Star Trek

Star Trek was a popular American television series later adapted into movie form.


 * Star Trek had many avid followers, who felt thrilled at the debut of movies based on the series. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)


 * The Doctor explained the chameleon circuit to Grace Holloway in terms of a "cloaking device". (DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie)


 * Unlike a cloaking device, a TARDIS doesn't simply make itself inconspicuous or invisible. It literally changes.


 * As a young science fiction fan, Izzy Sinclair, watched Star Trek to vicariously escape her unhappy home life. (DWM: Oblivion)


 * Rose Tyler compared the Doctor to the Star Trek character Spock, a name Rose later gave as the Doctor's own. (DW: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances)


 * A Time Lord, Marnal, going by the Human alias Marnal Gate, sold a script to Star Trek. Unhappy with the changes made to the script, however, he saw to it that he did not get credited for it. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

Other information

 * Destrii watched a real life spacecraft design closely resembling that of the fictional Enterprise (DWM: Oblivion)
 * The unofficial novella The Doctor and the Enterprise by Jean Airey, initially published privately and then in a professional edition in 1989 by Pioneer Books, features an apocryphal adventure featuring Captain Kirk's crew and the Fourth Doctor. The Pioneer edition excises most references to character names from Star Trek, referring to Kirk as "The Captain", McCoy as "The Physician", etc., however the editing is not perfect and a few references to "Kirk", etc. remain in the book. In addition, the book includes many illustrations clearly showing recognizable characters, aliens and spaceships from Star Trek (including one image of the USS Enterprise with its name clearly visible), as well as images of the TARDIS and of Tom Baker as the Doctor.