--- title: Doctor Who/Star Wars Trailer Mashup description: Geek watch canonical: https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-08T16:31:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:47.264Z og:title: 'Doctor Who' Gets A 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Style Trailer og:description: Geek watch og:url: https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Doctor Who' Gets A 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Style Trailer twitter:description: Geek watch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Doctor Who_ Gets A _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Style Trailer by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 8, 2016 4:31 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 8, 2016 4:31 PM UTC When the first trailer for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ hit the internet, each moment was picked apart and analyzed for clues about the plot, the characters, the mysterious and vague action. Who was that tough girl? Who was that storm trooper? Who was worshiping at the altar of Darth Vader? The trailer showed a lot without revealing anything at all, making it equal parts compelling and aggravating. Now [some editing genius](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkzEZEBKizxOw5HK6FUlwtg) on the internet has decided to give a similar treatment to everyone’s _other_ favorite sci fi franchise—_Doctor Who._ In the new mashup trailer, called _Doctor Who War: The Tardis Awakens_, the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston, who went on to HBO’s _The Leftovers_) comes to Earth from a war-torn planet, in a galaxy far, far away. As the Dalek, a dastardly enemy, embarks on their mission to exterminate all life, the Doctor meets a girl named Rose, who must make a choice that could affect all of time and space. It’s gripping, vague, and the perfect geek mashup. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/"},"headline":"Doctor Who Gets A Star Wars: The Force Awakens Style Trailer","datePublished":"2016-02-08T16:31:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:47.264Z","description":"Geek watch","url":"https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","doctor who","Star Wars topic","Trailers","mashups","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4211977/doctor-who-star-wars-trailer/","name":"Doctor Who Gets A Star Wars: The Force Awakens Style Trailer"}}]}] ```