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  • That said, if one must have a crossover, at least write it such that the Star Trek universe is a separate universe to the Whoniverse and it requires some kind of universe-hopping accident to bring the two together. Both franchises are too well fleshed out for their canons to co-exist in the same fictional universe.

    From my knowledge, outside of an odd recurring example, that’s generally how Dr. Who works.

    Feels like it’s getting into the weeds a bit, but the approaches to the idea of a multiverse in the properties goes a way to handle the issues with canon. Trek has quantum realities, where any event can just be said to happen in a different plane and not affect the main one. Dr. Who however has a single shared timeline and relies on time travel to write events into and out of existence.

    So when the 10th Doctor met the crew of the Cerritos? In Trek that’s just a different continuity to the main story, but in Dr. Who it’s currently the reason why the Doctor doesn’t have 3D glasses anymore (He left them behind and Rutherford found them).

    Edit: Oh yeah, how could I forget? the Guardian of Forever can also cross over into alternate dimensions and move people between them.