Star Trek crossovers
Several characters within the
Appearances in series premieres
After The Original Series, at least one character from an earlier series appeared in the premiere episode of each new series. These were the appearances of most of the
Long-term transitions
Two long-term transitions were the transfer of
Episodes and films focused on crossovers
Television-to-television crossover
An especially significant crossover is Spock's appearance on the two-part Next Generation episode "Unification". Spock meets Data and they exchange opinions on the relative value of logic and emotion, and share mutual impressions of Next Generation's Captain Picard, who for Spock is a model of logical behavior, and for Data is a model of what it means to be human. Critics such as Ina Rae Hark have noted this encounter between two non-human characters in which they summarize their contrasting attitudes to humanity. Data embodies Spock's ideal of pure logic, even as he aspires to become more human.[1]
Scotty appears in TNG Season 6, Episode 4 "Relics".
Recycled footage from the original series episode "
William Riker and Deanna Troi from The Next Generation appear in a flash-forward to the future in "These Are the Voyages...", the final episode of Enterprise. This episode was widely criticized by both cast members and fans for playing more like a Next Generation episode to the point of being an inappropriate wrap-up for the series.[3][4]
Film-to-television crossover
In the Voyager episode "Flashback", events from the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) play a pivotal role, and are reenacted with the same actors, thus allowing George Takei to reprise his role as Hikaru Sulu. The episode contains the added revelation that the character of Tuvok was on Sulu's ship Excelsior at the time. Critic Lincoln Geraghty cites this as an example of Star Trek's ongoing propensity for reverential recognition of earlier versions of the series.[6] In a bit of rather glaring discontinuity, the character of Lieutenant Dimitri Valtane is shown to be both alive at the end of the film and dead in the episode. Actor Tim Russ, who portrayed Tuvok, also made an appearance as a bridge officer from the same fictional time period, serving on the Enterprise-B in the feature film Star Trek Generations (1994).
Television-to-film crossover
The film Star Trek Generations brought Kirk and Picard, Enterprise captains from different centuries, together to defeat a common enemy. It also marked the passing of the film franchise from the original series cast to that of The Next Generation.
Characters more prominent on subsequent series
A few occasional recurring characters introduced in one series continued into other series, sometimes attaining more significant roles in their subsequent Trek series than in the one in which they were first introduced:
- Spock's father Sarek appeared in only one episode of the original series, but became a more developed character in three movies and appeared in the Next Generation episode named after him and the first part of "Unification". Sarek's appearance in the former is described in The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion as "the first major unifying event tying together the old and new Trek eras since McCoy's cameo" in the original series.[7] Sarek later appeared in Star Trek: Discovery.
- Recurring character Q, originally introduced in the premiere episode of Next Generation, continued to appear in episodes of Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Lower Decks and Picard. Teleplay writer Robert Wolfe found it difficult to incorporate Q into the DS9 universe as the character had been conceived so much as a foil for Captain Picard. He eventually decided to use Q to show personality differences between Picard and Sisko.[8] It was also difficult to decide how to introduce Q into Voyager, as it was necessary to explain why Q did not return the ship to Federation territory.[9]
- Although appearing in only five episodes of The Next Generation and six episodes of Voyager, the character of Reginald Barclay became quite pivotal to the story-arc of the final season of Voyager, significantly contributing to the reestablishment of contact between the ship Voyager and the Federation. Barclay also appears in a cameo role in the eighth movie in the film series, Star Trek: First Contact.
- Three Klingon characters from separate individual episodes of the original series, Kor, Koloth and Kang, all appear in the Deep Space Nine episode "Once More Unto the Breach". Crew members who worked on "Blood Oath" felt that a "special connection" was being made to the original series.[10]Kang made an additional cameo appearance on Voyager, verbally dueling with Captain Sulu in a brief scene of the episode "Flashback".
- The two Ferengi, Arridor and Kol, were minor characters in the TNG episode "The Price" but were the principal antagonists in the Voyager episode "False Profits".
- The Borg Queen first introduced in the Next Generation feature film Star Trek: First Contact. She would then become a recurring character on Voyager appearing in the two-part episodes "Dark Frontier" and "Unimatrix Zero" and in the series finale "Endgame". These episodes form a narrative thread in which the Borg Queen is battling with Janeway in attempts to re-assimilate Seven of Nine.[11] Only in the final Voyager episode is the Borg Queen played by the same actress who played her in the feature film Star Trek: First Contact, Alice Krige. The magazine Cinefantastique described Krige's appearance as the highlight of this episode.[12] Eventually a new, cloaked form of the Borg Queen appears in Star Trek: Picard, quickly followed by a version more reminiscent of the appearance and personality of the character seen in First Contact and Voyager, in an alternate timeline. Another crossover character is Hugh, a Borg drone who appeared in the TNG episode I, Borgand subsequently in the first season of Picard.
All crossovers
Character crossovers
- The Original Series on The Animated Series
- The robots of Alice and the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland reappear from the episode "Shore Leave" in the episode "Once Upon a Planet"
- The Guardian of Forever, Amanda Grayson appear the episode "Yesteryear"
- Koloth, and Korax appear in the episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- Kor appears in the episode "The Time Trap"
- Harry Mudd appears in "Mudd's Passion"
- Bob Wesley appears in the episode "One of Our Planets is Missing" after last appearing in "The Ultimate Computer"
- The Original Series on The Next Generation
- Leonard McCoy appears in the episode "Encounter at Farpoint "
- Sarek, Spock's father, appears in the episode "Sarek" and again in "Unification I"
- Spock appears in both parts of the episode "Unification"
- Montgomery Scott appears in the episode "Relics"
The Original Series on The Next Generation series of films
- Montgomery Scott and Pavel Chekov appear in the film Star Trek Generations
- Zefram Cochrane (originally played by Glenn Corbett) appeared in the film Star Trek: First Contact played by James Cromwell
- The Original Series on Deep Space Nine
- Kor (with their cranial ridges "restored") appear in "Blood Oath". Kor appears subsequently in "The Sword of Kahless" and "Once More Unto The Breach".
- Cyrano Jones, and Korax appear in "Trials and Tribble-ations" (There were clips from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles ", but Benjamin Sisko 's conversation with James T. Kirk was based on footage taken from the episode "Mirror, Mirror").
- The antagonist Arne Darvin appears through both archival footage, and additional scenes by an older Charlie Brill
- The antagonist
- The Original Series on Voyager
- Kang appear in the episode "Flashback"
- T'Pau (originally played by Celia Lovsky) is played by Betty Matsushita in the episode “Darkling”
The Original Series on Enterprise
- T'Pau (originally played by Celia Lovsky) is played by Kara Zediker and is in a sect that changes the Vulcan government in the episodes "The Forge", "Awakening" and "Kir'Shara"
- Zefram Cochrane (originally played by Glenn Corbett) appeared in the episode "Broken Bow" film played by James Cromwell. This is a role Cromwell reprises from Star Trek: First Contact.
- Archival footage was later used to depict the mirror universe version of Cochrane in the first part of the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"
- Archival footage was later used to depict the mirror universe version of Cochrane in the first part of the episode "
- Archival audio of Captain James T. Kirk's voice from the Star Trek: The Original Series intro is sampled for the end of "These Are the Voyages..."
The Original Series on Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
- Aside from a complete recasting of all the primary roles from the original series, the reboot Star Trek film series also specifically brought back Star Trek (2009).
- Pike and Ambassador Spock (Nimoy) reappear in Carol Marcus, characters who were last seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- Nimoy's Ambassador Spock, and the rest of the original series cast reappear in holographic (Spock) and photographic form in Star Trek: Beyond (2016) and have no speaking roles.
- The Original Series on Discovery
- The characters Talosians and Vina, from the unaired pilot of the original series "The Cage" and the two-part original series episode "The Menagerie," also appeared in the Discovery episode "If Memory Serves". Archival footage from "The Cage" was also used in "If Memory Serves", with archive footage of Leonard Nimoy as Spock from the episode "Unification II" being used in the Discovery episode "Unification III"
- The Guardian of Forever appears in both parts of the episode "Terra Firma", though it is only revealed to be the Guardian in the second part. The character last appeared in "Yesteryear", an episode of The Animated Series.
The Original Series on Short Treks
- Harry Muddappears in the episode "The Escape Artist"
- The character of Christopher Pike returns for three Short Treks episodes, "The Trouble with Edward", "Ask Not" and "Q&A", with Spock and Number One appearing in the latter two episodes
- The characters James T. Kirk, Leonard McCoy, Hikaru Sulu, Abraham Lincoln, and Khan Noonien Singh all appear in the episode "Ephraim and Dot", with all apart from Lincoln and McCoy using archival audio from The Original Series.
- The Original Series on Lower Decks
- NOMAD (from the original series episode "The Changeling") appears in a storage room in "Second Contact"
- The characters Spock and James T. Kirk are depicted in their Animated Series form for a brief, mute cameo in the first season finale "No Small Parts", with Landru from "Return of the Archons" also making a brief appearance.
- The Next Generation on Deep Space Nine
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard appears in the episode "Emissary"
- Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Molly O'Brien, and Worf make long term moves to the station, starting with "Emissary", "A Man Alone", and "The Way of the Warrior", respectively.
- Lursa and B'Etor appear in the episode "Past Prologue"
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- "
- Fleet Admiral The Maquis, Part II" and "The Search, Part II"
- Gowron appears on numerous episodes, starting with The House of Quark.
- Thomas Riker appears in the episode "Defiant"
- Toral the illegitimate nephew of Lursa and B'Etor appears on the episode "The Sword of Kahless"
- Kurn brother of Worf appears in the episode "Sons of Mogh"
- Alexander Rozhenko appears in the episodes "Sons and Daughters" and "You Are Cordially Invited"
- The Next Generation on Voyager
- Reginald Barclay appears in the episodes "Projections", "Pathfinder", "Life Line", "Inside Man", "Author, Author" and "Endgame"
- William Riker appears in the episode "Death Wish"
- "Q" appears in the episodes "Death Wish", "The Q and the Grey" and "Q2"
- The two Ferengi (Arridor and Kol) testing the wormhole from "False Profits"
- Facsimiles of Boothby appear in the episodes "In the Flesh" and "The Fight"
- Geordi La Forge from an alternate future appears in the episode "Timeless"
- The Unimatrix Zero" and "Endgame"
- Deanna Troi appears in the episodes "Pathfinder", "Life Line" and "Inside Man"
- The Next Generation on Enterprise
- William Riker, Deanna Troi, and the voice of Data appear in the episode "These Are the Voyages... ", with archival audio of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's voice from the Star Trek: The Next Generation intro being sampled for the end of the episode
- The Next Generation on Short Treks
- Jean-Luc Picard appears on a screen in the episode "Children of Mars"
- The Next Generation on Picard
- In addition to the shows title character B-4 from Star Trek: Nemesis, have all appeared on Picard in its first season.
- Guinan, Q, and Wesley Crusher appear in season 2 of Picard
- Fleet Admiral Shelbyappear in season 3 of Picard, in addition to the return of Jean-Luc Picard, William Riker, Deanna Troi, Data, and the Borg Queen.
- The Next Generation on Lower Decks
- Q appears in the episode "Veritas"
- William Riker and Deanna Troi appear in the first season finale "No Small Parts"
- A holographic statue of Miles O'Brien appears in the far future in the episode "Temporal Edict"
- Thadiun Okona appears in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers".
- Deep Space Nine on The Next Generation
- Julian Bashir appears in the episode "Birthright, Part I," which partially takes place on Deep Space Nine
- Quark has a brief cameo in the episode "Firstborn"
- Deep Space Nine on Voyager
- Morn both appear in "Caretaker".
- Deep Space Nine on Lower Decks
- Morn appear in "Hear All, Trust Nothing".
- Leeta appear in "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place".
- Voyager on The Next Generation series of films
- The Mark I EMH "Doctor" appeared in the film Star Trek: First Contact. This EMH, while identical in name, appearance and mannerisms, was distinct from the Voyager character due to the nature of the EMH being a holographic computer program.
- Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway has a brief cameo in the film Star Trek: Nemesis
- Voyager on Deep Space Nine
- The mirror-universe version of Tuvok appears in the episode "Through the Looking Glass"
- Dr. Doctor" both appear in the episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"
- Voyager on Picard
- Ichebin a final and brief cameo role. Icheb however is portrayed by different actors than those who had acted in the role on Star Trek: Voyager.
- Discovery on Short Treks
- The characters of Saru appear in the episodes "Runaway" and "The Brightest Star" respectively, with Phillipa Georgioualso appearing briefly in the latter episode
- Younger versions of Michael Burnham and her father Mike Burnham appear in the animated episode "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
- Short Treks on Discovery
- Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po from the Short Treks episode "Runaway" appears in both parts of the Discovery episode "Such Sweet Sorrow"
- Siranna from the Short Treks episode "The Brightest Star" appears in the Discovery episodes "The Sound of Thunder", "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" and through archival footage in "Lights and Shadows"
Actor crossovers
- The Original Series on The Next Generation
- Lwaxana Troias well as the voice of the Enterprise computer.
- Dr. Katherine Pulaski
The Original Series on The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager:
- Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Christine Chapel and Number One, as well as the Enterprise computer's voice) is the computer voice on the Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E, Voyager, and Defiant.
The Original Series on Deep Space Nine:
Clint Howard who played Balok on the episode “The Corbomite Maneuver” appeared as the mentally ill Sanctuary resident Grady in DS9's “Past Tense, Part II”[13]
The Original Series on Enterprise:
Clint Howard who played Balok on the episode “The Corbomite Maneuver” played the ferengi Muk in Enterprise's first-year episode “Acquisition”[13]
The Original Series on Discovery:
Clint Howard who played Balok on the episode “The Corbomite Maneuver” played an Orion Drug Dealer in the Star Trek: Discovery season one finale, "Will You Take My Hand?"[13]
- The Next Generation on The Original Series
- In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: Michael Dorn (Worf) appears as Colonel Worf, the grandfather of Lieutenant Worf.
- The Next Generation on Deep Space Nine
- Gul Dukat.
- James Cromwell (Zefram Cochrane) appears in the episode "Starship Down" as Hanok. He also appears on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Prime Minister Nayrok and Jaglom Shrek.
- Deep Space Nine on The Original Series
- Rene Auberjonois (Odo) also appears as Colonel West, a human assassin disguised as a Klingon intent on assassinating the Klingon Chancellor at the Khitomer Conference.
- Voyager on Deep Space Nine
- Tim Russ (Tuvok) appears as a Klingon named T'Kar in the episode "Invasive Procedures"
- Romulan Sub Commander T'Rul in the two part episode "The Search"
- Voyager on The Next Generation
- Admiral Owen Paris in the Voyager episode "Pathfinder")
- Menage à Troi" as Doctor Farek and as the holographic maître d' in the film Star Trek: First Contact
- Tim Russ (Tuvok) appears in the episode "Starship Mine" as Devor. He also played an Enterprise-B Bridge Officer in the film Star Trek Generations
- The Next Generation on Enterprise
- Andreas Katsulas (Commander Tomalak) plays Vissian Captain Drennik in the episode "Cogenitor".
- Noonien Soong, Data's creator.
- Enterprise on Voyager
- ”
- Deep Space Nine on Voyager
- Aron Eisenberg (Nog) appears as the Kazon Kar in the episode “Initiations”
- General Martok) appears as Hirogen Hunter in "Tsunkatse".
- Deep Space Nine on Enterprise
- Thy'lek Shran, and also as the Ferengi Krem in the episode "Acquisition" alongside Ethan Phillips from Voyager.
- " as Ezral, the chief engineer on a crashed Kantare supply ship.
- Damar) appears in the episode "Damage" as the Illyrian captain.
- General Martok) appears in the episodes “Judgement” and “Borderland”, as Kolos and a Klingon captain, respectively.
- Robert O'Reilly (Gowron, also recurring in The Next Generation) appears as the bounty hunter Kago-Darr in the episode “Bounty”.
- Voyager on Enterprise
- Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) voices the Automated repair station in the episode "Dead Stop".
- Ethan Phillips (Neelix) appears as the ferengi Ulis in the episode "Acquisition", alongside Jeffrey Combs from Deep Space Nine.
Intercompany crossovers
Star Trek has had a few
Marvel Comics franchise, X-Men
- Star Trek/X-Men: Star TreX – A comic book based on TOS
- Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Second Contact – A comic book based on TNG
- Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X – A sequel novel to the TNG comic book
DC Comics franchise, Legion of Super-Heroes
Boom! Studios, Planet of the Apes
DC Comics franchise, Green Lantern
- Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War
- Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds – A sequel to the first crossover.
- Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses (cancelled)
(Star Trek – Legion of Super-Heroes also reveals that DC's Vandal Savage and Flint, a mysterious immortal encountered by James T. Kirk and his crew, are actually parallel universe versions of the same person. While one version adopted the name Vandal Savage and dedicated himself to conquest, the other version adopted the name Flint and turned his life towards art and science.)
CCG intercompany crossover scenario
Lucasfilm franchise, Star Wars
- Mirror, Mirror scenario from Star Wars CCG.
Parody crossovers
In Turkish comedy Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (Turkish: Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek), produced and directed by Hulki Saner, titular hobo (cult Turkish character, Turist Ömer played by Sadri Alışık) is beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise.
In Polish cabaret sketch of Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju (Polish: Cabaret of Moral Anxiety) - Bajki: Przygody pilota Pirxa, titular hero (taken from Stanisław Lem Tales of Pirx the Pilot), and his companions, wears TNG era Starfleet uniforms. Star Trek style technobabble is also in use.
See also
- "The Slaver Weapon", an episode of The Animated Series, a crossover between Star Trek and Larry Niven's Known Space setting.
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