10 Best Doctor Who Crossovers Ever
When the Doctor meets the Doctor, odds are some serious wibbly wobbly timey wimey makes it happen!
Doctor Who is one of the most successful science-fiction franchises ever made, and over the course of its 50+ year history, there has been everything from romances and parties, to war and genocide. The series touches on comedy and romance while skirting drama and suspense/thriller territory in such a way that it's impossible to know what's going to happen next.
That's not a bad trait for a show about a near-immortal traveller of space and time, and the good Doctor rarely disappoints. Still, it's hard on the fans to switch from one regeneration to the next, which is why crossovers are so important to Doctor Who's lore.
Just because one version of the Doctor dies and is replaced with another, that doesn't mean they can't meet... right? After all, time travel is at the core of what makes Doctor Who such an amazing program and the writers haven't disappointed fans.
Crossover episodes and comics do the impossible; they have one version of the Doctor meet their past or future selves. In others, the Doctor takes a trip into another franchise's universe, and whenever this happens, the fans eat it up. These ten crossovers aren't the only ones, but they are certainly the best!
10. Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²
In this eight-issue miniseries, the 11th Doctor, Amy, and Rory encounter the crew of the USS Starship Enterprise-D! The crossover takes place between the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Outcast" and "Cause and Effect."
When the Doctor lands the TARDIS on the ship's holodeck, a Federation planet was under attack from the Borg and the Cybermen's combined forces. As soon as the Doctor crossed over into the Star Trek universe, he finds that he's suddenly inundated with memories linking the 4th Doctor to a previous adventure with Captain Kirk as they battled an earlier generation of Cybermen.
The Doctor and Captain Jean-Luc Picard meet one another and soon discover the alliance between two of their most ruthless enemies. It isn't long before they agree to work together to defeat the alliance, but the Cybermen have other plans.
Almost immediately, the Cybermen unsurprisingly turn on the Borg, which sends them to Picard for help, which he reluctantly agrees to provide. The Enterprise outfits its weapons with gold since the Cybermen are susceptible to it. At the same time, the Doctor travels to the past to gather a vital piece of Borg technology. Together, the Doctor and Picard manage to defeat the Cybermen.