laura_seabrook | R.I.P Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry died on December 18, 2008 at her home in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California as a result of complications from leukaemia. She was 76.

As other Trek fans will know, she was first seen (in the pilot) on Star Trek in the role of "Number One", though was was more widely known in the role of Christine Chapel. Later in her career she appeared as Ambassador Troi in Deep Space Nine and later in a guest role on Babylon 5. She also provided the regular voice of the on-board computers of Federation star ships for Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and most of the Star Trek movies (including the yet to be released film). That being so, she was the actor most heard via Star Trek.

Majel Barrett married Gene Roddenberry in 1969 and after his death she was Executive Producer of Earth: Final Conflict (in which she also played the character Dr. Julianne Belman), and Andromeda - both based on his original ideas.

I don't know about you, but that's taken the shine off my day.