There is a Doctor Who reference in the book to a certain female companion, see if you can spot it.
Also, I'm bugged that he said that Kirk was born on the Kelvin in the book.
Not because its a reference to XI, I loved XI, but because he was only born then because the attack caused his mother to go into early labour, according to movie writers anyways, and if it had not happened he would have been born on Earth.
Vortex: The illustrated version is just the book without the fancy stand IIRC.