I’d rather they just do a cameo. Doesn’t matter which Trek show, but have the away team walk by a TARDIS. That’s all you need to do to show that the crossover could happen, but get people talking about it, and most will soon realise why it shouldn’t.
Doctor Who and Star Trek showrunners discussed possible crossover
Submitted 1 month ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-and-star-trek-showrunners-discussed-possible-crossover
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Or make two episodes where they are in the same setting, but are doing two different things. They can cross paths, but they shouldn’t interact.
Or maybe not. Star Trek lore is messy enough.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
The Lux episode was bad enough.
But, by all means, enshittify one of the few TV shows I actually enjoy.
gnufuu@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
New episodes you won’t erase your favourite old episodes. You’ll be fine.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
Oh, totally OK with that idea.
I’ll still mourn the loss of what could have been though.
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Only if it’s the holodeck/holosuite
Kirk@startrek.website 1 month ago
I’m going to complain about this until it happens and then enjoy it and then continue complaining for another ten years BUT after that I will pretend I always thought it was brilliant and beloved nugget of Trek lore.
Vanth@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Only if it’s Sisko on the Star Fleet side and he gives Dr. Who the Q treatment.
themoken@startrek.website 1 month ago
I find this image hilarious, but Dr. Who is so wholesome most of the time it’s hard for me to imagine Sisko getting more than mildly annoyed by his antics.
Wbear@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Ok sub in the Master for Q.
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Miles and Julian in a holosuite would be acceptable
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 1 month ago
Honestly, the two shows have such different formulas in how the action is handled that I don’t really see it working very well.
Like obviously, there are writers talented enough to make anything work really, but I think the two shows do have tones that would make an episode like this just be pure fan service.
I think it would work best as like either its own self-contained little mini-series, maybe one where the doctor finds himself in the Star Trek universe and winds up traveling and interacting with multiple eras. Or a one shot special that exists outside either shows season
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 month ago
That’s generally been my opinion, too - two great tastes that likely wouldn’t taste great together.
But for the sake of arguing with myself, they were able to make the SNW/LD crossover work, and that arguably has just as much tonal whiplash, if not more, despite the shared setting.
cuchi@startrek.website 1 month ago
In most crossover, at the end of the day, it feels like one is the main and the other is the “invited guest” example Simpsons and Family Guy crossover feels more like a Family Guy episode than a Simpsons episode.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 month ago
The Doctor roasting the military Starfleet and their reliance on warp drive would be something else.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 month ago
the plot should be around a hotshot star trek person looking to do a dangerous stunt like jumping a shark.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Please no.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 month ago
That ship has decidely sailed, with both franchises on the space rocks at the moment.
MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That was my immediate thought after reading the headline… Which showrunners? Neither franchise has any upcoming show to run.
But I think Pelia’s call out is enough of a crossover. A wink. I think you could do something similar with The Doctor, call out something like space whales and you’ll be good.