Publication:	Star Trek Monthly
Issue:	30
Publisher:	Titan Magazines
Editor(s):	Darryl Curtis
Release date:	22 July 1997
Cover date:	August 1997
Pages:	64

Issue 30 of Star Trek Monthly was the August 1997 issue. Somewhat unusually, the regular "A Fistful of Data" column does not appear.

ContentsEdit

Make It So

Darryl Curtis discusses the holodeck.

The Best of All Worlds

• Star Trek on Space Cadets and Mastermind.
• Jeri Ryan to join Star Trek: Voyager as Seven of Nine.
• Robert Beltran wins award.
• Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig marry.
• Jonathan Frakes signs directorial deal with Paramount Pictures.
• Hugo Award nominations.
• In Brief...: Star Trek: The Official Fan Club of the UK, Star Trek: The Experience, season finales, hyposprays becoming a reality?, Brent Spiner receives special commemorative coin set.
• DS9: Lou Anders talks to Ira Steven Behr.

Interview - Robert Picardo - "Doctor at Large"

by David Bassom.

It's a Kind of Magic

Andrew Lane explores the technology behind the holodeck.

A Brief History of Holograms: Andrew Darling looks at the use of holograms in science fiction.

Holo-History in the Making: Alexander Singer discusses Stephen Hawking and the holodeck scene in "Descent".

Interview - Dwight Schultz - "Holo Hero"

by Ian Spelling.

Interview - Alexander Siddig - "A Truly Model Doctor"

by Ian Spelling.

"Our Man Bashir"

Lou Anders talks to Robert Gillan about the creation of the episode.

Fixing Holodecks in "Our Man Bashir": Kenneth Marshall discusses his role in the episode.

From the Replicator

Merchandise: Playmates Toys.

US Update: Star Trek Generations, SkyBox, Decipher.

On Screen: Original Series rerelease volume 2.9, Deep Space Nine volume 5.10, Voyager volume 3.10; LaserDisc review of "All Good Things..."; interview with Lawrence Pressman on "Ties of Blood and Water".

Model Matters: Monogram Kazon Torpedo & Limited Edition USS Voyager.

Read Out: Mind Meld, Starfleet Academy (novel), Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards & Into the Void, Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide; competition to win copies of Vulcan's Forge.

Communications

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