''Planet X'' () is a 1998 ''

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'' novel by

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that is a

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between the

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series and the characters of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. A ''

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'' bestseller, it was a sequel to an earlier crossover, detailed in the

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one-shot ''Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men'' #1 (which was itself similar to an earlier '' Star Trek/X-Men'' crossover comic, where a slightly different team of X-Men encountered the characters of the original ''Star Trek'' series). The novel hinted at an attraction between

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and Ororo Munroe (Storm) and made a forward-looking reference to the (then-uncast) ''

'' feature film by remarking on the uncanny resemblance between Picard and Xavier, as the two converse via the

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after a reasonable facsimile of Xavier is programmed into it; (both characters were played by

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in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the ''X-Men'' film series).

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