Wizard Magazine launches lobby for Trek/Who crossover

[23skidoo]

You might want to pick up the March issue of Wizard (Green Lantern cover). Aside from the fact I believe it's the final issue, or next-to-final issue, the magazine includes a cool 2-page illustration of what a TOS/Who crossover might look like, complete with Eleven and Amy next to Kirk and Spock while the Romulans, Klingons, Daleks and Cybermen bear down on the TARDIS.

It's quite cool. The reason for the illustration is that Wizard points out the obvious - that with both Doctor Who and Star Trek under the IDW banner, there's no reason why a crossover couldn't happen. (Besides, technically speaking, the Doctor is part of the Marvel Universe because of the various Death's Head crossovers in the 1980s, and so is TOS because of Marvel/Paramount's X-Men crossover. So you could say the two franchises are already kissing cousins!

And, of course, IDW is already doing a multi-franchise crossover connecting Trek with Transformers and GI Joe (Infestation) - so actually DW is conspicuous by its absence, really...

Heck - they don't even need to come up with an original story. Just adapt Jean Airey's "Doctor and the Enterprise" novel from the 1980s - just replace the Fourth Doctor with the Eleventh, Leela with Amy, and K-9 with Rory!

Alex

 

[Allyn Gibson]

John Byrne has pitched IDW a Trek/Who crossover. His editor said no.

(To be fair, what Byrne wanted to do, the BBC would have said no to anyway. A Gary Seven/Third Doctor story isn't exactly what anyone is dying to see, and the BBC is pushing the current Doctors, not past Doctors.)

As far as an adaptation of The Doctor and the Enterprise, pass. Don't get me wrong, I've read the story, I've collected several editions, I've even tracked down Airey's own sequel, but it's a novelty, nothing more. The story's more than a little weak. Plus, it's widely available online for download; the person who knows about it and wants to read it can, quite easily, and they don't need IDW to do make it available for them.

And Alex, for your own edification, Leela's not in TDATE.

 

[Sindatur]

Heck - they don't even need to come up with an original story. Just adapt Jean Airey's "Doctor and the Enterprise" novel from the 1980s - just replace the Fourth Doctor with the Eleventh, Leela with Amy, and K-9 with Rory!

Alex

Wow, Mickey can't even hang onto the title of "Tin Dog", that's gotta sting

 

[Winterwind]

An ST/DW crossover wouldn't interest me. I've never seen anything to connect the two universes and wouldn't want to, to be honest. One is more science-fiction, the other science-fantasy.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

^ A Star Wars, Dr Who crossover might be more appropriate then

 

[Winterwind]

I loathe Star Wars. And I'm not a fan of crossovers anyhow. Separate universes should remain separate in my opinion. At least in licensed works. Folks can do as they please in fan fiction.

 

[Professor Zoom]

^ A Star Wars, Dr Who crossover might be more appropriate then

As a fan of both, no.

Some things just weren't meant to intermingle.

This isn't chocolate and peanut butter.

 

[Skellington]

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'Nuff said, as Stan Lee might say.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

^ A Star Wars, Dr Who crossover might be more appropriate then

The Doctor Who fanfilm Alternate Empire may be of interest to you, then.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ It's actually quite interesting.

 

[Cutter John]

All you'd do if you tried to cross Trek and Who is piss off fans of both shows. Can you imagine trying to crowbar Daleks and Cybermen into Trek continuity? It also means that the Federation is destined to evolve into an evil empire that condones slavery.

 

[Skellington]

^ Usually when a one-off cross-company crossover happens, the gods of continuity are out having a smoke. I thought that Star Trek / X-Men was pretty good.

 

[Tarek71]

All you'd do if you tried to cross Trek and Who is piss off fans of both shows. Can you imagine trying to crowbar Daleks and Cybermen into Trek continuity? It also means that the Federation is destined to evolve into an evil empire that condones slavery.

I have to think it would be some kind of alternate reality/timeline/universe story. Either the Tardis travels through some weird interdimensional somethingorother and emerges in the Trek universe where Timelords and Daleks never existed, or a Federation starship does it and ends up in the Whoverse where Vulcans never evolved, etc and the Doctor tries to get them home again, etc. Something along those lines.

 

[Saul]

I wanna see it happen. It would be as awesome as putting the one Ring on Vaders finger. Would probably be a lot of fun to read too.

 

[ClayinCA]

I once plotted out an epic (translation: way too involved for me to ever actually finish writing) storyline for a Trek/Who crossover. It would have started with the Fourth Doctor on Kirk's Enterprise, flashed back to the Second Doctor on Pike's Enterprise (where he'd have originally met Spock), then had a sequel with the McCoy Doctor on Picard's Enterprise and an epilogue with the Eighth Doctor on Deep Space Nine. Admittedly, this is ridiculous...but I thought it would be fun.

 

[Captaindemotion]

For some reason I imagine the following match-ups working:

Tom Baker - original Enterprise crew. Flamboyant, OTT and probably best known incarnations. Though if Troughton's Doc met them, imagine the Scotty-Jamie fun.

Matt Smith - nuTrek. Youngest & current incarnations, each with a flair for comedy. Plus, it could happen!!!!!!

Chris Eccleston - DS9. The gritty incarnations. Say no more.

Paul McGann - VOY Don't know why but I always liked the idea of his Doctor meeting that crew. And one of the Doctors has to meet the EMH, so we can have lots of 'Doctor?' - 'Yes'-in-stereo scenes.

Tennant - TNG. I imagine Tennant's Doctor would drive Picard and Worf mad and would bring a much-needed levity to the ENT-D or E.

Not sure about Enterprise. Phlox and Baker together appeal but so do Davison and Reed.

 

[Skellington]

Tennant - TNG. I imagine Tennant's Doctor would drive Picard and Worf mad and would bring a much-needed levity to the ENT-D or E.

Ten vs Q. Bring it on!!!!

 

[ClayinCA]

Chris Eccleston - DS9. The gritty incarnations. Say no more.

Oh, HELL yeah.

 

[Admiral_Young]

@Captaindemotion...I like your suggestions a lot.

 

[SD70ACe]

Ten vs Q. Bring it on!!!!

Q snaps his fingers. The Doctor never existed.

Short story.