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Mark Donaldson-Senior Staff Writer

Mark Donaldson

Senior Staff Writer

March, 2022
MA Film Studies, Programming and Curation (National Film and TV School)
Star Trek, Doctor Who, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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About Mark Donaldson

Mark has been with Screen Rant since 2022. He writes about and reviews a range of TV and movie genres, but specializes in Star Trek and Doctor Who.

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Andrew Robinson as Garak, Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko and Rene Auberjonois as Odo in Star Trek: DS9
5 Star Trek: DS9 Actors Who Became Directors

Star Trek offered its actors the chance to direct via Rick Berman's "Director's School", and 5 Deep Space Nine stars graduated with flying colors.

Max Grodenchik, Chase Masterson and Cirroc Lofton in Star Trek: DS9
Avery Brooks Said No, Jake Sisko’s Girlfriend In Star Trek: DS9 Can't Be Rom's Wife

Best known for playing Rom's wife Leeta in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Chase Masterson almost played Jake Sisko's girlfriend in DS9 season 3.

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Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard in Star Trek: TNG and the cast of Red Dwarf in silhouette
Patrick Stewart Loves A Sci-Fi Sitcom That Was A Star Trek: TNG "Rip-Off"

The show had Patrick Stewart reaching for his lawyer's phone number, but the Star Trek: The Next Generation star learned to love the TNG "rip-off".

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Gene Rodenberry's Star Trek Vision Explained
Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry’s Vision Explained

Fans have argued for decades about whether Star Trek still honors the original vision of Gene Roddenberry. But what is that? And how has it changed?

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A composite image of Scott Grimes looking on hopefully in front of Seth MacFarlane sitting in the captain's chair in The Orville
The Orville Season 4: Will It Happen? Everything We Know

With The Orville's future in doubt following the season 3 finale, here's everything we know about season 4 of Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi comedy-drama.

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Robert Picardo in both Voyager and Discovery uniforms
Star Trek: Voyager Already Set Up Robert Picardo's Doctor In Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Voyager set up Robert Picardo's Doctor as both a great teacher and a 31st-century citizen. Will Starfleet Academy continue this story?

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Makes 1 Spock And Chapel TOS Argument More Painful

The casting of Cillian O'Sullivan as Roger Korby in Strange New Worlds season 3 casts a terse exchange between Spock and Nurse Chapel in a new light.

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Peter Capaldi, Sylvester McCoy and Karen Gillan with the USS Enterprise behind them
Star Trek Needs To Cast 6 Doctor Who Actors

While a Star Trek and Doctor Who crossover episode remains a pipe dream, the franchise could still cast some beloved Doctor and companion actors.

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Captain Picard from Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Insurrection Almost Had Better Villains Until Patrick Stewart Said No

Patrick Stewart vetoed the inclusion of a more impactful villain in Star Trek: Insurrection, making the TNG movie less interesting as a result.

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Sam Richardson as a Chameloid in Star Trek Section 31 with DS9s Dominion War raging behind him
Star Trek: Section 31 Can Explain Where Chameloids Were During DS9’s Dominon War

Despite being ideal allies against the Changelings, the Chameloids were absent from DS9's Dominion War. Now, Star Trek: Section 31 can answer why.

Composite image of the casts of Star Trek and Doctor Who
14 Best Doctor Who Episodes To Win Star Trek Fans Over

With recent talk of a crossover at San Diego Comic-Con, Star Trek fans may be wondering about the best Doctor Who stories to watch as a primer.

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Captain Sisko and Intendant Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: DS9's 5 Mirror Universe Episodes Ranked Worst To Best

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine brought back the Terrans in a big way. But what is DS9's best Mirror Universe episode and which one deserves the Agonizer?

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Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and Colm Meaney in front of Starfleet Academy
Could More Star Trek Legacy Characters Appear In Starfleet Academy?

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set 800 years after the TNG era, but other legacy characters could Voyager's Doctor in the 32nd century.

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Star Trek's Romulans and Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: DS9 Writer “Begged, Insisted, Screamed, Pleaded” For A Big Romulan Change

DS9 brought Star Trek's Romulans and the Federation closer than ever before as they united to fight the Dominion, but that wasn't the only big change.

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Tawny Newsome as Mariner and Deep Space Nine from Star Trek
As A Big DS9 Fan, I’m Excited for Tawny Newsome's Star Trek Live-Action Comedy

Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien are developing a brand-new Star Trek comedy series which could end up being an unlikely successor to Deep Space Nine.

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Iman as a Chameleoid in Star Trek 6
Who Is Iman? Star Trek’s First Chameloid Shapeshifter Explained

Originated by supermodel and actress Iman, the Chameloids are coming back to Star Trek after 33 years. Where have the Chameloids been since 1991?

Captain Pike as a human and Captain Pike as a Vulcan in Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Makes Pike’s Hair Memes Canon

A preview clip from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 screened at San Diego Comic-Con canonizes hilarious memes about the height of Pike's peak.

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Captain Christopher Pike and the Fifteenth Doctor standing in front of the USS Enterprise and the TARDIS
I Disagree That A Star Trek & Doctor Who Crossover “Must” Happen, But I'd Love To See It

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has said a Star Trek crossover "must" happen, which avoids the questions of why and where it should happen.

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