Assimilation², Issue 6

Summary

"The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION²! An unexpected alliance is formed, providing a glimmer of hope in surviving the CyberBorg onslaught!"

Memorable quotes

"Wow. I'm never going to get use to that."

- Amy Pond on transporting

"Tell me, Captain. Does Starfleet have any records of specific Borg cooridinates in the past? Specific places where we know a Borg vessel was at a given time?"
"Exact coordinates? Unfortunately, yes."
"The Battle of Wolf 359. The place where the Federation lost thirty-nine starships. Eleven-thousand Starfleet officers murdered."
"Bad Wolf. Yet again..."
"I beg your pardon"
"Nothing, Captain. Merely echoes of past losses."

- The Doctor, Picard and Riker

"Trust him? Do you trust him yet, Captain?"
"Hrm. What choice do we have, Number One?"

- Picard and Riker on trusting the Doctor

"Oh dear."

- The Doctor, upon Locutus of Borg noticing him

Background information

• This issue shipped with one general cover and one retail incentive cover.

Creators

• Writers:
  • Scott & David Tipton
• Artists:
  • Gordon Purcell (pencil art)
  • J.K. Woodward (painted art and cover art)
  • Shawn Lee (letter art)
  • Emanuela Lupacchino (alt cover art)
  • Fabio Mantovani (alt cover color art)
• Editors:
  • Denton J. Tipton
  • Jacen Smith (editorial assists)
• Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Special thanks to Risa Kessler and John Van Citters of CBS Consumer Products, and Kate Bush, Georgie Britton, Caroline Skinner, Denise Paul, and Ed Casey at BBC Worldwide for their invaluable assistance.

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in IDW TNG characters.

Jean-Luc Picard (β)

USS Enterprise-D captain

William T. Riker (β)

Enterprise-D exec

Data (β)

Android Enterprise-D operations officer

Geordi La Forge (β)

VISOR-sighted Enterprise-D flight control officer

Worf (β)

Klingon Enterprise-D lieutenant junior grade

Deanna Troi (β)

Half-Betazoid Enterprise-D counselor

External link

• "Assimilation², Issue 6" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works