Will ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cross Over With ‘Doctor Who’? Bosses Explain TARDIS & More

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Will ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cross Over With ‘Doctor Who’? Bosses Explain TARDIS & More
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 finale “New Life and New Civilizations.”]

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds certainly suggests that the Doctor — yes, the time-traveling Time Lord from the British sci-fi series — is part of its world, with glimpses of his TARDIS and seemingly a mention of the character.

But what exactly was going on there? TV Insider turned to Strange New Worlds executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers while breaking down the Season 3 finale and getting teases about what’s still to come (the show’s been renewed for two more seasons).

First, the TARDIS shows up in Season 3 Episode 6. Then, in the finale, Pelia (Carol Kane), who, as a Lanthanite, has a very long life-span, mentioned she knows a time-traveling doctor.

“We cannot confirm or deny that those are Doctor Who references,” Goldsman said, with Myers joking, “Doctor who? I’m confused.”

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But then Goldsman did get serious. “We’ve always dreamed of a crossover. We’ve even talked about a crossover and there are too many — And I think if it were up to Russell [T. Davies, who revived the series in 2005 and served as head writer until 2010 then returned in 2023] and us, it would’ve been a real thing,” he admitted. “I think there are too many corporations involved, but there are love letters that go back and forth.” (For example, in Ncuti Gatwa‘s first full season as the Doctor, he did mention the Enterprise.)

As for what that crossover could have looked like and which Doctor it would’ve included — Gatwa’s was the latest, the Fifteenth, with many questions about who exactly Billie Piper is playing after the latest regeneration — the producers couldn’t share any details.

“I think unfortunately we would have to file that under, that’s a beautiful dream, and just try to imagine,” Myers said with a laugh. “Because I think everyone is a fan of Star Trek and who is a fan of Doctor Who would probably bring their own feelings about it. We both love both shows. It’s as simple as that.”

Would you want to see a Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover? What would you want it to include? Let us know in the comments section below.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4, TBA, Paramount+

Doctor Who (2005)Star Trek: Strange New WorldsAkiva GoldsmanHenry Alonso Myers



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    GoldLeaf

    The Doctor meeting Q would be epic!

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      CyanMagnet

      Who's to say Q and his kind aren't renegade Time Lords? Hmm . . .

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        OrangeTree

        You could call the episode Doctor Q

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    Terry C

    Perhaps Pelia was was also a taxi driver for a NYC cab company in the early eighties.

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    BillMScott

    The Sehlat that ate it's tale episode told through the eyes of Doctor Who and his traveling companion Pelia....Who shows up in Pelias shop right after Kirk and Le'an leave her in Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The intro for that episode would be the normal opening of the Enterprise only slightly being missed in each shot by a leading and trailing Tardis. Doctor has to remove Le'an from the timeline to set things right!

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    CyanController

    There was a comic with cybermen and borg, which are essentially the same thing. Could work on TV.

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    OliveSword

    Unfortunately Dr. Who has gotten to a point that it needs a major reboot and some new thinking and writing. A colab with Paramount and Star Trek, may be just what the franchise needs. Less focus on a person, the doctor, and more focus on a storyline like the Star Trek universe

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    CyanPin

    Doctor Who and Star Trek would be wild. Can you imagine Spock trying to deal with The Doctor? lol

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    OliveCactus

    Many , many moons ago a story was written merging the Fourth Doctor anf The Original series by an author named Jean Airey that was in a Fanzine. It was subsequently ripped off and published and she put it online for free before she passed. In my opinion , it captured the feel of both shows, and characters perfectly and was successful in showing how they would interact. I would love to see it made into a comic one day. For any who might want to read it , here it is just google The Doctor and The Enterprise by Jean Airey and you can read her introduction and the full story. It’s so good, In my head, it’s canon!

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    RedSushi

    Would love to see the doctor and start trek team battle CONTROL the ai intelligence from discovery also borg,cybermen and daleks

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    BlueLocomotive

    I'd love to see it but unless Billie Piper really is the Doctor there isn't a current incumbent so it would be unlikely within the framework of SNW. Which is a shame because of all of the iterations of Star Trek that's the one that would lend itself to doing something crazy like working with the Doctor!

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      OliveBoomerang

      The doctor is a time traveler so it doesn't have to be the new doctor.

      Maybe RTD has a favorite 😉

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    GreenPlane

    Heck yea.

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    OliveSnow

    In the lost Doctor Who story Shada (later remade), the Doctor wears a space helmet from the Enterprise...

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    Taien

    I would absolutely love it and was hoping the Easter eggs were hints that one is definitely coming. Maybe this article is just to downplay expectations so it's still a surprise? 😉

    What would I like to see in it? I think it would be a perfect opportunity for comedy. The juxtaposition of the Doctor's silliness and seat of the pants planning versus Starfleet's rigorous regulation and policies and morality would be hilarious I believe.

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    Matrix SS

    Honestly at this point in time, I'm surprised there hasn't been a Dr.Who crossover with Star Trek or Star Wars.

    I'm 50 and have a ton of comics going from the 70's to today but I couldn't find anything related to a crossover.

    So why not

    MatrixSS

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    PurpleBattery

    If there was a Dr Who crossover it would need to be entirely original and new. No old show vilans. No existing plots. Something maybe involving the DTI.

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    GreenHat

    Nah!

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    OrangeDog

    I'll just leave this here:

    https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9319253/1/

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    GreenRocket

    If they did it, they would mess it up. Wesley Crusher return as the traveler, would explain that Toa Seti Alpha? is this universes Logopolis, Gary Seven would come back and reveal he is that universes version of the Doctor and that "the division" is whom he works for. A renegade Q would team up with the black guardian to destroy all the timelines and Trek Universe is best place to start because there are several divergent timelines. This is the story, please steal my ideas!

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    OrangeLamp

    Dr Who, Star Trek crossover would be Epic.

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