Overview
- Akiva Goldsman confirmed Tuesday that he and former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies held multi-year discussions about an on-screen crossover between the two franchises.
- Goldsman said the teams discussed making Pelia, the long-lived Lanthanite engineer played by Carol Kane, an explicit former companion who traveled in the Doctor’s TARDIS.
- Those conversations never produced a project because Strange New Worlds has finished filming its final seasons and Doctor Who currently has no clear return date, which together constrained scheduling.
- Both series have already traded on-screen winks and Easter eggs that hint at overlap, and IDW previously explored a non-canonical Doctor Who/Star Trek team-up in the Assimilation² comics.
- The confirmation underscores strong fan appetite and creative interest but also shows that rights, timing, and production windows are the concrete barriers to a live-action crossover; future possibilities remain technically open because both franchises use time travel and alternate realities.