If there's one person that's more important to the "Star Trek" universe than names like Kirk, Spock, Picard, and any other character that's graced the deck of an Enterprise ship, it's Gene Roddenberry ...

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One of the Star Trek franchise's most distinguishing characteristics is the AI computer that occupies its Federation vessels. Since The Original Series, the actor tasked with providing that voice was ...

Stephen Colbert is an unconventional casting for Star Trek, but his role in Starfleet Academy is unusually pivotal to the long-running sci-fi franchise. Best known for his witty political satire and ...

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, 76, who was the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, died Dec. 18 at her home ...

LOS ANGELES -- Majel Barrett Roddenberry, wife of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and the actress who portrayed Nurse Chapel on the original science-fiction television series, died Thursday of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ashes of actors Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) James Doohan (Scotty), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Nurse Chapel), and the TV ...

Chapel was created during the original Star Trek television show. The actress that played Chapel was Majel Barrett. Barrett also played Number One in the original pilot of the show. The producers did ...