Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2
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Publication information | |
Publisher | IDW Publishing |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Publication date | May 2012 - December 2012 |
Number of issues | 8 |
Main character(s) | The Doctor Captain Jean-Luc Picard Amy Pond Commander William Riker Rory Williams Data Worf The Cybermen The Borg |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Scott Tipton David Tipton Tony Lee |
Artist(s) | J.K. Woodward |
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 is an eight-issue limited series comic book written by Scott and David Tipton, assisted by Tony Lee on issues 1 to 4, with art by J.K. Woodward. The series is published by IDW Publishing with the first issue released in May 2012. These were collected in two graphic novels published on 9 October 2012 and 26 February 2013. It is a cross-over featuring the science-fiction series Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation.[1]
Assimilation2 sees the Doctor and his companions, Amy Pond and Rory Williams, encounter the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, joining together to stop an alliance between the Borg and the Cybermen.[2][3]
Plot
On stardate 45635.2 (falling between the stardates of Next Generation episodes "The Outcast" and "Cause and Effect"), the Federation planet Delta IV comes under attack from a combined force of Borg and Cybermen, prompting a planetary evacuation.[4]
Meanwhile, the TARDIS, with the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams inside, somehow crosses between universes and lands on the holodeck of the Enterprise-D.[4][5] Though confused at having new memories from this universe, the Doctor meets with the ship's captain, Jean-Luc Picard, and they soon discover the Borg/Cybermen alliance.[5] However, the Cybermen quickly turn on the Borg, prompting the Borg to ask Picard for assistance, to which he reluctantly agrees.[6][7]
The Enterprise crew begins work on adding gold to its weapons, since it is effective against Cybermen, while the TARDIS goes back in time to retrieve a vital piece of Borg technology that had been lost to the Cybermen.[8][9] A strike force led by the Doctor and Picard then infiltrates the Cybermen's main vessel and, with the help of the Enterprise's gold-enhanced weapons, defeats the Cybermen. The Doctor and his companions return to their own universe aboard the TARDIS; meanwhile the Borg, intrigued by the Doctor, decide to investigate time travel.[10]
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1
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- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #4
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #5
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #6
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #7
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #8