Transformers x Knight Rider. Kamala Harris x The Simpsons. Robert Downey Jr. x Marvel, however once more and completely different and way weirder this time. It’s been a 12 months of crossovers at San Diego Comedian-Con, however one which’s, maybe suitably paradoxically, each not taking place but and already taking place is Physician Who and Star Trek, because of a pleasant panel on the con celebrating the 2 exhibits.
The “Intergalactic Friendship Panel”–bringing collectively Physician Who showrunner Russell T Davies and Star Trek architect Alex Kurtzman–raised eyebrows when it was first announced forward of San Diego Comedian-Con. After Ncuti Gatwa’s debut season of Physician Who casually slid in an acknowledgement from the Physician that Star Trek is actual in his universe, and he and his companion Ruby ought to go go to them some day, there was loads of buzz of a possible on-screen team-up. That day, it appears, remains to be far off, official panel or in any other case.
“We’re not saying something, but when followers could make it occur,” Davies teased throughout the panel (by way of TrekCore), “With our two empires and their attorneys, then we’ll do it!”
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One crossover did get introduced–an in-game occasion for the Lower Decks and Physician Who cell video games The Badgey Directive and Misplaced In Time. However for probably the most half, the panel was principally for Kurtzman and Davies to wax lyrical about how Physician Who and Star Trek encourage one another, and their respective showrunners in flip. One enjoyable query did come up: if there was no official crossover but, what episodes of every others’ collection would Kurtzman and Davies wish to write?
The Star Trek mastermind hedged on his personal reply (“We couldn’t afford you,” cried Davies), however Physician Who‘s showrunner leapt at one opportunity in particular. “Borg, Borg, Borg! I really like the Borg!”
Even being informed by Kurtzman that the Borg are just about carried out for in Trek in the mean time–largely because of Star Trek: Picard‘s one-two punch of an allied fragment of the Collective on the climax of season 2, after which by re-blowing-up the Borg queen once more on the end of season 3–wouldn’t cease Davies. “There’s all the time a approach,” Davies added. “The Daleks hold coming again!”
Attempt to not be too stunned then, if the Cybermen make one other comeback in Physician Who‘s subsequent season. In spite of everything, should you can’t do it formally but, why not go for the cyborg villains you have already got at house?
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