February 13th, 2012
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IDW Star Trek /Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1
First Ever Star Trek®/Doctor Who Comic Book Crossover Coming in May
In conjunction with BBC Worldwide Consumer Products and CBS Consumer Products, IDW Publishing will make history when two of the greatest science-fiction properties of all time come together in a comic book for the first time. The world’s most popular time traveler teams up with the U.S.S. Enterprise crew in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2, taking fans on an adventure where no man has gone before.
“By joining these two sci-fi powerhouses, fans will be taken on the ultimate adventure through time and space,” said Liz Kalodner, executive vice president and general manager of CBS Consumer Products.
Launching in May, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2 will feature fan-favorite villains the Borg and the Cybermen as they create an unholy alliance resulting in potential disaster for all humanity. Captain Jean-Luc 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.
“We are excited about this new adventure for the Doctor and the fact that he will be travelling with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his iconic crew. This is a perfect partnership for not only Doctor Who’s incredible fans, but also for the brand. We have just celebrated our most successful year yet. Doctor Who’s latest season delivered record ratings for BBC AMERICA and it was most downloaded full TV seasons of 2011 in the U.S. on the iTunes Store,” says Soumya Sriraman, executive vice president Home Entertainment and Licensing.
This eight-issue series will be written by Scott and David Tipton, the authors of critically acclaimed Star Trek: Infestation, with a helping hand from longtime Doctor Who writer Tony Lee, and will feature fully painted artwork by J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel).
Fans are encouraged to ask their retailers about the rare wraparound photo cover. Plus, artist Joe Corroney (Star Trek Ongoing) will provide a variant cover featuring the Doctor and friends aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Doctor Who and Star Trek are two hugely successful franchises that began as television series, and have expanded into a number of other media, including comic books, which continue to captivate fans all over the world. Nearly five decades and 1,500 episodes in the making, this is the moment that both Trekkers and Whovians have waited for all their lives!
STAR TREK TNG/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2 ($3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in stores in May 2012.
With thanks to IDWPublishing.com
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the astronaut of death
February 14th, 2012 - 8:25pmwho here watches star trek
booboo
February 14th, 2012 - 8:25pmme
CatManWho
February 14th, 2012 - 8:54pmProbably the series I watch the most episodes of, over a period of time after Doctor Who. I bought all the videos as they came out, and the same with the DVDs. Paramount/CIC were always swift about it, unlike the BBC.
For me lots of series come and go, but three sci-fi ones endure, and however much I enjoy new sci-fi programmes my top three will always be:-
Doctor Who, Blake’s 7 and Star Trek.
Mels
February 15th, 2012 - 5:06amYes. Actually, Australian TV networks are re-running all the seasons of Next Gen and Voyager atm actually.
ST: Next Gen. and Doctor Who have always been my two favourite ‘sci-fi’ (I use that term loosely) series… so this is a match made in heaven. 😀
heycallumj
February 15th, 2012 - 8:44amMeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
alfred
February 15th, 2012 - 9:00ami am 12 and ive watched it it espasally captain kirk
doctorwhofan27
May 10th, 2012 - 10:38amkirk will be in it. oh, and bbc america is airing tng all the time. it’s not often british anymore. the first b is gone. now it’s bc american.
Commander Strax
February 14th, 2012 - 5:45pmwill it be in the uk
plz awswer
booboo
February 14th, 2012 - 5:51pmif not you can get a digital copy
Anonymous
February 14th, 2012 - 5:52pmA few might show up in FP, but not that many.
WhoEleven
February 14th, 2012 - 5:15pmPrimeval and Doctor Who would be ace!
dalekjim
February 14th, 2012 - 8:13pmare you kidding me?
WhoEleven
February 15th, 2012 - 6:47pmI think it would be good
Callumeales
March 14th, 2012 - 9:03pmagree that would be good great way to bring back cutter
pupbenny
February 14th, 2012 - 3:09pmOMG! THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE!!!! 😀 I LOVE STAR TREK!!!! 😀 AND I LOVE DOCTOR WHO! 😀 *HAS HEART ATTACK!!!!* 😀 😀 😀 😀
The Silence
February 14th, 2012 - 4:04pmI know Right I LOVE STAR TREK AND DOCTOR WHO 😀
aarondrwhofan64
February 14th, 2012 - 2:34pmnow make a star wars one and it will be the best day of my life 😀 i love this
Commander Strax
February 14th, 2012 - 5:40pmsame
Come on, Geoge lucas!
alfred
February 15th, 2012 - 9:01amyeah
dw2005
February 15th, 2012 - 9:41amThat would be good.
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 12:52pmNow I have to watch a lot of Star Trek The Next Generation. I don’t want to get confused by Doctor Who. Do I want to wonder what happens? Yes. Do I want to not understand what half of its talking about (the star trek side)? No.
Pinkwisty
February 14th, 2012 - 12:07pmOne of my friends watches star trek, and I watch doctor who. Maybe I can get her to watch doctor who if she reads it…
Will it be in the US too? And where can I get it?
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 12:55pmIt’s IDW. IDW’s Doctor Who series, and maybe its Star Trek (not sure about that), are America-exclusive. You really think they’ll ditch us now? I don’t.
The 13th Doctor
February 14th, 2012 - 11:27amI’ve never seen start trek but for some reason im looking forward to it
Commander Strax
February 14th, 2012 - 5:41pmme too lol
McGann is the Doctor.
February 14th, 2012 - 10:53amI like the bit were Commander Whorp falls into the water as the plank of the pirate ship is , put away, magicly.
What was the expression again ? “Plank withdraw !” ❓
BTW is this real ?
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 12:56pmThis is real. It is 100% official.
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 12:58pmAnd I have no idea what BTW stands for. Could someone please tell me?
booboo
February 14th, 2012 - 12:58pmby the way
AlphaOmega
February 14th, 2012 - 10:38amJust two questions:
Is this comic actually going to be available in the UK?
and
Will it eventually come out as a graphic novel collection (eg Star trek countdown or Doctor Who Oblivion)?
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 10:45amactully, on a site it lets you read comics for free, so if it dont then we could just read it online
CatManWho
February 14th, 2012 - 9:19amFor how many of us did ST:TNG fill the gap when Doctor Who ended in 1989? I love all the Treks, but ST:TNG most of all. We had ST:TNG episodes on video at ten-fold the rate (per minute) of Doctor Who. ST:TNG was a major thing for many Whovians I knew in the late 80s early 90s.
Interesting that they choose 2010-2012 television-equivalent Who to marry up with 1987-1994 television-equivalent Trek. I am delighted of course. I imagine that it is Who entering the Trek world and I look forward to seeing how the Doctor and Picard can work together.
booboo
February 14th, 2012 - 9:32ami still watch next generation all the time, it has some quite brilliant stories, the inner light particularly
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 10:44ammy fav was when the cardaseums held picard hostage, two part episode 😀
CatManWho
February 14th, 2012 - 11:00amMy favourite is The Inner Light.
Another thing about STTNG is that I can remember all the episode titles, whereas with DS9 and Voy they suddenly became meaningless and I only remember a small proportion.
KORSAIR
February 14th, 2012 - 1:49pmAgreed Booboo, Inner light was a lovely episode and the flute music from it was pure magic.
heycallumj
February 14th, 2012 - 4:17pmAs much as I love TNG Voy is my fave!
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 5:21pm1 tng
2 tos
3 voy
4 ds9
5 (dont even like it one bit) enterprise
heycallumj
February 14th, 2012 - 8:57amWow 2/4 of my fave shows/movies combined!
Jason doctorwhoone
February 14th, 2012 - 8:42amJudging by the title ” Assimilation “, I’m guessing it’s bound to involve the Cybermen and their Paramount produced copycats, the Borg. Hell, why not do a film instead – BVC: Borg VS Cyberman [ based on AVP: Alien VS Predator ]
Jason doctorwhoone
February 14th, 2012 - 8:44amSpeaking of the idea of BVC: Borg VS Cyberman, please do check out this title sequance I made back in 2008 for a film I came up with called AVD: Alien VS Dalek. Thank you 🙂 http://youtu.be/Ey4TVsF48Gk
cyberman97
February 14th, 2012 - 9:55amthis so strange iwas thinking of doing figure adventures with doctor who , alien and predator
Liason Ice
February 14th, 2012 - 8:33amI don’t read the IDW comics, but for this I may make an exception.
gary
February 14th, 2012 - 8:31amThis would be amazing if I’d ever seen star trek!!
Daniel Seymour
February 14th, 2012 - 6:53amThere was a story going round a while ago that Russell T Davies wanted to do a televised crossover back in 2006, between the 10th Doctor and the Star Trek: Enterprise crew , but the latter series was cancelled before any real plans got underway….however this new comic book will more than make up for that missed opportunity. This comic is the most exciting piece of Dr Who merchandise for ages. Thanks IDW!
Mels
February 14th, 2012 - 8:13amIndeed. I think the Next Gen series has some of the best characters to work with too (yes, I am biased!).
If the Doctor had shown up at the start of Star Trek Voyager.. it would have made for a rather short series.
Captain Janeway: “Can you get us home?”
The Doctor: “Sure everyone jump into the Tardis”
/end series lol.
Jason doctorwhoone
February 14th, 2012 - 8:39amStar Trek Voyager, if you really think about it, was nothing more then a remake of Lost in Space.
Mels
February 14th, 2012 - 9:38amI think that’s vastly underestimating the series. They may have a similar premise, but Trek has never been about the premise, it’s always been about the ‘stories’.
But… that’s my opinion and it’s going way off topic. :p
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 10:43amthank gosh its not enterprise, no toys was made of that series because playmates was to scared it wouldn’t sell…
Mels
February 14th, 2012 - 4:42amOmg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg… this has been a long dreamed of combination, by fans and by DW staff alike.
This will be awesome.
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 2:02amYes! Yes yes yes yes yes!
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 12:48amif people dont know what the borg is (save you looking on wiki)
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 12:53amalso booboo is it ok for me to change my name?
CGren123
February 14th, 2012 - 2:08amTime to let my inner trek geek shine
WRONG! Jean Luc Picard was assimilated by the Borg in the two parter “Best of Both Worlds”. First Contact was the second Star Trek Film which featured the Borg, and Locutus (Picard’s Borg designation) was only shown in a dream sequence.
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 10:40amcorrect, i cant belive mt trekieness was wrong 😳
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 12:50pmwhere’d you get the quote from?
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 5:23pmwhen your doing a message at the
do add quote
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 12:44amoh my goodness, i love star trek! (some people may know cause ive posted about star trek before)
i must get!
luke kelly
February 14th, 2012 - 12:29amwhat companions are with the doctor?
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 1:01amit’s going to be amy and rory, how i know is on the star trek website, you got to be a member to see it’s pages, its got some pics, the doctor on the captain chair and amy and rory on the back panels
luke kelly
February 14th, 2012 - 12:28amwhat companions are witht he doctor?
Commander Strax
February 14th, 2012 - 5:44pmamy and rory
Anonymous
February 13th, 2012 - 11:29pmWhat we all want to know though is this. Is it canon? Well I’m sure going by the lisencing rules of both shows neither would consider it canon but it would still be interesting to see (although this certainly isn’t the first time a Who/Trek crossover has happened).
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 12:52amit is
doctorwhofan27
February 14th, 2012 - 2:06amit is the first official crossover between doctor who and star trek, but it’s most likely noncanonical but who cares? It’ll still be awesome.
Rooners
February 13th, 2012 - 10:59pmI’m not a massive ST fan but this is quite exciting!
Nemeth Rules.com
February 13th, 2012 - 10:54pmI’m new to site, quite new
Nemeth Rules.com
February 13th, 2012 - 10:52pmI am so getting the dr who eternity clock game cos I have PS3
Nemeth Rules.com
February 13th, 2012 - 10:51pmNever watched star trek
The 13th Doctor
February 13th, 2012 - 10:52pmSame only seen little bits
Nemeth Rules.com
February 13th, 2012 - 10:53pmIs it like dr whi
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
February 14th, 2012 - 8:35amNever seen it either 🙁 Is it good?
ultimate character building fan 00001
February 14th, 2012 - 10:40amone word fantastic!
K9
February 13th, 2012 - 10:29pmgreat stuff, never bought one of these books but will without doubt be buying this
Simon
February 13th, 2012 - 10:28pmWow make it so
love it
The master
February 13th, 2012 - 10:28pmOk so i have to admit i am really looking forward to this