Paying off a 'Doctor Who' Joke two years in the making, it looks like team TARDIS got to visit 'Star Trek'... just not at the best time.

Doctor Who's main character can show up at any point in time and space thanks to his TARDIS, and that would seem to include the Star Trek universe. When the USS Enterprise is trapped inside the Scavengers' ship in "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail," the iconic blue box can also briefly be spotted near Captain Pike's (Anson Mount) ship.

That day has finally come thanks to a TARDIS (which stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space) cameo in the "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Season 3 episode "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail." The iconic blue police phone booth popped up in a don't-blink moment,