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'''Ian Spelling''' is a journalist and writer, whose articles on ''[[Star Trek]]'' and interviews with actors, writers and [[production staff]] have been published in magazines such as ''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' and ''Starburst''. He also wrote ''Inside Trek'' for the ''New York Times'', and was a prolific contributor to ''[[Star Trek Magazine]]''.
  
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| Birth name = Ian R. Spelling
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| Gender = Male
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| Date of birth = {{d|5|November|1964}}
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| Place of birth = Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
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| Roles = [[:Category:Star Trek reference authors|''Star Trek'' reference author]], [[:Category:DS9 performers|''DS9'' performer]], [[:Category:VOY performers|''VOY'' performer]]
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| imagecap2 = ...as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran OPS officer (2370)|Bajoran officer]]
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'''Ian R. Spelling''' {{born|5|November|1964}}, though having guest starred in two ''[[Star Trek]]'' television episodes, is actually best known as freelance journalist and entertainment writer for his numerous ''Star Trek'' - related interviews for magazines, websites, and newspapers.
   
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Spelling was [[Star Trek birthdays|born]] in Long Island, New York and attended the State University of New York at Albany where he graduated with a major in English. He has been a ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan from early age on and started to interview people while still in college and working for the Albany Student Press. He attended several conventions and located the famous guests in their hotels, reaching out to them in their rooms in order to arrange sit-down interviews.
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Spelling co-wrote ''[[The Making of Star Trek: First Contact]]'' with [[Lou Anders]] and [[Larry Nemecek]]. Spelling worked on the actors' profiles for the book.
  
   
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Using this method, Spelling interviewed [[Mark Lenard]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[James Doohan]], and [[George Takei]], who invited him to go jogging in Central Park and then sat for an interview. While attending one convention in New York City that featured [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[Majel Barrett-Roddenberry]] among the guests, Spelling got Barrett-Roddenberry to talk and then chatted with Gene Roddenberry, who didn't have time for an interview but agreed to grant one by phone. Spelling called Roddenberry's office soon after and the interview ran in Spelling's college paper around the time of {{film|3}}'s release. In the meantime, Spelling had sold his first feature to ''{{dis|Starlog|magazine}}'' magazine, an interview with {{w|Tahnee Welch}} about {{w|Cocoon (movie)|Cocoon}} and then managed to sell the Roddenberry and Barrett-Roddenberry interviews to ''Starlog'', ultimately published in issue 108, July 1986, the first of many more to follow. He subsequently interviewed every major ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' actor, including [[William Shatner]], [[Nichelle Nichols]], [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[DeForest Kelley]], Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Walter Koenig, James Doohan, George Takei, and Mark Lenard, and from the mid-1980s onward his ''Star Trek'' interviews and articles have been published in dozens of ''Starlog'' and ''Starburst'' magazines, as well as the official, licensed magazines devoted to the various ''Star Trek'' series and feature films, virtually all of them [[Starlog Press]] publications. His writing for the Starlog Press group did not limit itself to ''Star Trek'' only, but extended to other science fiction franchises, most notably ''[[Star Wars]]'', as well. Spelling has said he was proud to conduct the final known interview with DeForest Kelley and considered writing a Kelley obituary/ remembrance his saddest day as a ''Trek'' fan and correspondent.
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His special connection to the ''Star Trek'' phenomenon allowed him access to various ''Trek'' sets, including {{film|4}}, ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', {{film|7}}, {{film|8}}, {{film|9}}, {{film|10}}, and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', where he interviewed cast and crew members, guest actors, and people behind the scenes, notably executive producer [[Rick Berman]], whom Spelling interviewed monthly for years for the [[Star Trek Magazine|Official ''Star Trek'' Magazine]]. He saw [[James Doohan]] slip into the water tank on the Paramount lot during the filming of the San Francisco Bay/ Bird-of-Prey sequence in ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', watched William Shatner, James Doohan, and Walter Koenig filming the deleted orbital skydiving scene from ''Star Trek: Generations'', and visited, at the time, the biggest set ever built for a ''Trek'' production: the ''Enterprise''-E hull scene with [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Michael Dorn]], and [[Neal McDonough]] in ''First Contact''. Spelling was also on set during the filming of the series' finale of ''The Next Generation'', ''Deep Space Nine'', ''Voyager'', and ''Enterprise''.
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He also wrote ''Inside Trek'' for ''The New York Times Syndicate'' which was later renamed ''Strange Worlds'', and continues to run weekly and has been, from the mid-1990s onward, a prolific contributor to ''[[Star Trek Monthly]]''/''[[Star Trek Magazine]]'', writing for the UK [[Titan Entertainment Group]], after Starlog Press went into decline and ultimate default. In addition, Spelling co-wrote ''[[The Making of Star Trek: First Contact]]'' with [[Lou Anders]] and [[Larry Nemecek]]. Spelling worked on the actors' profiles for the book.
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As a full-time freelance entertainment writer covering the entertainment industry, Spelling has been contributed articles and interviews to ''The New York Times Syndicate'', ''TV Guide'', ''Reader's Digest'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', the ''Denver Post'', ''On Direct TV'', ''The Bergen Record'', ''Dreamwatch'', ''Variety'', the official licensed magazines for ''Charmed'', ''24'', ''The X-Files'', ''Prison Break'', ''Smallville'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', etc., and websites such as [http://filmstew.com FilmStew.com], [http://ugo.com UGO.com], and [http://www.scifi.com SciFi.com]. For an ''Official Charmed Magazine'' feature, Spelling made another jump in front of the camera, this time with a brief speaking part. In the eighth season ''Charmed'' episode ''Kill Billie: Vol. 1'' in {{y|2005}}, he portrayed the unfortunate Ian, a demon assistant who just asked a question and was sent to hell by a demon, Dogan played by [[Eric Steinberg]], who blasted him with a fireball.
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As of 2008/ 2009, he'd interviewed {{w|Harrison Ford}} about ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull'' (2008), {{w|Robert Pattinson}} and {{w|Kristen Stewart}} about ''Twilight'' (2008), the cast of [[J.J. Abrams]]' ''Fringe'' (pieces running in 2008 and 2009) during a visit to the set in Long Island City, [[Frank Langella]] about ''Frost/ Nixon'' (2008/ 2009), {{w|Amy Adams}} about ''Doubt'' (2008/ 2009), and written a movie review about the comic adaptation ''The Spirit'' (2008). At last word, he was preparing to cover the new {{film|11}} film.
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==''Star Trek'' appearances==
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Spelling himself appeared two times in a ''Star Trek'' production. He was invited to portray a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran OPS officer (2370)|Bajoran officer]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Sanctuary}} in {{y|1993}}. In his scene, filmed on the [[operations center|OPS]] set, he stopped behind [[Colm Meaney]] and watched the viewscreen. During this time he was also photographed with [[Avery Brooks]], [[Terry Farrell]], Colm Meaney, [[Nana Visitor]], and guest actress [[Deborah May]]. {{y|1996|Three years later}} he interviewed cast and crew members of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' and found himself portraying a [[Unnamed Drayans#Drayan soldiers|Drayan soldier]] in the episode {{e|Innocence}} of the former series. His experiences crisscrossing the sets, talking to the actors (from leads to guests to background) and crew (from writers to editors to craft services people and the Paramount security guard protecting the ''Star Trek'' sets), were chronicled in the article "A Day in the Life of Star Trek" in the [[May]] {{y|1996}} ''Starlog'' edition, Issue #226. His costume from his latter ''Star Trek'' appearance was {{y|2008|later}} sold off on the ''[[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]]'' on eBay. {{stala|9770}}
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==''Trek'' interviews and articles==
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* ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]''
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** "[[Bebe Neuwirth]]'s {{e|First Contact}}, Vol. 20, p. 6
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** "[[Rick Kolbe]] - Interpreter for {{e|Darmok}}, Vol. 21, pp. 30-35
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*''[[Star Trek Monthly]]''
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 15|Issue 15]]'' - '''Spinning an Obsidian Web with [[Paul Dooley]]''' ({{y|1996}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 16|Issue 16]]'' - '''An Enlisted Man''' - Interview with [[Colm Meaney]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 18|Issue 18]]'' - '''A Simple Country Doctor''' - Interview with [[DeForest Kelley]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 18|Issue 18]]'' - '''Our Man Bashir''' - Interview with [[Alexander Siddig]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 22|Issue 22]]'' - '''The Best of All Worlds''' - Interview with [[Alan Bernard]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 22|Issue 22]]'' - '''A Captain's Revenge''' - Interview with [[Patrick Stewart]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 24|Issue 24]]'' - '''The Best of All Worlds''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] ({{y|1997}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 24|Issue 24]]'' - '''How Long a Wonderful Life ?''' - Interview with [[Brent Spiner]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 25|Issue 25]]'' - '''From Make-up to Director's Chair''' - Interview with [[Roxann Dawson]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 27|Issue 27]]'' - '''Stepping Out''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 27|Issue 27]]'' - '''Beverly's Best''' - Interview with [[Gates McFadden]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 28|Issue 28]]'' - '''A Time to Trill''' - Interview with [[Terry Farrell]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 30|Issue 30]]'' - '''Holo Hero''' - Interview with [[Dwight Schultz]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 30|Issue 30]]'' - '''A Truly Model Doctor''' - Interview with [[Alexander Siddig]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 33|Issue 33]]'' - '''Double Trouble''' - Interview with [[Jeffrey Combs]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 34|Issue 34]]'' - '''I, Q''' - Interview with [[John de Lancie]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 34|Issue 34]]'' - '''In Defence of Dukat''' - Interview with [[Marc Alaimo]] (1997)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 36|Issue 36]]'' - '''Chao, Baby''' - Interview with [[Rosalind Chao]] ({{y|1998}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 37|Issue 37]]'' - '''Trills Just Wanna have Fun''' - Interview with [[Terry Farrell]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 38|Issue 38]]'' - '''The Best of All Worlds''' - Interview with [[Colm Meaney]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 38|Issue 38]]'' - '''Will Power''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 38|Issue 38]]'' - '''The First One''' - Interview with [[Majel Barrett]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 39|Issue 39]]'' - '''Dorn's Direction''' - Interview with [[Michael Dorn]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 39|Issue 39]]'' - '''Defying Death''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 40|Issue 40]]'' - '''Great Scott''' - Interview with [[James Doohan]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 40|Issue 40]]'' - '''7th Heaven''' - Interview with [[Jeri Ryan]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 40|Issue 40]]'' - '''Where's Wally?''' - Interview with [[Wallace Shawn]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 41|Issue 41]]'' - '''Beyond Spock''' - Interview with [[Leonard Nimoy]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 41|Issue 41]]'' - '''O.K. Yar''' - Interview with [[Denise Crosby]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 41|Issue 41]]'' - '''Viva Las Vegas ! - Building the Dream''' - Interview with Gary Goddard (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 41|Issue 41]]'' - '''Viva Las Vegas ! -From Concept to Creation''' - Interview with Susan Lomax (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 42|Issue 42]]'' - '''Tales from the Big Chair - Bridging Generations''' - Interview with [[Alan Ruck]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 42|Issue 42]]'' - '''Excelsior''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 43|Issue 43]]'' - '''Farrell's Fate''' - Interview with [[Terry Farrell]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 43|Issue 43]]'' - '''The Shape of Things to Come''' - Interview with [[Rene Auberjonois]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 43|Issue 43]]'' - '''Chekov Checks In''' - Interview with [[Walter Koenig]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 44|Issue 44]]'' - '''El Sid''' - Interview with [[Alexander Siddig]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 44|Issue 44]]'' - '''The Real McCoy''' - Interview with [[DeForest Kelley]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 45|Issue 45]]'' - '''Nana Probe''' - Interview with [[Nana Visitor]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 45|Issue 45]]'' - '''Forbes Ahead''' - Interview with [[Michelle Forbes]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 45|Issue 45]]'' - '''Troi Again ?''' - Interview with [[Majel Barrett]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Spot the Difference''' - Interview with [[Nicole de Boer]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''The Sisko Kid''' - Interview with [[Cirroc Lofton]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''A Day in the Delta Quadrant''' - On the set of {{e|Extreme Risk}} (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''From the Mouth of Madness''' - Interview with [[Marc Alaimo]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''The Max Factor''' - Interview with [[Max Grodénchik]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Leave it to Leeta''' - Interview with [[Chase Masterson]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Penny for her Thoughts''' - Interview with [[Penny Johnson]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 47|Issue 47]]'' - '''Data Transfer''' - Interview with [[Brent Spiner]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 47|Issue 47]]'' - '''Mr. Ben''' - Profile of [[Avery Brooks]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 47|Issue 47]]'' - '''Just Following Orders''' - Interview with [[Marc Alaimo]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 48|Issue 48]]'' - '''The Picard Manoeuvre''' - Interview with [[Patrick Stewart]] ({{y|1999}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 48|Issue 48]]'' - '''Backpacking on Ba'ku''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 48|Issue 48]]'' - '''The Heights of Abraham''' - Interview with [[F. Murray Abraham]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 48|Issue 48]]'' - '''Murphy's Law''' - Interview with [[Donna Murphy]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 49|Issue 49]]'' - '''Ezri's Counsel''' - Interview with [[Nicole de Boer]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 49|Issue 49]]'' - '''Frakes' Frontier''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 49|Issue 49]]'' - '''An Unadmirable Admiral''' - Interview with [[Anthony Zerbe]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 50|Issue 50]]'' - '''Admiral of the Fleet''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 50|Issue 50]]'' - '''Let's Go Native''' - Interview with [[Robert Beltran]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 50|Issue 50]]'' - '''Good Grammer''' - Interview with [[Kelsey Grammer]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 52|Issue 52]]'' - '''Goodbye Girl''' - Interview with [[Nana Visitor]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 52|Issue 52]]'' - '''From Ba'ku to Broadway''' - Interview with [[Gates McFadden]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 52|Issue 52]]'' - '''Gadget Man''' - Interview with [[John Eaves]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 53|Issue 53]]'' - '''Just Walk Away, Rene''' - Interview with [[Rene Auberjonois]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 53|Issue 53]]'' - '''Forever Young''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''Behr With Us''' - Interview with [[Ira Steven Behr]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''What You Leave Behind''' - Behind the scenes look (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''Interviews''' - Interviews with [[Rene Auberjonois]], [[Nana Visitor]], [[Michael Dorn]], [[Alexander Siddig]], [[Nicole de Boer]], [[Armin Shimerman]], [[Colm Meaney]], [[Cirroc Lofton]], [[Andrew Robinson]], [[Aron Eisenberg]], [[Max Grodénchik]], [[Marc Alaimo]], [[Casey Biggs]], and [[Louise Fletcher]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Takei's Travels''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Kor Breach''' - Interview with [[John Colicos]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 56|Issue 56]]'' - '''DeForest Kelley: A Tribute''' (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 56|Issue 56]]'' - '''New Beginnings''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 57|Issue 57]]'' - '''Dictated by Logic''' - Interview with [[Leonard Nimoy]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 57|Issue 57]]'' - '''Scarlett Fever''' - Interview with [[Scarlett Pomers]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 58|Issue 58]]'' - '''Data Input''' - Interview with [[Brent Spiner]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 58|Issue 58]]'' - '''Prima Donna''' - Interview with [[Donna Murphy]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 59|Issue 59]]'' - '''Ghost in the Machine''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|Alice}} (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 59|Issue 59]]'' - '''Ghost in the Machine''' - Interview with [[Claire Rankin]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 60|Issue 60]]'' - '''Dawson's Break''' - Interview with [[Roxann Dawson]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 60|Issue 60]]'' - '''Troi Story''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 60|Issue 60]]'' - '''Dax for the Memories''' - Interview with [[Nicole de Boer]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 61|Issue 61]]'' - '''Restless Native''' - Interview with [[Robert Beltran]] ({{y|2000}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 61|Issue 61]]'' - '''Loving the Aliens''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 62|Issue 62]]'' - '''Thank You for the Music''' - Interview with [[James Darren]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 64|Issue 64]]'' - '''Folk Tale''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|Spirit Folk}} (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 64|Issue 64]]'' - '''Solving Riddles''' - Interview with [[Tim Russ]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 64|Issue 64]]'' - '''Kudos for Kurros''' - Interview with [[Jason Alexander]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 65|Issue 65]]'' - '''The Future of the Future''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 65|Issue 65]]'' - '''7 Wonders ...''' - Interview with [[Jeri Ryan]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 66|Issue 66]]'' - '''Little Chef''' - Interview with [[Ethan Phillips]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 66|Issue 66]]'' - '''The Next Phase''' - Interview with [[LeVar Burton]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 67|Issue 67]]'' - '''Zero Hour''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|Unimatrix Zero}} (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 67|Issue 67]]'' - '''Queen B''' - Interview with [[Susanna Thompson]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 67|Issue 67]]'' - '''Takei to the Bridge''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 67|Issue 67]]'' - '''Following the Herd''' - Interview with [[Richard Herd]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 68|Issue 68]]'' - '''Kirk Killer''' - Interview with [[Malcolm McDowell]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 69|Issue 69]]'' - '''Fly Boy''' - Interview with [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 69|Issue 69]]'' - '''Good Will Hunting''' - Interview with [[Wil Wheaton]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 71|Issue 71]]'' - '''Future's So Bright''' - Interview with [[Brannon Braga]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 71|Issue 71]]'' - '''Commanding Respect''' - Interview with [[Robert Beltran]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 71|Issue 71]]'' - '''Beyond Our Ken''' - Interview with [[Kenneth Biller]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 72|Issue 72]]'' - '''Lost in Music''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 72|Issue 72]]'' - '''Twin Peaks''' - Interview with [[Cody Wetherill|Cody]] & [[Kurt Wetherill]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 72|Issue 72]]'' - '''Gotta Role with the Punches''' - Interview with [[Patricia Tallman]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 73|Issue 73]]'' - '''B'Etor the Devil You Know''' - Interview with [[Gwynyth Walsh]] (2000)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 76|Issue 76]]'' - '''Playing God''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] ({{y|2001}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 76|Issue 76]]'' - '''Nice One, Squire''' - Interview with [[William Campbell]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 76|Issue 76]]'' - '''Sloan Shark!''' - Interview with [[William Sadler]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 76|Issue 76]]'' - '''There's Something About Seska''' - Interview with [[Martha Hackett]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 77|Issue 77]]'' - '''Bard Medicine!''' - Interview with [[Christopher Plummer]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 78|Issue 78]]'' - '''A Job for Life ?''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|Workforce}} (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 78|Issue 78]]'' - '''Stargazer''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 78|Issue 78]]'' - '''Right on Q''' - Interview with [[John de Lancie]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 79|Issue 79]]'' - '''Private Ryan''' - Interview with [[Jeri Ryan]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 79|Issue 79]]'' - '''Ken You Dig It ?''' - Interview with [[Kenneth Biller]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 79|Issue 79]]'' - '''Hero of the Hour''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 79|Issue 79]]'' - '''Action Nan!''' - Interview with [[Nana Visitor]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 80|Issue 80]]'' - '''Bring it on Home''' - Interview with [[Kate Mulgrew]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 80|Issue 80]]'' - '''The Magic Number''' - Interview with [[Jeri Ryan]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 80|Issue 80]]'' - '''Games Without Frontiers''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|Endgame}} (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 80|Issue 80]]'' - '''Look Back in Braga''' - Interview with [[Brannon Braga]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 81|Issue 81]]'' - '''The Game Is Up''' - Interview with [[Robert Beltran]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 83|Issue 83]]'' - '''View from the Bridge''' - Interview with [[Kate Mulgrew]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 84|Issue 84]]'' - '''Producting the Goods''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 86|Issue 86]]'' - '''Star Trek Movie Memories''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 86|Issue 86]]'' - '''Captain Cook''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (2001)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 87|Issue 87]]'' - '''Luna Mission''' - Interview with [[Barbara Luna]] ({{y|2002}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 88|Issue 88]]'' - '''Archer's Aim''' - Interview with [[Scott Bakula]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 89|Issue 89]]'' - '''Rick's Progress''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 90|Issue 90]]'' - '''The Inside Trek''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 90|Issue 90]]'' - '''Carry on Doctor''' - Interview with [[Robert Picardo]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 90|Issue 90]]'' - '''Techno Beat''' - Trek's greatest mentions (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 90|Issue 90]]'' - '''Round Robin''' - Interview with [[Robin Curtis]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 91|Issue 91]]'' - '''Above and Beyond''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 91|Issue 91]]'' - '''Tough Enough''' - Interview with [[Michael Dorn]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 92|Issue 92]]'' - '''Spring Break''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 92|Issue 92]]'' - '''We'll always have Paris''' - Interview with [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 92|Issue 92]]'' - '''By George!''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 93|Issue 93]]'' - '''Life's A Beach''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 94|Issue 94]]'' - '''Critical Point''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 94|Issue 94]]'' - '''Flashback''' - Interview with [[Tim Russ]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 95|Issue 95]]'' - '''Prep Talk''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 96|Issue 96]]'' - '''Frightmare''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 96|Issue 96]]'' - '''The Heart of the Action''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 97|Issue 97]]'' - '''Surprise Surprise''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 97|Issue 97]]'' - '''Dax Entertainment''' - Interview with [[Nicole de Boer]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 97|Issue 97]]'' - '''Jumping the Q''' - Interview with [[John de Lancie]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 98|Issue 98]]'' - '''Starter for 10''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 98|Issue 98]]'' - '''Santé Marina''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 98|Issue 98]]'' - '''Park Rules OK''' - Interview with [[Linda Park]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 99|Issue 99]]'' - '''Access all Areas''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2002)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''The Measure of a Man''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] ({{y|2003}})
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Star Man''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''A Different World''' - Interview with [[Kate Mulgrew]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''I, Robot''' - Interview with [[Brent Spiner]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''You're No. 1''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Once More, With Feeling''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''The Man Who Cried Worf!''' - Interview with [[Michael Dorn]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Technical Support''' - Interview with [[LeVar Burton]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Doctor Doctor''' - Interview with [[Gates McFadden]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Shadowman''' - Interview with [[Ron Perlman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Full English''' - Interview with [[Stuart Baird]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 100|Issue 100]]'' - '''Coup de Grâce''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 101|Issue 101]]'' - '''Up Close & Personal''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 101|Issue 101]]'' - '''Crème de la Krem''' - Interview with [[Jeffrey Combs]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 102|Issue 102]]'' - '''Manning the Helm''' - Interview with [[Stuart Baird]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 103|Issue 103]]'' - '''Back in Business''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 103|Issue 103]]'' - '''The Good Sets Guide''' - Interview with [[Herman Zimmerman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 103|Issue 103]]'' - '''Seventh Heaven''' - Interview with [[Jolene Blalock]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 104|Issue 104]]'' - '''All Change Here''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 104|Issue 104]]'' - '''A Bright New Dorn!''' - Interview with [[Michael Dorn]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 104|Issue 104]]'' - '''The Crosby Show''' - Interview with [[Denise Crosby]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 105|Issue 105]]'' - '''Into the Unknown''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 106|Issue 106]]'' - '''A Man For All Seasons''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 107|Issue 107]]'' - '''High Stakes''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 107|Issue 107]]'' - '''The 11th Hour''' - Interview with [[Patrick Stewart]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 108|Issue 108]]'' - '''Three is the Magic Number''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 108|Issue 108]]'' - '''Assimilate This! Hugh Goes There''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Del Arco]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 108|Issue 108]]'' - '''Executive Decision''' - Interview with [[Brannon Braga]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 109|Issue 109]]'' - '''Clear and Present Danger''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 109|Issue 109]]'' - '''Westmore the Marrier''' - Interview with [[Michael Westmore]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 110|Issue 110]]'' - '''Making Contact''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 110|Issue 110]]'' - '''Viva Las Vegas''' - Creation Entertainment Convention report (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 110|Issue 110]]'' - '''Taking a New Direction''' - Interview with [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] (2003)
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*''[[Star Trek Magazine]]''
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 111|Issue 111]]'' - '''Rajiin Hormones''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 111|Issue 111]]'' - '''Future Tense''' - Interview with [[Scott Bakula]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 111|Issue 111]]'' - '''Try Troi Again''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 111|Issue 111]]'' - '''In Good Faith''' - Interview with [[Leonard Nimoy]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 111|Issue 111]]'' - '''The Way of the Warrior''' - Interview with [[J.G. Hertzler]] (2003)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 112|Issue 112]]'' - '''Mission: Possible''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] ({{y|2004}})
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 112|Issue 112]]'' - '''The Rise and Rise of David Rossi''' - Interview with [[Dave Rossi]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 112|Issue 112]]'' - '''Future Shock''' - Interview with [[Matt Winston]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 113|Issue 113]]'' - '''Breaker, Breaker''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 113|Issue 113]]'' - '''True Brit''' - Interview with [[Dominic Keating]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 114|Issue 114]]'' - '''Next Up...''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 114|Issue 114]]'' - '''Showing Good Character''' - Interview with [[Ethan Phillips]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 114|Issue 114]]'' - '''The Fuller Monty''' - Interview with [[Bryan Fuller]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 114|Issue 114]]'' - '''After Eight''' - Interview with [[Roxann Dawson]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 115|Issue 115]]'' - '''From Zero to Hero''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 115|Issue 115]]'' - '''Doctor Who?''' - Interview with [[Robert Picardo]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 116|Issue 116]]'' - '''The Man with No Fear''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 116|Issue 116]]'' - '''Fascinating''' & '''Twinkly, Twinkle, Major Star''' - Interviews with [[William Shatner]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 117|Issue 117]]'' - '''When Worlds Collide''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 117|Issue 117]]'' - '''History Rewritten''' - Interview with [[Brannon Braga]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 118|Issue 118]]'' - '''Back in Action''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 118|Issue 118]]'' - '''Where There's A Wil...''' - Interview with [[Wil Wheaton]] (2004)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 120|Issue 120]]'' - '''The End of Star Trek: Enterprise''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] ({{y|2005}})
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 120|Issue 120]]'' - '''Steady at the Helm''' - Interview with [[Anthony Montgomery]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 120|Issue 120]]'' - '''Director's Vision''' - Interview with [[LeVar Burton]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 120|Issue 120]]'' - '''To the Stars with Sulu''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 120|Issue 120]]'' - '''Be My Guest''' - Interview with [[Joanna Cassidy]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 121|Issue 121]]'' - '''End of an Era''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 122|Issue 122]]'' - '''Ending Enterprise''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 122|Issue 122]]'' - '''Final Voyage''' - Interview with [[Scott Bakula]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 122|Issue 122]]'' - '''One Last Mission''' - Behind the scenes of {{e|These Are the Voyages...}} (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 122|Issue 122]]'' - '''Director Action!''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 122|Issue 122]]'' - '''Fantastic Tour''' - Interview with [[Dave Rossi]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 123|Issue 123]]'' - '''Time Marches One''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 123|Issue 123]]'' - '''Crossing to Threshold''' - Interview with [[Brannon Braga]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 123|Issue 123]]'' - '''An Andorian Incident''' - Interview with [[Jeffrey Combs]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 124|Issue 124]]'' - '''Celebrating Star Trek''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 124|Issue 124]]'' - '''Warrior Breed''' - Interview with [[Michael Dorn]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 124|Issue 124]]'' - '''Augmented Alec''' - Interview with [[Alec Newman]] (2005)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 125|Issue 125]]'' - '''Remembering Legends''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] ({{y|2006}})
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 125|Issue 125]]'' - '''No Shore Leave''' - Profile of [[William Shatner]] (2006)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 127|Issue 127]]'' - '''Harsh Frontiers''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (2006)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 127|Issue 127]]'' - '''Wild for Nana''' - Interview with [[Nana Visitor]] (2006)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 137|Issue 137]]'' - '''Urban Legend''' - Interview with [[Karl Urban]] ({{y|2008}})
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 137|Issue 137]]'' - '''Made in Russia''' - Interview with [[Anton Yelchin]] (2008)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 138|Issue 138]]'' - '''Phasing in the Future''' - Interview with [[Dominic Keating]] (2008)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 139|Issue 139]]'' - '''The Times They Are A-Changin' ''' - Interview with [[Jerry Hardin]] (2008)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 140|Issue 140]]'' - '''Embracing the Universe''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]] (2008)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 140|Issue 140]]'' - '''Robert Justman Remembered''' - Interview with [[Robert Justman]] from 2006 (2008)
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*''[[Star Trek]]'' specials
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**''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - The Official Movie Magazine]]'' - Contributing interviewer ({{y|1986}})
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**''[[Star Trek Generations - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' ({{y|1994}})
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**''[[The Making of Star Trek: First Contact]]'' - Co-author (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek: First Contact - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''The Stars''' - Interviews with [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Jonathan Frakes]], [[Brent Spiner]], [[Michael Dorn]], [[LeVar Burton]], [[Gates McFadden]], [[Marina Sirtis]], [[James Cromwell]], [[Alfre Woodard]], and [[Alice Krige]] (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Creating a Classic''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Tales of the Script''' - Interview with [[Michael Piller]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Cast Interviwes''' - Interviews with [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Jonathan Frakes]], [[Brent Spiner]], [[Michael Dorn]], [[LeVar Burton]], [[Marina Sirtis]], [[Gates McFadden]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Donna Murphy]], [[Anthony Zerbe]], [[Michael Welch]], and [[Max Grodénchik]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Shipbuilding''' - Interview with [[John Eaves]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''From the Director's Chair''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (1998)
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**''[[Death Before Dishonor (omnibus)|Death Before Dishonor]]'' - '''Great Scott''' - Interview with [[James Doohan]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 40]] (2005)
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**''[[To Boldly Go]]'' - '''A Simple Country Doctor''' - Interview with [[DeForest Kelley]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 18]] (2005)
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**''[[The Hero Factor (omnibus)|The Hero Factor]]'' - '''Captain's Log...''' - Interview with [[Patrick Stewart]] (2005)
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**''[[The Battle Within (omnibus)|The Battle Within]]'' - '''Stepping Out''' - Interview with [[Marina Sirtis]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 27]] (2006)
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**''[[Maelstrom]]'' - '''The Next Phase''' - Interview with [[LeVar Burton]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 66]] (2006)
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**''[[The Return of the Worthy]]'' - '''Defying the Death''' - Interview with [[William Shatner]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 39]] (2006)
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**''[[Convergence (omnibus)|Convergence]]'' - '''The Picard Manoeuvre''' - Interview with [[Patrick Stewart]], reprinted from [[Star Trek Monthly issue 48]] (2007)
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Ian R. Spelling (born 5 November 1964; age 59), though having guest starred in two Star Trek television episodes, is actually best known as freelance journalist and entertainment writer for his numerous Star Trek - related interviews for magazines, websites, and newspapers.

Spelling was born in Long Island, New York and attended the State University of New York at Albany where he graduated with a major in English. He has been a Star Trek fan from early age on and started to interview people while still in college and working for the Albany Student Press. He attended several conventions and located the famous guests in their hotels, reaching out to them in their rooms in order to arrange sit-down interviews.

Using this method, Spelling interviewed Mark Lenard, Walter Koenig, James Doohan, and George Takei, who invited him to go jogging in Central Park and then sat for an interview. While attending one convention in New York City that featured Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry among the guests, Spelling got Barrett-Roddenberry to talk and then chatted with Gene Roddenberry, who didn't have time for an interview but agreed to grant one by phone. Spelling called Roddenberry's office soon after and the interview ran in Spelling's college paper around the time of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock's release. In the meantime, Spelling had sold his first feature to Starlog magazine, an interview with Tahnee Welch about Cocoon and then managed to sell the Roddenberry and Barrett-Roddenberry interviews to Starlog, ultimately published in issue 108, July 1986, the first of many more to follow. He subsequently interviewed every major Star Trek: The Original Series actor, including William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Walter Koenig, James Doohan, George Takei, and Mark Lenard, and from the mid-1980s onward his Star Trek interviews and articles have been published in dozens of Starlog and Starburst magazines, as well as the official, licensed magazines devoted to the various Star Trek series and feature films, virtually all of them Starlog Press publications. His writing for the Starlog Press group did not limit itself to Star Trek only, but extended to other science fiction franchises, most notably Star Wars, as well. Spelling has said he was proud to conduct the final known interview with DeForest Kelley and considered writing a Kelley obituary/ remembrance his saddest day as a Trek fan and correspondent.

His special connection to the Star Trek phenomenon allowed him access to various Trek sets, including Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis, and Star Trek: Enterprise, where he interviewed cast and crew members, guest actors, and people behind the scenes, notably executive producer Rick Berman, whom Spelling interviewed monthly for years for the Official Star Trek Magazine. He saw James Doohan slip into the water tank on the Paramount lot during the filming of the San Francisco Bay/ Bird-of-Prey sequence in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, watched William Shatner, James Doohan, and Walter Koenig filming the deleted orbital skydiving scene from Star Trek: Generations, and visited, at the time, the biggest set ever built for a Trek production: the Enterprise-E hull scene with Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, and Neal McDonough in First Contact. Spelling was also on set during the filming of the series' finale of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.

He also wrote Inside Trek for The New York Times Syndicate which was later renamed Strange Worlds, and continues to run weekly and has been, from the mid-1990s onward, a prolific contributor to Star Trek Monthly/Star Trek Magazine, writing for the UK Titan Entertainment Group, after Starlog Press went into decline and ultimate default. In addition, Spelling co-wrote The Making of Star Trek: First Contact with Lou Anders and Larry Nemecek. Spelling worked on the actors' profiles for the book.

As a full-time freelance entertainment writer covering the entertainment industry, Spelling has been contributed articles and interviews to The New York Times Syndicate, TV Guide, Reader's Digest, the Chicago Tribune, the Denver Post, On Direct TV, The Bergen Record, Dreamwatch, Variety, the official licensed magazines for Charmed, 24, The X-Files, Prison Break, Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc., and websites such as FilmStew.com, UGO.com, and SciFi.com. For an Official Charmed Magazine feature, Spelling made another jump in front of the camera, this time with a brief speaking part. In the eighth season Charmed episode Kill Billie: Vol. 1 in 2005, he portrayed the unfortunate Ian, a demon assistant who just asked a question and was sent to hell by a demon, Dogan played by Eric Steinberg, who blasted him with a fireball.

As of 2008/ 2009, he'd interviewed Harrison Ford about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull (2008), Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart about Twilight (2008), the cast of J.J. Abrams' Fringe (pieces running in 2008 and 2009) during a visit to the set in Long Island City, Frank Langella about Frost/ Nixon (2008/ 2009), Amy Adams about Doubt (2008/ 2009), and written a movie review about the comic adaptation The Spirit (2008). At last word, he was preparing to cover the new Star Trek film.

Star Trek appearances

Spelling himself appeared two times in a Star Trek production. He was invited to portray a Bajoran officer in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary" in 1993. In his scene, filmed on the OPS set, he stopped behind Colm Meaney and watched the viewscreen. During this time he was also photographed with Avery Brooks, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, and guest actress Deborah May. Three years later he interviewed cast and crew members of Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space Nine and found himself portraying a Drayan soldier in the episode "Innocence" of the former series. His experiences crisscrossing the sets, talking to the actors (from leads to guests to background) and crew (from writers to editors to craft services people and the Paramount security guard protecting the Star Trek sets), were chronicled in the article "A Day in the Life of Star Trek" in the May 1996 Starlog edition, Issue #226. His costume from his latter Star Trek appearance was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]

Trek interviews and articles

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