Star Trek Star Trek was a popular American science fiction television series of the 1960s , featuring among other characters , Spock , Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy . A Time Lord , Marnal , going by the human alias Marnal Gate , also sold a script to " Star Trek " , but unhappy with the changes made , he saw to it that he was not credited for it . ( PROSE : " The Gallifrey Chronicles " ) " Star Trek " later spawned a long - standing entertainment franchise that included motion pictures and additional TV series lasting into the 21st century . There were many avid fans who were thrilled by the debuts of movies based on the series beginning in the late 1970s . ( PROSE : " Return of the Living Dad " ) Izzy Sinclair , a companion of the Eighth Doctor , watched " Star Trek " to vicariously escape her unhappy home life . ( COMIC : " Oblivion " ) She frequently watched " " on VHS . ( AUDIO : " Izzy ' s Story " ) Her comment upon entering the TARDIS for the first time was to say , " Not exactly the Starship " Enterprise " , is it ? " ( COMIC : " Endgame " ) Her affinity for " Star Trek " — as well as her use of it to escape her home life — was something she shared with Destrii . Indeed , when the two first met , they bonded over Sulu ' s dialogue from the episode , " Spock ' s Brain " . ( COMIC : " Ophidius " ) The " Star Trek " franchise faded out of public consciousness within a few centuries . 26th century native Bernice Summerfield thought " The Next Generation " was a documentary when she first saw it . ( PROSE : " The Left - Handed Hummingbird " ) 51st century native Jack Harkness was unfamiliar with the name " Spock " . ( TV : " The Empty Child " / " The Doctor Dances " ) Specific mentions . When the Third Doctor told Sgt . John Benton that he had visited a parallel universe , Benton asked , " You mean like that " Star Trek " episode where Spock had a beard ? " ( PROSE : " The Face of the Enemy " ) Upon seeing her future self for the first time in Los Angeles in 2009 , the Fifth Doctor ' s companion Peri Brown wondered if she was an actress who used to play the ' s girlfriend in or a " " in " Star Trek " . ( AUDIO : " Peri and the Piscon Paradox " ) " Spock ' s Brain " was an episode of " Star Trek " that both Izzy Sinclair and Destrii had seen . Destrii even went so far as to call it her " favourite " . She cited " the bit where has to do the " as a particularly memorable moment and even quoted back a portion of the log , in unison with Izzy : " Captain Kirk ' s hunch that Spock ' s brain is on this planet appears to be correct ! " ( COMIC : " Ophidius " ) Rose Tyler compared the Ninth Doctor to the " Star Trek " character Spock , a name Rose later gave as the Doctor ' s own when she introduced him to Jack Harkness . Harkness subsequently began calling him " Mr . Spock " until he was corrected . ( TV : " The Empty Child " / " The Doctor Dances " ) When Clyde Langer and Luke Smith were on Kudlak ' s ship Luke asked Clyde if he could use his mobile phone . One of the other captives told him that it would be useless in space unless he knew Captain Kirk ' s phone number . ( TV : " Warriors of Kudlak " ) At one point , Clyde described Luke as being " all science and logic and Spocky stuff like that " . ( TV : " Mona Lisa ' s Revenge " ) The Tenth Doctor taught Chloe Webber the Vulcan salute , famously used by Spock and various characters in " Star Trek " . ( TV : " Fear Her " ) The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble once compared the sonic screwdriver to " Star Trek ' s " tricorder . Shortly afterwards , the Doctor and Donna , briefly adopted the aliases Doctor McCoy and Captain Kirk , respectively . ( AUDIO : " Pest Control " ) In 1969 , when Joy encountered a Silent in the White House , she thought it was someone wearing a " Star Trek " mask . ( TV : " The Impossible Astronaut " ) An image of a popular girl on the Minotaur ' s prison ship asked Howie Spragg what " loser " was in Klingon . ( TV : " The God Complex " ) Craig Owens compared the Cybermen ' s teleporter to something out of " Star Trek " , mentioning the phrase " " . ( TV : " Closing Time " ) Rose Tyler used the same phrase to describe Lect ' s transmat . ( COMIC : " Weapons of Past Destruction " ) Alan Jackson noted how unrefined using vinegar was against the Slitheen , when compared to phaser s and . ( TV : " The Lost Boy " ) Anji Kapoor noted how all the attractive female aliens always fell for Captain Kirk . ( PROSE : " EarthWorld " ) Sarah Jane Smith told Clyde Langer and Luke Smith that she didn ' t have a sonic lipstick and other helpful devices to escape from St Agnes Abbey . Clyde answered that they wouldn ' t need any " Star Trek " gadgets because Luke Smith knew about the secret passages of the abbey . ( TV : " Eye of the Gorgon " ) The Varangian s were 9th century Russian Viking s . Kate Wilson believed that they sounded like something out of " Star Trek " . ( AUDIO : " The Conspiracy " ) Nardole comapred the The Monks ’ shadow world to “ the holodeck on " Star Trek " ” . ( TV : " Extremis " )