Nooo! Sad Tautological Toombs is sad and tautological!

This is is unlikely to bode well...

Dammit Jim! I'm a Doctor AND a Miracle worker!

Hey Mike Kayatta, pretty sure it's Troi...you know with an "i" not as in "Helen of"

Crossovers, if done well, can be quite good. (Aliens versus Predator, perhaps.)

More often, though, they seem to come across as shoddy, cheap cash-ins. (X-Files and Cops, or any of the other absurd throw-two-properties-we-own-together nightmares that Fox foisted on us back in the late Nineties.)

I personally have a feeling the parts are too big here for the whole to be even the sum of them, much less more, but I don't like to write it off totally. It could work. I will be suspicious, though.

What? Why?

I mean, I get that they're both enormously popular sci-fi franchises, but that's where the similarities end. Star Trek TNG is a relatively grounded universe with a somewhat serious tone centered on the day-to-day lives of an ensemble cast aboard a space ship. Doctor Who is a tongue-in-cheek, ham & cheese retro-futurist show centered on the biggest Gary Sue to ever make it to TV and his pet human as they jump through time.

It makes about as much sense as a Mass Effect/Futurama crossover. Although that would at least be pretty awesome.

They had me at Doctor Who.

I can't wait to read this, especially to see the Doctor's interactions with Picard.

Mmmmm, Star Trek always does such good crossovers. I remember reading one of the novels where the X-men are on the Enterprise. Very good stuff.

Looking forward to it!

If comics were a little easier for me to get a hold of, I'd definitely be interested.

Um...ya'll do realize that back in the 80s, or was it the 70s, DW and Marvel had a kind of cross-over.

Not as blatant as this one, but still.

Formica Archonis:
I'm hopeful, but I fear awfulness. The closest I've ever seen to DW/ST being awesome was when an actor from one was telling a funny story about an actor from the other: Lalla (2nd Romana) Ward's awesome story about Patrick Stewart in the late 1970's.

For the tl;dr sorts or the ones who are confused by the massive run-on sentence of that second last paragraph:

As remembered by Lalla 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

Of course The Doctor used to be in Lalla Ward as well...

Sorry.

On another note, my Star Trek Online Tactical and Engineering characters are called Jamie McCribbin and Peter Davison respectively.

Vault Citizen:
They had me at Doctor Who.

I can't wait to read this, especially to see the Doctor's interactions with Picard.

Personally I'd rather see the Doctor interacting with Q...

As someone who despises Star Trek in any incarnation, this fills me with a combination of dread and horror. Drorror, I suppose.
No. Just . . . bloody hell, no.

I so want to see the TARDIS randomly show up on the bridge of the Enterprise.

I normally don't read comics but I would totally read this.

Mother of god, when did I become this nerdy?

In this mach-up, I am hoping for...

{1} A request for fish-fingers and custard, bananas, or jellybabies from a replicator.

{2} An "I'm Spartacus!"-type argument between Matt Smith and Robert Picardo (The Emergency Medical Hologram).

{3} "A friend of mine asked me once to give her a little Spock. Better late than never..."

(4) A situation where a crew member of the ship out-technobabbles the Doctor.

{5} Rory replying to a Worf boast with "I defended my post for two thousand years as a Roman soldier made of plastic.".

{6} The Doctor versus Q. GO!

{7} A cameo of Jack Harkness being confused for James T. Kirk.

{8} Amy: "There isn't a bathroom on board this ENTIRE SHIP."

{9} "I'm receiving a sub-space transmission, sir." "What does it say, Dr. Data?" "'Hello, Sweetie'."

{10} "GERONI- *Beams down* -MOOOOO!!!

I can imagine how this would play out, but... how? How can this be justified outside a 'what-if' scenario?

Actually, never mind, this is Doctor Who and Star Trek, the two shows where ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Dimension break, bada-boom.

Although what would be less of a cop-out, and far more interesting, might be a scenario where the TARDIS materializes inside the Holodeck, and each group thinks the other isn't real, and the question is never resolved. THAT would be cool.

Sabrestar:
Crossovers, if done well, can be quite good. (Aliens versus Predator, perhaps.)

More often, though, they seem to come across as shoddy, cheap cash-ins. (X-Files and Cops, or any of the other absurd throw-two-properties-we-own-together nightmares that Fox foisted on us back in the late Nineties.)

I personally have a feeling the parts are too big here for the whole to be even the sum of them, much less more, but I don't like to write it off totally. It could work. I will be suspicious, though.

Wait wait wait... X-Files and Cops, did that actually happen... because, that has the potential to be absolutely hilarious. I mean, imagine seeing some of the wacked out crap they came up with on the X-Files, from the perpesctive of an Average Joe beat cop? This would write itself!

On Topic however, I'm kinda looking forward to this, both series share many of the same themes, from the hockey "It works because we said so" science to the overarching wanderlust fantasy I think the two crews will work together swimmingly.

Somewhere Linkara is holding himself back the almighty awesomeness of this

I strongly suspect this will suck. Its not the idea so much but the quaintly of writing wont be there to make it work. Anyway I'm waiting for the Dr Who desperate housewives crossover, John Barrowman has already been in it. They just need to finish off the set now.

Thyunda:
If comics were a little easier for me to get a hold of, I'd definitely be interested.

Send pilot to look for some then.

albino boo:
I strongly suspect this will suck. Its not the idea so much but the quaintly of writing wont be there to make it work. Anyway I'm waiting for the Dr Who desperate housewives crossover, John Barrowman has already been in it. They just need to finish off the set now.

Thyunda:
If comics were a little easier for me to get a hold of, I'd definitely be interested.

Send pilot to look for some then.

Because it went so well last time I sent anyone to look for anything.

Quellist:

Vault Citizen:
They had me at Doctor Who.

I can't wait to read this, especially to see the Doctor's interactions with Picard.

Personally I'd rather see the Doctor interacting with Q...

That was my second thought, of course why chose when we can have both?

Sweet! I'll have to keep this in mind... I'm actually interested in seeing how this works out...

Oh dear. this could end badly.

Arkley:
What? Why?

I mean, I get that they're both enormously popular sci-fi franchises, but that's where the similarities end. Star Trek TNG is a relatively grounded universe with a somewhat serious tone centered on the day-to-day lives of an ensemble cast aboard a space ship. Doctor Who is a tongue-in-cheek, ham & cheese retro-futurist show centered on the biggest Gary Sue to ever make it to TV and his pet human as they jump through time.

It makes about as much sense as a Mass Effect/Futurama crossover. Although that would at least be pretty awesome.

Oh God, yes. Zoidberg working with Doctor Chakwas? AWESOME. Or horrifying. Or horrifyingly awesome. Take your pick.

You know what sounds like a better option?

NOT doing this.

Two great tastes do not necessarily taste great together.

This is going to end horribly. This must be a bad dream.

Ooh. I can't wait to hear the explanation on how the TARDIS runs on transbooblionic flablabbitites.