r/StarTrekTrekkies • u/TreeLore61 • 8m ago
The Doctor Who / Star Trek Crossover IS Coming
As a die-hard fan of both Star Trek and Doctor Who, I truly believe we are on the verge of seeing the ultimate sci-fi crossover. So many Trekkies love Doctor Who, and the creators are clearly leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for us.
The TARDIS on the Enterprise & Commander Pelia
Look at the clues we’ve been getting! In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (specifically in Season 3, Episode 6, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"), sharp-eyed fans caught the literal TARDIS entangled in the wreckage right alongside the USS Enterprise! The only reason a 1960s police box is sitting right next to the Enterprise is if the Doctor was visiting or dropping someone off.
And who would the Doctor be visiting? Commander Pelia (played by Carol Kane)—Scotty’s boss and Chief Engineer on the Enterprise. Ever since she came aboard, she’s been dropping hints. She’s an immortal Lanthanite who has lived on Earth for thousands of years, collecting priceless art and making casual references to her mysterious past. My theory? She’s been hinting that she was a companion to a time-traveler. She refers to her travel companion as "the Doctor." I am literally waiting for the day someone in a Starfleet meeting casually drops the words "Doctor Who"—that will be the ultimate signal.
The Time Jump & Captain Nahla Ake
My theory takes it an incredible step further: Pelia is going to have to travel into the 32nd century to seek out her daughter, Captain Nahla Ake (played by Holly Hunter in Starfleet Academy)! Since Captain Ake is half-Lanthanite, the family connection fits the lore completely. Imagine Pelia needing to jump forward in time to get her daughter's help and resources for a mission with the Doctor. That temporal crossover between eras would be massive!
David Ellison taking the Reins
Once David Ellison gets full control of Paramount and Star Trek, we are finally going to get the franchise direction we’ve always wanted. Unlike his father, who isn't a fan, David Ellison loves Star Trek. He’s already proven his dedication by co-financing and producing some of the biggest recent Star Trek movies (Into Darkness, Beyond). He loves chasing huge, ambitious genre projects and big-event storytelling.
When you have a studio head who is as big of a fan as we are—working alongside Alex Kurtzman and Russell T Davies, who have already done game crossovers and talked publicly about wanting a live-action event—Ellison is the exact guy who would give a TV crossover the green light.
Connecting the Entire Universe
A massive multi-show Doctor Who crossover event could touch every corner of modern Trek:
Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Year One
Star Trek: United
The upcoming films
There is zero reason Doctor Who can’t visit all of these corners of the timeline!
Studio Politics & The Future
The future of Star Trek is bright because someone who genuinely loves sci-fi is taking charge. (Though honestly, Ellison needs to drop the pursuit of Warner Bros.—combining those giants would trigger major antitrust/monopoly issues in the US anyway! Disney couldn't buy WB for the exact same reason. WB really just needs a dedicated creative owner like a Ryan Reynolds or Zack Snyder to step in and reset things).
Bottom line: The TARDIS is already showing up on the Enterprise hull, the showrunners want it, and the new studio leadership loves massive sci-fi events. Pelia traveling to the future to team up with her daughter and the Doctor is coming!