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{{Sidebar magazine series|
 
{{Sidebar magazine series|
 
| image = The Official Star Trek The Next Generation Magazine.jpg
 
| Publisher = [[Starlog Press]]
 
| Publisher = [[Starlog Press]]
| Published = {{y|1988}} - {{y|1994}}
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| Published = {{m|December|1987}} - {{m|November|1994}}
 
| Issues = 30
 
| Issues = 30
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| Editor = David McDonnel, Carr D'Angelo
 
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'''''The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine''''' was an authorized [[magazines|magazine]] published by [[Starlog Press]], reporting on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. It provided summaries of current episodes, as well as interviews with production staff. The magazine is notable for numerous behind-the-scenes photographs.
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'''''The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine''''' was an authorized [[magazines|magazine]] published by [[Starlog Press]] between {{m|December|1987}} and {{m|November|1994}}, focused on {{s|TNG}}.
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The publishers of ''{{dis|Starlog|magazine}}'', Kerry O'Quinn and Norman Jacobs, launched the spin-off magazine in December 1987, shortly after the premiere of ''The Next Generation'', partly in order to reduce the amount of ''Star Trek'' material being featured in ''Starlog'', which was referenced on the magazine's cover.
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The magazine provided summaries of episodes, as well as interviews with production staff. Like the other Starlog Press publications, the magazine is notable for the reproduction of numerous behind-the-scenes photographs and production art work, rarely seen in other publications. However, unlike ''Starlog'' itself, it suffered from an erratic publication schedule.
   
 
== Issues ==
 
== Issues ==
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! Contents
 
! Contents
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 1|1]]
| 1
 
 
| {{m|December|1987}}
 
| {{m|December|1987}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 1 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 1 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Touring the ''Enterprise'', The World of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
 
Features: Touring the ''Enterprise'', The World of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
 
|-
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 2|2]]
| 2
 
 
| {{m|January|1988}}
 
| {{m|January|1988}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 2 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 2 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|The Naked Now}}, {{e|Code of Honor}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|The Naked Now}}, {{e|Code of Honor}}.
Interviews: [[John de Lancie]], [[D.C. Fontana]], [[Majel Barrett]], [[Tracy Tormé]], [[Michael Westmore]], [[Katharyn Powers]], [[Michael Baron]].<br />
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Interviews: [[John de Lancie]], [[D.C. Fontana]], [[Majel Barrett]], [[Tracy Tormé]], [[Michael Westmore]], [[Katharyn Powers]], [[Michael Baron]].<br>
 
Features: Creating Special Effects, Creating Makeup Effects.
 
Features: Creating Special Effects, Creating Makeup Effects.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 3|3]]
| 3
 
 
| {{m|March|1988}}
 
| {{m|March|1988}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 3 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 3 cover.jpg|150px]]
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| Episode summaries: {{e|The Last Outpost}}, {{e|Where No One Has Gone Before}}, {{e|Lonely Among Us}}, {{e|Haven}}
| Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis.
 
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Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, [[Richard Krzemien]], John de Lancie, [[James G. Becker]].<br>
 
Features: Why [[Q]] returned.
 
Features: Why [[Q]] returned.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 4|4]]
| 4
 
 
| {{m|April|1988}}
 
| {{m|April|1988}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 4 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 4 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Designing the ''Enterprise''.
 
Features: Designing the ''Enterprise''.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 5|5]]
| 5
 
 
| {{m|March|1989}}
 
| {{m|March|1989}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 5 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 5 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, [[Guy Vardaman]].
 
Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, [[Guy Vardaman]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 6|6]]
| 6
 
 
| {{m|April|1989}}
 
| {{m|April|1989}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 6 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 6 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Where Silence Has Lease}}, {{e|The Outrageous Okona}}, {{e|Elementary, Dear Data}}, {{e|Datalore}}, {{e|When The Bough Breaks}}, {{e|The Arsenal of Freedom}}, {{e|Symbiosis}}, {{e|We'll Always Have Paris}}, {{e|The Neutral Zone}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Where Silence Has Lease}}, {{e|The Outrageous Okona}}, {{e|Elementary, Dear Data}}, {{e|Datalore}}, {{e|When The Bough Breaks}}, {{e|The Arsenal of Freedom}}, {{e|Symbiosis}}, {{e|We'll Always Have Paris}}, {{e|The Neutral Zone}}.
Features: The New Sets
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Feature: From the Bridge: The New Sets
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 7|7]]
| 7
 
 
| {{m|May|1989}}
 
| {{m|May|1989}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 7 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 7 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Loud As A Whisper}}, {{e|The Schizoid Man}}, {{e|Unnatural Selection}}, {{e|A Matter Of Honor}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Loud As A Whisper}}, {{e|The Schizoid Man}}, {{e|Unnatural Selection}}, {{e|A Matter Of Honor}}.
Interviews: [[Diana Muldaur]], Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn.<br />
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Interviews: [[Diana Muldaur]], Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn.<br>
Features: Weapons & technology ([[Rick Sternbach]]), uniforms & civilian outfits ([[Durinda Rice Wood]])
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Features: The Weapons & Technology; The Uniforms & Civilian Outfits
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 8|8]]
| 8
 
 
| {{m|June|1989}}
 
| {{m|June|1989}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 8 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 8 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Engineering ({{USS|Yamato}} [[okudagram]], [[Straleb security vessel]] sketches, ''[[El-Baz]]'' design sketches).
 
Features: Engineering ({{USS|Yamato}} [[okudagram]], [[Straleb security vessel]] sketches, ''[[El-Baz]]'' design sketches).
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 9|9]]
| 9
 
 
| {{m|December|1989}}
 
| {{m|December|1989}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 9 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 9 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[Jaime Hubbard]], [[Michael Jan Friedman]].
 
Interviews: [[Jaime Hubbard]], [[Michael Jan Friedman]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 10|10]]
| 10
 
 
| {{m|January|1990}}
 
| {{m|January|1990}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 10 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 10 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Evolution}}, {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}, {{e|The Survivors}}, {{e|Who Watches The Watchers}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Evolution}}, {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}, {{e|The Survivors}}, {{e|Who Watches The Watchers}}.
Interviews: [[Rob Bowman]], [[Corey Allen]].<br />
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Interviews: [[Rob Bowman]], [[Corey Allen]].<br>
Features: The [[Borg]]; The Art of ''The Next Generation'' ([[Michael Okuda|Okuda]] and Sternbach art and sketches).
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Features: The [[Borg]]; The Art of "''The Next Generation''".
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 11|11]]
| 11
 
 
| {{m|March|1990}}
 
| {{m|March|1990}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 11 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 11 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Gene Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes.
 
Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Gene Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 12|12]]
| 12
 
 
| {{m|May|1990}}
 
| {{m|May|1990}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 12 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 12 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|The Defector}}, {{e|The Hunted}}, {{e|The High Ground}}, {{e|Deja Q}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|The Defector}}, {{e|The Hunted}}, {{e|The High Ground}}, {{e|Deja Q}}.
Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, [[Keith Sharee]].<br />
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Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, [[Keith Sharee]], [[Steve Price]], [[Peter Moyer]], [[Stan Kellam]].<br>
Features: Special effects, the [[Romulan]]s (includes [[okudagram]]s and Sternbach sketches).
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Features: The Special Effects; The [[Romulan]]s.
 
|-
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 13|13]]
| 13
 
 
| {{m|February|1991}}
 
| {{m|February|1991}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 13 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 13 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[LeVar Burton]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[A.C. Crispin]], Howard Weinstein.
 
Interviews: [[LeVar Burton]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[A.C. Crispin]], Howard Weinstein.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 14|14]]
| 14
 
 
| {{m|April|1991}}
 
| {{m|April|1991}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 14 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 14 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[Dennis McCarthy]], [[Ron Jones]], [[Mark Lenard]], Patrick Stewart, Colm Meaney, [[Joanna Miles]].
 
Interviews: [[Dennis McCarthy]], [[Ron Jones]], [[Mark Lenard]], Patrick Stewart, Colm Meaney, [[Joanna Miles]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 15|15]]
| 15
 
 
| {{m|June|1991}}
 
| {{m|June|1991}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 15 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 15 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: Rick Sternbach, [[Michael Okuda]], Michael Dorn.
 
Interviews: Rick Sternbach, [[Michael Okuda]], Michael Dorn.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 16|16]]
| 16
 
 
| {{m|September|1991}}
 
| {{m|September|1991}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 16 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 16 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[Sarah Higley]], [[Robert Blackman]], [[Keith Birdsong]].
 
Interviews: [[Sarah Higley]], [[Robert Blackman]], [[Keith Birdsong]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 17|17]]
| 17
 
 
| {{m|February|1992}}
 
| {{m|February|1992}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 17 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 17 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[Cliff Bole]], Marina Sirtis.
 
Interviews: [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[Cliff Bole]], Marina Sirtis.
 
|-
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 18|18]]
| 18
 
 
| {{m|April|1992}}
 
| {{m|April|1992}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 18 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 18 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: [[Jay Chattaway]], Leonard Nimoy.
 
Interviews: [[Jay Chattaway]], Leonard Nimoy.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 19|19]]
| 19
 
 
| {{m|June|1992}}
 
| {{m|June|1992}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 19 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 19 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Director Checklist.
 
Features: Director Checklist.
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 20|20]]
| 20
 
 
| {{m|September|1992}}
 
| {{m|September|1992}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 20 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 20 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Next Generation Trivia.
 
Features: Next Generation Trivia.
 
|-
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 21|21]]
| 21
 
 
| {{m|February|1993}}
 
| {{m|February|1993}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 21 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 21 cover.jpg|150px]]
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| Episode summaries: {{e|Cause and Effect}}, {{e|The First Duty}}, {{e|Cost of Living}}, {{e|The Perfect Mate}}, {{e|Imaginary Friend}}, {{e|I Borg}}, {{e|The Next Phase}}, {{e|The Inner Light}}.
| Interviews: [[Rick Kolbe]], [[Les Landau]], [[Peter Allan Fields]], [[Naren Shankar]].
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Interviews: [[Rick Kolbe]], [[Les Landau]], [[Peter Allan Fields]], [[Naren Shankar]], [[Ralph Phillips]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 22|22]]
| 22
 
 
| {{m|April|1993}}
 
| {{m|April|1993}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 22 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 22 cover.jpg|150px]]
| Interviews: [[Brannon Braga]], [[Hannah Louise Shearer]], [[Pamela Gray]].
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| Interviews: [[Brannon Braga]], [[Hannah Louise Shearer]], [[Pamela Gray]], [[Thomas Perry|Thomas]] and [[Jo Perry]], [[Alan J. Adler]], [[Vanessa Greene]], [[Michel Horvat]], and [[Patrick Barry]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 23|23]]
| 23
 
 
| {{m|June|1993}}
 
| {{m|June|1993}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 23 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 23 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Interviews: [[Robert Lederman]], [[Timothy Bond]], [[Ron Jarvis]], [[Phil Scorza]]
 
| Interviews: [[Robert Lederman]], [[Timothy Bond]], [[Ron Jarvis]], [[Phil Scorza]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 24|24]]
| 24
 
 
| {{m|August|1993}}
 
| {{m|August|1993}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 24 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 24 cover.jpg|150px]]
| Interviews: [[Chip Chalmers]], [[Russ Mayberry]], [[Robert Becker]], [[David Kemper]], [[Kasey Arnold-Ince]], [[Jacqueline Zambrano]]
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| Interviews: [[Chip Chalmers]], [[Russ Mayberry]], [[Robert Becker]], [[David Kemper]], [[Kacey Arnold-Ince]], [[Jacqueline Zambrano]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 25|25]]
| 25
 
 
| {{m|November|1993}}
 
| {{m|November|1993}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 25 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 25 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner.
 
Interviews: LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner.
 
|-
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 26|26]]
| 26
 
 
| {{m|February|1994}}
 
| {{m|February|1994}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 26 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 26 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Directors' Index
 
Features: Directors' Index
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 27|27]]
| 27
 
 
| {{m|April|1994}}
 
| {{m|April|1994}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 27 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 27 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Descent, Part II}}, {{e|Liaisons}}, {{e|Interface}}, {{e|Gambit, Part I}}, {{e|Gambit, Part II}}, {{e|Phantasms}}.
 
| Episode summaries: {{e|Descent, Part II}}, {{e|Liaisons}}, {{e|Interface}}, {{e|Gambit, Part I}}, {{e|Gambit, Part II}}, {{e|Phantasms}}.
Interviews: [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]], [[Carolyn Seymour]], [[Corey Allen]], [[Jeri Taylor]], [[Edith Swensen]].
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Interviews: [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]], [[Carolyn Seymour]], [[Corey Allen]], [[Jeri Taylor]], [[Edithe Swensen]].
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 28|28]]
| 28
 
 
| {{m|June|1994}}
 
| {{m|June|1994}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 28 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 28 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Interviews: Gates McFadden, [[Dennis Bailey]], [[Hallie Todd]], [[Adam Nimoy]], [[James Kahn]], [[Steve Gerber]], [[Beth Woods]].
 
Interviews: Gates McFadden, [[Dennis Bailey]], [[Hallie Todd]], [[Adam Nimoy]], [[James Kahn]], [[Steve Gerber]], [[Beth Woods]].
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 29|29]]
| 29
 
 
| {{m|August|1994}}
 
| {{m|August|1994}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 29 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 29 cover.jpg|150px]]
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Features: Q Quips.
 
Features: Q Quips.
 
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| [[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 30|30]]
|30
 
 
| {{m|November|1994}}
 
| {{m|November|1994}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 30 cover.jpg|150px]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:TNG Official Magazine issue 30 cover.jpg|150px]]
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==See also==
 
*[[The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine]]
 
*[[The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine]]
 
   
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The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine was an authorized magazine published by Starlog Press between December 1987 and November 1994, focused on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The publishers of Starlog, Kerry O'Quinn and Norman Jacobs, launched the spin-off magazine in December 1987, shortly after the premiere of The Next Generation, partly in order to reduce the amount of Star Trek material being featured in Starlog, which was referenced on the magazine's cover.

The magazine provided summaries of episodes, as well as interviews with production staff. Like the other Starlog Press publications, the magazine is notable for the reproduction of numerous behind-the-scenes photographs and production art work, rarely seen in other publications. However, unlike Starlog itself, it suffered from an erratic publication schedule.

Issues

Issue # Month Cover Contents
1 December 1987 TNG Official Magazine issue 1 cover Episode summary: "Encounter at Farpoint".

Interviews: Gene Roddenberry, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Andrew Probert, Paul Lynch, David Gerrold.
Features: Touring the Enterprise, The World of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2 January 1988 TNG Official Magazine issue 2 cover Episode summaries: "The Naked Now", "Code of Honor".

Interviews: John de Lancie, D.C. Fontana, Majel Barrett, Tracy Tormé, Michael Westmore, Katharyn Powers, Michael Baron.
Features: Creating Special Effects, Creating Makeup Effects.

3 March 1988 TNG Official Magazine issue 3 cover Episode summaries: "The Last Outpost", "Where No One Has Gone Before", "Lonely Among Us", "Haven"

Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Richard Krzemien, John de Lancie, James G. Becker.
Features: Why Q returned.

4 April 1988 TNG Official Magazine issue 4 cover Episode summaries: "Justice", "The Battle", "Hide and Q", "Too Short a Season", "The Big Goodbye".

Interviews: Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, Jonathan Frakes, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Andrew Probert, Rick Sternbach.
Features: Designing the Enterprise.

5 March 1989 TNG Official Magazine issue 5 cover Episode summaries: "The Child", "Angel One", "11001001", "Home Soil", "Coming of Age", "Heart of Glory", "Skin of Evil", "Conspiracy".

Interviews: Jonathan Frakes, Guy Vardaman.

6 April 1989 TNG Official Magazine issue 6 cover Episode summaries: "Where Silence Has Lease", "The Outrageous Okona", "Elementary, Dear Data", "Datalore", "When The Bough Breaks", "The Arsenal of Freedom", "Symbiosis", "We'll Always Have Paris", "The Neutral Zone".

Feature: From the Bridge: The New Sets

7 May 1989 TNG Official Magazine issue 7 cover Episode summaries: "Loud As A Whisper", "The Schizoid Man", "Unnatural Selection", "A Matter Of Honor".

Interviews: Diana Muldaur, Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn.
Features: The Weapons & Technology; The Uniforms & Civilian Outfits

8 June 1989 TNG Official Magazine issue 8 cover Episode summaries: "The Measure Of A Man", "The Dauphin", "Contagion", "The Royale", "Time Squared".

Interviews: Diana Muldaur, Howard Weinstein.
Features: Engineering (USS Yamato okudagram, Straleb security vessel sketches, El-Baz design sketches).

9 December 1989 TNG Official Magazine issue 9 cover Episode summaries: "The Icarus Factor", "Pen Pals", "Q Who", "Samaritan Snare", "Up The Long Ladder", "Manhunt", "The Emissary", "Peak Performance", "Shades of Gray".

Interviews: Jaime Hubbard, Michael Jan Friedman.

10 January 1990 TNG Official Magazine issue 10 cover Episode summaries: "Evolution", "The Ensigns of Command", "The Survivors", "Who Watches The Watchers".

Interviews: Rob Bowman, Corey Allen.
Features: The Borg; The Art of "The Next Generation".

11 March 1990 TNG Official Magazine issue 11 cover Episode summaries: "The Bonding", "Booby Trap", "The Enemy", "The Price", "The Vengeance Factor".

Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Gene Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes.

12 May 1990 TNG Official Magazine issue 12 cover Episode summaries: "The Defector", "The Hunted", "The High Ground", "Deja Q".

Interviews: Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, Keith Sharee, Steve Price, Peter Moyer, Stan Kellam.
Features: The Special Effects; The Romulans.

13 February 1991 TNG Official Magazine issue 13 cover Episode summaries: "A Matter of Perspective", "Yesterday's Enterprise", "The Offspring", "Sins of the Father", "Allegiance", "Captain's Holiday", "Tin Man".

Interviews: LeVar Burton, Ronald D. Moore, A.C. Crispin, Howard Weinstein.

14 April 1991 TNG Official Magazine issue 14 cover Episode summaries: "Hollow Pursuits", "The Most Toys", "Sarek", "Ménage à Troi", "Transfigurations", "The Best of Both Worlds", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II".

Interviews: Dennis McCarthy, Ron Jones, Mark Lenard, Patrick Stewart, Colm Meaney, Joanna Miles.

15 June 1991 TNG Official Magazine issue 15 cover Episode summaries: "Family", "Brothers", "Suddenly Human", "Remember Me", "Legacy", "Reunion", "Future Imperfect", "Final Mission", "The Loss", "Data's Day".

Interviews: Rick Sternbach, Michael Okuda, Michael Dorn.

16 September 1991 TNG Official Magazine issue 16 cover Episode summaries: "The Wounded", "Devil's Due", "Clues", "First Contact", "Galaxy's Child", "Night Terrors", "Identity Crisis", "The Nth Degree".

Interviews: Sarah Higley, Robert Blackman, Keith Birdsong.

17 February 1992 TNG Official Magazine issue 17 cover Episode summaries: "Qpid", "The Drumhead", "Half a Life", "The Host", "The Mind's Eye", "In Theory", "Redemption".

Interviews: Leonard Nimoy, Cliff Bole, Marina Sirtis.

18 April 1992 TNG Official Magazine issue 18 cover Episode summaries: "Redemption II", "Darmok", "Ensign Ro", "Silicon Avatar", "Disaster", "The Game", "Unification I", "Unification II", "A Matter of Time".

Interviews: Jay Chattaway, Leonard Nimoy.

19 June 1992 TNG Official Magazine issue 19 cover Interviews: Tom Benko, Robert Wiemer, David Livingston, Robert Iscove, Win Phelps, David Carson, Michael Rhodes, Rob Legato, James L. Conway, Marvin V. Rush, Patrick Stewart.

Features: Director Checklist.

20 September 1992 TNG Official Magazine issue 20 cover Episode summaries: "New Ground", "Hero Worship", "Violations", "The Masterpiece Society", "Conundrum", "Power Play", "Ethics", "The Outcast".

Interviews: Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Scheerer.
Features: Next Generation Trivia.

21 February 1993 TNG Official Magazine issue 21 cover Episode summaries: "Cause and Effect", "The First Duty", "Cost of Living", "The Perfect Mate", "Imaginary Friend", "I Borg", "The Next Phase", "The Inner Light".

Interviews: Rick Kolbe, Les Landau, Peter Allan Fields, Naren Shankar, Ralph Phillips.

22 April 1993 TNG Official Magazine issue 22 cover Interviews: Brannon Braga, Hannah Louise Shearer, Pamela Gray, Thomas and Jo Perry, Alan J. Adler, Vanessa Greene, Michel Horvat, and Patrick Barry.
23 June 1993 TNG Official Magazine issue 23 cover Interviews: Robert Lederman, Timothy Bond, Ron Jarvis, Phil Scorza
24 August 1993 TNG Official Magazine issue 24 cover Interviews: Chip Chalmers, Russ Mayberry, Robert Becker, David Kemper, Kacey Arnold-Ince, Jacqueline Zambrano
25 November 1993 TNG Official Magazine issue 25 cover 100-page special.

Interviews: LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner.

26 February 1994 TNG Official Magazine issue 26 cover Interviews: Gabrielle Beaumont, Alex Singer, Peter Lauritson, Brent Spiner, Leonard Crofoot, Allison Hock, Randee Russell, David Bischoff, Philip LaZebnik.

Features: Directors' Index

27 April 1994 TNG Official Magazine issue 27 cover Episode summaries: "Descent, Part II", "Liaisons", "Interface", "Gambit, Part I", "Gambit, Part II", "Phantasms".

Interviews: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Carolyn Seymour, Corey Allen, Jeri Taylor, Edithe Swensen.

28 June 1994 TNG Official Magazine issue 28 cover Episode summaries: "Dark Page", "Attached", "Force of Nature", "Inheritance", "Parallels".

Interviews: Gates McFadden, Dennis Bailey, Hallie Todd, Adam Nimoy, James Kahn, Steve Gerber, Beth Woods.

29 August 1994 TNG Official Magazine issue 29 cover Episode summaries: "The Pegasus", "Homeward", "Sub Rosa", "Lower Decks", "Thine Own Self".

Interviews: Lance Dickson, Jean Louise Matthias, Ronald Wilkerson, Dan Koeppel, Nick Sagan.
Features: Q Quips.

30 November 1994 TNG Official Magazine issue 30 cover  


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