Assimilation² (a subtitle of Star Trek: The Next Generation—Doctor Who) is a 2012 crossover miniseries, featuring the crew of the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as the Doctor and elements from the television series, Doctor Who. As an eight-part comics miniseries produced by IDW Publishing, Assimilation² that premiered in May 2012. The series was written by Scott & David Tipton, with Tony Lee, and features art by J.K. Woodward.
Summary
The series featured the Borg and the Cybermen, both cybernetic races from their respective universes that intend to assimilate Humans.
Issues
| issues | Issue 1 | Issue 2 | Issue 3 | Issue 4 | Issue 5 | Issue 6 | Issue 7 | Issue 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| writers | Scott & David Tipton with Tony Lee | |||||||
| artists | J.K. Woodward, Shawn Lee, Robbie Robbins, David Messina, Giovanna Niro, Joe Corroney | |||||||
| published | 30 May, 2012 | 27 June, 2012 | 25 July, 2012 | 29 August, 2012 | 26 September, 2012 | 24 October, 2012 | 14 November, 2012}} | 19 December, 2012 |
| "A" covers |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| "B" covers |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Appendices
Background
A 104-page omnibus of the first four issues of Assimilation² is planned for publication in October.[1]
Due to the success of the Assimilation² series, Tony Lee pitched a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine crossover with Doctor Who to IDW. Worf would have remembered the Doctor in this DS9 story, which would have been titled Domination.
Images
Connections
| Crossover comics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Comics | Star Trek-Legion of Super-Heroes (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • issue 4 • Issue 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Lantern | The Spectrum War (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6) • Stranger Worlds (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marvel Comics | X-Men (Star TreX • Second Contact) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctor Who | Assimilation² (Volume 1: Isssue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Volume 2: Issue 5 • Issue 6 • Issue 7 • Issue 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transformers | Star Trek vs. Transformers (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOOM! Studios | The Primate Directive (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 2012-04-14. Star Trek/Doctor Who omnibus in two parts?. 8 of 6 Guide to the Trek Collective. Accessed 2012-04-17.
External links
- Assimilation² article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Assimilation² article at Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who wiki