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'''Ian Spelling''' {{born|5|November|?}} is a freelance journalist and writer who is best known for his numerous interviews for magazines, websites, and newspapers.
  
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| Place of birth = Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
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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 where he tried to get interviews via phone.
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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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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 ''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' 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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One day, Spelling was able to get in contact with [[Gene Roddenberry]] and after a few days on the phone and several interview parts, he managed to sell this interview to ''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]''. Since then, he has interviewed almost every major ''Star Trek'' actor, including [[Majel Barrett-Roddenberry]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[James Doohan]], [[George Takei]], and [[Mark Lenard]], and from the early '80s on his interviews and articles have been published in dozens of ''Starlog'' and ''Starburst'' magazines. Spelling also contributed outside the ''Trek'' universe; for example, he has interviewed actress {{w|Tahnee Welch}}.
  
   
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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 {{film|11}}, where he interviewed cast and crew members, guest actors, and people behind the scenes. He saw [[James Doohan]] slip into the water tank on the Paramount lot for ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', [[William Shatner]], James Doohan, and [[Walter Koenig]] filming the deleted 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''.
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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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[[Image:Ian Spelling, Innocence.jpg|thumb|...as a Drayan soldier]]
  
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Spelling himself appeared two times in a ''Trek'' production. During a set visit he was invited to portray a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran OPS officer (2370)|Bajoran officer]] in the ''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]] and guest actress [[Deborah May]]. {{y|1996|Three years later}} he interviewed cast and crew members of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' and, after a conversation with [[Rick Berman]], Spelling found himself portraying a [[Unnamed Drayans#Drayan soldiers|Drayan soldier]] in the episode {{e|Innocence}}. His experiences were published 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 ''Trek'' appearance was later sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9770}}
  
   
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He also wrote ''Inside Trek'' for ''The New York Times'' which was later renamed ''Strange Worlds'', and was a prolific contributor to ''[[Star Trek Monthly]]''/''[[Star Trek Magazine]]''. 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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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, Spelling contributed articles and interviews to ''The New York Times'', ''TV Guide'', ''Reader's Digest'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', the ''Denver Post'', and websites such as [http://ugo.com UGO.com] and [http://www.scifi.com SciFi.com]. During an interview for the ''Official Charmed Magazine'' on set, Spelling made another jump in front of the camera. In the eighth season episode ''Kill Billie: Vol. 1'' in {{y|2005}}, he portrayed the unfortunate Ian who just asked a question and was sent to hell by a demon. Recently he interviewed {{w|Harrison Ford}} during filming of [[Paramount Pictures]]' ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008) and wrote a movie review of the comic adaptation ''The Spirit'' (2008).
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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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* ''[[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
 
*''[[Star Trek Monthly]]''
  
*''[[Star Trek Monthly]]''
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 15|Issue 15]]'' - '''Spinning an Obsidian Web with [[Paul Dooley]]''' ({{y|1996}})
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 15|Issue 15]]'' - '''Spinning an Obsidian Web with [[Paul Dooley]]''' ({{y|1996}})
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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)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''A Day in the Delta Quadrant''' - On the set of {{e|Extreme Risk}} (1998)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''From the Mouth of Madness''' - Interview with [[Marc Alaimo]] (1998)
  
**''[[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 Grodenchik]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''The Max Factor''' - Interview with [[Max Grodénchik]] (1998)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Leave it to Leeta''' - Interview with [[Chase Masterson]] (1998)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Leave it to Leeta''' - Interview with [[Chase Masterson]] (1998)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Penny for her Thoughts''' - Interview with [[Penny Johnson]] (1998)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 46|Issue 46]]'' - '''Penny for her Thoughts''' - Interview with [[Penny Johnson]] (1998)
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**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''Behr With Us''' - Interview with [[Ira Steven Behr]] (1999)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''Behr With Us''' - Interview with [[Ira Steven Behr]] (1999)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 54|Issue 54]]'' - '''What You Leave Behind''' - Behind the scenes look (1999)
  
**''[[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 Grodenchik]], [[Marc Alaimo]], [[Casey Biggs]], and [[Louise Fletcher]] (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)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Takei's Travels''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (1999)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Takei's Travels''' - Interview with [[George Takei]] (1999)
 
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Kor Breach''' - Interview with [[John Colicos]] (1999)
  
**''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 55|Issue 55]]'' - '''Kor Breach''' - Interview with [[John Colicos]] (1999)
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**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 140|Issue 140]]'' - '''Robert Justman Remembered''' - Interview with [[Robert Justman]] from 2006 (2008)
  
**''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 140|Issue 140]]'' - '''Robert Justman Remembered''' - Interview with [[Robert Justman]] from 2006 (2008)
 
*''[[Star Trek]]'' specials
  
*''[[Star Trek]]'' specials
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**''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - The Official Movie Magazine]]'' - Contributing interviewer ({{y|1986}})
 
**''[[Star Trek Generations - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' ({{y|1994}})
  
**''[[Star Trek Generations - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' ({{y|1994}})
 
**''[[The Making of Star Trek: First Contact]]'' - Co-author (1996)
  
**''[[The Making of Star Trek: First Contact]]'' - Co-author (1996)
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**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Creating a Classic''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (1998)
  
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Creating a Classic''' - Interview with [[Rick Berman]] (1998)
 
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Tales of the Script''' - Interview with [[Michael Piller]] (1998)
  
**''[[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 Grodenchik]] (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)
 
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Shipbuilding''' - Interview with [[John Eaves]] (1998)
  
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''Shipbuilding''' - Interview with [[John Eaves]] (1998)
 
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''From the Director's Chair''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (1998)
  
**''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'' - '''From the Director's Chair''' - Interview with [[Jonathan Frakes]] (1998)
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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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