It really had to have been a busy month for me to have missed a story of this magnitude and importance. I know a lot of eye rolling is happening but you have to look at the whole picture. Star Trek broke ground for more money to be used in TV shows, for science fiction shows, for shows with morals and a life lesson to be learned, for breaking the colour barrier on television (Star Trek is credited with the first interracial kiss, between Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura) and promoting peace.
Mrs. Roddenberry was supposed to play the part now immortalized by Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock; it seems the TV executives simply could not fathom a woman with that much power in those times so ordered a change. She ended up in a more minor part as Nurse Chapel but has also been immortalized in her own right as the voice of the Enterprise in almost every Star Trek show and movie and video game. If that was not enough, her turn as Mrs. Troi, Deanna's mother in both TNG and DS9 provided some of the most comedic episodes to ever air during those series' runs. Her greatest accomplishment is probably driving the continuing legacy of her and her late husband after his passing in 1991. She brought not one but two distinct, successful science fiction series to TV syndication in Earth: Final Conflict and Andromeda.
Very easily she could have been labelled as a pain to work with, undesirable boss, on and on. I personally have never read such stories and continually I have read about what a wonderful person she is on and off the set. Frankly, I don't care if those stories exist, it would nto phase me one bit. To me, she will always be that voice that says, "So and so is not on board the Enterprise" and "Oh Jean Luc, such naughty thoughts."
Rest in Peace and I hope you and Gene can now spend eternity together.
Ciao.
Majel B. Roddenberry, wife of 'Star Trek' creator, dies - Los Angeles Times
Mrs. Roddenberry was supposed to play the part now immortalized by Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock; it seems the TV executives simply could not fathom a woman with that much power in those times so ordered a change. She ended up in a more minor part as Nurse Chapel but has also been immortalized in her own right as the voice of the Enterprise in almost every Star Trek show and movie and video game. If that was not enough, her turn as Mrs. Troi, Deanna's mother in both TNG and DS9 provided some of the most comedic episodes to ever air during those series' runs. Her greatest accomplishment is probably driving the continuing legacy of her and her late husband after his passing in 1991. She brought not one but two distinct, successful science fiction series to TV syndication in Earth: Final Conflict and Andromeda.
Very easily she could have been labelled as a pain to work with, undesirable boss, on and on. I personally have never read such stories and continually I have read about what a wonderful person she is on and off the set. Frankly, I don't care if those stories exist, it would nto phase me one bit. To me, she will always be that voice that says, "So and so is not on board the Enterprise" and "Oh Jean Luc, such naughty thoughts."
Rest in Peace and I hope you and Gene can now spend eternity together.
Ciao.
Majel B. Roddenberry, wife of 'Star Trek' creator, dies - Los Angeles Times
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