Star Trek Monthly issue 47
Issue 47 of Star Trek Monthly was the  issue. A German-language edition was, otherwise unedited, released the subsequent month as issue 2 of Star Trek: Das offizielle monatliche Magazin.

Contents
First Contact
Darryl Curtis considers the past year, and what's to come in 1999.

The Best of All Worlds
Star Trek World Tour launches; special UK flight packages from .
Post-production on  completed, ready for December 11th release.
Sci-Fi Channel airs remastered episodes of The Original Series in 90-minute slots with introductions by William Shatner and accompanying documentary segments; Leonard Nimoy to introduce second run.
In Brief…: TMP 20th Anniversary Soundtrack, Activision signs 10-year agreement with Viacom to produce new games, Nicole de Boer on her first days on set,  on split infinitives.
Report from Fantasticon.
 (written as "Once More Into the Breach); Ronald D. Moore on what may be, and won't be, to come; episode focus – .
; news bullets, including the bridge set fire and Scarlett Pomers.

Interview – Brent Spiner – "Data Transfer"
by Ian Spelling.
A Culture of One – behind the concept and character of Data with Andrew Darling.

Profile – Avery Brooks – "Mr. Ben"
A collection of previous interview quotes, biographical information and character history compiled by Ian Spelling.
Family Man – a look at Benjamin Sisko.

The Great Link
Andrew Lane looks at the complex entity that is the Dominion.
Discover the Dominion – essential episodes.

Poster
Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax.

Interview – Marc Alaimo – "Just Following Orders"
by Ian Spelling.

Interview – Scott MacDonald – "Latex, and Loving it"
by Lou Anders.

A Fistful of Data
Ferengi and telepathy, Jean-Luc Picard between the Stargazer and the Enterprise-D, How did members of the Borg Cooperative get from Wolf 359 to the Delta Quadrant?, why didn't assimilation of the Raven draw the Borg's attention to Humanity?

Book extract
The Dominion War Book 1: Behind Enemy Lines.

Competition
Win a Playmates Latinum Edition 12" Seven of Nine sculpture.

From the Replicator
UK Update: Polco Products Captain's Log Gift Set, Wesco, Burex mouse mates and wrist supports, Playmates; recommended Christmas toys and figures.
Australasia Update: Computer games
US Update: Valdawn Watches, Communicator garage door opener, Enhanced First Contact, Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector's Edition Monopoly, calendars.
Read Out: Odyssey, The Q Continuum, .
The Read Out schedule is expanded to cover Australasian releases.
On Screen: New Zealand release of The Original Series rerelease volumes 3.7 & 3.8, Deep Space Nine volumes 6.12 & 6.13, Voyager volumes 4.12 & 4.13; interview with Michelle Krusiec.

Communicator
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