Star Trek: Strange New Worlds co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers revealed that a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover spent years in discussions.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.