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 mentally 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)