{"id":225,"date":"2008-12-19T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2008-12-19T01:04:58","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T06:04:58","slug":"majel-barrett-roddenberry-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/19\/majel-barrett-roddenberry-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/starfleet_flag.jpg\" alt=\"Starfleet Flag at Half-Mast\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" \/>Seriously sad news.\u00a0 The First Lady of Star Trek, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, has passed away.\u00a0 She played Nurse Chapel on the original series, Lwaxana Troi (Deanna Troi&#8217;s crazy mother) on Next Generation, the voice of the starship computer on EVERY Star Trek series&#8230; and most importantly she was the love of Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s life (the creator of Star Trek).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Majel Barrett-Roddenberry\" href=\"http:\/\/trekmovie.com\/2008\/12\/18\/majel-barrett-roddenberry-passes-away\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Here is an article about her passing at trekmovie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This really bums me out.\u00a0 She was a real hoot on the Next Generation series and a super-nice lady in person.\u00a0 I was surprised at how much this affected me.\u00a0 After all, it&#8217;s just a TV show and it&#8217;s not like I really knew the lady.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 everything I&#8217;ve ever heard about her was positive and complimentary. Combine how nice she was with how long I&#8217;ve been a fan of the Star Trek franchise, and you can&#8217;t help but to be bothered by her passing.<\/p>\n<p>I was just reading a Peter David &#8220;Star Trek: New Frontier&#8221; book this weekend.  If you didn&#8217;t know, there is a character based upon Majel Barrett-Roddenberry in the &#8220;New Frontier&#8221; novels.  I always felt that those novels were a little better for having her character in them.<\/p>\n<p>In my mind, all computers should sound exactly like Majel Barrett-Roddenberry&#8230; and I&#8217;m going to continue to feel that way.\u00a0 Rest in peace, Majel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-225\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/19\/majel-barrett-roddenberry-passes-away\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-225\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" 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Much of what I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2007,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/30\/star-trek-enterprise-wallpapers\/","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":3},"title":"Star Trek Enterprise Wallpapers","date":"September 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm in a Star Trek mood.\u00a0 Here are some cool wallpapers featuring our favorite Starfleet ships.\u00a0 I don't claim ownership of any of these images, they were simply found while surfing.\u00a0 Click on the images to enlarge. The original Enterprise, circa TOS.\u00a0 NCC-1701 The replacement Enterprise, circa Star Trek V.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;movies&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/enterprise-tos_s.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4926,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/13\/star-trek-first-contact\/","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":4},"title":"Listen Up: Star Trek First Contact Discussion","date":"April 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I consider myself a pretty big Star Trek fan.\u00a0 I've seen most of the TV episodes, all the movies, and read quite a few of the novels and comics.\u00a0 However, I don't hold a candle to the guys over at Two True Freaks!\u00a0 These fellas really know their Star Trek!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;podcasts&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Two True Freaks Star Trek Monthly Monday - First Contact","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/STMM29pic.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2333,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/20\/the-final-frontier-no-just-the-90s-star-trek-ccg\/","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":5},"title":"The Final Frontier? 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