'Star Trek' And 'Doctor Who' Come Together In Crossover Comic

It sounds like something dreamed up in the fevered brain of a Comic-Con attendee: A sci-fi story that features an unholy alliance between "Star Trek's" Borg and "Doctor Who's" Cybermen.

That very story will arrive in May, courtesy of an IDW comic book. According to a Monday press release from the company, "Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2" will feature "an unholy alliance" between the two villains. This sounds like an excellent idea for a comic book and, not just because two races of relentless, mechanized villains are better than one, but because an on-screen depiction of that kind of epic tale would be unworkable (especially given that "TNG" ended in 1994) and hugely expensive.

So who you gonna call when two mechanical races team up to bring disaster to humanity? Jean-Luc Picard and the Doctor, obviously.

In the eight-issue series, "Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance," according to IDW. (Could we get the Cylons to stop by? Is that asking too much? Just wondering.)

This Cybermen-Borg alliance is exciting to ponder, of course, but it leads to a host of nerd-tastic questions: Whose will provide transportation? (The "Trek" folks, apparently; the press release says the Doctor will be "traveling with" Picard and company). Which villainous race will have the upper hand, or will the Borg and Cybermen be too logical to try to assert dominance over each other? Will Picard utter his iconic "Make it so" phrase in the Doctor's presence? Will the sonic screwdriver be used aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise?

I can't ponder these questions anymore. My brain is already melting at the thought of these two franchises coming together to create outer-space goodness. But before I log off, here are a few final details:

The 32-page "Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2" will be written by Scott and David Tipton, authors of "Star Trek: Infestation." The authors will have "a helping hand from longtime 'Doctor Who' writer Tony Lee," the comic "will feature fully painted artwork from J.K. Woodward," there will be a "rare" wrap-around photo cover and artist Joe Corroney will create a variant cover "featuring the Doctor and friends aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise," according to IDW.

FYI: That might be your only chance to see the Doctor before the BBC America series returns in the fall.

I don't know about you, but I will boldly go to my comic-book retailer in May and assimilate this item.

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Comments

[Space City Con]

12:32 PM on 04/19/2012

Looks to be a fun crossover...it's entertainment, and it should appeal to both sets of fans.

[JaiGuru]

08:31 PM on 04/14/2012

How incredibly boring.

[Savannah Hughes]

07:38 PM on 02/28/2012

sound awesome, cant wait!

[MarkTwo]

07:17 AM on 02/16/2012

Can you imagine a Red Dwarf / ST:TNG crossover?, Kryten would teach Data how to do all the laundry on the Enterprise, the Cat would be trying to seduce all the female crew, Lister would try to kill the crew by making super hot curries, and Lister would try and suck up to Captain Picard and become the new No 1...
And what about Holly trying to impress the Enterprise computer with his bumper book of space facts, and knowledge of English football statistics...

[BlackJAC]

09:00 AM on 02/15/2012

They'll do crossovers of anything in comic books.

[mheister]

03:59 AM on 02/15/2012

Wasn't there an original Trek crew crossover with the X-Men?

[BlackJAC]

09:02 AM on 02/15/2012

That too, plus a TNG/X-Men crossover prose novel: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Planet_X_Star_Trek.jpg  Suffice to say that Worf and Wolverine didn't get along.

[AskandThink]

09:53 PM on 02/14/2012

Like this isn’t better than all the “reality” news bits that aren’t fit to print?!

Picard, Data & Worf almost, (but not quite) outshone Spock. No one outdoes The Doctor (but Spock might!) Borg’s…. ultimate bad! Dalek’s (not Cyborg)… scary but schlock. Borg’s would evenly match disaster to disaster with Galactus if not for his Herald. Enter Phoenix and Lazarus Long… worlds in peril yet hope is reasonable!

Out in May?

“Noted. Agreed. Proceed!”

[lthrnck68]

06:03 PM on 02/14/2012

Well, the combination of villains and heroes may be original, but Star Trek and Doctor Who getting together is certainly not. Search the fan publications and you'll find hundreds of these crossover stories. Most are terrible, but a few are as good as or maybe even better than this planned comic book. Me? I'd rather see the original crew in the comic book. Kirk is a man of action. Picard wouldjust talk them to death. Being a time traveller, why couldn't the doctor run into both crews as well as Archer?

[BlackJAC]

09:03 AM on 02/15/2012

It's one thing when the fanboys do it on their own.  It's completely another when the franchises give their blessing for it.

[lthrnck68]

06:22 PM on 02/15/2012

The only difference is the franchises make money off this sanctioned stuff. No real difference in quality between this sanctioned stuff and the best of the fan fiction.

[JuniorBug]

02:49 PM on 02/14/2012

I'm glad they're using the Next Generation crew instead of Kirk, Spock & McCoy, because I'd hate for things to get too interesting or exciting.

[Steven Stern]

02:33 PM on 02/14/2012

I'd rather see the Doctor, Captain Jack, and Q working together. Jean Luc is just a bit too fussy.

[AskandThink]

09:55 PM on 02/14/2012

Q?!!!!
shhhhhhhhhhh!

[taterted81]

02:30 PM on 02/14/2012

Make it actual episodes on tv to watch, then I'll get excited.

Anyone know when we'll be getting the next star trek series? Is there even any talks for this?

[JuniorBug]

03:05 PM on 02/14/2012

The only talk I've heard is of an animated series based on the reboot, but even that seems to be only in the idea stage.

[mr e vader]

06:10 PM on 02/14/2012

You mean the rebooted movie wasn't already a cartoon?