Star Trek: The Magazine

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Star Trek: The Magazine

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Star Trek: The Magazine was an officially authorized magazine published from April 1999 to March 2003 by Fabbri Publishing (US), the US arm of UK publisher GE Fabbri.

A total of 48 112-page issues were published in three volumes - twenty-four in volume 1 and twelve each in volumes 2 and 3. In addition, several "special edition" issues sported multiple covers. The publisher also offered readers the opportunity to buy faux-leather dark blue cassettes, only obtainable from the publisher, for storage of the magazines, each cassette capable of holding twelve issues.

Each issue contained numerous interviews, reviews, and (in-universe) technical schematics and diagrams ("Briefings"). About one-third to one-half of each issue repackaged background features and artwork from the Star Trek Fact Files, published by the same company. The largely North American-targeted magazine fulfilled the contractual niche in that country promised by Fabbri after the Fact Files were sold everywhere worldwide except the Unites States and Canada. Unlike the Fact Files, which was wholly conceived as an in-universe publication, The Magazine was a mixture of in-universe and real-world, behind-the-scenes articles, including interviews with Star Trek cast members and production staffers. Though not specifically credited as such, most of these interviews were conducted by staff members Ben Robinson and Trisha Palmer. GE Fabbri introduced this formula in edited format in Europe and the Commonwealth in their 2004 release of Star Trek: The Collector's Edition and the 2007 UK and Commonwealth only follow-up release of Star Trek: The Original Series - The Collector's Edition, using material originally written for The Magazine.

While about fifteen percent of the content of each issue was taken up with advertising (including merchandise reviews), that was limited to Star Trek related merchandise.

Issues

Test Issues | Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3

Test Issues These issues are extremely rare, as they were only test-marketed in two cities: Columbus and Seattle. They however, only contained excerpts of articles which were later published in their entirety in later issues of the regular run.
Issue #	Month	Cover	Contents
1	Published November 1998.	File:Star trek magazine nov98 cover.jpg	Looks similar to the May 1999 premiere issue. Instead of the Borg on the premiere issue, there is a Bird-of-Prey. Cover: Patrick Stewart. Briefings: Star Trek: Insurrection ships, The Son'a, and the Borg.
2	Published December 1998.	File:Star trek magazine dec98 cover.jpg	Cover: Nicole DeBoer. Briefings: Deep Space Nine, USS Prometheus, Transporters, and the Borg.
3	Published January 1999.		Cover: LeVar Burton. Briefings: Communications, The Dominion, and the USS Enterprise.
4	Published February 1999.	File:Star trek magazine feb99 cover.jpg	Cover: Patrick Stewart. Briefings: Star Trek: Insurrection ships, Weapons, Starship Voyager, and the Romulans.
Volume 1
Issue #	Month	Cover	Contents
1	May 1999		Interviews: Patrick Stewart, Rick Berman, Ira Steven Behr and Brannon Braga. Features: Creating Seven of Nine, The Crew that Never Was, Designing Tricorders, Herman Zimmerman's Production Diary (Part 1), An Inside Look at "Dark Frontier". Briefings: Template:Titles/Star Trek: Insurrection Ships, The Borg, The Son'a.
2	June 1999
3	July 1999
4	August 1999
5	September 1999
6	October 1999
7	November 1999
8	December 1999
9	January 2000
10	February 2000
11	March 2000
12	April 2000
13	May 2000
14	June 2000
15	July 2000
16	August 2000
17	September 2000
18	October 2000	Cover 1 Cover 2
19	November 2000
20	December 2000
21	January 2001
22	February 2001
23	March 2001	Cover 1 Cover 2
24	April 2001
Volume 2
Issue #	Month	Cover	Contents
1	May 2001	Cover 1 Cover 2
2	June 2001
3	July 2001	Cover 1 Cover 2
4	August 2001
5	September 2001
6	October 2001		Interviews: Patrick Stewart, Rick Sternbach, Ira Steven Behr and Michael Piller. Features: Gravity, Federation members, Gene Roddenberry tribute, 35 years of Star Trek, Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates. Briefings: USS Enterprise-E, Tasha Yar, the Voth, galactic archaeology. Column: John D.F. Black and Mary Black.
7	November 2001
8	December 2001	Cover 1 Cover 2
9	January 2002
10	February 2002
11	March 2002
12	April 2002	Cover 1 Cover 2
Volume 3
Issue #	Month	Cover	Contents
1	May 2002
2	June 2002
3	July 2002
4	August 2002
5	September 2002	Cover 1 Cover 2
6	October 2002
7	November 2002
8	December 2002	Cover 1 Cover 2
9	January 2003
10	February 2003	Cover 1 Cover 2 Cover 3
11	March 2003
12	April 2003	Cover 1 Cover 2	Interviews: Nana Visitor, Casey Biggs, Nicholas Meyer and Ira Steven Behr. Features: Star Trek: The Next Generation the Seventh Season, The Art of Matte Painting, Designing Hirogen Ships . Briefings: Deep Space 9: Support Craft, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, Starship Operations. Starfleet Technical Database: Aeroshuttle

External links

• Star Trek: The Magazine at Wikipedia
• Complete listing, description and cover images of all 48 issues