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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. Number One! by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let's not forget that she was cast as the first officer in the original Star Trek pilot episode too.

    1. Re:Number One! by Zibblsnrt · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I loved the kind of stealth eulogy for Gene she gave in her appearance there.

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  2. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Out of respect for the dearly departed, please... DO MAKE ALL THE JOKES YOU CAN THINK OF. Only a self important sourpuss would want people crying over their passing.

    I'm going to do what Scotty would have done: Drink a bottle of something good and bask in the fond memories.

  3. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo by Zibblsnrt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Having (briefly) met her once, I think she'd appreciate the cascade of awful, awful Trek jokes that would spring up at the news of something like this.

    Or the Scotty route, which ideally done results in a thundering hangover and the inability to find at least half your clothes.

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  4. Re:Who will replace her? by Matt+Perry · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who will replace her?

    Sound Forge and a dialogue editor. There is enough of her computer dialog from all the trek episodes and movies that an editor could splice together a variety of sentences without much effort.

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  5. Re:Who will replace her? by Tekoneiric · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm suprised she didn't market her voice to the electronics industry for products like GPS devices.

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  6. Re:Roddenberry by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Isn't that one of the syrup flavors at IHOP?

    Sheldon

    Actually, the Roddenberry from an episode of Futurama that they were looking for when they were starving after leaving the planet of moochers. It was intended as reference to Gene Roddenberry (if I have to tell you who he is, please remove your SlashDot account!)

    Also, the title, "The Problem with Popplers" was in reference to "The Trouble with Tribbles", a Star Trek episode.

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  7. Re:Who will replace her? by Baricom · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wouldn't be surprised if she was under a non-compete preventing exactly that.