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Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76

Posted by timothy on from the her-voice-prints-will-live-on dept.

unassimilatible writes "If there was ever a sad day for nerds, it's today, as Majel Barrett-Rodenberry has passed away. The widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is best remembered as the gorgeous Nurse Christine Chapel from the original series, the pesky and officious Lwaxana Troi from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, and of course the ubiquitous voice of Star Trek computers in movies, TV, and animated films (who hasn't used her voice as a system sound on their PC?). Majel also attended Star Trek conventions yearly and was a producer of Andromeda. Fortunately, Majel just finished her voice over work for the computers in J.J. Abrams' latest Trek movie. I have to admit, this made me sad, just having caught up on the entire TNG and DS9 series on DVD."

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  1. Re:Number One! by JackieBrown · · Score: 4, Informative

    And in Babylon 5!

  2. Re:Other roles... by AJWM · · Score: 4, Informative

    .the one watching as the damaged Enterprise pulls into Stardock in Star Trek III...

    Nope, that was Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand in the original series, and a CPO in ST IV. Apparently her brief appearance in ST III was not officially as Rand (probably for contractual reasons, I'm guessing) but her reaction makes more sense if she'd served on the Enterprise.

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  3. Re:computer voice similarity explained by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Rift by Peter David
    http://startrek.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rift

    I'm a nerd.

  4. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Unless you're a Ferengi.

  5. Re:Other roles... by grahamd0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you sure? I remember that being Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Rand from the original series.

    There, fixed that for you.

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    I need to apologize for that. I feel dirty.

  6. Pics by Thaelon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wiki links (with pics):
    Christine Chapel from the original series, and Lwaxana Troi from The Next Generation.

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  7. JMS put the words there, no stealth was needed by Shivetya · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.ntua.gr/lurk/countries/co/guide/053.html

    About halfway down the page is some discussion of the quote and Majel's appearance on B5.


    # Was Morella's speech about greatness intended as a tribute to Gene Roddenberry?
    There's probably a fair amount there that could apply to Gene, yes...

    # If a word comes out of a character's mouth, it's usually mine. The bit about greatness was one of them; had a number of different subtexts going on behind it.

    If anything I would say that while there might have been some rivalry among the crews the people who create are more likely to be friendly than anything else. It is a small world when it comes to finding truly creative people.

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  8. That's on pages 80-81, btw. by mikelieman · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://books.google.com/books?id=bBO7Uqv8LB4C&pg=PA81&vq=voice&dq=peter+david+the+rift&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0

    You know, those first 100 books or so didn't totally suck.

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  9. Re:Who will replace her? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Oh my...

    Hand in your Geek card now and walk away.

    Trek != Wars

  10. Re:Also played Dancing Green Alien in Credits by MLease · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, that was Susan Oliver. The scene was from "The Cage" (the original pilot episode, which became the two-part "The Menagerie").

    -Mike

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  11. Re:System sound by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    you don't belong here on shlashdot. Get out while you can