Star Trek Magazine issue 128

Issue 128 (US issue #1) of Star Trek Magazine was the September/ issue. The first issue produced for North American distribution, the magazine saw a complete redesign from the ground up. Classic features were renamed, revamped or discarded – the book extract feature was revived, after being dropped with issue 69.
==Contents==
;Welcome Aboard!
:Brian J. Robb welcomes American readers.
:From this issue, the editorial page includes a strip from The Trek Life.
;Hailing Frequencies:
:Renamed from "The Best of All Worlds".
:*New Trek producers dismiss recasting rumours.
:*Reaction from Star Trek cast and crew.
:*Christie's announces 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction.
:*York Maze's Star Trek theme.
:* to get DVD release.
:*Diamond Select Toys reveals future releases.
:*Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: Tactical Assault on course for release.
:*Marco Palmieri provides an update on Pocket Books' future releases.
:*The Scotty hometown debate continues.
:*Paramount Parks sold.
:*Ira Steven Behr talks about The 4400.
:*Treknology: cloaking, data transfer in space, medical monitors, orbital fuel dumps.
;Deep Space Five
:Karen S. Hayes looks at the traits of the Star Trek captains.
:Includes William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula quotes and interview excerpts.
:Take the Captain's Test!: multiple choice test.
;40 Reasons We Love Star Trek
:The staff look at reasons why Star Trek has such an enduring appeal.
;Interview – D.C. Fontana – "This Side of Paradise"
:by David Bassom.
;Poster
:Double-sided, on one, the Original Series cast; on the other, the Enterprise cast.
:Additional pull-out, glossy poster featuring the cover art to Ships of the Line.
;Flashback
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:Friday Female: interview with Julie Newmar.
;Life (But Not As We Know It) Begins At Forty!
:A chronology of the development of Star Trek, covering the period -.
;Column – Dave Rossi – "Boldly Bidding..."
:Rossi on the process of cataloguing and identifying the items to be sold at the Christie's 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction.
;Book extract
:Pocket TOS: Crucible: Provenance of Shadows.
:Features an introduction by writer David R. George III.
;Replicator
:Renamed from "From the Replicator".
:Chris Dows talks about Tokyopop's forthcoming manga, "Shinsei Shinsei".
:Reviews: Warpath, Last Full Measure, , Fan Collective - Borg, Fan Collective - Time Travel.
:Release schedule for books and DVDs.
;Tower of Commerce
;Communicator
;A Fistful of Data
:hangar deck, missing scene from , plot hole, and transporter viewpoint.
:Lost and Found: Robert Picardo plays Jerry Lewis on the Voyager set.
;Endgame
:Larry Nemecek on surprises in store for the new Star Trek movie.
;Next Issue
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