forgiveness for the egregious error on my part in hoping for Russell T. Davies' final Who special to be more than "Here's A Bunch Of Shit That Happened During My Four Years On Who," and when Davies makes such a wonderful -- and indeed innocent -- remark as saying that he hates other people's scripts and prefers his own, then hell yes, I'm going to take the cheap shot. :p
 
you know I reckon the best way is to have the Doctor land on a Star Trek planet, where Paramount of created alien races near identical to the Star Trek ones (so real Klingons) the Doctor helps them learn the truth about there identity, and helps them rebel.
 
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