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When it comes to science fiction television, it doesn’t get bigger than Doctor Who and Star Trek. Both franchises have dominated the airwaves since the 60s, propelling audiences into adventures across time and space. Doctor Who features a Time Lord exploring the past and future, while Star Trek features intergalactic explorers journeying through the universe. Those journeys are about to collide, but not in a way you might expect. 

During San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds showrunner Alex Kurtzman and Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies came together for a joint event titled Intergalactic Friendship Panel: Star Trek X Doctor Who. This raised some eyebrows, and the anticipation only grew after Saturday’s Star Trek panel. During the panel, Kurtzman was asked about a Doctor Who crossover, and his answer pointed to the crossover panel. “I think you should come to the panel later today and ask the same question,” Kurtzman teased.

Now, we know what that tease was referring to - a crossover between the Doctor Who: Lost in Time and Star Trek Lower Decks: The Badges Directive mobile games. It's perhaps not the crossover fans were hoping for - we were kind of crossing out fingers for a live-action meetup, but at least one of the panelists has hope that that may happen someday. 

“Fans can make it happen,” said Russell T. Davies, going on to posit that fans that can overcome the lawyers if our voices are loud enough. Well, alright Russell, we can try. But to be perfectly honest, we wish we already had something to be loud about. Louder, at least. 

Oh, before you go - his isn’t the first time Doctor Who and Star Trek have crossed over. In 2012 IDW published Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation. The 8-issue comic book series featured Captain Picard’s crew teaming up with Matt Smith’s version of the Doctor. Together, they combated the combined threat of the Borg and the Cybermen.

To be fair, those sound like good villains for an iPhone.

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