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Acccording to Variety, TOS and TNG actress Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, will reprise her role as the voice of the starship Enterprise computer in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek feature. She's voiced the role in four Star Trek TV series and three films, according to Variety.

The actress played the role of Number One in the first 1964 pilot The Cage and later played Nurse Chapel in The Original Series and Lwaxana Troi on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. She also provided the voice for the ship computers for the spin-off Trek series and Next Generation feature films.

The original article can be found at Variety. 



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Sad news of her passing ... | Report this post to moderator
By: TheKeeper (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:23:58 on Dec 18, 2008

I read news of her passing today, Dec. 18. Bless you, Mrs. Roddenberry, and thank you.

I'm so glad you got to be part Star Trek's new era in this film.

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By: Hober Mallow (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:18:10 on Dec 11, 2008

Speaking of Federation computer voices, when TNG started, weren't all the ships and stations supposed to each possess a computer with a different voice? In 11001001 (or whatever it was called!) the Federation space station had a male computer voice.

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By: Hober Mallow (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:09:04 on Dec 11, 2008

Cool, a character from TOS who isn't being recast, the ship's computer. I disagree, though, with the poster below who wants her to do the... fake... robot...voice... from... sixties... does... not... compute... Will... Robinson. Her TNG era voice is fine, maybe with a little post-production electonic quality to it. Not too muchy, though. If you can't recognize her voice, there would be no point.

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    By: Kamen Rider Blade (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:57:56 on Dec 12, 2008

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    If you can't recognize her voice, there would be no point.

    Sort of like Hugo Weaving as Megatron? ;-)

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By: NCC-1701 (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:55:47 on Dec 11, 2008

Really pleased to hear this! :)


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By: twenty-two_of _nine (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:33:29 on Dec 11, 2008

So Majel gets to keep her record. Being credited in all ST series and movies.

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Cool! | Report this post to moderator
By: ZOD (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:58:43 on Dec 11, 2008

What a cool tip of the hat to the original...

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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:43:14 on Dec 11, 2008

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If I heard someone's voice other than Mrs. Roddenberry's voice for the ship's computer, I probably would have gotten up from my seat and walked out.

No you wouldn't have, don't lie. In fact the statement you made before this, "I never even thought about this." means that it never crossed your mind and you wouldn't haev even blinked when you heard a different voice. So dramatic for just a little bit of attention on a forum...

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By: timmer33 (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:09:20 on Dec 11, 2008

I hope it's not the same voice as post-TNG. The one from TOS was highly mechanical and had little female inflection --- except for that one ep. when the computer was "attracted" to Kirk.

I hope her voice is altered to be similar to the TOS version, and NOT the TNG one.


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    By: The Magrathean (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:37:34 on Dec 11, 2008

    Surely you jest. Have you seen the trailer for the movie? It's updated, not retro. People will laugh in derision if this movie portrays computers speaking with that "Wor-king...wor-king...Error! Error! Does...not...compute!" style of yesteryear. That's the kind of thing Trek needs to get away from!

    I am cheered to hear Majel will be voicing the computer again though. That's definitely a tradition that deserves to continue.


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      By: Poetwarrior78 (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:32:45 on Dec 11, 2008

      Totally agree. The computer voice is one of the most obviously dated elements from TOS, and doing anything remotely like that would be utterly ludicrous.

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By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:29:38 on Dec 11, 2008

Of course the Shatnerites will use this as another excuse to get up in arms, but it makes sense for them to use Majel for the computer voice and it's fitting that Gene's wife would be involved in the relaunch. Question will be whether they'll have her do the same robotic voice as in TOS or the more humanlike voice she used for the computers in TNG and later.

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    By: lnf3 (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:54:17 on Jan 11, 2009 | Edit History (1)

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    Of course the Shatnerites will use this as another excuse to get up in arms,

    It's always you anti-Shatner, anti-TOS board trollers that start this bullshit. Not a single TOS fan has complained about Majel providing the computer voice.


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    By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:16:25 on Dec 11, 2008

    is that it'll be more TNGish since this ship seems more modern than the original.

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    By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 07:56:46 on Dec 11, 2008

    I bet she uses a TNG voice. The "werking!" voice is a bit antiquated.

    Yeah, I have to admit...Majel's voice is more important that we all think about.

    The nice thing is that they have her saying close to EVERYTHING on there, so they could use it again in new episodes. :)

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      By: OV-101 (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:52:36 on Dec 11, 2008 | Edit History (1)

      Wasn't Majel's voice used in most of the TOS computer-voice eps? I think I read online that her voice was used then as well. Nice tie-in, IMO. I think the clicking sounds of the TOS computers and the monotone voice is probably obsolete so I would agree the TNG version might be more relevant.

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        By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:59:23 on Dec 11, 2008

        I really dont know if she was the computer voice in TOS, OV. I did a bit of research on this and found nothing. So I just posted the spin-offs and TNG movies in the article. But feel free to correct me, if I was wrong.

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          By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:18:23 on Dec 11, 2008 | Edit History (1)

          It's just one of those things I've "always known", so it must be true!

          Update: I found mention of it at Memory Alpha
          http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Computer_voice



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Now this is something I never thought about (read: bitched about) | Report this post to moderator
By: OkeydokeyObi (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:18:51 on Dec 11, 2008

I never even thought about this. If I heard someone's voice other than Mrs. Roddenberry's voice for the ship's computer, I probably would have gotten up from my seat and walked out.

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    By: John (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:47:40 on Dec 11, 2008

    So did you get up and walk away from TMP before the director's edition?


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      By: Hober Mallow (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:12:47 on Dec 11, 2008

      That dude's voice was really annoying. No disrespect to the actor, but I'm glad it all got cut in the DE.

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Majel as the computer... | Report this post to moderator
By: Kamen Rider Blade (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:17:23 on Dec 11, 2008

Awesome.



Oh, but you know "J.J. and his band of thugs are lying liars who don't have the fans in mind at all..." *rolls eyes* ;-)

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    By: rassmguy (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:30:59 on Dec 11, 2008

    "Oh, but you know "J.J. and his band of thugs are lying liars who don't have the fans in mind at all..." *rolls eyes* ;-)"

    LOL--you said it, brother.


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By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:07:02 on Dec 11, 2008

What else can I say, except that Variety article was so in depth.

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    By: ATrekFan (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:51:05 on Dec 11, 2008

    I think of all the big and small screen incarnations the only one she was never involved with was TAS. I met her back in 96 as part of a big Trek event and the neat thing is I got a picture of her autoged but the neat thing is rather then one big picture it had one medium sized one and around it had some mini pictures of other things she has portrayed/done in the Trek universe.




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      By: rassmguy (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:01:04 on Dec 11, 2008

      "I think of all the big and small screen incarnations the only one she was never involved with was TAS."

      Sure she was--she voiced Chapel, M'ress (sometimes), and any female guest characters Nichelle Nichols was doing that week, as well as the ship's computer. She was a very integral part of the animated series.

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        By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:56:25 on Dec 11, 2008

        And of course, she played Doctor Chapel in The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home.

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          By: twenty-two_of _nine (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:14:41 on Dec 11, 2008

          Also the computer voice in all 4 TNG movies. She has been credited for ALL the 5 series. TOS (As chapel and as comp voice); TNG / DS9 (As Troi and as comp voice) TAS (Various voice characters); VOY / ENT (As comp voice).

          She has been an integral part of the franchise, as integral as the word Star Trek itself.

          The only actor who comes this close to her is Jonathan Frakes who has been featured in every ST venture after TNG. TNG / VOY / ENT / TNG movies (As Riker); DS9 (As Tom Riker).

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