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Star Trek And Doctor Who Crossover Cancelled
Corporate bickering killed Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover plans.
In brief
Corporate bickering killed Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover plans. Paramount and Disney refused to share first-rights for a potential Star Trek-Doctor Who miniseries. Originally reported by SlashFilm.
Crossover plans nearly formed
Star Trek and Doctor Who writers tried to create a crossover but were blocked by corporate disagreements.
“They were dying to do it. Actually, they've started talking about it.”
Pelia as time-traveling companion
Pelia, the USS Enterprise's chief engineer, was proposed as a Doctor Who companion in a crossover concept.
“Remind me to tell you about the time I spent with a time-traveling doctor I once knew”
Corporate first-rights battle
Paramount and Disney couldn't agree on who would air the crossover first.
“The nightmare [...] would be to get Paramount and Disney to share it. You know when a show belongs to the BBC and Netflix, the biggest row [...] behind the scenes [is] on first-rights to a viewing, who shows it first.”
Multi-episode plan
The crossover was intended to be a miniseries with multiple episodes.
“We had even talked about potentially doing it as a separate spin-off episode”
Crossover cancelled
Corporate disagreements prevented the Star Trek-Doctor Who crossover from happening.
“Getting Paramount and Disney on the same page, then, was too daunting a task, and the crossover halted before it could properly begin”
Non-canonical crossovers
Fans can still enjoy non-canonical crossovers like the Assimilation² comic book.
“In that case, the Star Trek and Doctor Who properties crossed over via a storyline in which the Eleventh Doctor joins forces with Captain Picard”
What to remember
Paramount and Disney refused to share first-rights for a potential Star Trek-Doctor Who miniseries.
